Grant County herald. [volume] (Lancaster, Wis.) 1850-1968, 1925-05-13
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Cecilia Yunk, s, Appleon, was hit by
an automobile driven by VIM. Dedrien
of Little Chute, and killed. The ac-
cident happened as the child crossed
the road near her home.
Touching a wire carrying $500 volts
of pressure, George Tully, Kenosha
bricklayer, was hurled from a scaffold-
to the ground eight feet down last
Wednesday. Tully was working at the
Wisconsin Gas & Electric Co. plant.
He was picked up unconscious but will
recover
After travelling rs miles through the
woods from Hazelhurst, an Angora
cat arrived at the home of Atty. P. T..
Stone in Wausau. The cat had been
left in Hazelhurst by members of the
Stone family following an outing there.
The cat covered the distance in about
a week.
H. R. Briggs, assessor of incomes
for Dane county, announces that he
will probably authorize prosecution OF
at least four prominent business men
of Madison for income tax frauds. The
department has been inclined to deal
leniently with bookkeeping errors but
will not tolerate deliberate falsifica-
ton.
Alderman H. J. Laursen of Neenah,
last week commenced a race with
death which will take him to his boy
hood home in Denmark. Alderman
Laursen left shortly after he had re-
ceived word that his mother, whom
he had not seen in years, was dying
of cancer.
A recapitulation of votes cast at the
FIT. Atkinson spring election, shows
the cost of each vote to be nearly 70c
Only 507 ballots were cast at the APP
ril 7 election, and the total cost was
1851, making the expense per ballot
69Ac for the taxpayers. In previous
elections the cost has gone as low as
Sc vote.
The body of Swan Johnson, So, lum-
Der mill worker, was found hanging
from a rafter in the garage in the
rear of his home at Green Bay. john
son, who had been missing for several
days, had been drinking heavily and
it is believed that he hung himself
following rebuke from his wife about
his unsteady habits.
Burglars broke into the Gross
Kruger store at Green Bay about
midnight Wednesday, making away
with suits and overcoats valued at
$4,000. Entrance was made by saw
ing a panel of wood and removing
plate glass to enter the store. The
loot included 1876 suits and 81 over
coats. Getaway was made with
truck.
An aged couple was left homeless
i n nd11n
day when the combination home and
store owned by Mr.. and Mrs. Peter
Pelkey Sr., on highway rs, near Bear
Creek, was destroyed by fire. The
flames started on the roof from sparks
and famed by the wind, were soon
beyond control of farmers who came
to the rescue.
Amos Burnham, SIS, Hebron, near
Lake Geneva, was blown to pieces last
week while blasting stumps on his
farm He was working with another
man and went to ascertain why big
charge of dynamite had not gone off
as expected While Burnham was polk
ing into the charge it exploded. The
man was hurled 40 feet and his arms
and legs torn off.
Similarity of the figures and on
Identification tags worn by two infants
in a Beloit hospital, caused mix-up
there Tuesday. A grandmother and
mother started home with youngster
that the stork had left on the family
tree, as they thought. They were
overtaken by a speeding taxicab con-
tanning a nurse and another child.
The nurse said they had taken the
wrong baby. The mistake would have
made some difference. One baby was
a girl and the other boy.