Grant County herald. [volume] (Lancaster, Wis.) 1850-1968, 1911-07-26

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III Lancaster Wednesday,
Miss Florence Judd is visiting
her sister Mrs Will Morkin, in
Bloomington.
Miss Leila Bennett is visiting at
the home of Elva Maiben, near
Liberty, this week.
John Wisco is enjoying a visit
with his brother Otto. and family
at Platteville this week.
There will be services a. the
Baptist church next Sunday morning
and evening at the usual hours.
Miss Elizabeth Chapman of
Dodgevllle, is visiting at the home of
Chas. Roberts, in Lancaster, this
week.
Mrs jerks, of Dodgevlle.
visited at the home of her brother
Judge Goodsell in Lancaster last
week.
Sister Superior, of ST. Clements
Parochial school has returned home
from visit with relatives in Buffalo,
New York
Warren Hannum left for Warren.
Pa, Monday morning after week KS
visit with his parents and relatives
in Lancaster.
Mrs. j. 7. Bennett and daughter
Genevieve went to Madison Tuesday
afternoon, for a weeks visit with
friends and relatives.
Harold E. Mccoy went to Platte
Vile yesterday afternoon where he
will be guest at the home of G. E.
Slothower of that city.
Hiss Mary Livens, who is en-
ployed as clerk in the Ashton depart
ment store, at Rockford. Ill, arrived
Saturday evening for four weeks
visit at home.
Joel r. Pedlar. former Lancas-
ter boy who has been employed in
Colorado for the past ten years, is
visiting at the home Of his, mother
Mrs. Grace Pedlar.
Another rain Sunday night and
Monday has done much good to corn,
potatoes and pastures, and the tenn
perature. changed apparently by hail
storms dropped pretty close to the
frost line Monday night.
Much has been heard about the
magnificent new terminal station of
the Chicago & Northwestern railroad
in Chicago, completed and opened to
the travelling public a few weeks ago.
A picture and full description Of this
modern palace of traffic is given upon
another page Of today's Herald.
Will Mccormick, who has been
employed for some time as freight
brakeman with Chicago as headquar-
tiers, visited at Lancaster at the home
of his sister Mrs. Henry Carroll the
past few days returned to his work
yesterday.
1t was one of the ironies of fate
that Louis Strang. the auto racing
driver, should meet death while
driving a machine slowly along a
country road. Strang, who had
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Of times, was fatalist who oft pre-
dicted that if he ever was killed while
driving a machine it would not be on
race track. Dubuque Times Journal
The season of county fairs is
again approaching. The old reliable
Grant County Fair will be held in
Lancaster Sept -, IA and Is this
year, preparations for the event are
now in progress. The premium lists
are now being printed in The Herald
office. Advertisers are requested to
hand in their copy promptly as the
work of issuing the books must be
vigorously pushed. -, ~as-.n.
Secretary of tie State Board of
Agriculture, R. w. Rowlands, has
moved the State Fair headquarters
from Madison TO the executive build
ing on the State Fair grounds and his
Offices staff followed on Monday.
This action of the Board in locating
the secretary in Milwaukee during
the months Of August and Septem Der,
is a progressive step in the manage
ment of the fair and exhibitors in
the machinery, horticulture, cattle,
horse, poultry and other departments
can secure direct information and
select space any day until the open
| ing Ct the fair
The following people from
different parts of the county were
among those in Lancaster Wednesday
and Thursday. Most of them being
dra wn hare nv the cifcus and tho