Grant County herald. [volume] (Lancaster, Wis.) 1850-1968, 1905-12-30

Atty Jos. M Cubela of Muscoda
has been appointed court commits
sioner by Judge Clementson.
Jos. Book and wife are enter
tanning their daughter, Mrs. E. E.
McDermott and her. husband of
Minneapolis.
Miss Gertrude Buck of Platte
vile, formerly teacher in the Lam
caster schools, is guest of Mayor
and Mrs. HasseIl.
Miss Blanche Rotchschild, Joe
McBr1en and Gordon Smith. students
at Quincy, ILL.,, business college, are
home for vacation.
Asst. County Supt. BrockerG at
tended the teachers meeting at Mil
waukee this week and Mrs. Brockert
visited her parents at Fennimore.
Frank Orion and Carl Calvin
are home from State University to
fill up on mince pie and and other
delicacies under the ssparentalIroofs.
A large gathering of rela4- ives
and friends of Mr.. and Mrs. Elliot
Knotwell of Beetown assembled at
their hospitable home on Christmas
day to assist in making merry the
9Th wedding anniversary of the
estimable couple.
There is talk of organizing a
snow shovelers' union here, one Of
the objects Of which will be to
have an ordinance passed COM
pelling people to walk in the streets
during the time a snow storm is in
progress, and until the walks are
cleared in order to make the task
of shoyeling much easier.
AT the home of Mrs. M. A.
Reed Saturday, Jan. 9Th, the
American History club will have a
written debate by all members,
equally divided upon the af-
firmative and negative sides of this
question: Are women's clubs
menace to American society?
Following are the judges: Mesdames
Morgans, Ralph and Sprague.
"A pleasant surprise was planned
on Mr.. and Mrs. Robt. Scott, ST.,
on Christmas, all their children and
grand children except Mrs. Maggie
Crawshaw and family being present,
all with well filled baskets. A nice
chair was presented the elderly
couple as token of remem brance
of the day. Those present were:
VIM. Scott and wife and two child
dren; Robt. Scott, Jr, and wife and
four children; Geo. Scott, wife ana
two children; Joe Scott, wife and
two children; John, Jennie and
Emma Scott; John Breithaupt, wife
and child; Henry Fisher and wife:
Harvey Hubert and wife; Ester
Crawshaw and Clyde Beetham
The newspaper is the best and
most effectual method of publicity.
| The business man in the small town
who resorts to circular, billboard
and novelty advertising, and whose
advertisement never appears in the
home paper, if the truth be known
generally, does a smaller amount of
business than if he spent the amount
OF money necessary to put out his
freak advertising in space in his
home paper. You can always reach
the masses through the columns of
your local press. The millions of
dollars yearly spent by large adj
vertlsers shows how effective and
profitable newspaper advertising IS.
AT II p. m. tomorrow Nineteen
Hundred and Five passes into the
great beyond. Even now the good
Old Year is dying and mourners are
assembling about his bedside. The
new heir to the throne is waiting
and as the whistles blow out the
death of the departed monarch the
new ruler will ascend the throne
amid the cries lie Roi est mort,
Vive lie Role" The public is a
tickle subject. In a few short
hours the old monarch will lie for
gotten in his bier while we are
vieing with others in doing honor
to the new ruler. Poor Old Year,
Even now his subjects are deserving
him to cringe upon the new king.
Even now he lies in the last throes
/ of death surrounded by but a faith
full few. There is something pathetic
III the death of year. Something,
an indescribable something, that is
full of sadness as each succeeding
! year follows the last into the abyss
Of the past. It has been full of
actions, some good, some bad. TO
many Of us it has meant much. Has
| brought happiness. has brought