Grant County herald. [volume] (Lancaster, Wis.) 1850-1968, 1918-12-25
Local News

Mrs. Ray Streeter of Belmont, died
Friday of influenza.
Mrs. VIM. Linton of Fennim, re, was
a Lancaster caller, Friday.
Miss Elva Doll is spending the hol-
days with Chicago friends.
Seth Curry, former Boscobel res
ident, died at Hop, N. D., Dec. IA.
Mrs. ]. D. Hatch and children Wis
1ted friends at Platteville last week.
Miss Marie Kretschman of Fenni-
more, visited friends here last Fri
day.
Jos. Blackburn and Warren Wayne
have returned from southern training
camps.
Geo. @. Sykes visited his mother at
Monroe last week returning home
Friday.
Morris Zeigler came home Thurs
day to visit his parents during the
holidays. >
Orville ]. Nelson of Marion town
ship, died Dec. 14th of pneumonia
Mr. and Mrs Geo. Clark of Bosco-
bel, lost their 4-months-old babe, on
Wednesday last.
John Dechow of Woonsocket, S. D.,
was here last week shaking hands
with old friends.
Mrs. Chas. Brickner of Mt. Zion,
Crawford county, died at Prairie du
Chen sanitarium Dec. IA.
Miss Emma Knobel came home from
North Western college, Evanston, on
Friday to spend the holidays here.
Mrs. Bert Mink and little daugh-
ter, visited in Cassville, returning to
their home in Madison on Friday.
Mrs. Fletcher Grimesey of Bosco-
bel, died Dec. Is of influenza con-
tracted caring for her daughters fam
lily.
Mrs. Carl Reifsteck, a former Cass-
vile resident, died of influenza at
Mercy hospital, Dubuque, last Thurs
day week ago.
Will Mccoy came home from Guam
tico, Va, where he is stationed in
the Marines, to spend the holidays at
the home of his parents.
Mrs. A. L. Sherman and children,
Roger and Evelyn, are visiting the
formers parents, Lieut. and Mrs
Chas. Johnson of Chicago.
Ed. Pierce says he spaded his gar
den last week He cannot remember
a December for years that the ground
was as free from frost as this.
Mrs. VIM. King of Marion, died
Thursday of influenza. A husband
and two children are left to mourn.
Mrs. King was the daughter of David
Freymiller
Burnell Suttle arrived home Fri
day from New London, Conn, his
naval station, to visit relatives and
see his brother, Clyde, who has been
seriously i'll.
Walter Schwartz of the Lancaster
Butter & Cheese company, was
called to Muscatine, Ia, last Thurs
day by the death of his father who
had been i'll for some time
Cornelius wilkinson has return
ed to Fennimore after taking two
weeks treatment from DR.. Gault Mr..
Wilkinson had the misfortune to lose
an eye while cranking a car.
Mr.. and Mrs. Roy Fischer of New
York are the parents of a baby girl
born last week Roy is a son of Mr.
and Mrs. Lou Fischer of this city and
a member of the Medical Reserve
who was sent to take special train
ing at Columbia University
Mr. and Mrs. Fred Irwin were call
ed to Mt. Ida, Thursday, to attend the
funeral of the formers brother, Ell
mer Irwin. Mr.. Irwin resided at Mo-
vile, la. He leaves a wife and three
little children. Influenza caused the
death.
John Flitsch of Letcher, S. D., was
here last week visiting. Mr. Flitsch
recently underwent an operation at
Savannah, Mo-, for growth on his
right shoulder. Ee was given much
encouragement by the hospital doc
tors.
Mccoy G. Healy bought twelve head
of horses the past week from the fol-
lowing: Myrl Walker, Ed. Taylor,
Ian Aupperle, A. Lewis, VIM. Miller,
Henry Heberlein, Chas Thier, Hen
ry Eek, Geo. Hoehn, Frank Marrow,
John Krohn and Albert Macke. The
average price paid was $3.50.
Mrs. VIM E. Webb received word
Friday of the death of her brother,
William Nichols, of Coleraine, Min
nesota. Mr. Nichols was a native of
Wales having been born there 81
years ago. He was brought to Grant
county by his mother when he was
five or six years old and lived at Ell
lenboro and British Hollow until he
went to Hancock, Michigan, when a
boy. He was a mining engineer by
profession and had constructed some
of the largest concentrating plants
III the country. He built the large
Oliver iron ore washing plant at Col
eraine, the largest of it's kind in the
world. Mr.. Nichols invented and de-
yeloped many of the essential parts of
the machinery of this plant, and at
the time of his death was the super
intendent in charge. He was a man
of excellent character and his death