Grant County herald. [volume] (Lancaster, Wis.) 1850-1968, 1912-11-20
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their son Robert and family.
Mrs. r B Showalter left yes
terday morning for Fond du Lac
where she will spend about week
with friends.
There will be a sale by the girls
of the Sunday School at the Congrega-
tional church, on Saturday afternoon
at o'clock.
VIM Linton, who underwent an
operation by the Mayo Bros. at
Rochester. Mimi a little over week
ago, is rapidly recovering,
-Japaness prints. fancy work home
made candy ETC., at the sale, given by
the girls of Congregational Sunday
school, Saturday afternoon.
Miss Veronica SchmItt will spend
few days in Platteville this
weak where her splendid line of hand
painted china is to be placed ON sale.
Everyone is invited to attend the
envelope social at Gray's Mill school
Friday evening, Nov. 80 A short
entertainment has been prepared.
Teacher, Miss Mabelle Holzinger.
Mrs VIM. Forck and son, of
Glen Haven township. visited friends
here several days last week. Mr.
Forck came over Monday and they all
returned home together that evening.
Mr.. and Mrs Leroy Judd enter
tanned at dinner Saturday Mr.. and
Mrs D. W. Baxter, of Mt. Ida, Mrs.
G. Fl. Baxter, Mrs. w. b. Baxter,
Mrs FL. E Baxter and Mr.. and Mrs.
Ed. Bennett, of Lancaster.
Now the anxious patriots who
are on the winning side politically
are preparing to camp upon the trail
of some appointive Office that looks
good to them and which they feel
that they are especially qualified to
fill. The federal political plum tree
will soon be due for vigorous shak
ing.
Let's rest a little while and
wait a time before beginning the
political campaign of 1916 Let's for
get for the present that there are to
be elections in 1920 and 1924. Lets
get the corn husked and the buildings
finished, and the railroad built and
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before we start in on any more cleo
tions.
Friday morning, Mrs. G. Fl.
Angus received a telegram from
Laughton. Okla, saying that their
daughter Nettie, Mrs. Guy O. Miller.
was seriously Ill. Mrs. Angus left
the same afternoon by way of Potosi
arriving at Laughton Sunday after
noon. A message sent at that time,
stated that Mrs. Miller was a trife
better.
Herman Buchner started last Fri
day for Arkansas, where he will
spend the winter. He expected to
visit few day at Chicago enroute
Mr.. Buchner will write a series of
letters for the Platteville News upon
his experiences and recollections in
/ that city befo the wah. - They will
no doubt be very interesting in the
way of recalling incidents of that
period.
The third Country Life Con-
ference, for the improvement of coun-
try conditions in Wisconsin, will be
held in Madison Jan so 81 The
advisory council of this organization,
of which secretary of state elect John
S. Donald is president, and of which
County School Superintendent j. G.
Brockert of this city is member,
will hold special meeting in Madi-
son next week to plan for the mid
winter meeting,
In Littlefeld's Letter of book re-
views. published in last Saturdays
Chicago Record Herald. mention is
made of volume entitled Parallel
Source Problems in Medieval History"
now being published by Harper
Bros, the authors being Frederic
Duncalf and August G.. Krey. Mr..
Duncalf will be we'll remembered as a
former Lancaster boy. now adjunct
professor in history in the University
of Texas He is the eldest son of Mr..
and Mrs, Thomas Duncalf, of this CITY,
After weeks of unexpected delay
by reason of the difficulty in getting
workmen to complete the interior of
the building, Crichton & Co. moved
into their new store in the building
owned by FL. s. Rhodes, first door
south of the county JAIL tie latter part
of last week. There is little work
still remaining to do in completing
the finishing of the room and this is
being done evenings, after closing