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

Miss Elva Cooley, of Livingston, is
visiting with friends and relatives il
the city.
Clyde Richardson Of South Lancas-
ter, made business trip to Clinton,
Iowa, last Tuesday.
Mrs. A. H. Truitt left Saturday
morning for Davenport, Iowa, where
she will visit with her parents.
Henry Hoffman, janitor at the Con-
gregational church, fell down Sunday
morning and cut his head quite severe
ly.
Clarence Horsfall, of Thayer, Nebr.,
son OF j. B. Horsfall of Lancaster, has
sold his store and will move to farm
this spring.
Mrs. William DecklOw of Wilton,
Wis, arrived Saturday evening for a
visit with her sister, Mrs. w. w. Reese,
and other Lancaster relatives.
The flag at the court house has been
bravely waving for the past several
months, and is now in tatters. The
I flag was left up because the roof has
been covered with ice and the flag
] rope is frozen. When a thaw arrives
the flag will come down.
George Rigdon was married on Sat
urday Of last week to Miss Florence
! Burgess Of Wyalusing. The ceremony
was performed at Dubuque and the
young couple returned the next day
to F'ennimore where George is en-
ployed as foreman of the Times.
Oracle Edith Mandel Of Eva camp
has divided the members into two di-
visions, seeing that each shall get as
many new members as they can by
August /, 1917 Then the losing side
will banquet the winning team some
time this winter. She wants all busy
Nettie A. Finney, correspondent.
The H. J. Johnson family has been
having a siege Of sickness On Sunday
a week ago, Mildred, Frances, Harry
and Marion took i'll at the same time
and Dr. Godfrey was called in attend
ance. He found no epidemic, but all
were suffering from cold and stomach
trouble Mildred, the eldest daughter
has since been i'll with quinsy.
The moving picture shows were
brought to a stop last Thursday even
ing by the failure in power. The pic
ture "Civilization" could not be shown
at all although a large crowd was ii
attendance. The film went to Mount
Horeb the next day so the local PEG.
pie will to wait for another oppor.
tunity to see this picture. At the Or
pheum and the Grand the first reels
were run when the power went off.
Barney Long who has been located
in Dubuque, with the Brunswick-Balkt
company, returned to Lancaster las
week The Brunswick, people are now
making monographs at the Dubuqu,
plant, according to Mr.. Long who waG
laid off on account Of factory con
gestion. He also made trip recent,
to Steger, Ill, where the piano factory
has gone into making player pianos
almost entirely This is true Of nearly
all the prominent piano factories.
The Lyman Howe pictures ar,
scheduled for Hatch's on April 5. Tbs
pictures this year show scenes in the
Antarctic combining thrills with gen
uine laughter. Comedy is provided b.
the penguins, who do all sorts of fun
ny stunts in perfectly natural way
A grave side is shown in the almost in
credible hardships encountered by Sil
Douglas Mawsons eXpenditiOn Tht
SURPRISING beauty of the Yosemite
with it's great trees and waterfalls fol
low, and trip to Giethorn, the Venic,
of Holland, also proves interesting
Then the picture veers back to good
old U. S. A., where Niagara Falls il
shown in summer and winter Insec
life, how stone is quarried in France
birds feeding their young, ANNA
studies and the latest type Of French
submarine are some of the other feat
ures. AS a finale is given the recen
automobile race at Giants Despair
near Wilksbarre, Pa, where fearless
drivers race their cars at tremendu
Gus speed up steep inclines and arount
many sharp curves.