Grant County herald. [volume] (Lancaster, Wis.) 1850-1968, 1921-04-27
LOCAL ITEMS

Miss Alice Howell went to ReIoit
Sunday to visit her brother, DR.. P. Al.
Howell.
Mrs. Chas. Fest of Livingston was
operated on at the Doolittle hospital
Saturday.
The Bailie Auto Co. has it's dis
play floor covered with fine line of
new motor cars.
Mrs. Fred STEINER of Hickory
Grove visited her son, Oscar, at
Hake, last week.
Kaap & Brewer have completed re-
finishing their annex and are again
open for business.
DR.. S. A. NARROW of Bloomington
visited Monday with his brother-in-
law, U. d. Kinney
Mrs. Millard Smith departed Mon
day for Freeport for a visit with her
sister, Mrs. Ruegger.
Miss Emma Schreiner returned to
Lancaster from Miami, Florida, where
she spent the winter.
Martin Young of Dubuque is visit
ing his daughters, Mrs. w. L. Winskill
and Mrs. Otto Waldman.
Miss Sarah Wills of Madison was
an over-Sunday visitor with E. L.
Neff of the highway Office.
Miss Leone Showalter of Madison
was a weekend visitor with her
mother, Mrs. Anime Showalter.
Mrs. John Reimer, residing about
six miles west of Lancaster, was OPP
Grated on Monday by DR.. Joseph God
frey. The malady is appendicitis.
Mrs. Henry Wepking and Mrs.
Charles Wepking of Fennimore came
down Monday to be with Mr.. and
Mrs. Adolph Wepking for the day.
Rev. L. Crittenton departed Monday
for Columbus, Wis, to officiate at the
burial service of an old parishioner
He expects to return home tomorrow
w. w. Rees and wife are in the city
to pack their goods to ship to Winona
their new home. They are guests of
Mr.. and Mrs. L. A. Clark while in the
city.
Dobsons store shipped out As
head of calves last week and the
prospects are for sixty being shipped
this week. The veal goes to various
markets.
Mrs Geo. Beck had as company
last week her mother, Mrs. Miller of
Dodgeville. Mrs. Miller returned
home Sunday and Mrs. Beck accom-
panied her mother.
Bernice Gulke, Is, daughter of Otto
Gulke, broke her left collar bone last
Tuesday while playing at the North
school, Dr. Fowler rendered the
necessary surgical attention.
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Harvey Croft residing IL the north
part of town, is down sick with Sc
we're attack of scarlet fever. DR..
Fowler was called on the case Satur-
day.
w. F. Joy of DEBORAH, Iowa, and
gang of 80 men, are putting the fin
ishing touches on the transmission
line from Lancaster to Bloomington.
The men have their headquarters in
Lancaster.
On Saturday, April 23, the w. R. G.
gave a program in honor OF General
u. S. Grant. Speaking, singing and
talks were given the hero of Apo
matox as a subject. The meeting was
largely attended.
DR.. Doolittle reports a new boy at
the Ralph Frye home in Ellenboro the
arrival taking place last Thursday.
Thomas Wilson Jr. of Mt. Hope, a
son of Thomas Wilson, is patient at
the Doolittle hospital here.
Jacob Hahn departed yesterday for
Waukesha where he has taken bet
ter position as telegraph operator in
the passenger service Mrs. Hahn
and daughter, Marvel, will remain III
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Rev. ]. r. Morgans and wife of Mi
ami, Florida, arrived here Thursday
and expect to again make their nome
in Lancaster. For fourteen years Mr..
Morgans was the popular pastor Oh
the local Methodist church.
The G. A. r. looks forward as usual
to Decoration Day and consider it
good plan for the president OF last
year to appoint his successor and Tor
the latter to begin arrangements Tor
this annual tribute of respect
The national w. C. T. u has issued
a statement denying the report that a
campaign was on to effect prohibition
of tobacco and the enactment OF sun
day blue laws. The organization says
fatty that it is not concerned in either
objective.
c. H. Vesperman, J. G. Vesperman
and Henry Belz went to Madison. III
motor car Monday morning at two
O'Clock to render what assistance they
could in locating the remains OF rs
Their Wepking who was drowned on
Lake Mendoza Sunday afternoon.
Lancaster farmers report an ex-
tremely early spring-as far ahead as
two or three weeks. some say. Not
for years has the bluegrass been so
far advanced as it is this year. AS a
result number of farmers have put
their COWS into pasture and others
are preparing to do so.
George Noble of South Lancaster IS
in the Fowler hospital recovering from
an operation for ruptured appendix
that was performed last Thursday.
Mr.. Noble suffered considerable pain
prior to the operation but desired to
wait until he had his spring work
out of the way. Finally the pain be-
came unbearable and the operation