Grant County herald. [volume] (Lancaster, Wis.) 1850-1968, 1924-12-31
NEWS FROM
ALL AROUND
WISCONSIN
Items of Current
Interest By Mail
and Telegraph.

nosha real estate dealer who has been
much in the iimelight because of his
domestic troubles and his romances
has launched his bark on the sea OF
matrimony again, this time by mar
rying 16-year-old Lillian Williams OF
Kenosha. Because of the wide gap
between their ages the girls parents
when they learned of the elopement
Sunday, discussed with an attorney
the possibility of annuling and asked
police to find their daughter if pos
sib1e. The child bride was missing
from home Friday. Investigation re-
vealed that Wilson was also missing
and a report from Waukegan, now
confirmed, showed that the two had
been married last Wednesday at that
city before a justice of the peace
They had returned to their respective
homes in KenoSha and then started on
their honeymoon two days later. 1t is
believed that they are enroute to jack
sonville, Fla. Mr.. Wilson is a wealthy
real estate dealer, owning large bust
ness properties. He was divorced sew
eral years ago from his first wife
Mrs. Minnie Wilson, who is living IN
Kenosha with her son, Chester, a
graduate of Marquette university. Will
son hoped into the local limelight
several months ago when Miss Mar
ian Wons, social worker, claimed
unreuuited love, went to his apart
ment and attempted to kill herself by
drinking poison. She recovered and
later married another man.
Wendell Hoover, Milwaukee radio
salesman aged 20, is held by the po-
lice in connection with the death OF
Mrs. Vera Bosshard, 35, church singer
who was killed in her apartments late
Wednesday, Hoover was arrested as
he rushed from the place. The BODY
of Mrs Bosshard, stabbed through the
heart and with the throat cut, was
found in the apartment. An exam
lining physician said the woman mao
been assaulted. Hoover, married and
father of three children the young
est three weeks old, maintains his IN
nocence. He says he entered the
Bosshard home to make sale ana
found the body. Overcome by fright
he says he screamed and fled. He is
unable to account for blood spots on
his coat sleeve. Hoover is the son OF
a physician. He has a criminal rec
ord.
Dep. Atty. Ger. o. A. Erikson in an
opinion to J. .. Emery, dairy ana
food commissioner, has ruled tnat
"customer's purchase slips" which
entitle each buyer of three packages
of pancake flour to purchase grlo-
die from the milling company at
special rate, is a violation OF the state
trading stamp law. According 10 MI
Emery, a customers purchase slip
and griddle order" was given away
with each retail purchase OF pancake
flour The slip entitled the customer
to buy a griddle for $3.50 from tne
mill which furnished the Slips 10 the
dealer.
While the Sunday school OF the ISL
Mothodist church of Sparta was prac-
ticing it's Christmas program and the
church members had assembled Ior
fine Sunday morning session, the
church building caught fire and IN 81
minutes had burned to the ground
THE children were marched from the
building by their teachers and no one
was injured. Defective wiring IS De-
Iiaved to have caused the fire. Frozen
hvdrants and 10 begree below weatner
made it impossible to extingulsh the
flames The loss is estimated at $5O,OOO
covered by $4,000 insurance.
F,mnIoyes of the Burgess Battery
10 at Madison received two tons OF
silver. amounting to $4,000, repre-
santing the semi-monthly payroll OF
I 200 employees. The employees were
GIVEN a holiday Saturday to do CHRIST
mas shopping, the holiday on pay TAX
inc the place of the usual Christmas
Marty G. F. Burgess, president OF the
COMPANY. conceived the idea IN re-
Snonse to Sec. MELONS plea that the
Tee of silver money, would save the
government many thousands OF ool-
lars annually that is now requlreu
for reprinting of the currency
The seats held by senators A. L.
Carey of Rock county, and y. II.
Iobnson of Green county, are oeing
obo11anged By OBSERVATION-DISCLOSURES
forces in the senate. After the close
If the last session, Carey was APP
,,o;n+er secretary of the civil service
Commission. and Johnson to the ONCE
- dan,,tv state insurance commls-
o;onor The ants claim that When the
soIons accepted the appointments 10
stata offices. their seats in the upper
Lovse of the legislature automatlcalIy
became vacant. 1l,,
Officers of Monroe's three oahAS
nromise a hot welcome for banK pan
dts Special precautions nave peen
taIs, Since the $4,000 bank ROB-
harv in Milwaukee. FIREARMS nay
been polished, burglar alarm uLnis
conducted and other measures taHen
ut assure defeat to any yess pio''
- of being locked in vaults is De-
49, d;cnelled among employees by spe-,
- ipstructions in the manner vi
',oi,ino, emergency escapes from the
ai,. TIGHT compartments sealed py 'lille
locks. - 1Fonominee
died wednesday from carbon Iloiio NY
ide noisoning after exposure " Sc
r..o ~, au+o exhaust and a coke neat
80 f,,rnace The first exposure was
tuesday. while driving a hearse' NJ e
80 fo1,nd sitting slumped in ms seat
nearly overcome from the FUMES. W
Wednesday Theurer went to WORK III
construction crew putting up 80
600 Gas from an open coke heatlnS
s17rnocn near where the young man
was working proved fatal;
IT Kaspar, cheesemaker OF Bear
Croel[ Sank county. after "A years
will receive gold medal TOT Ille
worId,s hest American cheese awardeu
him at the Paris exposition in 1900
When he received the letter from Far
is. written in French, notifying HIM OF
the award, Mr.. Kaspar laid it ASIDE
where it was forgotten until recently
when he had the letter translated ana
found himself to be the maker OF the
worlds best cheese.
James R. Stone, former federal pro-
bibition director for Wisconsin, was