Grant County herald. [volume] (Lancaster, Wis.) 1850-1968, 1922-05-17
LOCAL ITEMS

Mrs. u. /. GermOnd and son de-
parted Monday for a visit with rela
lives at Grand Rapids
Henry Smith, employed by Hugh
Harper, is past the crisis with an at
tack of pneumonia.
Leo Kemper of this city is a patient
at the Doolittle hospital with a bad
case of rheumatism.
Miss Josephine Raisler of BoscobeI.
is visiting her uncle and aunt, Mr..
and Mrs. A. G.. Smith.
Mr.. and Mrs. Harry Borah of North
Lancaster, are the parents of a baby
daughter born Friday evening.
Mrs. w. r. Shattuck departed Sat
urday for Clinton and GAINESVILLE.
Wis, to visit relatives for a week or
sO
Mrs. R. A. Austin went to Belo1t
SundOy to be with her son, Harold, a
Sunday to be with Ier son, Harold, a
feyer.
Mrs. Elizabeth Braudt of Mt. Hope.
visited relatives and friends in Ian
caster last week, returning home Sat
urday.
Mrs. Mary Marshall and adopted
daughter, Maxine, departed FRIDAY
for Rockford to visit at the Sundahl
home
Mrs Nora Davis and Miss Florence
Wieland Of the Lancaster schools
went to Madison Saturday for the
weekend.
Mrs. VIM. McMahon went to Ithaca,
Wis, Friday to visit her daughter,
Dorothy, a teacher there, over the
weekend.
A. ]. Frazier has moved here from
Bloomington and is residing in the
Mrs. Mary Walker house on the Bee
town road.
Mesdames Florence Ohlert and
Clarence Morehouse and the latter's
children visited friends in Fennimore
over Friday.
Elmer Schmidt, who recently I'M
derWent a double hernia operation,
has returned to his work at H. G. Or
ton Co. store.
Louis Croft and wife went to James
vile Friday to spend a week with
their son, Clarence, a farmer near the
Machine city.
Mark Hoskins and wife departed
yesterday for Lake Mills Ralph
Hoskins of Bloomington is in charge
OF the local store.
c. H. Basford returned Friday night
from two weeks motoring trip ne
took through Illinois visiting his sons
at Ashton and Momence.
John Hoffman, employed by Earl
Welsbenner, west of town, was kick
ed by a horse Saturday. He will be
crippled for week or more.
Percy Eastman, Ellenboro farmer,
was thrown against a post Monday
while riding a horse, and somewhat
bruised. He came to DR.. Fowler fO1
treatment.
Mrs. A. Wisco has transferred her
residence from her sons, A. R., al
Platteville, to McGregor, where she
is spending the summer with anOth-
er son. Ernest.
Miss Bernice Angus went to Madi-
son Monday to visit friends for a
week. She will return to Lancaster
for further visit here before going
home to New York.
John S. Wright and wife have re-
turned from California. They are liv-
ing in the Miss Helen Steil residence
Miss Steil leaves soon for an extend
ed visit in the west,
Mr.. and Mrs. Ben H. LOuthain anC
children and Harry and Evelyn
Livens drove out from milwaukee,
Saturday and spent Sunday at the
Abe Livens home. They returned Oh
Monday.
Mrs Phil Bennett, an aged resident
of this city and mother of Richard
Bennett, the restaurant man, fell
down a stairs in her home Saturday
and broke one of her hips. DR.. FoW-
Ter is looking after her.
Adit. T. Jensen of Chicago, repre-
senting the Volunteers Of America, an
organization akin to the Salvation
Army and doing an equally great re-
ligious and social work. was in Ian
caster last week calling on regular
patrons to this charity.
Rev. l.. Crittenton and Harry Phil
lips have gone east to Manchester
N. H. They went by train to Hins-
dale. ILL.,, and motored from there in
a car owned by an uncle of Rev. Crit
tenton. They will return the forepart
OF next week.
J. Lee Wright was in Prairie du
Chen Wednesday to attend the sale
of uncalled for freight held earh year
by the Milwaukee road. The offerings
this year were not numerous and al
sold at good prices in one days sell
ling.
Mr.. and Mrs. George Henry were
called to Preston last week to attend
the funeral of their nephew, Charles
Henry, a son of Charles Henry The
young man, aged 20, was taken III
with brain fever Tuesday a week ago
dying Thursday Burial was made
Saturday following at Ebeneezer.
Miss Edith Zeigler, former L. H. $.
student now teaching at Soldiers
Grove, was in Lancaster briefly Fri
day. Miss Zeigler was chaperoning
a party Of high school boys and girls
enroute to PlatteviIle to participate
in and witness the district track meet
put on by the different high schools.
w. Fl. F'innegan, the we'll known
Fennimore merchant, motored TO
Lancaster Friday for the day Mr..
Finnegan is a good roads enthusiast
and back Of the drive for better roads
in Grant county. He says that L1ber--
~ town voted $4,000 for hard road
out of Sitter leading toward Anna
ton four miles and connecting with q
hard road west of Livingston that
will connecte up with another hard
road to Mineral Point. So the leaver
works and the good roads program