Grant County herald. [volume] (Lancaster, Wis.) 1850-1968, 1911-05-24

New DOCKS Will D6 Oh the snElVee
at the public library Friday.
-''Ho Ho of the Golden Belt at
Reed S Opera House Friday evening"
Mrs. Julia Mccoy returned to her
home at Madison yesterday after a
visit here.
Congregational Ladies' Aid meets
with Mrs, Hannaford at the parsonage,
Friday p. m.
&C. Fl. Basford and grandson
Moulton enjoyed an automobile trip
to Chicago last week.
-zoubulakis, the Greek clay
moulder, pleased large crowds at tn
Orpheum this week.
"A number of good catches Of
trout in the streams hereabouts have
been reported this week.
-Damon's CoIored Musical Comedy
Go. that appear at the opera house on
Wednesday, May "a, is said to be the
best colored show in America.
Everett Blackburn brought in a
bunch of Aberdeen Angus cattle Tues
day and sold them to John Dobgon
1t was a fine bunch Of cattle.
-Bounties for wolf scalps were re-
Gently paiu Eugene Harrington Of
Cassville who captured four cubs, and
julius Schumacher, who brought in
in FIVE young ones.
George McGonigal greeted old
friends here this week. Mr.. Nc
Gonigal is representing the National
Cash Register Company with head
quarters at Tomah.
Miss Lata Prideaux, of Blooming
top, who has been here visiting her
grand parents. Mr.. and Mrs. John
Blackburn and other relatives, the
past four weeks, returned home Mon
day.
The members of Prof. w. J.
Schade's classes are requested to take
their gym. suits away from the gym
nasium. The animal work of house
cleaning is in progress at that in
stitution.
Marriage licenses have been is
sued the past week to Charles
Schroeder and Hazel Meuhinnick,
both of Platteville; john G. Harcle-
road and Minnie M. Wright, both of
Lancaster; Joseph B. Hesseling and
Annie Rupp, both of Potosi Frederick
Stuart Boynton, Freeport, ILL.,, and
Ella Rose, Platteville.
The operetta and concert Friday
evening will be the elimination of a
years successful work by the Girl 8
Glee Club OF the high school under
the direction of Miss Carrie N. An
derson, of the high school faculty.
The Glee Club has been organized
since 1905 and deserves great credit
for advancing the musical work of
the school.
The Lancaster high school won a
close game from Platteville high school
Saturday on the latter grounds by a
score of to 1. The Lancaster team
excelled in hitting and also played a
cleaner fielding game than heretofore
Fisher, the Lancaster pitcher, allowed
three hits. Next Saturday the team
is scheduled to play Boscohel high
school at the fair grounds in this city.
The fourth annual patriotic de.
clamatory contest held on Tuesday
evening of last week at the Congrega-
tional church under the auspices Of
the Gent Calls Circle was won by
Norma Dersch, Of the ninth grade,
and Messrs. Andrew Jerrett and Bur-
rel Bennett of the eight grade north
side. The two latter were the only
boys entered and tied for second place.
Each received So. The winner of
the girls prize Of $50 Norma
Dersch, spoke on ''The Unknown
Speaker. - Andrew Jerrett's declama-
tion was The Man Without Coun-
try and Burrel Benefits, "The Re-
turn Of Regulus. The program was
interspersed by we'll rendered musical
numbers. The contestants we're
Eighth grade. north side-Guinoir
Helberg, Esther Wepking, Andrew
Jerrett, Burrel Bennett; eight grade,
south side-Gladys Poland; ninth
grade-Mabel Llvens. Myrtle Hudson,
Norma Dersch. It was found possible
to give each of the contestants besides
the prize winners, one dollar each.
The grade teachers Of the Lancas-
ter schools have all been engaged for
the coming year. Two vacancies
caused by the designations Of Prin.
William Livingston. of the North
School, and Miss Catherine Clark
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