Grant County herald. [volume] (Lancaster, Wis.) 1850-1968, 1923-07-18
POTOSI EVENTS
General Items of Interest
Gathered BY Our Special
Correspondent.

naci1lfar accident 1T her home IN the
village Sunday evening, the week
mast She had been sitting on char
on the porch, ana when she arose
from the chair she fell TO the moor,
and was unable to rise Carl kres5
and e. A. Berge being nearby, seeing
that the old lady was unable TO neIp
herself. FASTENED 20 her assistance
They raised her up and seaI6d hef III
4 rocking chan a1d removed net ~
her room. Dr Madel was immediate
" called ard he IN turn Suninoneu
DR. Fowler Of Lancaster. Ihe phySi-
clans after Z direct examination Iounu
that her left hip was fractured, ne
fracture being OF an unusual nature
+hav could not put the nip IN a cast
and the dear old lady now lies dS
comfortable as possible win Tue hl0
encased in sand bags. Or. lean
Lewis. a noted surgeon OF ChlCd5o'
was ordered here, and came FRIDAY "
see her. and gave as his opinion IiaC
She would be up and walking again
This is certainly good news TO MIS-;
lewis MANY friends in P0toSl anu
aIsewhere. some of whom have known
bar from childhood days. She was
horn IL pOtosi about rs years ago, ana
has practically made old PotoSl hef
jife home. 1t is little wonder then
fbat ner old friends Of years 49, anu
are sincerely hopeful that her pleas
ant countenance may soon again DC
seen at social gatherings,
What came near being a more 8eFl-
ous .ccident that it was happeneu
near the creamery in Tenny5on last
Wednesday mOr1iag HeFohelL lI
Schneider, an aged man was on tHe
highway driving cattle to pasture d
Young man, Henry MEME, was COM
ing down the hill with his car, anu
seing the old man on the road Souhu-
ed the horn of the car, ana the olu
fellow stepped aside, but by the IiLIe
the car got near the bridge the ON
fellow probably got beWlldeTeu anu
stanDed on the road again Inc young
man. owing to stone wall on edcH
side of the bridge, could not SWetVe
n;s car to avoid him, and III cohoe-
nuence the old man was hit by
fender and knocked down. he was
nicked ND and carried to the home Oh
Mrs. A. UlIbrick nearby, anu WIN
whom he makes his home. he Was
shaken up to some extent, put no.
seriously hurt. There is no blame az
tached to the young man, as ne trleu
in every way possible to avoid hlttlhS
the old man, and there is no one TO
blame but Schneider himself
The ladies OF the ST. Thomas Altar
Society in Potosi, were entertained aV
+he home Of Mrs Ed Berns down IN
the south part near the lumber YARD
wednesday afternoon July 18th
large crowd of ladies were in attend
3nce. and Mrs Berns was assisted III
tba entertaining by the MesdameS
Henry Schumacher, Claude Lesser
and Killfan Stockert. The afternoon
was spent in a pleasant manner chal-
acteristic with the ladies OF the So
c:ety. A | luncheon OF sandWlche9,
cake. ice cream, pickles ana Gomez
was served.
Arnold G. Kiefer, who came here
last fan from Bellevue, Iowa, TO as
sume the responsibility OF cashier OF
tbp POtosi State Bank, Will soon fe-
move from PotOsi, so wa are INFORM
III Mr.. Kieffer made many TRENDS
during his short stay here, and II IS
raerettable that he IS to leave. lie
will be succeeded as cashier by 81 ):
Rapatz who resigned the position q
cashier ot the bank last fall ana NOV
III with his family 20 California. we
welcome Charlie back at the olo
stand He probably thinks, as many
others do. that there is no place axe
Old Potosi.
The ST. Thomas branch Of the Cath
Ollie Knights Of Wisconsin, held the!r
annual banquet at the Garage hal
Tuesday evening, July 10th. fhe
evening was spent in eating, dancing
and other socia. diversions
A fire that might have proven dis
astrous. occurred at the Walsh store
last evening had it not
been discovered when it was. Some
children started fire in some boxes
and rubbish in the rear OF the store
blI!ding and it was gaining goou
Roadway when it was discovered by
Mrs. John Kerkenbush, nelghDor'
She gave the alarm and telephone
wires we're soon in use, but the fire
was extinguished before there was
need for help Luckily the store
building at the rear stands on stone
wall about four feet from the ground,
or otherwise it would have became
ignited Moral: Obey insurance rules
and don't allow rubbish to accumu-
late about your premises.
Van Malta and McKelyey have
taken over the stock of goods of the
Runkel-Coons Co. store and will con
duct the closing out sale that the
Runkel-Coons Co. intended to do.
Ed. Leindecker, an old native born
citizen Of the town Of Potosi, has for |
some time past been an intensive suf-
ferer with rheumatism, and has re-
Gently been growing worse. He was
taken to a hospital in Dubuque sun
day for treatment
Mr.. and Mrs Joseph Pope of Tiger
ton, Wis. called on friends in Potosi
a day last week Mr.. Pope was prln-
cipal OF the Potosi high school four
years ago.
Miss Mildred OFT is visiting with
friends in Milwaukee.
Alverton Giepel of Freeport, Ill,
visited at the home of his uncle, Ben
Beier, in Potosi a few days last week |
Rev. Father Wernemus, of Dickey-
willie, called on Father Scheffer ana
Biersner Wednesday afternoon.
Miss Lorraine Farley of Dubuque, |
was guest at the home of her uncle, |