Grant County herald. [volume] (Lancaster, Wis.) 1850-1968, 1921-03-09
In Grants Borders
BLOOMINGTON

Joe Greer bought fine trained
mare, and she was shipped here last
week. She caught pneumonia and Joe
is having quite fight to save her life.
Barnett & Suttle, Lancaster cream
erymen, have rented David Baldwin's
creamery building at the west end of
Canal street and say they expect to
manufacture cheese there this sea-
son.
On Friday evening, February rs,
new boy arrived at Mr. and Mrs. Will
lie Cathman's, now residing on the old
home place near Brodtville. Mother
and babe are doing we'll.
John B. Horsfall was over from
Lancaster last week, and on Satur-
day accompanied Mr.. and Mrs E. M.
Pendleton to Millville to attend the
funeral of Mrs. ]. w. Horsfall, one of
the oldest residents of that place.
1.-THE old Spanish swindle is again
going through the mails. Several OF
our citizens received letters recently
from Spain asking Tor money to help
release some Spaniard from prison
and promising big return for the
money sent Of course the thing is
a fraud, but the perpetrators can
not be punished by postal officials be-
cause of lack of proper treaties be-
tween the United States and Spain.
Anthony Stockert was married at
Grand Junction, Colorado, in Febru-
arv. The bride was Miss Bessie Mil
Ter a we'll know young lady of that
civ who served as Il Red Cross nurse
during the war. Tony was a soldier,
who saw the real war game in France.
He has a. farm near Cochran, Colo,
and the couple who did their bit for
their country will start life's battle
a farmers The many friends here
wish them much joy.
Mr.. and Mrs. T. A. Hammond OBJ
served their fifty-frst wedding ami
versary last Tuesday, but their many
friends don't think of them as old
peopIe. Mr.. Hammond says that
v ashingtons birthday fifty-one years
ago was a mighty cold day, but the
weather didn't interfere with their
program. They went to Patch Grove
and were parties to a double wedding,
the other couple having been Rex
ford Stephens and Miss Mary Hickok.
DR.. 0. P. Sala and Frank Grant, who
were on their way to Boscobel to at
tend an Odd Fellows meeting, and
Carter Hickok, who accompanied
them were witnesses to the ceremony.
Rev. Bushby was the minister who
performed the ceremony. The we'd
ding trip was to Boscobel, where they
passed several pleasant days. May
they see many more anniversaries.
An important business change was
completed last week, when j. B. Lud-
den incorporated his general merch-
andise business a charter from the
Secretary Of State being obtained on
February 25th. J. B. Ludden Com
pany will be the title of the new firm,
the officers being John B. Ludden,
president and treasurer; Belva q.
Ludden, vice president; and Raymond
H. Ludden, secretary.
The object in taking this important
step is to enlist additional working
capital by an issue of preferred stock,
enabling the company to make some
expansions in the business, build
modern poultry and egg plant IN the
rear of the store building, thus lnsur-
ing for this community better mar
ket for poultry, eggs and other farm
products, and further extending the
trade of the store by giving patrons
and friends an interest in the bust
ness.
In twenty-five years the Ludden
store has grown until it does a larger
business than any similar establish
ment in the county, and this new step
should still further increase the bust
hess and prestige of the store.-RecOrd