Iowa County democrat. [volume] (Mineral Point, Wis.) 1877-1938, 1916-12-21
LINDEN

| Line local OrQ6r OF Eastern SCarS nave
elected the following officers:
Media Hillary, W. N.
! IF. Oldenburg, W. P.
Jayne Thomas, A. N.
Lloyd Liddicoat, secretary.
Samuel Launder, treasurer.
Mrs s. Launder, conductor.
| Elsie Harker assistant conductor.
A baby girl, Mary Virginia. came to
gladden. the home of Mr. and Mrs E. G.
Tredinnick of st. Louis, on Monday
December II. Mr. Tredinnick is a son
of N. Tredinnick of this city.
Miss Helen Weisen of Mineral Point
visited several days with her friend
Miss Emma Tredinnick.
Minnie Feathers was here from Cuba
City on Friday.
Born, to Mr. and Mrs Nelson Holman
on Tuesday. December 10, baby girl
The Misses Meta and Alma Phillips,
who are here from Menominee, spent
the week end with friends at Dodge
vile.
| On Monday, December II. son was
born to Mr. and Mrs Robert Rowe. It's
life on this earth was of short duration,
having lived only four days.
DR.. E. G.. Ovitz has purchased a new
Buick roadster.
A. P. Craft was business caller here
from Galena on Friday.
Mrs N. J. Wasley was at Madison
several days of last week with her
daughter Mrs Leone Hawke, who is in
the hospital there.
Thomas Hicks held a grand opening
Of his general store in the new Vogt
building on Wednesday last. In the
evening the Linden Band furnished
music and all present were served with
sandwiches and coffee and given a
souvener to take with them.
William Poad had his hand bitten
quite badly one day last week when he
attempted to part two fighting dogs.
The dog made a grab at Misery
(WilPs dog) and caught Wills hand
instead.
Miss Kathryn Bartlett of New Glarus
is here visiting friends.
Mrs John Batten, a former resident
of this village, died at her home in
Minnesota on Wednesday, December Is.
The body, accompanied by her husband
and two of her children. arrived here
Saturday and was rested at the home OF
her sister Mrs James Batten. The de-
ceased has been an invalid from paral
ysis for some time and stroke more
severe than former ones was the cause
of her death. The funeral was held on
! Sunday.
The Linden High School Fair, ad-
vertised as the biggest event of the year
for this vicinity, took place last Friday
evening. The whole school house sure
ly was one grand, footing, dazzling
county fair pike.
! Had it not been for the zero weather
the attendance would have been double
what it was, but in Linden, it is quality
and not quantity that counts. Pocket
strings were loose and hearts gay, with
the result that about $175 90 was taken
in, $3.50 90 more than last year,
Everything went fine. Old and
young were young together, getting
pulled, knocking down dolls, having
fortunes told, seeing shows and sights
eating, and all else. 1t was a genuine
fair.
No write up would be complete did
it not mention the unbounded gener
ousity of many families and citizens
After contributing gladly to the parcel
post, lunch, candy and other booths,
they came and spent freely. It's for
the school," Never has it enjoyed
such popularity and even as the people
are proud of their school, so the
teachers are proud of the unparalleled
school spirit in the community.
COrn-fe Beef.
Call at Jenkins Meat Market, Linden,
Wis, and get quarter of corn fed beef
Highest cash price paid for hides