Grant County herald. [volume] (Lancaster, Wis.) 1850-1968, 1920-12-01
IN GRANTS BORDERS
Interesting Letters from Our
Outside Reporters.
Local LacOnies, Neighborhood Notes
Personal Pickups and Mis-
ccIlaneOns Items.
pOTOSI

Last week was a week of weddings
and deaths in Potosi. three weddings
and two deaths occurring Mrs. P. Jos.
Stelptlug died Monday, Nov. END and
Mrs D. G. Seaton died Friday, Nov.
18th. Henry Duye and Martha Ehlen
were married at the ST Andrews
church, Tuesday morning, Nov. %,
John Reuter- and Rose May Wunder-
lin were married at ST. Andrews
church, Wednesday, Nov "a, and
Claude Lesser and Christina Stockert
were married at st. Thomas church,
Thursday morning, Nov 25th.
w. c. Hymer was confined to his
home last week with an attack of ill
ness However, he is up and around
again.
Little Roy Maahs, who has under
gone two operations for appendicitis,
as so far recovered as to be up and
walking about
Mrs. Henry Schumacher was quite
Ill last week at her home in the south
part.
Melvin, the young son Of Mr.. and
Mrs. Sam Edge, met with painful &C
cident Friday. He was in the act of
cutting hard piece OF candy with d
butcher knife when the knife i'll some
manner slipped and went through one
OF his hands. Dr. Mauel dressed the
wound and it required several stitches
TO close the gap.
Miss Mildred OFT OF Lacrosse normal
and Miss Bertha SchmitZ OF PlatteYiile
normal, spent their Thanksgiving va
cations at their respective parental
homes in POtosi.
The pupils OF the Potosi schools en-
joyed four days Thanksgiving va
cation
Mrs Horace G. Marvin OF Jackson,
Mich, was called here last week to the
bedside OF her sick mother Mrs. d. G.
Seaton.
Irene Millen teacher at Bagley,
spent her Thanksgiving vacation in
Potosi with her mother, Mrs Rose
Millen
C. ]. Thompson Jr. and wife of
Kentucky, are visiting in this neigh
borhood with his father, G. j. Thomp-
son Sr
Mr.. and Mrs. Earl Kreiser of Dubu-
que, ate Thanksgiving dinner with Mrs
Kreiser's parents, E. M Wilmott and
wife, i'll Tennyson.
Cap. Schmitz Henry Stohlmeyer.
Henry Uppena, Frank Seipker. J J.
DlbriCh and wife attended the funeral
Of Frank Diedrich at Cassville. last
Friday. The gentlemen named repre-
scented the Potosi branch of the Catho-
lie Knights OF Wisconsin
Mrs. Joseph Brake and children Wis
tied few days last week with her par
ents, Mr.. and Mrs Alderman in Cass-
vile.
Miss Alice Smith, assistant princi-
pal of the Potosi high school, spent her
Thanksgiving vacation with friends at
Waterloo. Iowa.
Mrs. Carl Kress was a visitor among
relatives and friends in Lancaster. last
Thursday.
With this weeks issue of the Her
aid 3. M. Wilmott will have wound out
his ninth year as the Herald Potosi
correspondent. To continue, or not to
continue, is now a question agitating
MS mind. With three years as cores
pendent for the Cassville Record. four
wears for the Dubuque Times Journal,
three years for the Dubuque Telegraph
Herald, one year for the PlatteviIle
Pournal, and nine years for the Grant
county Herald is almost enough news
paper work for the old Judge.
MI. and Mrs. Ed. Brandt of Keller
Brandt's PAL ents, Mr.. and Mrs. Henry
Stohlmeyer.
The death of Mrs. joseph P. Stein
tug Monday, Nov 22nd, though not
unexpected, has cast a gloom OF soy-
row amongst countless numbers OF
friends. She had been in poor health
Tor the past nine years and bore her
pans and sufferings with Christian
torutude. During the period of her in
disposition she had not been confined
10 her bed for any great length of time
only at intervals, and was generally up
ana around attending to her house
duties. In time it developed that she
was afflicted with cancer, which was
me immediate cause of her death. She
mad undergone five operations. three
az dubuque. one at Mayo Bros. hos
pttal at Rochester. MINI. Besides the
operations she had made eight trips to
hochester for radium treatment. but
sil 70 no avail All that medical or
surgical treatment could do for he was
tone hut unavailing, the fond loving
hother ana wife was doomed to pass
10 heF redeemer Catherine Reuter-
was porn in the town of Paris. Grant
county, April 18th, 1871, and died at
hef nome IN the town of Potosi Nov
End, 1920, aged 49>years, months and
= days, She was q daughter of the late
befnhard and Catherine Reuter- nj
oneer residents of Potosi She was
married to Joseph P. Stelphug by Rev
FATHER SalIeck at St Andrews churcb
~ the town of Potosi April 9Th. 1891
rms union was blessed with five child /
rem, four of whom survive the dear
loving mother, one son. Francis B.
dled Of infantile paralysis Aug. 27th
1918, aged IA years. 1t was always the
wish OF the mother to be buried nv
the side of this son. Mrs Stelpflug was
an ardent believer in the Catholic faith
and died surrounded with all the rights
OF the church. She was a devoted and
helpful wife, loving and indulgent
mother and a sincere friend. Her mas
sing Will be greatly missed in the fam |
iiy circle and by many friends who
wed and admired her for her kind
nd cheerful disposition The funeral
aaok place from the home to st. An
sQe-s church Thursday morning and
was Ierv largely attended tho ol,urot,