Grant County herald. [volume] (Lancaster, Wis.) 1850-1968, 1917-03-21
Local News

severe attack Of neuritis
Mrs Mary Judd returned Tuesday
from business trip to Madison.
Bert Shipley, Of Madison, was
Lancaster business visitor Friday.
+. c. Meyer made a business trip to
10 Madison Wednesday afternoon.
Miss Elma Knox spent Monday with
friends and relatives in Fennimore.
DR.. w. j. Duncan has been i'll the
past week with la grippe and pleurisy.
Edwin Blewett of DodgeviIIe. ar
rived Monday noon for visit with rel
atives.
Mr.. and Mrs. John J. Ohlert are par
ents OF baby daughter, born Sun
day, March IS.
4 Mrs. r. B. Showalter has been CON
lined to her home the past week on ac-
count of illness
The Woodmen increase in 1916 was
l25,822. During February II ,297 mem
bers were taken in.
! Mrs. D. w. Baxter left Monday morn
1t with relatives in the city.
August Miller and wife of Dodge
vile, came Saturday for a visit with
their daughter, Mrs. George Beck.
Mrs. Dan Kinney had the misfor-
tune OF spraining her ankle Sunday
evening while on her way to church.
Michael Mcnamara died at the fami
~ nome in this city yesterday morning
he had been home since the holidays
Miss nellie Anstey left Tuesday for
her nome in Massena, Iowa, after ain
extended visit with relatives in the
city
Earl Lane and family moved last
Saturday from the Drinkwater house
to the Parke Knapp house on the Bee
town road
Mrs. Hugh W. Jones and daughter.
Mollie, Of Dodgeville. arrived here for
weeks visit with Rev. and Mrs. Guv
Campbell
Otto Berndt left Tuesday for Bloom
ington where he will work at the Ora
Hatch drug store during Mr.. Hatch's
absence.
Mr.. and Mrs. w. ]. Brennan return
ed from brief visit with their daugh-
ter, Elsie, who is attending school al
Madison, Wis.
Chris Underwood came over from
Livingston Monday for few days. He
has charge Of the Charles Kemper
farm at present.
Mr.. and Mrs. Frank narrower are
the proud parents of a ten-pound boy
who arrived Monday. He will bear the
name of Robert.
Dr.. S. w. McNair, of Houghton. Ne
braska, visited Thursday with his sis
ter and mother, Miss Bessie McNair
and Mrs Mary McNair.
Ora Sitter will be a candidate for
councilman from the fourth ward. OBJ
posing J. B. Horsfall. The papers
were turned in yesterday.
Mr.. and Mrs Fay Barstow and child
rem, and Archie Barstow departed on
Thursday morning for their new home
in Los Angeles, California.
George Duncan has been working
for the city recently in repairing the
the standpipe which was broken in
last weeks storm.
Judge George Clementson had an
anniversary Tuesday. In the evening
few friends took dinner at the Glenn
entson home and congratulated the
judge on his birthday.
Edward Schaefer had the misfor-
of 70
icy sidewalk and broke his right wrist
Mr. Schaefer is employed as wagon
maker at Henry Belz's.
Mrs Leroy Eddy, Mrs. Harry Yes
perman and Leonard SchWantes "a
turned Monday night from Ridgeway.
where they visited over Sunday with
their sister, Mrs John Beckett.
Mrs. E. j. Morse entertained mum
Der OF her friends at her home Fri
day afternoon in honor Of Mrs. J. N,
Cadby Of Madison who has been visit
ing with relatives and friends in the
city.
Mr.. and Mrs. H. j. Schmidt ceIe-
brated their 18th wedding anniversary
March 18th. A supper was given to a
party of friends at the Elite hotel fol-
lowed by festivities at the home of Mr..
and Mrs. Arch Parkins
Mr.. and Mrs. George Tuff1ey and
daughter, Frances, of Boscobel arrived
here from California Saturday week
ago. They will remain in Lancaster
during the summer and occupy Mrs.
Martin Oswald's residence during her
absence in the north
The noon train on Friday came on
ly to Sitter where it stuck in a drift
The train then backed to Fennimore
and went on to Montfort The even
ing train came through with snow
pillow arriving here at 1870.
The following rural teachers and
high school students went to Fenni-
more Saturday morning to attend the
teachers conventions: Alta Bark, Ruby
Benedict, Ruby Poland, Elfrieda
Krohn, Mildred Case, Bessie Krohn,
Mile Bark and Leona Kraemer.