Grant County herald. [volume] (Lancaster, Wis.) 1850-1968, 1921-08-17
A tragic story surrounds the receipt

! A tragic story surrounds the receipt
of a brief dispatch by relatives of
Martin Monk, Manitowoc soldier who
was killed in France, stating that his
| body would reach home in a few days.
Monk left Manitowoc with one of the
early draft contingents. He had been
married only few months before,
and eight months after the wedding
his wife died. While Monk was on
| his way overseas he died, Oct %,
| 1918. When the soldiers father, Dr.
| Monk. received news of his sons de-
mise, he endeavored to have the
! body brought home at once, and fail
! ing in his efforts, committed suicide
Monk is survived by one sister, Mrs.
Frank Creviere of Kaukana. The local
American Legion post will hold a
military funeral for the young man.
The Hamilton-Beach plant at RAJ
cine, the largest manufacturers of
electrical appliances in the country,
will resume operations this week after
nearly a year of strike troubles. The
800 employees walked out a year ago
alleging violation of working agree
ments and the company's adoption Of
the open shop policy. The men re-
the company's employment office.
Union labor will not be Disseminated
against and the wages will be the best
possible under competitive condi-
tons.
Mrs Edward Jinkerson, 25, was the
third woman to die within two weeks
from using kerosene to hasten ire
at Beloit Mrs. Jinkerson was prepar-
ing breakfast and her husband was in
the yard. He fastened to the rouse
when he heard shrieks, finding his
wife a mass of flames. Jinkers0n
used rug to extinguish the flames
but more than three-fourths of the
woman's body was deeply burned so
rapidly did the oil burn. She died
in the hospital leaving three mother
less children.
Frank Stone, 45 well known farmer
of FIT. Winnebago. was awakened by
a noise in the barn and arose to inveS-
tigate. He was shot in the ankle as
he entered the barn. George. Devine,
Al, was suspected and his arrest took
place at the home of his mother at
dawn after posse had secured the
country for him. Devine, who is said
to be a moonshiner, protests his inno-
cence The men are known to have
had an argument for several years
over a line fence.
The home of Joe Troy, Fitchburg
farmer, was raided by the authorities
who found crude still going full
blast with a stream of mOonshlne
pouring from a live kettle of mash.
The still was made from an old COP
per wash boiler but it seemed to do
the work. There was a barrel OF mash
and many gallons of moonshine in the
house Troy, who cannot speak Eng
fish, was found in his field He was
lodged in Jail under $1,000 bail.
Ole Asperheim, Stoughton. was bad
Iy hurt while on his way home from
a carnival grounds at night. He was
run down by an automobile which
failed to stop even after Asperheim
had been carried on the fender for
his lights and sped away. Asperheim
suffered a fracture of the skull, sew
eral ribs broken and internal injur-
les. He was taken home where he
died the next day.
! A dispute arose between Alois Bor-
gias, Superior, and his neighbor, Mrs.
Helen Stichman, each alleging the
other annoyed at unseemly hours.
Rorgias chopped wood at four a. M,
and his neighbor played the piano
at midnight The dispute was settled
| by court order directing Borgias not
| to begin wood chopping until five in
the morning. The woman is forbid
den to play her musical instrument
after ten p. m.
| Gov. Blaine has made formal pro-
| test to the government against the
removal of the old soldiers from the
state home at Milwaukee to homes in
other states. The home is to be
| other states The home was to be
turned into hospital for tubercular
World war veterans but the latest re-
port is that determined opposition has
blocked the plan.
! N. j. Werner, Kenosha merchant,
was awakened the the sound of foot
steps in his house and grappled with
burglar who was raiding his home
and store below for tho second time in
two weeks. The robber slipped from
Mr.. Werner's grasp AMI feel, being
pursued by the merchants son for two
blocks when he escaped. The burg
lar got $40
Three boys bathing in the Wiscon-
sin river at Portage were caught in
the swift current and one of them,
George Ashley, son of Mr.. and Mrs.
Russell Ashley, was drowned. His
smaller brother and Fred Rocker, d
companion, were nearly dragged to
the bottom in an effort to save him.
The body was recovered in an hour.
Willis Lesperance and Frenchy
Yeager are to be tried at Crandon for
the theft of $4,000 from the state
bank at Wabeno. The robbery and
capture of the men was spectacular
in the extreme. They will be given
a quick trial.
tions. The strike cost the company a
great deal through lessened produc-
ton and the men lost thousands of
dollars in wages. They are where
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