Grant County herald. [volume] (Lancaster, Wis.) 1850-1968, 1922-12-20
LOCAL ITEMS

ing her daughter, Mrs. Adolph Berg
heger.
Miss Cora STEINER of Fennimore,
visited here last week with her sister,
Christine.
Mrs. James Hayden entertained
number of lady friends at afternoon
tea Thursday.
Lou Fischer, the well known smith,
has been suffering with blood poison
ing in one foot
Miss Emily Roberts of Chicago, is
expected home for holiday visit with
her parents here.
Mrs. Josephine R. Book went to
Fennimore Saturday to visit over Sun
day with friends.
Edw. Pritchett, Beetown farmer,
drove in Saturday and took the morn
ing train for Madison.
Mrs. Henry Ressmyer of Belleville,
WIS, visited here with friends last
week, returning Saturday.
The Pugh children, Dorothy and
Harold, had tonsils removed at the
Doolittle hospital last week.
Miss Maxine Phillips entertained
high school friends at six O'Clock
dinner party Saturday OF last week.
Mrs. A. E. Cooley of Mt. Hope, was
here last week visiting her sister, Mrs.
Storrs of Fennimore, a patient at the
sanitarium.
Mrs. Mary Pollock Cow died Dec.
IL, 1922, at Golden, Colorado, aged 81
years. She was a sister of Mrs Geo.
Mccarthy.
James McBrien Of Lancaster has
gone to Stevens Point to spend sew
eral weeks with his daughter, Mrs.
Showalter.
Mrs. F. G.. Hauser and four children
went to GAINESVILLE Friday morning, be-
ing called there by the illness of Mr..
Hausers mother.
Mrs. Violana Mcdonald has been
expecting her sister from Seattle for
a holiday visit bue the latter was de-
tanned on account of an attack OF in
fuenZa.
The football squad and number of
high school lads entertained at dim
ner at the guild hall Saturday even
ing, each lad bringing the lady OF his
choice.
The first number of the Grant
County Farm Bureau News appeared
last week The bulletin will be issued
monthly, carrying items of interest to
farm bureau members.
Dick Murphy of Baraboo, came up
Thursday night to relieve Conductor
Mills on the Galena run over Sunday.
The veteran conductor took brief
layoff owing to a bad cold.
Mrs. Eugene WhitmOre accompanied
by her daughter, Mrs Paul Hum
phrey, went to Chicago Friday morn
ing. Mrs. Whitmore went down for
medical consultation and treatment
Mrs. Laura Eastman departed
Thursday afternoon for her work as
head anesthetist at st. Marys and Co
lumbia hospitals, Chicago, following
visit of six weeks with her sisters, the
Misses Sweeney.
A committee of Rebekahs enter
tanned sixty ladies at Kens1ngton
party at the l. o. o. F. hall Tuesday
afternoon Nice refreshments were
served and there was a pleasant So
cial time. $14 was realized.
Harvey Martin of Ellenboro, select
ed Friday morning, the coolest OF the
winter so far, to drive in to Lancas-
ter and take the Madison train. Mr..
Martin said it was anything but warm
on the trip to the hub. He transacted
business IL Madison.
Municipal building work was delay
ed last week by the breaking OF part
of the gasoline engine used to hoist
material to the sky line. Despite the
cold weather and short days the build
ing is being pushed as rapidly as pos
sible.
Many are subscribing for The Her.
aid to be mailed as Il christmas gift
to some absent friend or relative or
former resident, of Lancaster. No
present is more appreciated. The re-
cipent is reminded of the donors gen.
crosby SO times during the year.
Ernest Brooks, the we'll known
Bloomington writer, has just returned
from an interesting trip to Wichita,
Kansas, a city of 10000, where his
brother l.. W., is principal OF the h1gh
school. There are 1000 pupils in the
school which is thoroughly up-to-date.
Frank Schreiner was st. Paul pas
senger Thursday noon, going north via
Madison. Frank is on the board oil
directors of a coal concern and went
to St Paul to attend a board meeting.
Mrs. JOS Zenz returned home to
Loyal, Wis, Thursday, after visit
at the Ertz and Zenz homes here.
Mrs. E. NJ Lowry writes the Her
aid from Mexico City that she leaves
soon for her nome III New orleans,
following visit of three months with
her son, Ted, now connected with the
u. S. consular service in the Mexican
capital. Mrs. Lowry had the Herald
sent on to Mexico City during her stay
there.
Judge Wilmott, the Herald's Potosi
scribe, was here again briefly Thurs
day afternoon The Judge motored up
and boc'- with Harry Pluemer, the
Potosi undertaken. Mr.. Wilmott said
the roads were good for winter but
very slippery and he thought several
times his friend, the undertaken, might
have another job on his hands before
they reached Lancaster.
Clifford Gearhart, a young farmer
who recently moved from near Potosl
to Lancaster route 4, was in the office
Thursday to order the Herald. Mr..
Gearhart gave as reason that ne
wanted to keep posted on the livestock
sales which appear in the Herald dur
ing the sale season. Owing to the
paper's large circulation among the
farmers of central and southern Grant
county it carries big volume OF farm