Grant County herald. [volume] (Lancaster, Wis.) 1850-1968, 1923-12-26
LOCAL ITEMS

Miss Elvira Cox of Madison, visited
friends here over the weekend.
The Tim Cottingham family spent
Christmas with relatives at Benton
Mrs. Florence Wilkinson went to
Hillsboro Monday to spend Christmas
with relatives.
d. r. Dunnett, former buttermaker
for Barnett and Cox, is now employed
at Platteville.
Miss Grace .Holzinger went to Nil
waukee Sunday TO visit friends over
Christmas.
Mr., and Mrs. Herman Roth went to
Davenport Monday to spend Christ
mas with the Clyde Roth family.
DR.. Kraut reports the birth of a
baby daughter to Mr.. and Mrs. Lou
Sanger last week.
Mrs. H. j. Mink went to Aurora, Ill.,,
Yesterday for holiday visit with her
son. Lawrence, and family. SN
Mr.. and Mrs. H. S. Rhodes are visit
ing at the Clark Buchner home insMil-
waukee for the holidays. To- Hrs
tijDickr. Hiestand, employed ia. the
highway Office, was a passenger to
Madison Saturday, .s ,..oa.,,.
Lloyd Cardey, telephone lineman Of
Whitewater, was a Christmas visitor
at his home in Lancaster. **SHs
The VIM. Brandt family of Fenni-
more, were Christmas guests at the
r. A. Austin home.
Mr.. and Mrs. F. o. Thompson OF
Rewey, spent Christmas with Mr.. and
Mrs. August Kress of Lancaster.
Mr.. and Mrs. F. L. Mcdowell of
Madison, spent Christmas at the VIM.
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Mr.. and Mrs. Nicholas Linden of
Milwaukee, visited here Christmas
with Mr.. and Mrs. Nick Schmitz.
Garth Germond and family went to
Madison Monday to visit relatives
over the holidays.
The local postoffice has been kept
open at all hours during the past week
for the accommodation of the patrons.
contract for the Hackett branch sur
facing Improvement at the Thursday
meeting of the county committee.
The Chas. KaapH home was the
scene of family reunion Christmas
day About, thirty guests were pres
ent.
Miss Nellie Moran of Austin, MINI,
spent Christmas here with her uncle
and aunt, Mr.. and Mrs. Eugene Wood
house.
Misses Marcella Seipp and Betty
Wieland, employed as stenographers
at Madison, visited over Christmas
with Lancaster relatives.
Miss Marguerite Batty, employed as
nurse at Madison, visited her parents,
Mr.. and Mrs. Ed. Batty, over the holt
day.
Jack Walker, employed at Elkader
on line construction work, was a
Christmas visitor at his home in Lam
caster.
G. A. Rigdon, employed at Marengo,
ILL.,, spent Christmas with his family
in Lancaster, returning Monday after
noon.
Ralph Stone, Streator, ILL.,, COM
mission merchant, was a Christmas
visitor with his mother, Mrs. Vina
Stone.
Local expressmen and mail hand
lers report some of the heaviest ship
ments of Christmas packages and
mail ever seen in Lancaster.
Mr. and Mrs. Geo. B. Clementson are
the parents of a baby daughter who
arrived Sunday morning at the Doc
little hospital.
Jacob Larsen of Chicago, arrived
here Monday noon for holiday visit
with his parents, Mr.. and Mrs. H. c.
Larsen.
Harry Barnett and wife and daugh-
ter, Catherine, and Miss Louise Kali
tenbach spent Christmas day with
Evans Barnett and wife at Boscobel.
Miss Virginia Bachim, employed
here, went TO Boscobel Saturday to
visit Saturday to visit over Christmas
with the home folks.
Miss Florence Harker, employed as
office assistant by DR.. c. S, Moore,
went to Cuba City Saturday to spend
Christmas at home.
Warren Roberts, one of the coming
young farmers of this section, went to
Madison Saturday to visit his parents
over Christmas.
Mr.. and Mrs. John kellogg and
daughter, Isabelle, went to Merrimac
Saturday to spend Christmas at the
Louis George home.
Mrs. Austin Farrand went to Chi
cago Sunday to spend Christmas with
her son-in-law and daughter, Mr.. and
Mrs. John Nugent.
Chas Underwood of Madison,
former Lancaster man, is firing here
now on four-day relief for Paul
Stoeckig, regular man on the Galena
run.
Prof Geo. Schuster of Notre Dame
college and Miss Mary Schuster, stu
dent at Lake Forest, ILL.,, are visiting
their parents, Mr.. and Mrs. Anton
Schuster.
VIM. Ilker, capable car janitor for
the Northwestern and likewise fire
man at the Herald office, is visiting
his family at Mayville during the
Christmas holidays.
Otto Behncke, hustling farmer re-
siding south of Five Points, was
Lancaster business caller Saturday.
Mr.. >Behncke said the roads were
good.
L. A. Clark, after two days in jail,
secured new bail Friday and went
away to spend Christmas with rela-
tives. The last bondsman was the
young mans uncle, Frank Nourse, of
Richland Center.
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