Grant County herald. [volume] (Lancaster, Wis.) 1850-1968, 1917-08-01
w. G. Mauer Of Fennimore was a
county seat visitor Wednesday.


R. G. Bennett of Rio, Wis, was in
Lancaster the first of this week on
business.
Miss Florence Burckhardt of Bos-
cobel is a visitor at the H. J. John
son home.
Mrs. Bert Draggs of Fennimore
spent Monday visiting at the H.
Schmitz home.
Misses Irma and Wilma Maso of
Fennimore were in Lancaster Mon
day on business
r. w Glennon, Cap Schmitz and E.
NJ Wilmott of Potosi were in the city
yesterday afternoon.
H. E. Deter of Milwaukee visited
last week at the Robert Jordan home.
He returned to his home Sunday.
Mrs. R. B. Showalter went to Glen
Haven Tuesday to attend q picnic Civ
en- by the Metcalfs Of Glen Haven.
Congregational Ladies Aid will
meet with Mrs Carl Roth Friday af-
teTnoon. Ladies will do relief work
Mrs Earl Pink of Perry, Ia, return
led to her home Tuesday after a visit
at the w E. Lathrop home in this
city.
Mrs. Lavina Hersch of Lancaster
went to Livingston yesterday for a
short visit with her sister, Mrs. Mort
Allen.
Mr. and Mrs. Sylvester Smith left
for Milwaukee yesterday to visit with
friends. They will go to Oshkosh from !
there
Mrs. Margaret Finnegan went to
Highland yesterday to spend the next
two weeks visiting relatives and
friends.
Mrs. Sam Petit of Rockville went
to Sitter Tuesday, via Lancaster, to
spent the week with her brother, Al
bert LEM.
Homer Cook Of Julesburg, Colo, ar
rived Tuesday for an extended visit
with his grandparents, Mr.. and Mrs.
John Cook, Of this city.
Mrs. George Jerrett and Mrs j. w.
Hulburt gave chicken dinner Sun
day at Klondike Springs in honor of
some Of the soldier boys
Mrs. A. 0. Lee and children return
ed to their home at Clarion, Ia, last
Thursday, after a months visit with
Mrs. Lees mother, Mrs Al Budworth. /
DR.. G. A. Budworth Of Prescott re-
turned to his home Monday after
short visit with his mother, Mrs. All
Budworth, and brother, c. F. Bud
worth.
Mesdames R. B. showaIter and
Louis Fischer and Miss Genevieve En-
nor went to Bloomington Monday for
Red Cross work Mrs. Fischer told
the Bloomington society about the
French relief work.
George Coulson of Storm Lake,
Iowa, spent the weekend in Lancas-
tel, returning Monday Mrs. Coul-
son, who has been visiting at the
home OF her parents, Mr. and Mrs.
Len Bradley, returned with him.
A birthday party was given by
Mrs. A. Budworth in honor Of her
granddaughter, little Virginia Lee, |
who was six years old last Tuesday. I
A number of her little friends came
for the afternoon. Refreshments
Weres erved about five.
Mr.. and Mrs. W. w. Smith and Rev.
B. Falk, the Methodist minister of /
Cassville, and Rev. G. Smith, a mis- I
sionary teacher of Africa, spent Mon |
day at the Bert Mink home in this
city. Rev. Smith is home on a years /
furlough.
Lloyd Belville Of Nevada, Iowa, is,
now connected with the HERALD |
force, arriving last Saturday. Mr.. |
Belville is linotype operator Of sew
eral years experience and was rear
ed in the printing business. He is a |
nephew Of A. L. Sherman editor of
this paper
Senator Whitman Of Highland, NJ. /
F. Rindlaub Of PlattevilIe, and State
Engineer John Mack is the personnel
OF the commission appointed by Gov.
Philip to buy and restore the site Of
the first capitol building at Leslie
near Belmont. The plan is to restore
the old building to it's original con
dition Mr.. RindIaub is largely re-
sponsible for the legislation author
ling this very pleasing work.
Mike" the big rooster held in duress
in the L. Weber window for a week
while passersby guessed the amount
Of corn he could eat when turned
loose, went on the mat last Friday and
in ten minutes succeeded in getting T
away with 401 kernels. Verne He'll I
won pair Of SIS shoes for the nearest
guess Of 402 Miss Vera GeIbach
came next with 381 and won a similar
prize. Miss Kate eastman was third