Grant County herald. [volume] (Lancaster, Wis.) 1850-1968, 1918-11-20
POTOSI.

oo"AA WI a W I'LL eI Tie peace JuD-
lice Monday, Nov. 18th. Afterward
the coat was cut up into small pieces
and passed around among the people
as souvenirs.
Bob Travis was down to st. Louis
last week with a car Of horses.
Mr.. and Mrs. J. r. Campbell have
retired from the Commercial Hotel.
Mr.. and Mrs. G. L. Galloway will con
duct the hotel for the present or until
such time as Joe Vogelsberg, the own
er, can find suitable tenant.
Earl Kreiser, employed at Hart
ford, Wis, met with an accident while
driving a big truck with fourteen 9TH
er employees of the shops while in the
big parade Monday, Nov. 18th. Earl
suffered a broken GrTa and other bod
lily injuries. He was brought here
last Wednesday and is at the home OF
his parents.
Mr.. and Mrs. j. e. Wilmott and
children came from Chicago Sunday
to observe grandpa Wilmott's 10th
birthday anniversary.
Eight cars of stock, 6 of hogs and 2
of cattle, were shipped from Potosi
Saturday.
Charley Brandemuhl, we'll known in
the southwest part of the county.
died of influenza at his home in the
village on Wednesday, Nov 18th af-
ter an illness Of but five days. His
funeral took place Friday from his
nome to Lancaster. He was born in
SO. Lancaster on July 7th, 1879 and
died at Potosi Nov. 18th, 1918 aged 80
years, 4 months and days. He came
to Potosi about three years ago and
worked for the Potosi Brewing Co.
Atterward he was bartender at the
Lesser saloon and worked for Mr..
Lesser about IA months About three
months ago he took a position at the
Welsh saloon where he worked to
the time of his sickness. During his
residence in POtosi he made MANY
friends for his genial ways and kind
treatment to everyone. He was mar
ried to Miss Anna Brun in Beetown
in March, 1908 who with one daugh,
ter, Dorothea, IA years, and one son,
Willie, aged 8 years, mourn the death
Of the dear loving husband and faith
err. He is also mourned by his aged
plother, one sister and four brothers.
The community was thrown into a
gloom of sorrow last Thursday when
the news was carried over the wires
that Mrs. Harry Grosser was dead.
But very few knew that she was sick.
She died at the home of her parents
in the town of Waterloo from pneu-
mOnia following influenza after an
illness of one week. Celia Kimmisch
was born April End, 1898 and died
Nov 14th, 1913 at the age of 20 years,
z months and II days. She was the
youngest daughter of Mr.. and Mrs.
Peter himmisch highly respected old
citizens of this locality She was a
most lOvable young woman possessed
of kind and cheerful disposition
and her passing from earth at an age
SO young causes great sorrow among
her host Of friends both old and
young No one ever met Celia who
was not greeted with pleasant smiles
and cheerful words. She graduated
from the Potosi high school with the
class of 1915 and with her death
makes two from that class in the past
three weeks, the other death being
that of Mrs. Theresa Doser Powell,
and now the two classmates lie cold
in death in the same cemetery and
but few feet apart. She was mar
ried 70 Harry Grosser on Oct. oath,
1916, who with little infant daugh-
ter mourn the departure of the loving
and devoted young wife and mother
The funeral took place Sunday after
noon from the home of her parents
to st. Thomas Catholic cemetery and
was very largely attended by sympa-
thizing friends and neighbors. Up
ward Of fifty automobiles were in line
in the funeral cortege besides scores
of people who were at the cemetery
proceed the arrival of the funeral,
manifesting the high esteem she was
held in in the community where she
was so well known. Rev FIR. Prucha
OBLIGATED at the burial service The
floral offerings were many and beau
tiful. Besides the sorrowing husband
she is survived h. her parents and
four sisters, Mrs Sam Wilmott. Mrs
Sidney Gillian and the Misses Gen
evieve and Leona Kimmisch and two
half-sisters, Mrs. Doc Schaal and
Mrs. Hartman, besides numerous rel
atives and friends. The family wish
es to express their sincere thanks to
the many kind friends who assisted
them in the sickness and death of the
loved wife, daughter and sister.
The soliciting OF money at the
peace demonstration in Potosi last
Monday was for the United War Work
4unu ana not Tor nam sandwiches and
lunches for the people as is enron
eously reported. The fund for the
purchase of lunches came from other
sources.
A special service of Thanksgiving
for the return of peace, high mass,
was celebrated by Rev FIR. Scheffer
in st. Andrews church last Wednes-
day at 8 O'clock a. M. and large
number of people were in attendance.
FIR. Scheffer delivered a beautiful SER
mon appropriate to the occasion.
Frank Longkamp is here from
Camp Hancock, Ca, on furlough.
School district No. 8, known as the
Tennyson or Dutch Hollow district.
having a surplus of money in its
treasury the people of the district met
at the school house last Wednesday
evening and unanimously voted to ap-
proprlate two hundred dollars out of
the fund for the benefit of the United
War Work fund
Obituary.
Miss Theresa Mary Elskamp was
born in the town of Waterloo. Grant
county on the 18th day of August