Grant County herald. [volume] (Lancaster, Wis.) 1850-1968, 1918-10-23
COUNTY AND NEARBY
RESIDENTS OF THIS AND OTHER
COMMUNITIES MOVED DOWN
BY THE SCYTHE OF TIME.

ID LIE OO OT
DR.. Walter S. P. Lincoln of Dodge
vile, died of pneumonia after weeks
illness.
DR.. Martin G. Murray, Avoca phys
ician, died of pneumonia after a
hard fight.
Mt. Hopes Red Cross auction
brought nearly $4,000 There were
$50 separate sales. A silk flag went
: for $50 and a gold dollar for $12650
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Calvert Williams of Dodgeville,
died last week of bronchial pneumon-
ia. He was 20 years old.
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Blue River has been having a bad
time with influenza and the doctor
was also sick. Doctors from Bosco-
Del assisted in caring for the ill.
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Three pupils of the Muscoda school
were expelled for smoking cigarets
on the school grounds. Others who
denied their guilt were let off,
$50
On November 9Th the Platteville,
Rewey e Ellenboro Telephone Co. will
have hearing before the Wisconsin
Rate Commission in regard to raising
rates charging toll between Cuba and
Platteville.
Rev. A. H. Schoenfeld of Plymouth
Congregational church, Dodgeville.
resigned to take a Mineral Point
charge and his congregation raised
his salary from $1,000 to $1,000 year
ly. DR.. Schoenfeld was asked to
withdraw his resignation.
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Donald Hoisington of Dodgeville.
aged Is, died last week of pneumonia.
He was member of the university
;. A. I. c., contracting the disease
there. His parents are Rev. and Mrs.
l.. q. Hoisington.
Government and village health Of
Meals have notified the saloons of
Cuba City to close along with other
public places. 1t is intimated that
the saloons may be closed for good
owing to the proximity to the govern
ment work nearby.
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The Golden Jubilee of St. Joseph's
catholic church, Avoca. was held on
Friday of last week. FIR. Traut, late
q Racine, was the first priest Jacob
Stelnhart Muscoda, was a member of
the original parish of st. Joseph.
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Rewey's Red Cross auction brought
$I'5OO. An American flag brought
Sl4O. cakes sold for Sc and cookies
Tor IS a dozen. Canned fruit found
W. kopp of Platteville, made the OBJ
ening address. e. A. Heberlein was
auctioneer.
A number of young men of Iowa
coghty Went out two Sundays ago
and painted every running car a
bright yellow They finished IN nv
gong to church and doing the same
thing to the cars outside not MISSING
the minister's.
Estimates place the damage by wa
Ter at $IoOOO done to the stock of the
A. ID. German wholesale house Of
Richland Center. The concrete build-
ing was practically uniniured but
twenty minutes work with thn hose
nearly ruined the big supply of groc-
cries.
Soldiers Grove has been prenarin O.
for Red Cross Corn Festival but
plans were put aside owing to the in
huenza. A visitor says: "The active
citizens there had performed a Won
derful Feat IN their complete and com
prehensive plans. The town was one
power OF corn, business places decor
ated with the products of the farm.
interviewer with the national colors.
row OF corn shocks in the middle
OF the street from railroad station on
the north to electric light plant on the
south Visitors were greeted at all (
angles OF streets by overhead notices
made from corn. Three large tents
contained huge corn designs min
nature buildings constructed of corn |
Hundreds of bushels of the choicest
corn one could wish to look upon was
sorted and piled ready for the sale
that is to be held. In fact Soldiers
Grove citizens fairly outdid them
selves for this festive occasion. and
they were materially assisted bv peo- |
PIE from the surrounding country. |
VINO contributed freely from their |
abundance; and the Kickapoo section
Is certainly abundant in crop harvests
this season. When the day is finally
announced for their corn festival if !
ought to be a signal for everybody
TO visit Soldiers Grove They will see
something worth looking upon. The
hustlers over there expect to clean
up more than a thousand good dol
lars for good cause.-the Red Cross