Grant County herald. [volume] (Lancaster, Wis.) 1850-1968, 1912-12-18

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Mrs. Beth B Bowers left again
on Monday afternoon for Bailey Coun.
ty, Texas, with number of Grant
and Iowa county prospective land
buyers.
I'm connection with the regular
service at the Congregational church
next Sunday evening" December 22nd,
there will he given a musical pro-
gram by the choir.
The Beavers Reserve Fund No
SO2, will hold their regular meeting
Saturday evening Dec. 81, for the
purpose of electing officers for the en-.
suing year. All members are requested
to be present.
Mrs G. H. Angus returned
home yesterday from Oklahoma, where
she was called four weeks ago by the
serious illness of her daughter. who
is greatly improved. Mrs Angus also
visited her son Bert, who is now in
the employ of an oil company at
Duncan, Okla.
The electric light men are the
busy ones these days and the cold
weather has caught them with con-
siderable outdoor work still undone.
The digging and laying of wires in
the conduits for the installation of
the new court yard lights has been
rather cold work during the past
week.
Mr. and Mrs. J. M. Allen. their
little daughter A lleen and baby Ben
arrived from Michigan Friday for a
visit with Mrs. Aliens parents, the
publisher of The Herald and wife,
that will extend beyond the holidays.
This will be the first time in their
married life that MIR. and Mrs. Allen
have been able to eat Christmas dinner
under the parental roof.
-On December the Mystic Work
ers held their annual election of
officers for the ensuing year, as fol-
lows: Project. Chas Kaap; Monitor,
Emma Dersch; Secy,, Mary Bracket;
Banker, Leroy Oates; Marshal, Selma
Tanner: Warden. Alice Wayne;
Sentinel, Fred Engroff; Supervisor,
Frances Oates, Physicians, J. A.
Gault and Jas. H. Fowler.
oliver F. Keene, an old resident
of this city sged eighty three years.
passed away at his home here at 500
o clock Thursday morning after
long illness. He is survived by a
wife and eight children among whom
are Mrs. Philip Suck, of Glen Haven,
and Mrs. A Wayne, OF this city.
Philip Suck and family. of Glen
Haven. attended the funeral held
from the house Sunday afternoon
Interment at Hillside.
Mrs. Thos Marshall, aged seventy
eight years, died at the home of her
daughter. Mrs Henry Graham, north
of this city, at four O'Clock Saturday
afternoon She is survived by two
children, Frank Marshall and Mrs.
Henry Graham, her husband having
preceded her little over year ago.
The funeral services were held from
the Congregational church yesterday
at noon, Rev Eastman of the Baptist
church officiating lnterment was
made at Hillside.
! Geo. Seitz, living about three
miles southwest of Beetown had bad
fall Thursday evening. He attended
the sale at Mrs. Geo. Wards on
Thursday, aud in the evening went
up into the barn loft to throw down
some hay. He was not aware of an
op ming in the loft floor and fell
through to thu second floor of the
barn. and then through another open
ing into a manger on the main floor,
distance of eighteen or twenty feet.
His left leg was very badly broken
below the knee.
Distinctive. parcels post stamps
must be used on all fourth class
matter, beginning January | 1918,
and such matter bearing ordinary
postage will be treated as "held for
postage. Parcels will be mailable
only at postofices, branch postoffices
and local named stations. aud such
numbered stations as may be designat-
ed by the postmaster. All parcels
must bear the return card Of the
sender. otherwise they will not &C
cepted for mailing.
Orders have been issued by the
management of the Chicago and
Northwestern Railway Company for
the construction Of locomotives and
freight baggage and passenger cars
that will represent an expenditure OF
more than So, 900, 600 Contracts
entered into with various manufactur-
ing concerns provide for the purchase