Grant County herald. [volume] (Lancaster, Wis.) 1850-1968, 1919-01-29
Local News

BuoAhOSo 4nuISQdy.
Miss Ellen Govier made trip to
Fennimore Friday afternoon
Geo. Johnson returned Wednesday
from a business trip through Iowa
Mrs. Clarence Wetter spent Thurs
day at the Will Wetter home near
Sitter.
Mrs. Geo. Muesse of Oak Park. Ill.
is visiting at the Geo. Muesse home in
this city.
Jess Blackburn of Darlington. ar
rived Saturday to visit friends near
Beetown.
Henry Miller of Dodgeville, visited
his sister, Mrs. Geo. f. Beck Friday
of last week.
Mrs. E. J. Roethe and Mrs. f. 4.
Heberlein of Fennimore, were in the
city Thursday
Miss Delphine Pendleton of Liv-
ingston, is visiting at the Chas. Krohn
home west of town.
Mrs. Leo Meysembourg returned on
Monday from Dubuque after a brief
visit with her daughter.
Miss Julia Sweeney went to Liv-
ingston, Saturday, for a visit with her
sister, Mrs. Frank Allen.
Mr.. and Mrs. Frank Lacke of Mus
coda, visited last week at the Jake
Hoffman home in this city
Mrs. Olive Heffner of Muscoda. ar
rived Thursday to spend a few days
at the r. NJ. Orchard home
Walter Velk, who spent the past
week at the Louis Schneider home,
returned to Chicago Thursday.
Miss Mary Eddy returned to her
school in Liberty, Monday after an
over-Sunday visit at her home here
Mr.. and Mrs. William Cooper of Du-
buque, returned home Thursday, af-
ter visit here with Mrs. Katherine
Day
Miss Erva Eek returned to her
home at Sitter after spending some
time at the Parke Dudley home in this
city.
Mrs. Geo. Frye returned to her home
at Fennimore Thursday afternoon, af-
ter visiting her daughter, Mrs. Stein
forth.
Mr.. and Mrs. Geo. Mccarthy, who
have been visiting relatives in Chi
cago the past week, arrived home on
Monday evening.
Mrs. Geo. Redmond of Werley. re-
turned home the latter part of the
week after a visit at the w. G. Knox
home in this city.
Mrs. j. H. Wunderlin went to
Platteville, Friday, for a few days
visit with her daughter, Ethel,
student at the Normal.
Thos Haley spent last Saturday
and Sunday at Milwaukee. He took in
the automobile show and attended to
little business on the side
l.. Alt went to Mineral Point, the
first part of the week, to attend the
funeral of his old friend, Geo. Cranes.
Mr.. Cranes was we'll known here.
Raymond Poland, who has been in
training at Great Lakes for several
months, returned to his home here
Thursday. He has been released from
duty.
Sheriff Frank He'll has found that
the auto as an official vehicle is not
always reliable, so he bought a good
team with which to pillow through
mud
Mrs Elizabeth Kubly returned to
her home at Waterloo. Ia, Thursday
morning, after taking care of her
daughter, Mrs. VIM. Burr, who has
been i'll.
Rev Harberts took charge of the
Congregational prayer meeting on
Thursday evening. Rev. Arhelger
was unable to conduct the meeting on
account of illness.
The following Fenimore people
were here Saturday: Mrs. Adam Buh-
ser and children, Miss J. Bryce, Flor
ence Magee, Mrs. w. F. Welby, Mrs.
Jas. Hauser and Mrs. Frank Henkle.
The last name to be added to the
casualty list is that of Will Cliff, son
of Mr.. and Mrs. Walter Cliff, north of
town, He was wounded while going
over the top and thereby missed his
chance to get Hun
Fred Pickering, recently discharged
from the service, has resumed his
work with the Mid-Continental Util-
tiles and departed Monday for Prairie
du Chine to assist on the new line be-
tween McGregor and Boscobel
John Retallick, former resident
of Lancaster and highly respected
old citizen, died Saturday ar the home
Of his daughter Mrs JAS. Blewitt Ir.,
at Aberdeen, S. D., after a long i'll
ness. The body will be brought here
for burial. A further account will be
puDuSneQ next week.
What sounded like band of Com
manche Indians, broken out of the
reservation, came to town last Satur-
day evening. They demonstrated that
they had infiuenZa-proof lungs and
vocal organs, and must have spent
much time in rehearsing their war
whoop before giving it to the public.
Mr.. and Mrs. Charles Graney have
moved to town, from their farm in
town of Ellenboro. Their sons, Carl
and Roy, will take charge of the
farm. They expect their son, Arthur,
home soon from Camp Hancock. He
would have been discharged two
weeks ago, but was taken i'll and was
sent to the hospital.
Miss Loretta Eastman who has been
Red Cross nurse in San Francisco,
arrived at her home in this city We'd
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