Grant County herald. [volume] (Lancaster, Wis.) 1850-1968, 1913-01-22

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court.
Atty. D. j. Garner and Mrs Ed.
Shepherd, Of Platteville, were here on
business Yesterday. between trains.
Geo. Harasba left one day last
week for Toledo, Ohio, where ne is
taking treatments, at the sanitarium,
for rheumatism.
Mrs. Downer Kilby. Mrs. Chas.
Jewell and Miss Mary Warren gave
china shower Wednesday evening at
the home of Mrs Kilby, for Miss
Telah Calvin.
Hear Opie Read at the opera
house tomorrow night. To many
this entertainment will be the best on
the season list of attractions furnish
ed by the lecture course.
An interesting article from Con-
gresham John NJ. Nelson, Of Madi-
son. relative to oleomargarine legisla-
tion at Washington, has been received
by The Herald and is published upon
the fourth page of today's paper.
C E. Rounds, having sold his
farm known as the Dolphin place,
81 miles west of Lancaster ON the
Beetown road, will have an auction
sale on the premises on Tuesday, Feb.
culars.
An adjourned session of the Grant
county circuit court was held at the
court house in this city yesterday, but
no business of public interest was
transacted. The Donnelly will case,
which was set for hearing has been
postponed until the February term.
The new finishirgs and furniture
for the remodeled Union State Bank
have been received and are being in
stalled this week. They are of fumed
oak, of beautiful finish and design.
made by the Wallaeger Manufacture
ing company of Milwaukee. The
ceiling is in stately panels artistical-
ly ornamented, and like the side
walls will be finished in ivory white.
The floors in the lobby will be of
marquetry tiling and the whols en-
semble will be beautiful and rich but
of dignified simplicity.
In commenting upon the advantages
and disadvantages of the new parcel
post law writer remarks: 'While
one duty of u newspaper is to con-
sistently assist in advancing the home
town, it should not forget that the
greater part of it's readers are buyers
who want to be posted. and when
posted, purchase where they are
justified in buying. The buying
public read advertisements They
save money by doing so. They buy
where the best inducements are offered,
and will continue to do so. To secure
their trade, business men should offer
inducements that will appeal to
them.
james Wenzel, ex county treasurer
of this county, who recently returned
unimproved in health from his trip to
California, where he went to seek re-
lief, died at his home in this city,
Saturday morning January 10, and
was buried in Hillside cemetery yes
terday afternoon, the funeral services
being held at Emmanuel Episcopal
church at o'clock. Archdeacon Bios
som of Madison, officiating. The re-
mains were followed to their last rest
ing place by large number Of
sorrowing friends. A large delega-
ton of knights of Pythias, of which
Mr.. Wenzel was an honored member,
had special seats reserved for their
use at the church, and afterwards
marched to the cemetery, where fol
lowing the church services, the
burial service of their order under
their ritual was read. The Herald
expects to publish an obituary article
concerning Mr.. Wenzel next week.
Mrs. j. P. Cox, Margaret Nc.
Kenzie. was born at Ellenboro on
June 1, 1888. and died at her home in
this city Sunday morning at 10 10.
after suffering for several weeks with
a complication of diseases For a
number of years the deceased lived in
Ellenboro, where for quite while
she was postmistress Following her
marriage to James Pitman Cox, whose
death occurred four year ago, she left
Ellenboro and moved with her hus-
band onto a farm on the prairie few
miles south of Lancaster. where they
resided many years, but moved to this
city short time previous to Mr..
Coxs death. The deceased was the
last of the original Mckenzie family,
her sister, Mrs. elise, formerly of
this place having passed away in