Grant County herald. [volume] (Lancaster, Wis.) 1850-1968, 1906-06-23
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NA>4lInS relatives at Jal6Qa.
Thomas Faragher, of Madison,
was in Lancaster Wednesday.
VIC. Christensen, Of Chippewa
Falls, was in the city Thursday.
The weather man has had it in
for the peek -a-boo waists this week.
John Carmody, of Mt. Hope,
was a business caller here Thurs
day
Master Louis Shattuck Of Ben
ton visited Lancaster relatives this
week.
Clarence Eastman, Of Platte
vile is visiting at the home Of Will
Eberhardu
June q, the prohibitionists
will hold a county convention in
the court house.
Mr.. and Mrs. T. M. Young ar
rived home Thursday from their
trip to the east.
The Political Equality club will
meet with Mrs. Frank Horton
Monday at $3.50 p. m.
-Lancaster's celebration will be
biggest and best. Remember that
you are invited to come.
Mrs. William Morkin and in
FAINT son are visiting at the home of
her parents, Mr.. and Mrs. H. G..
Judd.
-Messrs. Reuben Ellsworth, of
Mineral Point, and E. E. Ellsworth,
of Livingston, were Lancaster callers
Wednesday.
-Fennimore is planning a big
time Aug. 8 and 10, in connection
with the Yoenan picnic Of south
western Wisconsin.
Geo. A. Moore's next 2shipping
day will be Wednesday, June 9th.
Ships veal calves, sheep, hogs,
lambs, butcher stock, fiat cattle, etc.
A basket sociable for the benefit
Of st. Lawrence's church at Mt.
Hope will be held Fr;day'eve, June
%, at the rectorY. Everybody
cordially invited.
The Rev. J. F. Eaton, of
Wheaton, will preach in the Con-
gregational church tomorrow morn
ing and evening. He will be here
the consecutive Sundays for a
month.
The Inter State Amusement Co.,
besides its great moving pictures of
San Francisco will close with 5000
feet Of new comical motion pictures.
Fun will follow the heart1Iinterest
pictures. Reeds opera house Tues
day.
The rest room in the city hall
is proving a great convenience for
the ladies who come to Lancaster to
do their trading. Thief room will
doubtless prove a great 1aid to
getting the trade of this vicinity to
came to Lancaster and should have
been established long ago.
The longest days Of the year
are past and from now on will con-
tinue tn grow shorter until late in
December. Monday, Tuesday,
Wednesday and Thursday were all
of equal length according to the
calendars, the sun rising at 4:34
and setting at 7:28. Yesterday Old
Sol was supposed to set atlsthe same
time. but he came up 2IOne minute
later.
1t is time to do a little preach
ING to the home merchant as we'll
as to the patron ofssthe3mail order
concerns. If the homeI Emerckant
finds that his tradeIis slipping away
from him and goingi5to the mail
order houses it is up to him to re-
cover it. This newspaper stands
r5ady to assist him in any legitimate
way to accomplish this end, but the
newspaper alone isipowerless. The
merchant is the man behind the
gun and he must useI his ammuni-
ton where he will accomplish the
best results. The only effective
weapons are right prices and judici-
Gus advertising. The combination
Will work wonders. The success of
the mail order house lies in the fact
that they spend hundreds of thou
sands of dollars annually in adj
vert1sing. They place their price
lists in the hands of every person
whose name they can secure. The
result is that having this price list
IN the house and not knowing per-
haps the home price OH the article
wanted. it is no wonder that the
mail order business is on the in
crease. Again we say it is up to the
ho,ono ,ooarchant TO offset this nv