Grant County herald. [volume] (Lancaster, Wis.) 1850-1968, 1907-09-04
Local JOttin9S.

portion of last week.
Jas. Scullon took departure yes
terday, bound for Texas.
VIM. Mcmahon was in Fenni
more on business yesterday.
Joe Reidl went to GAINESVILLE
Monday, where he will remain:
Lancaster sends its usual dele
cation to the Platteville fair this
week.
Miss Abbie Phelps has been
freshing up the appearance OF hed
home by coat of pant.
Mrs. Budd Duncan is carrying
mail on route No. 5, while Mr.. Dun
can is taking his annual vacation.
Tom Finnegan returned to his
duties at Milwaukee Monday. He
is employed at the Globe hotel as
clerk.
John Flitsch is again back at
the Phillips house as hosteler.
Landlord Dechow says he's as good
man as he ever had.
Mrs. Helen Barlow is anticipat
ing the pleasure of a visit from her
brother, Charles RockefellOw and
his wife from the west.
After a two weeks visit with
Miss Carthew, Miss Jean Crueger
departed for her home in Chicago
the latter part of last week.
Miss Isabel Herman of MilwaT-
kee, new head trimmer of Than
houser's millinery department, will
arrive here early next week.
The Rev. Cook of Dodge
vile has been calling on old friends
in this city the past week. Oyer
twenty years ago Mr.. Cook was
pastor of the NJ. T. church IN Lam
caster.
Mr.. and Mrs. Frank Smith, Mr..
and Mrs. John eastman, and Kate
with little Mabel Wilson enjoyed q
bit of the camping last week with
Parke Dudley's family near the
pretty Eversol home.
The Mystic Workers will give
an ice cream and cake social IN the
southwest part Of the courtyard to-
morrow evening to which all are
invited. Proceeds are to be used to
purchase dishes for the lodge.
The unwelcOme news comes to
relatives and friends here that
Chas. w. Burr is seriously i'll at his
home in Oklahoma City with an at
tack of typhoid fever. It is to be
hoped he will soon be cOnvalescenI.
Illinois melon growers expect q
big crop, tn ough early in the season
they cOnten ded with a plague of
field mice, caused IL is said, by the
slaughter OF chicken snakes, that
keep down the mice. The wanton
killing of birds also makes plenty of
trouble for farmers.
Last Saturday was the occasion
Of a home coming to Lancaster.
Among the arrivals were DR.. Gault
and family from Europe; DR.. S. E.
HasselI and wife from Mexico; Mrs.
j. p. Lewis from Port Huron,
Wis. and the high school teachers
from their several homes.
IS. Thanhouser and wife re-
turned Friday from business trip
to Milwaukee and Chicago, where
they purchased a superb line of new
goods Attention is called to it in
their ad. today. Mr.. and Mrs.
Thanhouser enjoyed pleasant out
ing at Green lake also. while away.
John II. Howe, son and daugh-
ter arrived home Saturday from an
extended pleasure trip in the east.
Their itinerary included three weeks
of camp life in Maine, 1000 miles of
steamboat ride, the views of the
Hudson river country and sojourn
at the jamestown exposition. 1t is
unnecessary to state that the trip
was most enjoyable one.
II. J. Meals of Dies Moine3 was
II the city yesterday. Mr.. Meals
represents a famous tea house, MAX
ing a special brand called ''Salada,
and he made an advertising con-
tract with the Herald to exploit the
good qualities of this tea. While
in the city Mr.. Meals also perform
ed pleasant duty, secured a mar
riage license from County Clerk
Tuffiey's matrimonial agency. The
lady in the case is Miss Paulina
Cage, whose home is in Columbus,
Ohio. She comes west to join the
man of her choice.
"A tornado at Ladysmith last
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