Grant County herald. [volume] (Lancaster, Wis.) 1850-1968, 1918-09-18
LOOMINGTON.

this week. Preparations have beer
made for an interesting program and
a good fair is expected.
Miss Alice Patterson returned home
from her summers work at the uni
versity where she taught dietics and
chemistry.
Mrs. VIM. G.. Lewis of P~latteville,
is visiting relatives n friends here.
There were 149 registrations of
men IS to As here Thursday. OF this
number 70 were from the town and 76
from the village. Registration was
held at the Woodhouse & BARLEY
Bank with M. F. Woodhouse as reg
istrar.
Foster Porter and James Ballen-
tine came home from Beloit Satur-
day to spend Sunday with the home
folks. They are in training for army
service.
Mark Hoskins is spending a three
day leave from Camp Grant, at his
home here. He looks as though the
life in camp agrees with him.
Mr.. and Mrs. Monroe Hoskins and
children of Ossian, Ia, came Friday
to visit at the R. N. Hoskins home
and take in the fair.
Miss Dorothy Baldwin is visiting
her brother, DR.. F. H. Baldwin, and
family.
John H. Cole, his wife and sister,
Mrs. Emily Albertson and her grand
son, VIM. Cole Yates, stopped off here
Wednesday and stayed over night
on their way by auto from points in
Minnesota to their homes in Keokuk,
Ia. The Cole family were residents
of this place in early days, VIM. Cole,
the father, coming to Beetown in 49,
45. He owned large mining interests
and also ran a store. He represented
his district in the legislature in 1854.
In 1857 he and his family moved to
Bloomington where he built a store
on the present site of the W. H. Brown
house. The store was afterward re-
moved to Canal street. In looking up
old friends here Wednesday, Mr.. Cole
and his sister found very few. Mrs.
Jessie Brooks being about the only
one who lived in the village at the
time they, as children, resided here.
Mrs. John Cooper received news
of the arrival of another grandchild,
a little daughter born to Mr.. and Mrs.
Frank Schallenberger of Ekalaka,
Mont, Sept. z.
A large number of people from here
attended the Lancaster fair, the larg-
est number being in attendance on
Friday.
Mr.. and Mrs. Lee Greer and Mrs.
A. E. Budahn made an auto trip to
Richland Center Thursday. Mr.. Greer
went on to Milwaukee on business
and the ladies returned home Satur-
day.
% DoY+1oxv Lea Yr,,0cdoxy f0n Co~oo
Pike, Ark, to enter an officers train
ing school.
Mr.. and Mrs. Ed Ransom of Mt. Ida
are the parents of a. daughter, born
Wednesday, the 18th. Mrs. Ransom
was formerly Bessie Ketner of this
place.
Edward Hite died at the county
asylum at Lancaster Sunday morning
aged 81 years. He was born at Ian
caster and spent his childhood there.
When about II years of age he came
with his parents to Bloomington and
resided here a number of years. He
became a painter by trade. He is
survived by a brother, John of Glen
wood, Mimi. two sisters, Mrs. Mary
Hampton of Bloomington and Mrs.
Kate O'Niel of Minneapolis. Mrs.
Hampton was with him at the time
of his death.
Jason Cook of Hot Springs, Ark.
IS here for a visit at the home of
his uncle, Rev. l.. N. Wooley.
Mr.. and Mrs. Harvey Rogers and
daughter OF Albany, Wis, are here
for a few days at the H Il. McPher-
Sol home.
Wallace Chambers of Montgomery,
Ala, came over from P. D. G. and is
spending a few days here where his
boyhood was spent.
Mrs. J.. b. Gilligan, Miss Mate Nc
liver, Mrs. VIM. Mulrooney and DR..
M. B. Glasier spent Thursday and
Friday in Dubuque.
Misses Belva Hoskins and Clara
Edwards left Monday to attend Down
er college, Milwaukee,; Alta Wetmore,
Beatrice HickOk, Cleo Brookens, Mar
garet Thornton, Katherine Lyness
and Orc Horsfall left the same day
for the Platteville Normal; Rose Voss
to the La Crosse Normal.
Misses Anna HalIman and Alta
Lewis made a trip to Boscobel Fri
day.
Mrs. Jessie Griffin of Lynxville. is
visiting Mrs. Jesse Brooks and family
and the J.. B. Gilligan family.
Frost is holding off and most of
the corn in this section is out of dan
ger.
Mrs. Nancy Hoyman received a let
ter from her son Orville Ballentine,
from France, in which he told of TAX
ing his turn in the trenches and COM
ing out all right. He was well.
De Forest Brown writes from
France: Suppose you are reading of
the big drive. Well I'm not missing
any of it. We have certainly seen a
taste of real war and our dressing
stations had to be moved quite often,
The old 32nd division is doing herself
proud and making a lame that will
last forever. I believe Germany is
sorry she yer bothered the u. S. A,
Can wear a gold stripe in 9 days
now"
Unfortunately the Jackie band will
not appear at the fair as advertised,
Instead we will have the Blooming
ton band with A. E. Jones as direct
or. An exhibition drill will be given