Grant County herald. [volume] (Lancaster, Wis.) 1850-1968, 1920-05-26
BAGLEY.
Workmen Fab Fourteen Feet

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Hue Hazen, Charley Jakeman and
Bert Jacobs were reshingling Hue's
house last week when the scaffold on
which they were working gave way
and they went down about fourteen
feet, but escaped with only a few
bruises.
Kill Many Rattlers.
Bert Jacobs and Fred Miller went
to rattlesnake den near town last
Sunday and killed one large RATHER.
Bert went later and killed another.
The section men went to one between
here and Wyalusing and killed four
teen kinds of snakes. That will thin
them out some. When Will and Dick
Holmes and E. E. Culver were going
to Platteville week ago Sunday they
ran over one about two miles below
town.
Vandal LOOtS Launch.
Some vandal stole all the fixtures
from John Keelers launch also some
gasoline and cylinder OIL. No clew to
the guilty parties yet
Depart for Ohio.
Mrs. VIM. Winter departed for La
Crosse to visit her son Jess and wife
and will go from there to Green Bay
to visit her son Bert and family. She
will then make a trip to Ohio.
There was large train OF the Pol
lock Carnival show passed up the line
!! Sunday.
Standard Oil improvements.
/ The Standard Oil Co. is putting up
delivery station here putting in two
large tanks reported to cost $4,000
apiece, also an office and storeroom
with chain hoist in the center. This
will add to the improvement of our
village.
Old Resident Passes On.
! Geo. Miller died Thursday, May 20.
/ He was past SO years old. He had
been resident of Bagley for num-
Der of years. He formerly owned a
farm on Blake's Prairie. He died at
the home of his daughter, Mrs. David
/ Beard. Funeral was held Sunday in
the M. E. church.
E. E. Culver returned home Sunday
from his visit in Platteville.
Lee Grist and wife were in Cass-
vile Sunday.
Mrs. Joe Schier and daughter re-
turned from Glen Haven Sunday.
Jennie Beer, Margaret Rewey, Flor
ence Plondke and Ralph Clifton went
to P. D. c. Sunday.
Willie Clark and family of Pepin
were called here by the serious i'll
ness of Mrs. Clark's grandfather,
Geo. Miller Willie returned home on
Sunday.
Mrs. Mile Glass of P. D. C. came
! low nd vic Tod
DR.. Venning was in Dubuque last
Tuesday and Wednesday.
]. T. Clifton made a business trip to
Cassville one day last week.
Mrs. Jennie Patten of Boscobel is
visiting her sister, Mrs. Geo. Hodge
F. NJ wager and wife made an auto
trip to the farm and to Bloomington
Saturday
Misses Martiny and Glenn went to
Hazelton to attend the school social
| Saturday
Mrs Myra Lewis OF Cassville was
up to visit Miss Stephens Friday and
was taken sick and had to return
home Saturday.
The school picnic last Friday was a
success. There was a large crowd
from the surrounding country.
Glee Calkins, Laura Beer and Waive
Yost went to P. D. G. Friday to at
tend the school play there
John Day and family of Lancaster
drove to Bagley last Sunday and
spent the day.
John Thomas of P. D. G. was in
Bagley Monday John is recovering
from a severe illness with heart and
stomach trouble
Lee Greer of Bloomington made a
business trip to Minneapolis Mon
day
Miss Bernhard went to Cassville
Monday to attend the wedding of he1
sister which occurred Tuesday.
Mrs. J. E. Horribly took Mrs. G. D.
Calkins, Mrs. John Keller and Mrs
Guy Culver to Fennimore Tuesday to
attend an Eastern Star convention
They were entertained by Mrs. Max
Kolb while in Fennimore.
MINIS. Frank and Robert Bohringer
went to Moline, ILL.,, Tuesday to see
their sister-in-law, Mrs. Saley, who
is critically i'll. They returned home
Thursday
! Mrs. Walter Hempel was called to
Marshf1eld Tuesday by the death of
her father
! James Day of La Crosse came down
4 Tuesday to visit his sister, Mrs. G. D.
| Calkins.
Harley Clifton and bride returned
from their honeymoon tour in Chica-
go, Detroit and Cleveland They drove
new Overland car from Cleveland to
Dubuque and owing to the muddy
roads left it there and came on by
train. They arrived Wednesday.
A daughter came to the home of
Mr. and Mrs. Leslie Jenkins May 20.
Mother and babe getting along fine
Miss Elsie Hausler substituted for
Miss Bernhardt while the latter was
at the wedding of her sister.
0. j. Oswald returned from Taylor
county Wednesday,
Mrs. E. o. Patch and Mrs. John
Jenkins were III Cassville Thursday.
Mrs. Grover Glass of Elkader, Ia,
came down from La Crosse Wednes-
day and stopped over night and Fri
day went on to Dubuque.
Mrs. Robert Mcknight of Potosi
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