Grant County herald. [volume] (Lancaster, Wis.) 1850-1968, 1909-03-31
The Sunday Milwaukee Sentinel

contained the announcement of play
to be presented by the senior class OF
Beloit college, in which Miss Emily
Cronin. of this city will play a very
prominent part. The play to be
given is titled ''The Climber; or The
Mushroom Aristocrat 1t is a
French comedy translated into English
by G. D. Fairchild, head of the
French dept. in Beloit 1t will he
presented May 1st. This comedy has
never before peen acted except in it's
| original French version.
Three Buick automobiles we're
unloaded here Friday afternoon, from
the special car in which they had
been shipped from Flint, Mich. Two
of them, light runabout and
larger machine belong to Bert and
Frank Schreiner. The other one was
put in in order to secure car load
rates and is for sale. Two repre-
sentatives of the Hokansen company
of Madison accompanied the shipment
here. All thr 90 automobiles are fine
ones and there. should be no diff
Guilty in disposing of the odd one.
Herman hamburger passed away
at his home near this city on Sunday
after suffering intensely with acute
perotInitis. Mr. hamburger was a
native of Wisconsin, having been
born in this state June 20. 1871. He
was known by people of this vicinity
as being a man of excellent habits,
and was we'll liked by all who knew
him. Funeral services we're held
yesterday afternoon from the resi-
dence and burial followed in Hill
side cemetery. Besides other rela-
tives and friends he is survived by a
sorrowing wife and one child.
\ Mrs. Boyle, who has attracted
imuch notority as one of the kid
napers of the Whitla boy, once at
tended school in Grant county ac-
cording to the statement of her father.
] William McDermott an ex Chicago
fireman. He was heart broken over
his daughter being implicated in the
case but said that he would do moth
| ing in her defense. He said that she
had been educated in st. Vincents
academy in Chicago and at Sinsinawa,
''near Lancaster, Wis" Later she
worked as stenographer for fight
promoter by the name of doc" Mes
senger. For three years her father
had not heard from her, except once
and then by telephone, when she told
him that she had been married to
New York millionaire. The girls
maiden name was Anna McDermott.
On Arbor day (which falls on
Friday, May this year, the final
choice of the state flower will be
made by the school children of the
state. The four candidates chosen in
last years primary are the white
water lily, trailing arbutus, wild
rose and violet. G. L. Harper,
formerly of Lancaster, has been the
prime mover in this election and now
is trying to arouse a lively interest so
that the vote will be large and the
final choice, Therefore, generally salts
factory. In the primary election
last year ia, Ali votes were cast.
In Lancaster the primary choice of
the pupils was the modest little violet
but there was quite a little rivalry
displayed by the 'adherents' of the
various flowers. The election on
arbor day should be an interesting
affair indeed
"A declamatory contest was held
in the ninth grade room at the north
school last Friday afternoon in order
to choose speakers to represent that
grade in the Mckinley Circle contest
to be held shortly. There were nine
contestants and all showed that they
had been we'll trained and were do
ing their best The three winners
in the respective order of the judges
markings were: Elva Knox, Donna
Smith and Clement Nathan. The
judges were Rev. j. T. Morgans and
Attys. Herbert Moses and Walter
Brennan. The eighth grades on the
North and South sides will hold their
contests sometime after the spring
vacation. The final contest will be
held sometime in May The Ladies
of the g. A. r. announce that this
affair will be held sometime in May
Two prizes of So each will be award
ed to the best boy speaker and the pest
girl speaker. There will be nine