Grant County herald. [volume] (Lancaster, Wis.) 1850-1968, 1922-08-02
H. c. Krebs went to Madison Oh

H. C. Krebs went to Madison on
business Yesterday.
c. D. Edwards, Joseph Godfrey and
Fred Orion are taking vacation on
athe lakes at Mccartney.
The Lancaster Canning Co has
completed pack Of $4,000 cases Of
peas raised on 215 acres.
Edward J. Hyde, the west side real
estate owner, spent the weekend Wis
iting friends in Madison.
Miss Julia Voight was a Tuesday
passenger to Milwaukee and Chicago
where she will buy millinery.
Miss Laura DiValI, Wauzeka, spent
the past week viciting at the DiVall,
Mccormick and Austin homes in this
city.
+. X. Prugger, Wagner Construction
Co. foreman in charge of the city hall
work, went TO Chicago Friday to at
tend the wedding OF one Of his sons.
Mrs Ernest Garthwaite of Augusta,
Wis, visiting her daughter, Mrs. Chas.
Hickok OF Bloomington for several
weeks, returned north via Lancaster
Friday.
Mrs. Letha Orion and children,
Dick and Frances, went to Fennimore
Sunday to attend a house party and
gathering of relatives at the Frank
Horton home.
Mrs. Myron Myers and son Myron
Jr., and Mrs John j. Ryan, all of No.
Andover, went to Madison Monday for
visit at the Levi Ryan home They
hoped to be able to reach Madison in
time to attend Ringling's circus.
Henry Tammen, wife and daughter,
Marguerite, of YanktOn, S. D., motor
ed to Grant county last week and Wis
tied relatives. They stopped at Theo
Webber's, Cassville, Henry Specht,
Potosi, and John Webber's, Lancaster.
The visitors left for home Saturday.
Miss Ruth Mink has returned home
from visit with her school chum,
Miss Ruth Higginbotham, of Chicago.
Conductor NJ B. Waite of the noon
train returned Friday from his vaca-
ton trip by motor car through north
ern Wisconsin. The speedometer on
the Waite Paige registered just short
OF one thousand miles which indicates
that Wisconsin can be mOtOred in and
about considerably
Miss Bertha Grill of Madison, niece
Of Mrs. w. J. Duncan, was here visit
ing last week. Miss Grill plans to
leave soon for her old home in Wen
ma, Austria where she was reared.
She came to America two years ago
and is going back to visit her fiancee
but will probably return later.
Miss Grace Holzinger, Clement and
Clarence Lacke and Mrs. Jake Hoff-
man and children motored to High
land Monday, taking with them Mrs.
Clement Lacke ST., who has been Wis
iting in Lancaster the past week.
The party motored to Madison Tues
day returning that evening. **%
The Lancaster Canning Co. has kept
the local printers busy the past week
printing the words, County Seat" on
label for a quality brand of peas put
out by the concern. The order con-
sisted of $4,000 labels and the platens
were humming merrily in the print
shops for many hours to execute the
order.
Milton Holmes and Jesse Galloway,
two local young men, departed Mon
day for Camp Custer, near Battle
Creek, Mich, where as wards of Uncle
Sam, they will spend a month in ply
steal and military training. While
the prime purpose Of the encampment
is to develop a citizens army the
serious work will be interspersed
with play 10000 boys between the
ages of II and 25 years will train at
Camp Custer.
w. P. Rowden of this city observed
his S3rd birthday Friday, July %, by
working as usual at his collection, in
surance and loan business. Mr.. Row
den was born in New York state and
came to Grant county in 1847, at the
age of eight years. He embarked in
farming a few years later and kept at
it until thirty years ago when he re-
moved to Lancaster. Few men have
Mr.. Rowden's rugged health and
placid temperament.
Johnny Muench and George Har-
asha, two young farmers OF the Lam
caster vicinity, went to Madison Mon
day to attend Ringing Bros. circus
there yesterday. They expected to
have a bully good time at the circus
and the Herald man regretfully de-
clined an invitation to go along.
Leaving newspaper on Monday and
Tuesday is about the same as a far
mer running away from his hay field
when it is time to harvest.
D. W. McKircher of Wisconsin Rap
ids, was in Lancaster over the week
end as the guest of Conductor Mills
and wife. Mr.. McKircher was called
here on account of the illness of his
mother, Mrs. Mary McKircher, who
resides with her daughter, Mrs. Mills.
The old lady, past ninety-one, had
never been sick day during her sew
en- years residence in Lancaster, until
last week when she took very i'll.
By. Saturday her condition was much
improved. Though closer to the cent
ury mark than most people will ever
reach, Mrs. McKircher has very ac-
tive and bright mind with good facul-
ties except for deafness.
EntertainS Baptist WOmen's Union.
The Womans Union of the Baptist