Grant County herald. [volume] (Lancaster, Wis.) 1850-1968, 1918-10-16
Local News

home last Tuesday.
George Goldman Jr., of Animation,
has arrived overseas.
Miss Ethel Pollock of Cassyille
visited friends here Wednesday.
A case of scarlet fever exists at the
Bel Witzig home east of Sitter.
Mrs. JOS. Hurlburt spent the week
end with her relatives, the Pritchetts,
at Sitter.
Miss Belle Dudley is home. her
school having been closed on account
of influenza
George Anderson is visiting with
his aunt, Mrs. A. Burkholder, south
Of Platteville.
F. E. Long and wife of Dubuque,
spent the weekend at the parental
Long home here.
Geo. BROKER left Thursday for
Lincoln, Nebr., where he will visit
the Cornelius family.
Mrs. Ed. Kiley visited at Dubuque
last week with her daughter Helen,
who is taking nurse training.
Leona Knox, the twin of Leon Knox
who died last Tuesday, died Thurs
Mr.. and Mrs. John Elack of this
city, left Thursday for Camp Grant
to Sc her son, Joe, who is i'll with
pneumonia.
Will 10y of Liberty, training at
Jefferson Barracks, has gone to Camp
Grant where he enters the officers
training school.
Mrs. VIM. Turner went to Madison,
Saturday afternoon, to be with her
daughter Elizabeth, who has been i'll
since last Wednesday.
The Bert Frentress family have re-
turned to Dubuque to live. Mr.. Fren-
tress spent the summer here as me-
chanic at the B. & w. garage.
Mrs. ]. G. Parker is visiting the
Dell Moore family at Bloomington.
Miss Sue Johnson spent the week
end with Mrs. Aug. Waldmann at
Liberty.
j. A. Jamison OF Beetown, went to
Madison, Saturday, to see his son,
Elgie, and Artie Tebo Artie is sick
with the grip at the S. A. T. c., &C
cording to Mr.. Jamison.
M. V. Burris left hurriedly last
Tuesday for Camp Taylor, Louisville,
KY, where his son, Guerdon, has been
III Will grip hdCSI IcpOIlS llluAScII-
ed Guerdons Improvement.
Mr.. and Mrs. Fred hamburger and
daughter, returned Tuesday evening
from Garnavillo, Ia, where they mo-
tored for a visit with VIM. Schumach-
er and family. They had very pleas
ant trip.
Mrs. j. p. Lewis, an old Lancaster
resident, died at San Diego, Calf, on
noA Tua &c
brought here the first of this week
for burial accompanied by the only
remaining son, Walter Lewis.
The Misses Crosby left Saturday
morning for So. Pasadena, Calf,
where they will spend the winter with
their sister, Mrs. Leroy Judd. Their
many friends hope they will have a
pleasant winter relieved of cold
weather terrors.
Thos. Heating of Woodman, son OF
John Heating, was caller at the Her
aid office Wednesday. Mr.. Heating is
a member of the 872nd aero squad
ron as mechanic He expects to go
overseas at a no distant date, and
came home from New York on a ten
day furlough.
VIM. Kerr reports his sale as very
satisfactory. Yearling steers brought
S91. SO, COWS went at $10S and $110,
oats sold at Ga cents and hay at $22
Chickens went as high as $3.50 each
Miss Leona Showalter returned on
Friday from La Crosse, the university
having been closed on account of in
f1uenza.
Anthony Hoffman, son of Mr.. and
5 Mrs. John Hoffman ST., is i'll with in
fiuenza at st. Mary's hospital, Madi-
son. His mother and sister, Rose,
left Thursday to be with him. Tony
was a member of the University S. A.
T. c., stationed at Camp Randall.
Supt. Hayes of Baraboo division,
was here in his private car last Fri
day.
Ben Hartline, Memo" has arrived
safely in France, relatives here learn
Ben enlisted two years ago and went
to FIT Bayard, N. NJ, where he acted
as military police for a long time.
Ben is very bright boy and consid-
cradle of a wit Our readers will re-
member the great debate between him
and Sitter in our columns two years
ago.
Weeds covering the culvert coping
on o ditch west of town on the Bee
town road, caused Mr.. and Mrs. Mel
sen Baker of Ellenboro to go into
the ditch with their car. Mr.. Baker
TUNED out to allow another car to
pass and struck the coping. Mrs.
Baker mistook the distance between
the car and the ground when she got
out and fell some feet being bruised
in the fall.