Grant County herald. [volume] (Lancaster, Wis.) 1850-1968, 1921-09-07

visited with Mr. and Mrs. Ben Beier
the past week.
Mrs Lavina Schroeder left Sum
day afternoon for visit with her son,
Howard and family in st. Paul and
while there will view the sights of the
Minnesota State Fair.
Miss Minnie Schaefer, registered
nurse of Chicago after spending her
summer vacation with brothers and
sisters here returned to Chicago Fri
day afternoon.
John Buacher and daughter Doro-
thy Of Chicago visited in Potosi few
days last week with his brother Sam
and family.
Mrs. A. B. Hurst and daughter,
Helen and Miss Harriet Brownlee
were guests of friends in Dubuque
Monday.
Miss Kate Glennon has assumed
charge of the household affairs on the
farm of Eugene Keller. Mr.. and Mrs.
Keller have gone to Denver, Colo. to
see Mrs. Keller's brother, David Welsh
who is in poor health.
The Misses Kathryan Durley and
Colletta Lesser, student nurses at
Mercy hospital in Dubuque visited at
their respective homes in Potosi from
Sunday to Thursday of last week.
Mr.. and Mrs Adam Schumacher de-
parted for Los Angeles, Calf last
Thursday afternoon to be gone for
the next six or seven months They
were accompanied by their son wal
ter and grandson, Eugene Ragatz.
Walter will spend about month in
California and Eugene will spend the
wi mfr
August Mike is the posSessOr of
new Ford touring car recently pur-
chased from the w. G.. Hymer agency.
Mrs. T. H. Runkel has had her resi-
dence painted in a dark brown with
lemon color trimmings that gives it
very attractive appearance.
Rev. Fathers Field of Fennimore
and Groetzmann of Mt. Hope were
guests of Father Scheffer in Tenny-
son last Tuesday afternoon.
Mr.. and Mrs. Adolph Schumacher
called on friends in Dubuque Friday.
Sam Wilmott and family visited
with his sister, Mrs. S. J. Hinson and
took in the Big Badger Fair at Platte
vile last Thursday.
Mrs. Josephine Woolner of Kansas
City, Mo- is visiting in Potosi with
her cousins, Mesdames Will Lesser
and c. M. Schmitz. Her maiden name
was Jackley, daughter of the late
Peter Jackley and wife early settlers
in POtOsi. She removed from here
a number of years ago.
Mrs. Killian StOckert and daughters
Sylvia and Mrs. Claude Lesser and
baby son and Miss Mabel Schumacher
with Mr.. and Mrs. Mike Schauff and
sons, Will and Gus of Cassville at
tended the PlattevilIe Fair Thursday.
Miss Lucille Webb spent Saturday
and Sunday in Dubuque with her
cousin, Miss Kathryn Durley.
Mrs. Mary Nickson has moved her
household effects from Potosi to her
new home in Lancaster where she
will reside in the future.
Misses Kathryn Durley and Mildred
OFT visited with friends in Platteville
the fore part of last week
Arthur GrOsser and wife and Miss
Lizzie Grosser have returned home
from pleasant visit with Joseph
Grosser and family at Cresco, Iowa.
Many people from Potosi attended
the Big Badger Fair at Platteville
last week.
Postmaster Kaltenbach returned
Sunday from two weeks vacation
spent at Kenosha, Wis. and other
points of intele est in the state
The heaviest downpour of rain
seen in this section for the season
came Sunday afternoon doing consid-
cradle damage to the roads. Gravel
recently put on the hillside roads was
to great extent washed away The
cement culvert near the home OF
Judge WiImOtt was Inadequate to
carry the great volumne of water that
came down the little valley and the
water ran over the road and in its
onward rush carried the gravel with
it.
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