Grant County herald. [volume] (Lancaster, Wis.) 1850-1968, 1909-08-25
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A Winters, of Animation, was here

Mineral Point fair.
John Day received his new Ford
automobile last Thursday.
e. Brookens of Bloomington was
in in Lancaster Saturday.
The weekly band concert will
take place Thursday evening.
Miss Aurilla Smith of Fennimore
visited in Lancaster last week.
Miss Ethel Baker left Monday for
visit at her home in Boscobel.
Misses Geneveive and Bernice An
gus visited last week in Madison.
Miss Sadie Fisher of Livingston
was the guest of Carl Alt last week.
-WieIand Oswald left Saturday
for Whitewater for visit with rela-
tives.
MIR. and Mrs. P. J. Stevens visit
ed their son L. ii. Stevens and family
last week.
Mrs. William j. Shade is visit
ing her husband. the proprietor of the
local gymnasium.
The exterior of the Pasteurizing
plant has been improved by a fresh
coat OF white paint.
The Free Methodist campmeeting
opened last Thursday evening in
PIatteville None from this city are
in attendance.
| -Nathan's and Ats each received
big lot of watermelons during the
! past week and that delicious fruit has
been the favorite dessert on Lancaster
tables in consequence.
The roads in this section are said
! to De in excellent condition. The
streets in this city have been much
improved this summer by the OCCASION
al use of the King drag.
-Dr. and Mrs. Roy Carter, of
Livingston, arrived last week for
visit with relatives. DR.. Carter re-
turned home Monday but Mrs. Carter
remained for more extended visit.
The circus has come and gone and
already several ''kid" circuses have
taken place in Lancaster. The sober
old house cats are daily acting the
part of ferocious lions and the acco-
modatIng family plug is everything
from a ring horse to camel
james Olson has rented the Lam
caster House to T. A. Finnegau, an
experienced hotel man, who has taken
charge and will have the active man
agement of the hotel. Yesterday Mr..
Olson accompanied by James johnson
of Lancaster and John yeide, residing
west of the ely started for South Oak
ota to look over the country.
-Elswhere in uoday's Herald will
be found an advertisement for the
gymnasium which Prof. Schade is
making very popular and we'll pat
ronized institution. His classes will
start as follows; Boys, Monday, p.
M, Aug. 30; Young men, Monday, 81
p. M. Aug. 30; Girls, Tuesday, p.
M. Aug, 81; Ladies, Tuesday, 7:90
p. M, Aug 81.
The wire" grass has made It's
annual appearance In the lawns about
the city and with its usual perverse-
ness refuses to be ''kept down." 1t
is hard on the lawn mower to cut it
and it is impossible to rake the lawn
without having this obstinante mem
Der of the grass family present an I'm
even and ugly appearance. 1t is as
hard nuisance for the city property
owner to get rid of as the twitch grass
is for the farmer.
Misses Louise Lawyer and Bessie
Kilbourn, former teachers in the Ian
caster high school. have been touring
Europe during the past few months
and by this time. according to letter
received here, are on their way
home. During their trip they spent
considerable time in France and Italy
and in writing to friends in this city.
were very enthusiastic over the many
places of scenic and historic interest
that they had visited.
The Mineral Point fair attracted
few from this section last week.
Those in attendance report excellent
races, good attractions and fair ex-
hibit of farm and domestic products.
The early season fairs have usually
met with same conditions. 1t is pos
sible ane not difficult to secure, at
this time, big field of horses for all
the races, but it is hard proposition
to make good showing in the other