Grant County herald. [volume] (Lancaster, Wis.) 1850-1968, 1922-09-20
NEWS FROM
ALL AROUND
WISCONSIN
Items of Current
Interest By Mail
and Telegraph.

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many localities good fruit is rOtting
on the ground for want of market.
Mrs VIM. Zimmerman, So, Neenah,
is recovering from the shock of
breaking her leg and soon will have at
least partial use of the limb. She fell
off the porch of her home.
Waiting for car to pass, Warner
Dekaska, s, Ft. Atkinson, was run
over by another car but escaped with
bad cuts and bruises. The child said
he hardly felt the tires bump over his
body. He was taken to a hospital.
Charles Cary, Manitowoc, defeated
by Is votes to succeed himself as clerk
of court, has brought action for a re-
rOunt He charges Irregularities,
among them that in two precincts the
tally sheets were destroyed by election
officials.
Business men of Dale formed a
bucket brigade to save the buildings
on the farm of Frank Emmons, outside
the village. The blaze started from
sparks from a threshing engine in the
farm yard. The fire was put out be-
fore serious damage resulted.
Because of the continued illness of
not be a candidate to succeed himself
as chief clerk of the Wisconsin SEN
ate, a post he has held for many
years. Col Munson is now in a WyO-
ming sanitarium. Chas. E. Mullin OF
Madison will be a candidate for the
position.
The body of Wilbur F. Foles, So
was found in the woods on the out
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beside it, Foles' head had been liter
ally torn off. Identification was made
through the clothing. Foles, dray-
man, had been missing from his home
for a week. His wife died during the
war, leaving him with two small
daughters.
Ed. Kreklau, Bloomyille farmer, 35
ran amuck and knocked out the sup
porting pillars from a new porch at
his home, causing the roof to collapse.
He then threw stones at the house and
barn, breaking all the windows. Mr..
Kreklau was pursued and overpoWer-
ed by his brothers who did not admire
his emulation Of Samson, the strong
man Of the Bible.
Ruth Emerson, Rhinelander, is dead
and several others are shaken up as
the result Of an automobile accident
near the city, Saturday night Walter
Cole, driver of the car, states that the
bright lights Of an approaching car
blinded him, thereby causing him to
drive into a ditch. The car turned
over, pinning the occupants beneath.
The driver Of the other car drove off
without giving aid.
George Gasink, Fl, parOled from the
federal prison at Fort Leavenworth,
surrendered to Park Falls police after
violating his parole. He had been
sentenced to two years because of de-
sertiOn from the army. After serving
for year he was paroled for the re-
mainder of his term and broke the pa
role by leaving his home town three
days before he would have been free
man. He was taken back to prison.
In permitting another car to pass
Geo. w. Rankin, Fl Atkinson, drove
to the side of a road and lost control
of his car in the sand. The steering
wheel broke off in Rankin's hands and
the car turned completely over. Mr.
Rankin was partly scalped and arter-
les in his legs were cut by breaking
glass. Another car took him to the
hospital and the trip was a race with
death as Rankin was bleeding badly.
He will recover.
While attending dance at Kelners-
vile, John KunZ, Kossuth farmer,
either lost or had stolen $500 in Lib
erty bonds, $50 in cash and $4,000 in
notes and certificates of deposit The
notes and certificates were returned
later in letter mailed from Ishpem-
ing, Mich. Kunz had the valuables in
wallet which he was accustomed to
cary in his Sunday clothes. He did
not learn of the loss until several
days after the dance when he was
about to don the suit again.
Evidences of a huge whiskey ring
working between Canada and lake
ports was revealed at the Superior
trial of Henry Beck, wealthy horse
owner, for smuggling booze. Tales
Of rum running in fast motor cars,
clever signals to safeguard the oper-
ators and special conveys of empty
cars to cover the passage of the car
bearing the liquor, amazed court list
eners. Business men of Superior are
accomplices in the traffic, the court
was told.
Ted Barron, Superior business man,
was awakened from his sleep by the
agonized cries of his infant son. After
every effort had been made to quiet
the youngster, a physician was sum-
moned and the child taken to a hos
pital. An X-ray photograph of the
child's stomach revealed several bits
of coal. Enough coal to form one
piece the size of an egg was taken
from the child's stomach. The baby
had been playing on the floor near
the fireplace during the afternoon.
George Bunce, farmer living near
Rice Lake, discovered a notice on his
barn, reading: you had better sell
out if you want anything left" Mr..
Bunce lost three valuable cows and a
horse during June after paris green
was found sprinkled in the barn man
gers. Several nights ago he was
awakened by the barking of his dog
and found that gasoline had been
sprinkled upon the hay and through
out the barn. The Bunce farm is near
the Demers farm where a barn was
burned two years ago after warnings
had been given. Mr.. Bunce, a veteran
of the Spanish war and a marksman,
says he will not be frightened away
fron his property.