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

Mrs. 0. r. Bryan of Rockford, has
been visiting friends here.
Miss Anna Martinez of Cobb, Wis
tied here with her friend. Mrs. Joe
Wacek.
Mr.. and Mrs. Albert Keller are the
parents OF a new baby boy who ar
rived last Tuesday.
Mrs. Geo. Sykes accompanied Judge
and Mrs. Goodsell to Platteville Tues
day and was a guest Of Miss Ethel
Bishop.
Mr.. and Mrs. John Manson Of
Mankato, Mimi, have been visiting at
Chas. Days west of town. They mo-
tored down here.
Miss Mayme Johnson left Wednes-
day for Camp Grant where she will
enter Nurses training school. She
offered her services some time e
The family of JOS. Mathews liv-
ing north of E.llenboro, has been re-
Leased from quarantine for infantile
paralysis. Fern, aged A, had the dis
ease and was very i'll but is now re-
covered.
Miss Minnie Livens received a tel
egram Monday from Washington, D.
g., stating that her cousin, Eloys j.
Higgins of California, died of wounds
in France, August 18th.
Fred l.. Henkel received his call
Thursday to report to the Dental
Corps at FIT. Riley, Kansas, on Fri
day. Fred was commissioned a year
ago in the officers reserve and has
since been impatiently awaiting his
call.
A Get-acquainted social for the high
school pupils and teachers was held
at the Methodist church dining room
last Friday under the auspices of the
Epworth League. The social, an an
nual affair, was thoroughly enjoyed
by all present.
Miss Olive Grebe of Lincoln, Neb.
was here last week visiting her broth
er, Edgar Grebe. Miss Grebe is a
teacher in the Lincoln schools but re-
ceived an order to report at Wash
ington, D. c., for clerical work. She
left Thursday for the east.
Henry Buck of Beetown, who with
Lester Appleby farms the old Henry
Henkel place, was i'll the Herald office
Saturday and exhibited an ear of corn
that was about the best we have seen.
The corn was of the Bloody Butcher
variety and the ear contained about
1860 kernels.
Mrs. FAME Duncan had a stroke OF
paralysis a week ago and her sons
were called home to see her. F. L.
and Fl. E. of Duluth and r. L. of Min
neapolis, were all here. Mrs. Dun
a vas slightly better last Satur-
day but as this is her third stroke
no hopes are held out for her com
plete recovery.
M ND Mrs. A u 7 o~-;, orJ fo~o;Ix
and t. j. Haley spent Tuesday even
ing in East Dubuque. DR.. w. H. Lew
is of Hotchkiss, Colo, was on his way
to Ft. Oglethorpe, Ga, to enter a Med.
ical training camp, and had six
hour stop-over at Dubuque. A sup.
per was served at the U. S. Lewis
home in the doctors honor.
II. j. Haley received the sad news
Thursday of the casualty to his cous.
in, T. j. O'Keefe of Chicago. Mr.
O'Keefe, an i~nfantryman aged 35, en-
listed some time ago and went tC
France. Previously he had served il
the navy for four years. Thursday
report gave him missing in action
Another relative of Mr.. Haley's, Ed
Moran, died of pneumonia last sum
mer while stationed at Jefferson Bar
racks.
Sergeant Nightingale of the Can.
adam army, addressed a big crowd a
Bloomingtn last Friday in behalf Of
the 4th Liberty Loan. Sergeant Night
ingales talk was instructive and full
of interest. He is a young man about
%, and was in Canada when the wal
broke out in IA. He enlisted anC
served three years but was wounded
last winter and has since been on
leave in America. Sergeant Night
ingale sold five and one half millions
of bonds for the third loan and hello
1877 meetings in five, states. He was
out 80 days spending Is nights in
coaches. He proposes to do equally
we'll in this loan if his physical CON
dition permits.