Grant County herald. [volume] (Lancaster, Wis.) 1850-1968, 1908-10-24
LOCAL NEWS NOTES


C. A. Holzer. of Preston. vas in
this city Wednesday.
Fl. s. Braudt, of Fennimore, was
in Lancaster Wednesday. "a
Miss Kate Mcnamara is visiting
at the home of her cousins in this
city.
Will MaMahon was business
visitor in Woodman the first of the
week.
Miss Bess BARLEY, of Blooming
ton, visited with friends in Lancaster
this week.
Mrs. Mary Williams visited in
Boscobel this week at the home of E.
w. Guenzel.
The next meeting of the Womans
club will be held at the home of Mrs
r. B Showalter.
j. M. Cooley and Chas, Wepking,
of Fennimore, were visitors at the
county seat this week. $50
Claude Hickok who has been en-
ployed here several months is at his
home in Bloomington.
Arch Rundell and Homer
Biddick, of Livingston were county
seat visitors this week.
Field Secretary r. P. Hutton, of
the Wisconsin anti-saloon league was
Lancaster visitor Tuesday.
Miss Rose Andrew, of Livings-
ton, was called to this city by the
serious illness of Mrs. Chas. Meyer.
Three of the large naples outside
of the Jas Woodhouse residence in
the second ward were cut down this
week.
Misses Roseleip and Fox and
Messrs. Edwin Fisher and Theodore
Wenzel we've Platteville visitors this
week.
Ira Totman visited in Madison
this week with his sons Ward and
Clara who are attending the state uni
versity.
Geo. Robertson. of Portland,
Oregon, and sister Mrs. Chas. Potter,
are visiting relatives and friends in
this city and Patch Grove
The house just south OF the
primary school was purchased this
week by Fl. Engroff who will occupy
it. John Whitish has been living
there.
-Plattevlle people seen on our
sleet Thursday were d. McGregor,
H. s. Dyer. Geo. y. Orput, Geo. L.
Jerrett. E. Botsford. T. f. Cummins,
c. A. Burroughs, F. E. Doescher. F.
E. Huntington and Jas. Harms.
Miss Cora Holmes and brother
Orville drove up from Platteville
Sunday. They were accompanied
home by Mrs. Orville Holmes who
has been visiting here and her mother
Mrs. Frank Vandewall. Mrs. Wander
wall remained for short visit.
"A neighboring exchange sounds
the following warming County
school teachers are warned to be on
their guard against couple of smooth
grafters who are working the country
with the proposition to give the
teachers a membership in a reading
club and furnish them with ten books
and course of study. The expense
is $12 so and notes are taken which
in turn are turned over to the local
bankers at discount, and the books
fail to pat in an appearance, In
one county 200 teachers were caught
in the swindle. - - -
Linden is have newspaper.
Harlan J. johnson of Prairie du Chen
has made arrangements to take charge
of j. W. Taylor's Southwest Wis
consin" newspaper and job plant. Mr..
johnson is an experienced editor and
printer, a hustler and a royal good
fellow. He has been editor of the
Prairie gu Chen Union for about
a year. Previous to this he edited
the Grant Co. Herald at Lancaster
for several years, going there from
Boscobel. He has rented the E.
Fredinnick building on Main st.
The family will live in the upper
story and Mrs. johnson will conduct
restaurant on the lower floor. We
give them a hearty welcome to our
village and hope the people will give
them the support they deserve. Lin
den correspondence in Montfort Mail.
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