Grant County herald. [volume] (Lancaster, Wis.) 1850-1968, 1915-04-14

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went to Milwaukee on Sunday.
Miss Jane Pengelly, teacher in
the high schools, spent the week end
at Madison.
Whitney Burr and Chester Croker
went to Werley, Friday evening,
to play for dance.
Among other new cars in town
is a REQ, and Oscar w. Wright sits
at the wheel when it is going.
The Rev. Fred Dahlberg, pastor
of the Congregational church at
Bloomington, was in Lancaster. last
Friday.
Ice deliveries began, last Mon
day, which is another evidence that
spring is here and that summer is
coming.
The Rev. F. A. Wambold left
Sunday afternoon, via Potosi, for a
trip to Abbotsford, where he will
remain a week.
Mrs. H. E. Draggs, of Fenni-
more, returned home last Friday after
a pleasant weeks visit here with
Mrs. Mary E. Judd.
Mrs. Jack Whitney returned to
Madison, last Sunday, after pro-
tracted visit at the home of Mr.. and
Mrs. Charles w. rockingham.
-Arno Alt is having a fine, large
porch built upon the front of his resi-
dence on South Jefferson street, and
other improvements made on the
place.
About the first to show 2 cleaned
up yard this spring was Attorney
George B. Clementson. And, Mister,
how he did complain of the backache
and other infirmities incident to the
first use of the shovel and the hoe in
spring.
On April &c Odd Fellows all
over the world will join in celebrat-
ing the 96th anniversary of the found
ing of the order. Here in Lancaster
there will be a joint session of the
II. o. F. o. and Rebekahs at that
time
1t is sort of rumored that the
teachers in Lancaster schools have
been re- elected for another year. This
may be bit premature, for the
teachers have two weeks or more in
which to accept or reject the PROPOSE
tion of the board of education.
Two mail order carriages arrived
at this station, last week Thursday,
consigned to purchasers in this county.
One was addressed to a farmer on
route g; the other to a buyer on route
I2. Both of those buyers might have
bought more proftably at home.
The seat sale for the local min
strel show, Thursday and Friday
evenings of this week, is large and
guarantees that both performances will
be given to capacity houses. If you
have not purchased seats yet, don t
delay or you may not be able to get
any.
-Four White touring cars have
arrived in Lancaster for local pur-
chsers. The first carload contained
two automobiles, one for the Doctors
Godfrey and one for v. L. Showalter.
On Friday another carload brought in
two, one each for Frank and H. E.
Schreiner. They are very handsome
cars, and were sold by Walter G.
Knox.
Mr.. and Mrs. Harry Simpson
have taken a part of the Woodhouse
homestead, near the Northwestern
/ station, and will soon be housekeep-
ing Mrs. Simpson is at Genoa
Junction getting their furniture. 1t
should be added by way of explana-
tion, that Mr.. Simpson is local
manager for the Bell telephone com
pany.
A recent copy of the Cereal
(Alberta) Review gives some in
teresting prices of grains and other
farm produce. On March 80 No.
wheat was worth 81. 35; No. 2 oats,
SO, Barley, rs; live hogs, So to
6.25; eggs, 18c and butter, 35c.
Cereal is about 200 miles northeast of
Calgary, and near it S. r. Greene
has his Canadian possessions. He is
there now, preparing to put in his
spring crops. Prices there are not so
; very different from prices for like
! commodities in 1.-THE states"
] "A bill is before the legislature
/ of Wis :onsin to make it unlawful for
walters, sleeping car porters and
others to receive tips, which measure
/ is heartily endorsed by travelling men
and others. The federal industrial
commission is making an investiga-
tion in Chicago as to wages and work
| ing conditions of sleeping car con-