Grant County herald. [volume] (Lancaster, Wis.) 1850-1968, 1915-05-26
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Miss Margaret Doll spent Sun
day with friends at Fennimore.
Mrs. Tornoski is recovering from
an operation at the Doolittle hospital.
DR.. s. w. Doolittle went to
Chicago. Sunday, for few days bust
ness trip.
Mrs. Frank Turner is spending
the week at Sitter with her mother,
Mrs. Henry Leist.
Mr.. and Mrs. Ed Roethe and
two of their little sons, of Fenni-
more, were in Lancaster on business,
Saturday.
Mrs. R. N. Trentzscb, of Mil
waukee, has been visiting with
Catherine and Cecilia Trentzsch, in
this city.
Mrs. A. H. Bergheger and little
daughter, Myrna spent Saturday
afternoon at Sitter with Mr.. Berg
heger's parents.
Mrs. Critchlow, of Bloomington,
who was operated for appendicitis at
the Doolittle hospital one day last
week, is getting along very nicely.
Arthur Bailie, who is attending
the University of Wisconsin at Madi-
son, came home Saturday to visit a
few days at the home of his parents,
Mr.. and Mrs. j. E. Bailie.
Friends of Miss Ruth Harcleroad,
of Ell Centre, CAL, formerly of Lam
caster, have received invitations to
the commencement exercises in which
Miss Harcleroad has part as one of
the graduates.
Charles F. Dickinson had a
postal card from the Rev. Thomas S.
Beavin, at Evanston, ILL.,, in which
he says he is improving slowly, and
probably will be back to Lancaster
by next Thursday.
Mrs. A. W McMullen left for
her home in Toma, Wis, Saturday.
Mrs. McMullen came home with Mr..
and Mrs. Phil Bennett when they re-
turned about two weeks ago from a
visit with Mrs. Benefits parents,
Mr.. and Mrs. Fred Hoffman, of
Marher, Wis.
Mrs. Chas. Searles, of Madison,
was the guest of Mrs.-Chas. Burrows
from Saturday until Monday. Mr..
and Mrs. Searles were formerly resi-
dents of Lancaster when Mr.. Searles
was employed as baggage master on
the train running from Lancaster to
Galena. He is now working between
Madison and Milwaukee.
Mr.. and Mrs. B. ]. Lowrey
have stored their household goods at
the home of Mrs. Susanna Mckenzie,
on North Adams street, and left on
the afternoon train Sunday for
Charlotte, Mich, where they will
visit their son-in-law, j. M. Allen,
and family. for couple of weeks,
after which they will leave for Cali
fornia, expecting to remain there
until about the first of December.
Miss Catherine Bragan of Lam
caster has been visiting Miss Barrett
in this city. Miss Bragan was born
in England, but has lived a large
part of her life in Australia. She
came to Lancaster from that country
a year ago, to the home of her sister,
Mrs. John eastman, in Lancaster.
Her brother was one of the engineers
on the i'll fated Lusitania, and un-
doubtedly lost his life in that cat2s-
trophe. He leaves a wife who re-
sides in England. Miss Bragan re-
turned to Lancaster yesterday
Platteville Journal.
Mrs. Kate Drinkall, of Platte
vile, who was a daughter of the late
John F. and Ellen (Wrightl Abbott,
died at the home of her daughter,
Mrs. w. j. Brennan, in this city, on
Wednesday morning, May 10, after
an illness of about five weeks. Her
age was 90 years and she had been
great sufferer. Funeral services were
held at the late home of the deceased,
in PlattevilIe, on Friday afternoon.
Mr.. Drinkall died in 1901, and Mrs.
Brennan is the sole survivor of the
family. Mrs. Drinkall was born in
Platteville in 1916 and was one of
the best known and best loved
pioneer citizens there.
Answering appeals from all parts
OF the country, the postoffice depart
ment has decided that hereafter any
person 10 years of age may become
a deposition in postal savings banks.
Soon after the postal savings branches
were opened in postoffices, there was
a real falling off in interest in the
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