Grant County herald. [volume] (Lancaster, Wis.) 1850-1968, 1918-09-25
BLOOMINGTON.


The Bloomington fair was a sue.
cess in spite of cold unfavorable
weather conditions. The attendance
was light Thursday but there was 3
good crowd Friday. The exhibits in
the various classes were good. the
poultry exhibit being the largest and
best ever shown at the fair. There
were several good races. wrestling
matches both days, music by the
Bloomington band and Vierra's Ha-
waiians Hon. James Murphy OF
Platteville, gave an excellent. patriot
&c address Thursday afternoon. Fri
day George Edward Nightingale of
the lst Reg. of the Canadian army
VINO has served three years in the
war and been wounded severely.
spoke in behalf of the Fourth Liberty
Loan. His talk was intensely inter-
est1ng. The war exhibit attracted a
great deal of attention and resulted
IN pledges to the amount of $500. 90
Tor the Liberty Loan There was a
Baby Beef contest and special prem
lums in some of the stock classes. A
number of prize fowls and several
fancy articles were sold at auction
the proceeds being donated to the
Red Cross by the owners.
DR.. and Mrs. o. P. Sala of Rock
Island, ILL.,, and Mrs Richard Camp
bell of Dubuque, visited at the John
Burns home near Beetown and at
tended the fair here Thursday.
Mrs. VIM. Heiner of Sturgis. Mich
and her daughter, Mrs. Fred Elsner
OF La Grange, ILL.,, are visiting at the
Harry Voss home.
Mrs. Heiner reports that her son
Mel who has been in a southern hos
pital since April as a result of be-
ing gassed in France, is about ready
to leave the hospital and soon come
home. The report that he was bad
ly wounded was not correct.
r. N. HOskins went to Gays Mills,
Friday to conduct the funeral of Mrs.
Frank Hart.
Mrs. Jessie Griffin returned Monday
to her home at Lynxville, Wis. after
spending a week with relatives here.
Misses Velma Hickok and Con-
stance Lewis, teachers at Boscobel
spent the weekend at their homes
here.
Mrs. A. J. ONeil OF Chicago. is
visiting relatives here and the Chas,
O'Neil family near Bridgeport.
Earl KuenSter of Chicago was
shaking hands with old friends here
Friday.
Next Sunday Dist. Supt. r. A.
Chase Of Platteville, will conduct
quarterly meeting at the Methodist
church after which there will be a
dinner served at the church dining
room. The congregations of Dodge
and Little Grant are invited. The
gathering will be in the nature of a
church reunion.
Mr.. and Mrs. Marion Knapp will
soon move out to the Will Schreiner
farm where they will assist in the
farm work for time. Their pleas
ant new bungalow will be occupied
by DR.. Baldwin /. nd family while thew
are away.
A number of good films have been
shown at the opera house during the
week. "The Garden of Allah" drew
a crowded house Saturday night.
Mrs. Josephine Brooks has an en-
trance ticket to the First Annual
Bloomington fair. 1t is dated Thurs
day. Sept. H., 1858.
Miss Mary Hamer Of Lancaster,
spent Sunday at the home of her
sister, Mrs. A. J. Frazier.
Misses Beatrice Hickok, Margaret
Thornton, Alta Wetmore, Katherine
Lyness and Cleo Brookens came home
from the normal school at Platte
vile, Friday and spent the weekend
at their homes.
Mr.. and Mrs. Monroe Hoskins and
Mr.. and Mrs. Frank Hoskins took
Mark Hoskins by auto as far as Du-
buque Tuesday, on his return trip to
Camp Grant after a three day leave
o. L. Saether left Monday for Dali
las, Texas, where he will take up the
practice study of flying. He has been
spending the past week here after
finishing the preliminary course at
Champaign, Ill.
Al. Wagner of Dennison, Texas, is
visiting relatives here.
Messrs. and Mesdames w. G.. Wag-
ner and H. e. Pitts of Platteville.
came over to the fair and the ladies
stayed for a longer visit.
Mr.. and Mrs. Frank Hoskins. Mrs.
Reub. French and Mrs. Julia Dolph-
in autoed to P. D. c., Saturday.
Mr.. and Mrs. Jas. Hatch of Ian
caster, Sundayed here.
Mrs. Ada Markham of Tndepend-
ence, Wis, is visiting at the H. D.
Mcpherson home.
Donald Brady and Charley Myers
went to Madison Monday, to enlist
and take military training at the U.
w.
Miss Dorothy Baldwin leaves We'd
nesday for Maskintosh, Ca, where
she will teach the coming year.
Monroe Hoskins and family return