Grant County herald. [volume] (Lancaster, Wis.) 1850-1968, 1915-02-17
Miss Ruby Poland went to Cuba

was a business caller IN this city,
Saturday.
&C. H. Basford left for Chicago,
Saturday, to visit Drs. Harry and
L. P. Basford.
L. L. Weber left for Milwaukee,
Monday, to see his wife, who is in
a hospital in that city.
Miss Mile Thompson and little
sister, Alma, went to Fennimore,
Saturday, to visit relatives.
Mrs. Archie Baker returned to
her home at Platteville, Saturday,
after visit with relatives in this
city.
The Misses Blanche Powell,
Florence and Grace Finnegan, of
Fennimore, were here between trains,
Saturday.
Wesley Thompson has gone to
Minneapolis, to visit his sister, Mrs.
Estetta Muesse, formerly Estella
Thompson.
John Kilburg and wife left for
Dubuque, Saturday, to visit their
daughter, Mrs. John Kelly, who is on
the sick list.
Miss Mae Lacke returned to her
home at Highland, Sunday, after a
visit with her sister, Mrs. j. Hoffman
of this city.
Miss Mae BROKER and Mr.. and
Mrs. Robert BROKER went to Platte
Vile, Monday, for visit at the Clay
Chapman home.
Mrs. Fred Wenzel went to
Platteville, Friday, to visit her
sister, Elisha Kinzel, who teaches in
the public schools at that place.
-Clanton & Appleby have pur-
chased a stock of mems and boys
clothing which they are selling out
very cheap. Look for their advertise
ment in this paper.
Miss Lillian Stephens went to
Milwaukee, Sunday, to visit her
sister, Mrs. Irwin Tarrant, and from
there she will go to New London to
visit another sister, Mrs. Nelson
Demming.
From the Muscoda Progressive
comes the report that an effort will
be made next spring to place Muscoda
in the dry list. There are eight
booze parlors in that territory, and
The Progressive admits it is from
Missouri, in the matter of the out
come of the contest. Muscoda is a
good town--it is in Grant county
and may not be otherwise-but when
it comes to living without tanglefoot,
that people has something to learn.
With the introduction of electric
signs Lancaster takes on quite a
metropolitan air, especially at night.
1t all began when Harvey Schmidt put
up his big restaurant sign followed by
the still larger one of the Electric
Light and Power Company and then
the hotel linda stuck up one that is
quite beauty; not to be forgotten,
the Peoples bank hung up a nice
little sign in colors-one of the kind
that winks both eyes at one time.
And other business men are under fire,
for the sign business is an important
feature in the affairs of the Lancaster
Light & Power company, and the local
manager is out after business.
In a recent issue of the Wiscon-
sin Agriculturist is a good story of
how Thomas Flesch, who lives near
Hurricane a few miles from Lancas-
ter, tames horses. And it is il
| Illustrated with two fine cuts, made
from pictures taken by Gene. Boyes.
| One of these illustrations shows Tom
in action, teaching young colt to
shake hands; in the other horse is
asleep on the ground, while the "Pro
fessor'' is shaking hands with another
horse. This comes under the heading
of fBrother Bills Page, !" and is in
/ tended to illustrate the effect of
/ kindness on horses. Mr.. Flesch, who
is partner of his father, John
| Flesch, in general farming and the
growing of mammoth clover for the
seed, says he gives but little time to
! this teaching tricks to his horses.
He contends that kindness is the
whole thing with the handling of
horses, but we suspect special ma
| tural aptitude is a factor.
The "Million Dollar Mystery,
the serial picture that has been shown
at the Orpheum theatre each Tuesday
evening for the past four or five
months, and which has as proven the
most popular attraction ever shown
there, came to partial termination
last Tuesday evening, with the
mystery still unsolved. 1t IS announc-
! 81 fiat fbo final np1ipn will he