Grant County herald. [volume] (Lancaster, Wis.) 1850-1968, 1909-11-03
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Those from other cities attending
the funeral of Mr.. Dickinson were
Harley Dickinson and son Keith,
Messrs, and Mms. A. J. O'Neill and
Harley Chambers, Chas. 0'Neill. of
Chicago; Miss Carrie Chambers of
Clinton. Wis. Edwin Dickinson of
Patch Grove, g. F. Dickinson and
wife of Lancaster, Mrs. Brockway of
Wauwatosa.
Last Thursday r. N Noskins took
the writer, Fl. G.. Enke and f. A.
Arndt on an S5-mile automobile trip
through Lancaster and Platteville to
Georgetown, the home of James
Jeffrey and return. Hoskins new
auto made the trip without an &C
cident. The day was fine and the
roads were like pavement, except
where obstructed with big thank-ye-
MONS in the vicinity of Lancaster.
Nothing is quite SO exhilarating as
an auto trip on bright. bracing
autumn day. Well go again if we
have the chance.
The county surveyor was here last
week. running some lines in the lands
east of town.
The ladies of the Salmagundi club
and several others went to Patch
Grove and took dinner with the aid
society Thursday. Twenty Bloom.
ipgtoD people sat down to one table.
L. Abraham and wife and Mrs.
Goldberg attended the Rebekah con-
vention at Platteville last Thursday.
harry Grant and wife of Sibley,
Iowa, are in the hands OF their rela-
tives and friends in this the home of
their youth.
Nuns. S. A. Hatch and J. A. Davis
while out driving Saturday had
narrow escape in a mix up with the
Hatch family horse which became
frightened at passing auto and
tipped them into the ditch. Both
ladies were badly shaken up and
bruised as result of the fall. and
they are still suffering from their in
iuries and shock of the accident.
Ont at the Frank Raisbeck home
Clifford friends gave him a surprise
party Friday evening. They had a
good time, too.
HaIlowe en- was lively occasion
in this place, as usual. Spirits and
ghosts of all sorts were abroad and
cut up all sorts of capers. There
were several PARTIES about town.
One at the Reub. Trench home was a
very jolly affair. Another at the
Chas. Pierce home made the occasion
a lively one. Miss Maud Starrett
invited a number of friends out to her
home in the country, and they report
good time.
! Dan Leamy, substitute. carried the
mail ON r. W. Hedemann's rural
route last week, Ralph being laid up
with rheumatism.
Robert Bohringer has just COM
pleted the construction of fine new
barn.
Miss Eliza Bradbury, former resi-
dent of this place, is guest at the
w. B. Bates home.
Sylvester Davis was lucky in the
Cheyenne Indian reservation draw
ing. He has been notified that his
prize was number 226. That is small
enough to be one of the good ones.
Earl Brother has moved into the
Will Stark house.
Miss Bess BARLEY is visiting in
Lancaster and Richland Center.
Miss Ella Witcomb has joined the
gIee club at the Milwaukee normal
school, which she is attending.
Grimesey & Kemnitzer have sale
Saturday. November 9Th. Elmer
Yayer's is on Thursday, November
Nth. Frank Ahasey's Nov. 4th.
Thos. Halls Nov. 5th
F. L. Taylor has placed new
glass front in his barber shop, and
over in his yard new cement walks
have been built by Harley Welsh.
Frank always is seeking to make
things better.
James johnson, who passed the
summer at Edgeley, S. D., is in
town.
The village board Monday evening
voted to pass an auto speed ordinance