Grant County herald. [volume] (Lancaster, Wis.) 1850-1968, 1917-09-26
Local News

George Rockwell is visiting rela-
tives in Usage, la.
w. B. Dyer is in La Crosse this week
attending the fair.
T. A. Thompson spent Monday at
his farm near Fennimore.
Rollo Day spent Sunday at Dubuque
visiting Miss Pearl McCabe.
Alva and Joyce Miller of Edmund
visited relatives here last week.
DR.. Rush Godfrey went to Madison
last week to have his ear treated.
Mr.. and Mrs. John Day, Bernice and
Francis spent Sunday at Cassville with
friends.
William Mccoy returned Monday to
Madison, where he attends the uni
versity.
Miss S. c. Dewitt of Faribault,
Mimi, was in Lancaster last week on
business.
Joe Turner and Earl Reynolds of
Camp Dodge were in Lancaster Mon
day between trains.
Fred and Ed Krohn, cousins, went
to Milwaukee Thursday for few
days visit with friends.
Mrs. August Miller and Miss Marie
Miller Of Dodgeville visited at the
George Beck home last week.
Miss Amy Draggs of Fennimore ar
rived Wednesday for few days visit
with Miss Elva Dyer.
Mr.. and Mrs. Frank Micka and two
sons of Platteville visited at the Geo.
Henry home here last week.
Robert L. Peters of Blue River was
in Lancaster Wednesday for a short
visit with Evans Barnett.
Miss Dorothy Hickok left Tuesday
morning for Beloit, where she will at
tend college again this year.
Otto Berndt returned on Friday
from Milwaukee, where he was on
business a few days last week.
Misses Caroline and Marian FrOth-
ingham of Madison spent the week
end at the Charles rockingham home.
Rob Roy, owned by w. B. Dyer and
J. Lee Wright, was third in the free
for-all at Chippewa Falls last Friday.
Mrs. Mae Hill of Montfort spent a
few days at the Herman KnOke home,
visiting her daughter, Mrs. Earl Hill.
Miss Anna MeysembOurg returned
Saturday from an extended trip to Wal
kerton, Hamilton and Kitchener, On
tario.
Conrad Dieters of Paris and Miss
Jennie Wilkinson of Platteville were
married at Galena on Friday a week
ago.
Mrs. E. Salzman returned Monday to
her home at Highland after a short
visit with her parents, Mr.. and Mrs.
B. Doll
Misses Barbara Barnett and Hazel
Clanton went to La Crosse last week,
where they will attend the La Crosse
Normal.
Jacob Williams and daughter Ina of
Highland returned to their home yes
terday after a short visit at the Peter
Hoffman home.
Mr.. and Mrs. Henry Winder, daugh-
ters Louise and Ruth and Mrs. Adam
Mink Of Dubuque spent Sunday at the
Henry Mink home.
Mr.. and Mrs. William LOrenz, Sr.,
returned Monday from Camp Grant,
where they spent the weekend with
their son AdOlph.
Mr.. and Mrs. Charles Williams re-
turned to their home Monday after a
three weeks vacation visiting relatives
and friends in Baraboo.
Mrs. Roy Kaufman of North And
over and sister, Miss May Suck, Of
Glen Haven, visited friends and rela-
tives in Lancaster last week.
Mrs. Merilla Smith of Fennimore re-
turned to her home Tuesday after Wis
ting with her sister, Mrs. Thomas
Blackburn, and aunt, Mrs. David
Cornwall.
Curtis M. Johns of Dodgeville spent
the weekend at the Rev. Guy Camp
bell home. Mr.. Johns is a splendid
vocalist, and favored the Methodist
and Congregational services with solos
Sunday.
Mr.. and Mrs. Charles Burrows, their
daughter Myrl and Mrs. Ned Winskill
and children mOtored to Boscobel last
Sunday. Mr.. and Mrs. Burrows attend
ed the funeral of Mrs G. o. Guernsey
while there.
Mr.. and Mrs. Paul Dahm and daugh-
ter Margaret of Pittsburgh, Pa, were
in Lancaster last week to attend the
Damm-Maiben wedding. Mr.. Dahm is
signal inspector for the Pennsyl-
vania railroad
Morris Vesperman Of North Lam
caster won first prize in the boys pig
contest at the Grant county fair. He
entered three Poland China pigs.
When the pigs were given to him the
first day of July the three weighed $50
pounds. In seventy-throe DAYS the
pigs gained 500 pounds. The prize
was SIS. He then sold the three to
DObSOn for S10 60