Grant County herald. [volume] (Lancaster, Wis.) 1850-1968, 1918-08-07

MAoo 0AoSC OIOAS udS returned IRON
a visit at Lake Kegonsa .and Madi
son
Miss Berna Knobel has been an.
pointed assistant local food admins.
traitor.
Mrs. j. c. Doolittle went to Chica.
go, Monday, to meet her husband, DR.
Doolitt1e.
DR.. Gault went to Montfort, Friday
and operated or four cases of tonsils
and adenoids.
Ed. Rumpf, Mail Sergeant at Camr
Robinson, came home Friday for q
ten-day furlough.
Little Harold Frye returned to Fen
nimore Monday, following a visit with
his uncle, Ora Place.
Clarence Sousley, Chicago repre-
sentative of David Crichton & Co.
is spending the week at the Crichton
home here.
Attention is called this week to the
political announcement of Geo. Tuf-
fey Of Lancaster, as candidate for
register Of deeds.
Capt. S. w. Doolittle is enroute to
Massachusetts from Ohio where he
has been training. He will leave for
overseas very shortly.
John Bachim of Boscobel, and Har-
ry and Elmer Green of Lancaster,
were the three colored registrants
leaving here Saturday for Camp Gus
ter.
Miss Audray Boettcher of Jefferson,
who will have charge of music in
the Lancaster schools the coming year
has been the guest of Miss Nellie Bel
scamper.
Mr.. and Mrs. r. A. Walker of Skid
more, Mo-, motored through to Lam
caster and are guests of their cousin,
e. B. Stephens, and family, at the
pumping station.
DR.. Rush Godfrey successfully pass
ed all tests last week and was adj
mitted to the Medical Reserve Corps.
He now awaits call.
Mrs. G.. @. Sykes and Miss Emma
Schreiner are in charge of the enroll
ment of young women in the United
States Student Nurse reserve.
Raymond Poland, son of Mrs. Mary
Poland of this city, has enlisted in
the Navy at the recruiting station in
Milwaukee after passing successful
ly the physical examination.
The Chas. Wilson family have NOV
ed into their home in the north part
of town and r now converting it in
to a strictly modern dwelling. Robt.
BROKER has charge of the work.
Mr.. and Mrs. Val Flitsch of Potosi,
paid the Herald a pleasant visit on
Saturday and advanced the paper to
1920. Mr.. Flitsch says the harvest
weather could not have been better.
Misses Annette and Margie Backus
and Miss Bessie Krohn returned We'd
nesday from Stockton, ILL.,, where they
spent the week visiting relatives of
the Backus family.
Fred Aupperle ran ros a rattle
snake with four rattles and a button
while cutting hay in the 120 east Of
town, Friday. Fred killed the snake
which was lying under his machine.
Misses Mary Alcorn and Kathryn
Bragan of the Wright House, and
Jacob Wissbaum, the clerk, had the
pleasure Of a trip to Madison last
Tuesday. They saw IIingttn5's cir
Gus and spent a day in the capitol
city.
The West Side Reading club, con-
of twelve members, vas enter
tanned at Glen Haven, Friday, at the
home of Mrs. Metcalf, a former men,
Der. Boating, fishing and other
amusements made the time pass
pleasantly.
Conductor Waite of the noon train
has a letter from his son, Maurice,
now in Italy. Maurice says that al
lied troops of all nationalities are to
seen in Italy. Food is dear but
can be had. Fruits and flowers are
in abundance. The population wor-
ship the incoming soldiers.
Evans Stone has been in the hospi-
tai at Camp Dodge for 8 weeks with
an infection resulting fro ma broken
arm and a piece of bone becoming
dislodged. His condition was quite
serious for a time but is now favor
able. AS his company has left for
Evans has been attached to
the depot brigade temporarily.
Miss Norma Eitelgeorg of Aurora,
Ill, has been the guest of her col
lege friend, Miss Rachel Schreiner.
Miss Schreiner entertained for her
guest Monday. On Saturday Mrs.
Bert Schreiner entertained in Miss
honor and on Friday last
Miss Genevieve Bennett entertained.
Mrs. t. G.. Linton of Fennimore,
here with the Knox family last
week. She wanted to see her grand
daughters, Elma and Elva who leave
for their wark. Miss Elva went
to Washington Saturday as clerk in
the government service and Miss Ell
ma returned to her duties at Minnea-
polls where she has charge of the
X-ray machine in a large hospital.