Grant County herald. [volume] (Lancaster, Wis.) 1850-1968, 1912-11-13


-Messrs. CARLY and Garrow, Of
Prairie Gu CHEN, made the trip to
this city in the formers car on Sun
day.
There will be services at the
Congregational church at the usual
hours next Sunday morning and even
ing.
Frank Burrows was i'll the
greater part of last week and was
unable to work, but is all right
again.
Miss Linda Rhodes went to Mil
waukee. Monday, to attend the meet
ing of the Wisconsin Suffrage AS
ISOLATION.
Mr.. and Mrs W. J. schade
accompanied by Mrs. Schade's mother
and brother. also L. Weber and family
autoed to Prairie du CHEN Sunday
morning.
-Ledbury Bros, residing on the
Joe Wright farm. ~ miles south
west of Lancaster, on the Beetown
road, will have an auction sale at the
premises on Thursday, December 5.
Miss Lou wager, of Ridgeway,
visited from Wednesday until Sunday
afternoon with her cousin, Mrs. Fred
Nehls. While here she spent two
days visiting the classes of the third
and fourth grades of the south school.
The ladies Of st. Martha's Guild
will hold a Tummage sale at the city
hall on Friday, Nov. %. They
would be pleased to receive con-
tributions from n of the parish
members and from any one else who
will be willing to give.
AS told to the reporter of the
Herald by one of the Oldest inhabitants
of this city-on the seventeenth day
of November twenty years ago this
section of the country received a heavy
snow fall which lasted continuously
until some time in April. Ha says
that the previous day was similar to
Sunday and Monday of this week.
Tom Cox W. R. G. No. AZ had
its annual inspection Saturday, Nov.
9th. There was a good attendance of
members present, and after the work
of the Corps was exemplifed the
inspector, Mrs. Helen NJ. Bresee, of
Madison, gave a short talk which was
both pleasing and instructive She
highly complimented the Corps upon
the work doue.
The Orpheum Theatre is putting
on a lot of extra good pictures this
fall, which the amusement loving
public seems to highly appreciate.
Last Saturday and Monday evenings
Manager Burr presented as a portion
of the evenings program "Llncoln's
Gettysburg Address. which was
shown in numerous pictures Of the
great emancipation and scenes of
carnage in that most %sanguinary
battle of the Civil War. On Mon
day evening members of the G.. A.
r., w. K. G.. and Ladies of the q.
A. R. viewed these pictures by special
invitation as Mr.. Burr's guests.
The special election on the cleo
trio railway bond matter, which was
to have been held IN the town of
Bloomington yesterday. Nov. 70, has
been declared off, dn order of the town
board having been issued to that effect
because of an irregularity in the
printed call. This Unavoidably de-
lays the company's promotion work,
but ''all's we'll that ends we'll. and
we hope that our western neighbors
are as anxious to join us in the rail
road matter AS we are to have them
do go. A new call will be issued by
the Bloomington town board at once,
naming a new date for the holding of
the special election.
Last week we accidentally over
looked mentioning the fine, big cleo
trio sign which FL. j. Schmidt has
had erected for his restaurant and
bakery. 1t is a beauty and just such a
one as you would see on State street,
Chicago. The sign was made by
George P. Angus and the lettering is
formed by brilliant electric lights $50
in number. Harvey has been spend
ing a large amount of money and con
gcientious WORK in fitting up his
establishment throughout, making it
complete and first class in every
particular, and this handsome and
brilliant sign. which SURPRISES any
thing of the kind in the city, is the
final touch. Nobody can very we'll
miss finding his place now.
Frank Meyer says it pays to
advertise, Last week he placed a
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