Grant County herald. [volume] (Lancaster, Wis.) 1850-1968, 1913-09-17

Miss Helen Smith, daughter of
Will Smith, is seriously i'll
Miss Ada Chapman. Of Dodge
Vile, is visiting friends here.
"A great number of people from
here attended the Bloomington fair.
MIR and Mrs Adolph Wepking
are the proud parents of baby boy
-Specialties that remove the frown,
at the opera house every night this
week.
Mics Leila Gcble left Monday for
Appleton for another year at Lawrence
college.
Sam Clifford and daughter, of
Fennimore. were here between trains
Saturday.
Misses Alice and Ferne .Kughn,
of Bows. Iowa, are the guests of Miss
Rose Alcorn.
Mrs. Sarah Clark, from Flandrau,
South Dakota, is visiting at the Geo.
Glider home.
Mrs. A. M. Kennedy and Miss
Garthwaite, of Bloomington, autoed
here Sunday.
Mr.. and Mrs. John Siminson, of
Seattle, Washington, are visiting at
the Schreiner homes.
z Tomatoes and fall apples are
almost a drug on the market and it is
hard to find sale for them.
MIR. and Mrs. John Ertz have
purchased a new Story & Clark player
piano from the Groenier music store.
The first regular meeting of the
Woman's Club for 1913.1914 will be
held Monday, Sept. 22nd, at the home
of Mrs. Reese at 2 80 p. m.
Walter Knox, Henry Kaspers and
the Misses Elma and Elva Knox
went to Chicago Monday. They re-
turned in a new Studebaker car they
had driven through for the Knox
Auto Co.
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our reporter at any time when you or
your friends go anywhere or have
company. We are always glad to get
/ the news.
| The first oyster month of fall is
again at hand and the season of fairs
and school resumption reminds us that
the days of the SLOW shovel and the
mornings when you can see your
breath will soon be with. us once
more. Do your Christmas shopping
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The long drought was broken last
Thursday when this section got a
good soaking rain that was much
needed and did lot of good to the
pastures and the few crops that are
still growing. The danger now is
that we shall get more moisture for
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Mr.. T. s. Beavin, the new pastor
of the Methodist church, succeeding
Rev. G. 7. Beers, arrived last week
and preached his first sermon in
Lancaster Sunday morning, to a good
sized congregation which was we'll
pleased it'll his discourse. Mr..
Beavin is 4 young, unmarried man.
and has rooms at the home of Mr.. and
Mrs. A. E. Budahn.
| The young woman lion tanner who
did the sensational act with the lions
in Gollmar's circus here a few weeks
ago was literally torn to pieces by the
savage beasts at Wausau few days
since She was attempting to place
her head in the largest lions month.
the same as she did here, when he at
tackled her and then the others also
sprang upon her. The tragedy was a
sickening sight to the large crowd
that beheld it.
The hard rain of Thursday was a
godsend to the country but sent a
chill into the hearts of fair managers.
Bloomington fair being ON this week
the officers very promptly got TO-
gether and decided to carry over into
Saturday and word was at once sent
all over the country by phone. Within
an hour it was quite generally known
that the postponement had been made
and the nice weather on Friday and
Saturday gave them fine crowds.
Rev. H. A. Studebaker, pastor of
the first Congregational church, gave
a talk to the young folks under
twenty five years Of age and unmar-
ried, at the church, on Friday even
ing. Following the lecture, social
was given to all Bigh school students
in the basement of the church. On
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