Grant County herald. [volume] (Lancaster, Wis.) 1850-1968, 1923-01-17
LOCAL ITEMS


Mason Friday night.
Burt Sumner is better after a Sc
we're spell of sickness.
Mrs. Vina Stone was a Madison
passenger Friday morning.
Mrs. c. H. Basford entertained the
st. Agnes guild Tuesday evening.
Mrs. A. 0. Keyes, Milwaukee, is Wis
iting her daughter, Mrs. Carl M.
Walker.
VIM. Godfrey of Minneapolis has
been visiting his brother, DR.. JOS.
Godfrey.
Miss Marie Meyers has returned
from holiday visit in Madison and
Milwaukee.
Mrs. Minnie Crane Of Madison, was
a Lancaster caller last week, return
ing Saturday
Mrs. Frank HeideI and children of
Highland, visited at the Walter Weber
home here last week.
Mrs. Henry Grebe went to Savanna
q week ago Friday for her son, Clyde
Dimmick, who was i'll there.
Mrs. Kate Henkel of this city went
to Portage Saturday to visit her son,
Albert Henkel, for two weeks.
In giving the Platteville tax yalua-
ton in last weeks Herald the item
Mrs. Chas. Osthoff of Madison, Wis
iting at the Robert BROKER home last
week, returned home Sunday noon.
Frank Hauser of GAINESVILLE, here on
account of the serious illness of his
grandchild, returned home Thursday
Mrs. Louisa Hurlburt has returned
from a pleasant holiday visit with her
daughter, Mrs. Harry Taylor, of
Mitchell, S. D.
Mrs. Howard Aurich of Chicago,
visiting her parents, Mr.. and Mrs VIM
Mcmahon since the holidays, returned
home Monday.
Adelbert Bray of Willow Springs
Mo-, visited Lancaster friends last
week. Mr.. Bray was formerly in the
district highway office here
Mrs. Eugene Whitmore, accompa-
MED by her daughter, Mrs. Paul
Humphrey, returned to Chicago Fri
day. Mrs. Whitmore is taking medi-
cal treatment there.
Mrs. ]. A. Morgan of Elkton, Mimi,
here on account of the illness of her
mother, Mrs. Sarah L. Garthwaite, re-
turned home Monday. Mrs. Garth
waite's condition is improved.
Caleb BENNINGTON has traded his 100
acre farm in No. Lancaster to Fred
Glenville for the Allen farm, we'll
established place located in Crawford
county, four miles below Boscobel.
Mrs. Ellie Duncan of Madison, was
a weekend visitor in Lancaster. Her
son, Dorman, recently recovered from
an appendicitis operation in Novem-
Der, conducts a women's and chill
dren's barber shop in the Manchester
store.
The Talma Hat Shop has issued an
nouncements stating that after Feb.
1st.. the business will be located in
the Baxter & Draper department
store. Mrs. Leila Smith and Mrs. Net
tie Rieger are proprietors, conducting
a millinery and dressmaking estab-
lishment.
Parke Knapp has doubled the size
of his stills and is now able to turn
out ten gallons an hour Mr.. Knapp's
still is entirely within the law as he
makes distilled water for storage bat
teries and has a thriving business with
customers all over the county. A pipe
line from the boilers runs steam
through the still and the steam con-
denses into chemically pure water.
A large party of friends entertain
ed at Hyde hall Tuesday night last
week in honor of Charles Adams of
So Lancaster, and Inez Sedbrook of
BOice Creek, whose wedding took
place Yesterday at Potosi. The young
couple received a large number OF
valuable presents. Cards and re-
freshments made the evening a social
event to be remembered by those pres
ent.
County Agent Graf is holding a
series of Farmers Institutes. Last
Friday a good institute was held at
No. Andover. Tuesday and Wednes-
dav Hazel Green will be the center
and Thursday and Friday an institute
will be held at Potosi. In addition 70
this there will be an institute at
Patch Grove on Thursday. Mr.. GraI
is assisted by lecturers from the state
agricultural college.
Frank Hunsaker, Lawrence 20 IS
one of twenty-four undergraduates
who will go to Chicago Feb. ~ 10 rep
resent their Alma Mater at ml1-
western university and college glee
c1ub contest. Twelve schools Will
take part. Mr.. Hunsaker comes from
musical family and his uncle, Prof..
Frank Van Dusen, is teacher OF pipe
organ in Chicago Each CLUB con-
testing at Chicago will sing three
songs.
The two old wolf hunters, John
Roesch and John Muench, have col
lected $50 bounty for she wolf they !,
tracked and shot on the Bert Oval
farm north of town, Thursday Weeh
ago. The hunters work in par, ~
eating the beasts runways ana tnen
dividing. One hunter locates the wol
and starts it down the runway. !ne
other laws in waiting, shooting as the
wolf masses. It is all very easy if one
has the patience, endurance ana
knows how ~
Mrs. Earl sangster. visiting at the
J. A. Mccoy home since the noIaays'
returned north Sunday. Prof: sang
ster is school principal at Nlagala'
Wis, three miles from the Mlcnlsan
state line. The city obtains It's naine
from Niagara Falls, n. T., ana mas 81, q
large water fall nearby. ms Iii
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