Grant County herald. [volume] (Lancaster, Wis.) 1850-1968, 1921-07-13
LOCAL ITEMS

Claude Showalter of Madison was a
weekend visitor in Lancaster.
Samuel Jordan of DUBUQUE visited
Lancaster relatives last mid-week
James McBrien departed Thursday
for Chicago where he is visiting his
son, James P, and daughter, Mrs.
Regain.
Lawyers Murphy and son, Dennis
and David Gardner and Jesse Ruble
all of Platteville, were Lancaster
visitors Wednesday,.
Mr.. and Mrs. Park Gelbach of So.
Lancaster, are the parents of baby
boy born last Wednesday, Mrs. Gel
bach was formerly Miss Lille Cox.
A. B. Doolittle and wife of Sioux
Falls, S. d., returned home Friday
following visit of three weeks at
the John Wunderlin home in Hurri-
cane.
Mrs. Ed. Nickson of Potosi has
bought the old Herman Bruss resi-
dence property on So. Madison street
of Mrs. Mona Allen The considera-
ton was $3,250.
Misses Louise and Carrie Wetter
were Thursday passengers to Milwau-
kee. They went on account of Miss
Louisa's health. She will take treat
ment at the Deaconess hospital.
Mrs. Lee Brookens and Miss S. A..
Hope of Bloomington took the noon
train here Saturday for Salem, Wis.
for a visit with relatives. They mo-
tor home this week
John Orion and Miss Carrie Wright
were fellow passengers Thursday to
California. They will visit in San
Francisco and at various west coast
points for the next ten weeks.
N. Y. Bernhard and grandsons,
Richard Bernhard and Bernhard
Eveland, returned home via Lancaster
to Racine Thursday after a visit of
two weeks at the Alex Esser home in
Glen Haven.
Mrs. Martin Mcdonald entertained
eighteen young ladies Thursday even
ing in honor of her niece, Miss Marie
Townley of Madison, visiting at the
Mcdonald home. Miss Townley re-
turned home Thursday.
Passengers of VIM. Lorenz will
now ride in comfort and palatial
luxury. Mr.. Lorenz went to Milwau-
kee last week returning with an Au-
burn six sedan. 1t is a finely fin
ished and beautifully upholstered
job.
The Meysembourg children, Robert,
Mrs. H. P. Stuart, Mrs. Russell Null
grew and son, were all home visiting
Mr.. and Mrs. Leo Meysembourg here
last week. Other guests at the Mey-
sembourg home were Misses Winnie
and Katie Glennon of Potosi.
Misses Catherine Schuster and
Charlotte Seipp have accepted the APP
pointment as organizers of the Shaks-
peare Story Telling Club and Home
Economics Extension Bureau, respec-
lively of Chicago. The young ladies
have been assigned to the Potosi and
Glen Haven territory.
Miss Minnie TrentZsch departed
Sunday for her home in Milwaukee
after a visit of two weeks in Lancas-
ter. Mrs. Trentzsch came to assist
in the care of her mother-in-laW,
Mrs. Catherine Trentzsch. The old
lady's condition shows no improve
ment. She is in the eighties
Jul Anderson and wife and child
rem, Henry and Catherine, all OF st.
Louis, spent the past week here. visit
ing the George, John and Anton
Peterson families, returning home
Sunday. Mr.. Anderson is a practic-
ing attorney in ST. Louis and cous-
in and countryman of the Peterson
boys.
Mrs. Kate Messmore of Chapman,
Kansas, started for home Saturday
following a visit of several weeks
with her children in the Flora neigh
borhood. Mrs Messmore went via
Platteville to spend few days with
her daughter, Mrs. Alma Taylor
Borah, who is attending normal sum-
mer school.
Mr.. and Mrs. Ed. Schwartz and son,
Harry, left Lancaster mysterlously
Sunday of last week not telling their
destination even to the boys IN the
creamery. The rumor is that they
went to Waterloo, Iowa, to visit Mr..
Schwartz's relatives, and at other
south and west points. Journey via
Buick route.
Mrs. C. D. Battle, who has been
visiting at the Geo. Groom and NC
Dowell homes in Cassville, departed
SATURDAY. for Milwaukee. From there
Mrs. Bailie goes to Great Falls, Mont,
her home. Mrs. Battle, Mrs. Geo.
Groom and Miss Fern Mcdowell mo-
tored to Lancaster Friday and visited
over night at the Frank Smith nome,
Roselawn farm
Mr.. and Mrs Albert See and daugh-
tiers, Cornell and Patricia, of Delavan'
came Friday to attend the weodlng
of Dorothea Hickok to A. Alden See'
Carroll See of Delavan, who came
on Friday to attend the wedding OF
Dorothea C. Hickok to A. Alden See
remained for the weekend with the
Hickoks and spent part OF the time
with them at their cottage near Bag
ley, on the river.
DR.. D. w. Hulburt of Milwaukee,
state s,perintendent of the Baptist de-
nomination, was in the county Sunday
preaching at Mt Ida and Werley'
There are 10000 Baptists in the state
with a number of fiourishing foreign
born and speaking congregations.
There are six million Baptists in the
country out of total of eight million
on the globe DR.. Hulburt was the
guest of Rev. w. A. Weyhrauch whlle
in Lancaster.
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