Grant County herald. [volume] (Lancaster, Wis.) 1850-1968, 1922-03-01
LANCASTER
LOCAL news
MENTION
PersonaLHen1s and
NelUs of Interest.

TO their new home on a farm near
Boscobel Thursday
Mrs. oscar Damn went to Edmund
Friday for weekend visit with her
cousin, Mrs. scar Gilbertson.
Mr.. and Mrs. George Baxter went
to Chicago Thursday on a combined
business and pleasure trip.
Miss Alice Howell returned to Ian
caster Thursday from Oklahoma City.
where she visited two months with a
sister, Mrs. Watkins.
Mrs. Catharine Nathan was called
to Rockford Friday by the serious
illness of a close friend Mrs. r. P.
BeckstrOm.
Miss Ida Droullard, teacher at the
Ward school, west Of the Hurricane,
went to Cuba City Friday for a week
end visit at her home.
Mrs. A. WiscO, who is spending the
winter with her son. Tony, near
Platteville, visited in Lancaster the
forepart of last week.
Mrs. w. Fl. Williamson has been
quite i'll the past week with heart
trouble. Mr.. Williamson took a fur
Tough from the depot to care for her
Mrs. Fred orion and Mrs Alice
Wenzel went to Chicago Friday to be
ton for stomach trouble at the Pres
byterian hospital there.
James Hayden is thoroughly mod
ernizing the Fred Erwin place he re-
Gently bought Of Clarence Suttle. The
property is located in the fourth ward
on the Platteville road
d. P. Egan, representing the Blan-
Chard-ROwe & Co., investment con-
Germ, was in Lancaster on business
last week. Mr.. Egan resides in Mad
ison.
Mrs. E. H. Griffis, Mt Hope, was in
Lancaster last week to visit her
mother, Mrs. Madge McLimans, who
has been in hospital here suffering
with a broken hip.
st Agnes Guild entertained at Ken
sington Thursday afternoon at the
home Of Mrs. Geo. b. Clementson.
Fifty or more guests were present
Light refreshments were served.
Burlie Dobson of this city. field adj
vertisng man for the Wisconsin Ag-
riculturist has been reelected seq
rotary and treasurer Of the WiscOn-
sin Poland China Breeders Associa-
ton.
Attorney Milton Orchard went to
Adams county Friday to conduct a
estate of the late VIM Pattee Of this
city The sale is being made to set
tie up the estate Of which the widow,
Mrs Florence Pattee, and son, Claude,
are the heirs.
A married folks dancing party at
Hyde hall last Thursday evening, to
1920, was largely attended ana
proved to be a success in every way
The Hyde hall floor is the best in
Lancaster, barring the rink and eX-
celIent lance music was rendered by
the Walker-Callis- Blackbourne COM
binatiOn of drums, piano and saXa-
phone About forty couples We're
present.
George Curtis and I'd. Olson have
opened up a general auto repair shop
under the name Of the Grant County
Machine Shop. Their plant is located
in the county tool building north of
the depot Mr.. Curtis is a skilled me-
chanic end will have charge OF the
w k They handle the county motor
vehicle repair work and in addition
do all sorts OF work for the trade
Adv
Ellie nobaon shipped his fast horse
George S.. 2:06h, last week to Lib
ertvville. H., under the care Of Dick
Mcmahon. the famous trainer OF race
horses. Mr.. Mcmahon will add Geo.
s. to his string taking the horses to
Indianapolis, Ind, for training and
racing. George S. appears only in fast
company, racing at Lexington KY
and other fast tracks. Mr.. DObson
expects a good season with him.
John H. Wenzel, Liberty farmer re-
siding on Platte, was in town Thurs
dav on business. Mr. Wenzel said
that on Tuesday and Wednesday the
river was higher than he had ever
seen it and he has lived on the river
for twenty-five years. The heaVy
rains falling on frozen ground re-
suited in every drop OF water moving
toward the rivers and Platte and all
other streams oyertiowed their banks.
Platte was a sea Of water but the
food subsidized when the temperature
dropped and the rain turned to snow
Dr., John H. Reid of this city was
surprised and shocked in reading OF
the accident that befell the airshIp,
Roma. at Hampton Roads, to note
among the seriously injured but sur
yiying the name Of his second cousin,
Cant Walter j. Reid of Scarrowdala
New York Dr. Reid does not know
as vet the extent of his cousin IN
juries. That relatives OF Two Lan-
caster people should be among the
eleven survivors of the big diriglbles
last flight seems to be startling CO.
incidence. Capt Reid is about 81
wears of age. recently married ana
son of VIM. j. Reid, a prominent New
Yorker.
The Wednesday morning tram crew
had grim faces as they pulled out 0,
Lancaster. The reason was the report
OF HIGH water along Fever river on
the Galena end of the run. BeloW
Milbrig the crew found thelr "oTsC
faays realized. Water covered the
tracks two feet deep for nearly mile.
Coming north again after noon the
wafer was awash with the second
car stem and steadily rising. by
THURSDAY morning the water was i've
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