Grant County herald. [volume] (Lancaster, Wis.) 1850-1968, 1923-01-31
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cousins, gave birth to daughters on
the same day. 1.-THE fathers OF the
two mothers are brothers.
Hugo Bahr, %, employe OF the Sara
toga flour mills near Waukesha, was
almost instantly killed when he was
caught by a belt and thrown into an
elevator shaft, suffering fractured
skull.
Assemblyman Clinton G. Price OF
Juneau county seeks to introduce
bill that would the legal weight OF a
dozen eggs at one pound and one
half Should this bill become law
eggs would henceforth be sold by the
pound
The parents of Henry Lemberger,
Is, raced IA miles over the deep snow
drifts from Sherwood to Appleton in
an effort to save the life OF their son,
i'll with appendicitis, but the youth
died just as he was being taken into
the hospital elevator.
The first liquor jury in Rock county
to include a woman acquitted M. j.
Finnerty, proprietor Of the South
GAINESVILLE hotel The woman was
Mrs. Agnes McGavock. Finnerty was
charged with poss essing liquor and
students obtained the evidence.
Charging that her husband asserted
she tried to poison him, struck her
over the head with stool and desert
ed her, sailing for his home in Nor
way, Mrs. OIava Odegard, Mount Hor-
eb. mother of seven children, has APP
piled for a divorce. She demands
title to the farm, worth $4,000.
hood nf n1rQhpn6 cattle We're
shipped out of Green Bay to be killed
at Chicago, after tuberculin test
showed the animals to be afflicted with
the disease. The animals are slauGh-
tered at state expense, the owner re-
ceiving one-half of the appraisal value
animal plus the salvage for hide and
fats
Terrace Gardens, a widely known
roadhouse near Appleton, was raided
by federal prohibition agents and the
proprietor Eugene KOnzelman, ar
rested for having intoricants in the
place. Seven homes in Menasha were
raided and quantities Of moOnshine
and mash found. Three stills were
seized.
A horse owned by Joe Felechek, RAJ
cine, was instantly killed in a collision
with a motor car driven by HelmUth
Mertins The driver of the car made
the charge that the buggy was on the
wrong side of the road. Glass from
the broken windshield cut the mares
throat, causing death, Felechek was
slightly injured.
Sheik pants, flowing haircuts and
other folderols affected by the male
pupils of the Stevens Point high
school, have been barred by the
board. Notices were recently posted
ordering the foolishness stopped at
once. The attitude of the sheiks in
dress and other ways was bringing
the school into disrepute.
Senator Timothy Burke, Green Bay,
introduced a resolution into the Wis
conSin senate asking that congress
submit the QOestiOn Of repeal OF the
prohibition amendment to the cOnstl-
tuition to the people, with a substitute
amendment that would give congress
the power to regulate but not prohibit
the sale of intoxicating liquors up to
rs percent alcoholic content.
For the loss of four fingers in a
school paper cutter, Francis Rooney,
Is. has brought suit gainst the city of
Racine for $500. Negligence in not
providing proper guards and in not
warning the boy as to the hazards, is
the claim set up by his father. The
CITY claims that it is not liable for in
juries of this kind because the schools
are performing a public function.
Marinette's famous dual sheriff re-
gime is a thing of the past Sheriff
Doberstein Monday moved from the
Jail residence, upon arrival of court
order dispossessing him. Sheriff
Dahl Immediately took possession OF
the vacated residence and is now in
full charge of the sheriff's office in
Marinette county The prisoners are
back to ratiOns of three meals a day.
Mrs Earl Murray, prominent club
woman of Green Bay, is suffering from
a nervous breakdown as the result OF
accidentally running over and killing
Rosemary Vanderstein, 6, with her au-
tomobile. The child was crossing the
street from her school to purchase a
bag of candy when she slipped and
fell n front of the car, the wheels pas
sing over her neck. The coroner held
the accident unavoidable
Judge John Clarke of Beloit MUM
cipal court has announced that in the
future he Will apply Jail sentences in
case of liquor law violation instead OF
meagre fines. Mrs. Cartier Jones
proprietress of a soft drink parlor
was given three months in Jail upon
her plea of guilty to illegal posses.
sion. John Jaeger and Emil Eurile
plain DRINKS, pleaded guilty and were
given Is days in Jail plus costs.
A decrease in the infant mortality OF
Wisconsin cities is shown by the NOR
tally figures for 1921 released by the
state board of health Thursday. In
IA cities of over 10000 population, the
death rate for children under one
year was lower than in 1920. The
general decline in infant mortality is
believed due to newer methods il
child health work adopted by cities
Among the important factors are the
child health centers, public health
nurses, better local measures for con.
troll of milk supplies and increase in
knowledge by mothers of the care an6
feeding of infants.