Grant County herald. [volume] (Lancaster, Wis.) 1850-1968, 1911-08-16

OOAA Lay WOAl 10 D6lVlu6I0s LII.
Tuesday.
&C. Clanton was in Fennimore
Thursday.
Matt Peacock was Boscobel
caller Saturday.
Miss Irena Underwood went to
Chicago yesterday.
Roy Clifton and family were at
Sitter last week.
&C. Fl. Sellick had business in
Milwaukee Thursday
Miss Mabel Judd came home
Monday for brief visit.
Mr.. Chas. H. Baxter went to
Milwaukee Thursday on business.
Born to Mr.. and Mrs. Christ
Funk on Tuesday, Aug. s. a daugh-
ter.
Miss Edam. Of Dodgeville, came
here yesterday to take up her work
as an attendant at the county farm.
Ned Ivey started Sunday for Mil
waukee. He will visit there while
taking his vacation from his work in
L. Weber shoe store.
But one marriage license has
CT
of George w. NARROW and Augusta
II. Taylor, both of South Lancaster.
The morning train out of Lancas-
ter was compelled to go to Madison
Friday and Saturday instead of going
to Galena. This change was due to,
washouts in the vicinity of Galena.
The fruit and flower committee or
the Beavers will give shadow
social" next Saturday evening. Aug.
10. All Beaver queens are requested
to bring lunch for two.
Tom Cox W. R. c. No. AZ. at
its last regular meeting voted to hold
a rummage sale. during the latter
part of September or fore part of
October.
County Treasurer w. D. Burr
was exhibiting, yesterday several fine
ears of corn raised by his son. which
had matured just SO days from time
of planting. and that's going some.
Hubert Alt was compelled to give
up his intended trip to Colorado be-
cause of the poor health of his book
keeper Clarence Suttle, which neces-
STATED his temporary retirement from
duty.
In the issue of The Herald for
Aug, 2nd the statement was made,
the compulsory attendance
law, that all children under 90 years
Of age must be kept in school. The
new law states that children beween
the ages of seven and fourteen must
attend school CERTAIN number of days
each year. Those interested please
note this correction.
Frank G. Meyer and Harry
Jarthew started yesterday afternoon
'or trip through the west and to
many points on the Pacific coast. 1t
IS their intention to stop first at
Denver and Salt Lake City, going
rom there to Los Angeles and various
places in that vicinity, then TO San
Francisco and on to Portland, Tacoma
and Seattle, stopping enroute at a
lumber of the smaller cities in
Oregon and Washington. They will
De gone several weeks.
-"Picture men are working again
IN some parts of the country says
The Viola Intelligencer. ''You give
5hese fellows the picture of some
member of your family. They then
promise to enlarge and beautify it,
giving little ones rosy cheeks and the
eairest of faces for mere song. If
you let them get this inch you will
ind that here is half a yard hitched
20 the other end, when an altogether
different man comes back with the
picture, which you can get only by
ouying costly frame. Sic 'em,
rige -
.-Boscobel fair appears to have
oeen extremely lucky for once wi tn
'egard to weather The rain of last
Thursday night and Friday morning,
which thoroughly drenched this Sec
ion of the county and made the roads
impossible for automo-
piles, seems to have skipped Boscobel,
md the races, ball games and other
took place according to
schedule. Many who had intended
going from here on Friday were
scared out by the weather, but those
Who went on Thursday and stayed
'ver for Fridays program report a
good fair and good time.