Grant County herald. [volume] (Lancaster, Wis.) 1850-1968, 1921-02-16
LOCAL ITEMS

Miss Eva Lee Of Madison waa I
weekend visitor with relatives IN
Lancaster. ~
Bert Schreiner left sunday -, :,
business trip to Madison and Nh .
Waukee. :"
Earl Showalter has accepted >
position as clerk in the L. Weber
store.
County Agent Graf and family
have taken rooms in the i Loo
Wright residence 80
Frank Meyer, Platteville No,n,a,
student, was a weekend visitor with
his parents in Lancaster.
The Northwestern icehonso - ~.
city is being filled with ice From, Ms NJ
cedah. 500 tons will be packed
Rev. M. Cook of Mccormick Irnivar
sity, filled the Presbyterian mint
fere Sunday and is expected again
next Sunday. ''i--
Charles Hubanks has decided to
quit farming and will return to town
about March LIST. He will ba ON
ployed in the Gibbs & Starr shop
David Johnson of this city. chonnino
kindling wood, Sunday, cut his right
foot severely with the axe. Several
stitches were taken to close the gash
The W. G. T. U. held a francis
WIZARD Memorial at the Methodist
church thursday afternoon followed
by luncheon for twenty invited
guests.
The Lancaster Eastern Stars go TO
Potosl Saturday evening to attend the
25th anniversary celebration of the
latter chapter. A big time is in pros
pect.
The special meetings held at the
Methodist church for the past two
weeks terminated Sunday and Rev
Birrell, the speaker, returned to Min
eral Point, Monday.
Mr. and Mrs. Henry Pink, Mr.. and
Mrs. Leo Meysembourg and Miss Mae
Boyle went to Fennimore, Sunday, to
attend the funeral of Mrs. Frank
Elskamp who died Wednesday.
Mr.. and Mrs. Henry j. Kraemer of
Lancaster departed Saturday for Free
port where they are visiting their.
daughter, Leona. From there they go
to Madison for a visit with relatives.
Mid-semester visitors at home were
Bessie Krohn, Esther Wepking, Ivan
ellie Lewis, Florence Bailie, Horace
Hymer and Arthur and Rodger Aus
tin. The young people returned to
their studies at the university Sunday.
Mrs. Isaac Farnsworth. formerly
Elizabeth Barnett, died at her home
in GAINESVILLE last Friday at the age
of eighty. Mrs, FarnsWorth was
native of Lancaster and an aunt of
the senior members of the Barnett
and Calls families of this city.
Jos. Blackburn of this city, crank
ing a Buick car, Sunday, was struck
in the right eye by the crank. The
cash required six stitches to close and
Mr.. Blackburn looks like hero of
q severe battle.
Frank Shear of this city, aged Al,
was committed to Mendoza last We'd
nesday following an examination by
Drs. Kraut and Fowler. Mr.. Shear
was taken down for medical treat
ment Thursday. His is medical case,
not an insane case.
Owing to the illness of Clerk of the
Court, F. c. Burr, Al. Morse has been
looking after the work in the office.
John Cox, Register of Deeds, has also
been i'll and his son has been over
from Platteville to assist with the
work in the office which is heavy at
this time of the year.
Kenneth and Sidney Weber and
Raymond Webb took the rank of page
in the Pythian order last Tuesday
night. On special dispensation the
lodge gave Sidney Weber the ranks OF
esquire and knight last evening. Mr..
Weber expects to leave the city and
wished to complete his ranks before
going away.
Robt. Mcdonald of South Lancaster
sold his farm to e. L. Holzinger last
week and bought the Robt. Kinney
place near the high school in Lancas-
ter. He expects to have a sale on
Monday next and will move to town
about the first Of March. Later ne
may go to farming again.
Mrs. NJ. w. Register, the aged Fennl-
more lady who came to Lancaster
couple of weeks ago to make her nome
with her niece, Mrs. Maggie wayne.
has been quite sick with pneumonia
but is better at present. Mrs. Roy
ster is SO years old. Visiting her
last week were her sons, Frank OF
Boscobel, and Wallace of GlenWood,
Mimi; daughters, Mrs. Sadie Brooks,
independence, MO, wi >. Iuo 1AAAUNA
son, Boscobel, and Mrs. Mabel Barr,
Glen Haven; and old friends, Mrs.
Jennie McKeegan and Mrs. Sadie Far
ris of Fenimore.
The Baltic Auto Co. has installed
new Bowsher gasoline system OF the
latest pattern to use at their filllng
station. Not long ago the old pump
went wrong and refused to deliver the
precious essence. Mr. Ballle Went
over the outfit and concluded that the
2O0-gallon underground tank was
at fault. He employed a man 10 dlg
up the frozen ground above the tank
and discovered that the tank ana Ieeu
line were in perfect condition me
source of trouble was frozen moisture
in the air pipe run in at one emu u
the tank to act as source OF balance
in air for the gasoline as it was WITH
drawn With this pipe closed the
empty space in the tank became q
vacuum after few Withdrawals OF
gasoline and the old pump refused 70
work.