Grant County herald. [volume] (Lancaster, Wis.) 1850-1968, 1921-11-16
PLATTEVILLE

/ A Choral society to be known as
| the Churchill Choral society has been
/ recently organized here. Miss Emile
Krog has been selected as president
! George Merrifield, treasurer, and Mrs.
! Frank ]. Moore, secretary. A COM
mittee of six was selected to work
with Prof Churchill in selecting an
Oratorio or cantata to be given some
! time later The committee consists
of Mrs. Edgar w. Dana, Mrs NJ A.
| Bishop, Mrs. F. J. Moore, Mrs. Jen-
ME Weittenhiller Squires, Miss Estel-
! la NJ Blunt, and Mr.. Tiedemann.
The marriage of Miss Theresa Klar
and Albert Langkamp was solemnized
at st. Mary's Catholic church, 8
o'clock Tuesday morning. The cere-
mony was performed by the Rev. F..
j. Lllis Miss Mabel Langkamp, a
sister of the groom and Cyril Klar
cousin of the bride were the attend
ants. The bride is the daughter of
/ Peter Klar, South Court street The
groom is the son of Mrs. Celia Lang
kamp of the township of Tennyson.
He has leased the home farm where
| he and his bride will reside. After
the marriage ceremony, a reception
was held at the home of the brides
/
mediate friends and relatives.
The Eureka Laundry company, sue
cessors to the Platte City Laundry
steam plant located on South Roun-
tree avenue, long operated by E. n.
Knapp, closed Saturday night. A
mortgage of $4,000 is held. by Mr..
Knapp against the plant.
I I,nS
Angeles Cal, to spend the winter
there with his daughter.
Mr.. NJ. P Rindlaub left Friday for
visit with his children in Fargo, N.
Oak.
Hunters shot three-year old calf
belonging to Harry Speth of Belmont
a few days ago.
John Dorchoff, foreigner en-
ployed at the North Unity mine, south
of Hazel Green, was brought to the
Cunningham hospital Monday A
large rock had fallen on his foot,
part of which had to be amputated.
One of the most needless offices in
the county is that of County Agent.
The County Board should show its
backbone by abolishing this needless
tax on the people. The office is a
joke to the average farmer.
Word has been received of the
death of Mrs Mary E. Dewitt, aged
~, a former resident of Piatteville,
who passed away at Eaton, Pa, on
Wednesday, October 80. She was a
sister of Milton VanNatta and Mrs.
John Himan of this city, of Mrs Ivey
in California, and of VIM. H. VanNatta
of British Columbia She last visited
here in 1S89,-Witness.
Freddie Johnson the efficient de-
! livery boy at the Ferndell has re-
turned from a hunting trip at Hazel
Green where he went to capture the
Gorilla that is reported TO have es-
capped from a circus.
Morgan Frazier of Shullsburg was
here Saturday for hearing before
the Industrial Commission in regard
to receiving compensation for the loss
OF two arms in an accident in the
mines over year ago
W. A. Henry and family leave soon
for Bagley where he purchased a
zoe acre farm. The family has re-
sided in P1attevi1le for number OF
years. Mr.. Henry was janitor at the
normal until he purchased the gro
Gerry store which he recently sold to
M. Wilbur.
The Palmer School of Chiropract-
ors eleven of Davenport, Ia, defeated
the wisconsin Mining School eleven
at Davenport last Saturday, - to 0.
Mrs o. S. Jones has an old time
cartoon published in 1852 that he
prizes very highly The title is 1.-THE
Position of the Democratic Party in
1852. Besides giving the political
situation of that time it also shows
the printers art of that date.-News.