Grant County herald. [volume] (Lancaster, Wis.) 1850-1968, 1922-03-22


Center, was in good health at her
home when she dropped dead of heart
failure. She was nearly 60 years old.
Josephus Armstrong, employed in
a sawmill on Pine river crossing in
Richland county, was manned for life
when he reached over the revolving
blade to change the guide The in
deX finger and part of the thumb were
ripped off.
The Platteville Odd Fellow lodge
recently initiated a class of % new
members largest class ever adj
mitted at one time in their lodge.
There was a big blowout on the night
the new men went in with visiting
members from nearby towns.
The Cuba City News-Herald was
recently awarded third prize for be-
ing the third best newspaper in the
state in places of less than 1900 in
population. The award was made in
the contest conducted by the Wis
consin Press Association in connec-
ton with their winter meeting.
IN ORDER to keep up with the de-
maid fer wire balls, greases and mo-
tor oils the Galena Mfg. Co. has put on
on extra shift and is working its fac
tory "A hours a day. In order to al
lCviate unemployment the company is
Hiring married and ex-service men,
Only
Violet Ahrens, IA, Pra. du CHEN,
daughter of well-to-do parents, and
JOS Burns, 81, farm hand on the All
rens Bros dairy farm, are missing.
The girl, pupil in the eighth grade,
who is large for her age, was at her
classes Wednesday. The farm is one
mile from the city. Burns drew $500
in wages Tuesday
Frank Schultz, Clayton, Iowa, far
mer, got out of his wagon to fix
something, leaving tne team on a
steep hill. The horses became start
led and backed, the wagon and its
occupants, Mrs. Schultz and children,
going over a 2O-foot embankment.
ArIo, 4, and Frances, 3, were killed
and the other children badly hurt.
The Muscoda creamery has re-op-
Cned after being closed two years
for lack of patrons. Both the farmers
and the villagers lost by the closing
Iof the creamery. The old owners sold
butter at wholesale to MuscOda peO-
pc, at two to three cents below the
market, and the farmers got full pay
Or their cream. AS soon as the con-
Germ shut down buyers forced the
price OF cream down and the price OF
b ltter went up
Heirs OF D. Bachim, deceased, have
retained K. M. Orchard, Lancaster at
torney, to press their claim for COM
pensatiOn Mr.. Bachim was employed
by FoWeIl and Kidder on the Crooked
creek road project last summer. He
was killed. in a dynamite blast in
August In compliance with the law
the contractors carried liability in
eurance, the risk being held by the
Maryland Casualty Co. To date the
S. 900 claim has nos oeen paid. DR..
Hurd of 3OscObel is guardian of in
competent and minor heirs.
Ahrens Bros, Pra. du Chen milk
men, have received a report from the
Chicago packer who slaughtered IS
head Of COWS condemned for tubercu-
losis on the Ahrens farm OF the 50
head, "a showed Visible LESSONS. 16
as fertilizer The other carcasses
were put through a sterilizing process
to free the flesh from tubercular
as food Ahrens Bros. have received
I$1125 salvage with the state and
federal governments yet to hear from
An auto party containing the ROs-
coe Annear family, Richland Center
went through rail on the road near
the city and plunged down an en-
bankment forty feet. Mrs. F. F.
Lewis, a guest of the party, was the
worst hurt She suffered torn liga-
Iments in the shoulder. Mrs. Annear
was badly bruised and Annear had a
leg hurt The children were unin-
iured. The car, an Essex, had a
chunk of AKA from the railing driven
through the radiator, hood and fend-
err, the motor dislocated and the top
and Windshield reduced to scrap.
Fl. T. Newman, Dubuque, has d
rare Roman coin, unearthed by a
soldier in the World war. During the
excavation work in a French village
rcirg attached by German troops,
a deep trench was dug. A small
number of Roman coins were dug
I'D. the coins had been in the spot
since the car So B. c., to judge by
the historical inscriptions. They
are a composition of gold and bronze
about the SIZE of a quarter and very
chick and heavy. Collectors of an
Ifirpes Quickly bought up the coins
AID one Grifted into the hands Of Mr.
Newman.
Donaldson Bros, LaFarge, have a
deaf and dumb boy in their employ
that is considered a marvel by the viii
layers The boy cannot hear a sound
or utted word yet he Keeps custo-
mers and bystanders amused by the
funny things he writes out on a big
slate. The wonderful versatility OF
the boy and the fact that he answers
questions on any subject proves that
there is no magic about his ready wit
Here are a couple of examples of the
appropriate and clever sayings of the
boy: When the crowd around him
began to push closer he put up this
sign: "He with push doesn't need
pull" Again when a pedestrian had
a close shave by a passing automo-
lille he wrote: Better wait a minute
at the crossing than forever at the
cemetery"
George Brandes, old-time resident
of Prairie du Chen, at the age OF 50
lis starting for California to get re-
lief for a nerve trouble. Mr.. Brandes
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