Grant County herald. [volume] (Lancaster, Wis.) 1850-1968, 1919-05-14
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LOCAL JOTTINGS.

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with friends in Fennimore.
Louis Bendorf has new Dodge car
bought at the B. & w. garage.
Mrs. Will Kerr and daughter, Lee
ona, visited friends at Fennimore, on
Saturday.
Mrs. Merrill Hildreth spent Satur-
day at Liberty, also her mother, Mrs.
Leindecker
Little Charles rockingham of Mad
ison, was a weekend visitor at his
grandparents.
Al. Payne has joined the great body
of car drivers, acquiring Ford OF
the B. & w. garage.
Mrs. Austin Farrand is back from
Chicago where she visited her daugh-
ters, who reside there.
Mrs. Geo. Heberlein and little
daughter, Leila, of Liberty, were Ian
caster callers Saturday.
Miss Amanda Macke of So. Lancas-
ter, went to Milwaukee, Saturday to
visit Mrs. Caroline Moehrig
The boy and girl of Frank Ward
had tonsils and adenoids removed by
DR.. Gault last Wednesday.
VIM. Kerr Sr. is still afflicted with
| blood poisoning in his left hand
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arm are very sore.
Mrs. Wallace Macke of Potosi, and
daughter, left Saturday for Milwau-
kee where they will visit the formers
sister, Mrs. Alice Bootz.
Miss Martha Smith, daughter of
Mr.. and Mrs. Frank Smith of Cass-
vile, was married in Chicago, Sunday
a week ago, to H. Mark Earl of that
city.
Mrs Chas. Borah left Saturday for
Madison to visit her friend, Mrs. S.
l.. Gay. Mrs. Martin Reuger, Mrs
Borah's daughter, is also visiting
there.
Mrs. G. W. Benedict of Dodgeville,
here for the past two weeks, return
ed home Saturday. Mrs. ]. P. Bene-
dict accompanied her sister for Wis
it at Dodgeville.
ThOs. Biggin and son, Thomas, of
Cassville, came to Lancaster, Friday,
with load of grist. They were great
ly interested in the Samson tractor
showing at the Wright farm nearby.
w ]. Bailie went to Calamine, Sat-
urday, to drive new Hup here. The
Bailie company has had great diff
Guilty in getting cars of any kind but
carload of Chevrolets will be here
this week.
Mr.. and Mrs. c. R. Watkins accom-
panied by Louis Vesperman, left We'd
nesday morning for st. Louis. Mr.. and
Mrs. Watkins plan to go to New York
by auto soon and Mr.. Vesperman may
accompany them.
VIM. Hauk of Waterloo, was here
Friday with bushels of wheat for
grinding Mr.. Hauk has a fine farm
on the ridge between Cassville and
Potosi and he is one of Grant Coun-
tvs leading swine breeders.
Conductor Waite of the noon train
says that lightning struck the Park
hotel, Madison, last Tuesday putting
the motors out of order and starting
a small fire in the basement. The fus-
es in the lighting circuits of the
building were blown to pieces but
no other damage done.
Clyde Bailie called the Herald late
last Tuesday evening asking us to
advertise a crank he had lost on his
car a day previous. The next morn
ing JOS Wright Jr. found the crank,
saw the ad and phoned Mr. Bailie who
came for it next day. Mr.. Bailie felt
we'll pleased with the results he OBJ
tanned.
Frank Steil who lives in No. Lam
caster, was in the city on business
last Thursday. Mr.. Steil and family
reside north of the Henderson Hal
ferty farm and were just outside the
cyclone area of last May. Mrs. Steil's
vivid description of the twister given
us at the time was of great assist
ance to the Herald man in making
a story of the great storm.
Mrs. Irene Ward of Lancaster, who
was in Cassville three weeks visiting
her sister and nieces, Mesdames Fin
ley and Macarthur, went home Friday.
Saturday Mrs. Finley's son-in-law, c..
w. Nickles and Mrs. Nickles came to
Cassville and returned home Sunday
to Dubuque accompanied by Mrs. Fin
ley who will spend the week in that
city.-Cassville Index.
Mr.. and Mrs. Geo. E. Groom of
Cassville, visited Saturday with the
Frank Smith and Downer Kilby fam
lilies. Mr.. Groom says that the liver
is high but drop is expected soon.
With a good year the Moore bottoms
will produce 1000 acres of corn this
year This means a great deal for the
canning factory and Cassville as dur
ing busy season $1,000 a month is
paid out for wages.
Lieut. o. E. Ishmael of Cassville,
son of Mr.. and Mrs. Ell. Ishmael and
brother of Mrs. M. c. Edwards of
this city, stopped off in Cassville last
week for a brief visit. Lieut.. Ishmael
was accompanying a group of con-
valescent soldiers to Fit. Smelling,
Mimi, and was on his way east. His
period of service has been in the south
of which Dr. Ishmael does not speak
enthusiastically. His family resided
at Cassville while the husband and
father was in the service.
Chas. R. Harper of Madison, was
the speaker at the county school con-
test held Saturday. Mr. Harper gave
one of his customary graphic and in
teresting addresses. He spoke of the
great change and improvement in the
school systems in the past thirty
years and hoped that the Improvement
would continue. To illustrate the
truth that each person must sell their
personality to the world Mr. Harper
gave a scene from an old New Or
leans slave market showing how the
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