Grant County herald. [volume] (Lancaster, Wis.) 1850-1968, 1923-07-18

ward had things happen when she
! got to that point. A terrific storm
! washed out eleven bridges and Gull
verts on the new government rail
| road upon which she was to make the
| last lap of her journey and was de-
| tanned for a week in that little city,
| instead of a few hours as she thought
| when writing her letter home. The
| Congressional party from the States
preceded her the day before and es-
capped this tedious wait while the road
was put in condition.
hrs. George w. BarroWs left here
! Tuesday afternoon for Fremont, Ne
| braska, where she will spend a month
or SO in the pleasant home of her
| brOther-in-law and sister, Mr.. and
Mrs. William Husenetter and family.
In Cassville Mrs. Barrows was wei
come guest in the homes of her
nepheWs, the Grimm brothers, Law
renee, Charles and Ralph.-Cassville
! Index.
r. E. Hoyt, Muscoda resident for 40
years and now located in Los Angeles,
was here last week on business. Mr..
Hoyt says he likes southern Califor-
MIA on account of its even climate.
| Here, he says, there are brief periods
| VI AlAC w OoCAACl Cllclb SUA pass IAAAAA
ever seen in the West. On the other
hand-well, he prefers California as
year around place of residence.
Local crop conditions are good with
small grain reported in good shape
and yield prospects fair to middling.
Gardens are excellent. Berries will
be had in prOfusion. Corn was never
better. Some plants are higher than
mans head and some of it is in tas
sci. Some farmers report that corn
is two weeks ahead Of the average for
this time of the year.
Henry Druen and wife of Chilli
cothe, Mo-, and son, Dawn, of Kansas
City, visited here last week with the
A. v Ward family, motoring to Lam
caster in their Buick sedan. Thurs
day Alfred Clayton and wife and son,
Alfred, of Indianapolis, enroute home
from Minneapolis, stopped off for
weekend visit with the Wards.
The friends OF Miss Marguerite
Schmitz of Edgeley, N. D., formerly
of Lancaster, would probably be IN
terested to know she took first place
in a musical contest given at Valley
City State Teachers College, at which
place she attended college the past
year. ***
Henry Mink received word OF the
death of his brother, Elmer E., at Eu
gene, Oregon, last Monday, at the age
OF so years. He leaves a wife whose
maiden name was Lou Gillian, form
erly of Dubuque. They have lived III
the West thirty years.
Marjorie, 18-months-old daughter of
Mr. and Mrs. Rudolph Wagner OF Lib
erty, swallowed an open safety pin
while playing with the useful house
hold article last Tuesday. The child
has suffered no apparent i'll effects
from her adventure.
Automobiles travelling so miles an
hour east along Elm street from the
fair grounds should be excused.
Drivers are also allowed to hold Their
noses. A mound of pea ensilage on
the canning factory property is said
to be the reason.
Mr.. and Mrs. Elgie Hickok, daugh-
tiers, Mrs. A. Alden See and Ruth, and
grandson, Junior See, motored to Del
avian, Thursday to visit Mrs. Sees
parents-in-law, From there they go
to Markesan, Green Lake county, for
an outing.
Misses Charlotte Seipp and Helene
Walter are entertaining the Misses
Marie Mccarthy, Ethel UT, Alma
Henkel, Helen Graney and Leone May
at a river picnic at Riverside park,
this afternoon.
Mr.. and Mrs. Leonard Bradley went
to Fennimore Thursday to look over
new monument they had erected
over the grave of their son, Leonard,
killed in an automobile accident sew
eral years ago.
Rev. Louis Schmidt and wife of Van
Vert, Ohio, and son-in-law and
daughter, Mr. and Mrs. MOrgans OF
Wheaton, H.. motored here last
week for a visit with old friends in
Lancaster.
Miss Louise Knuckles of Memphis,
Tenn. spent the past two weeks in
Lancaster taking orders for interior
decoration. While here Miss Knuck-
lies stopped at the c. c. Roberts home.
A traffic census taken at Aupperle
corner, July 4th, showed that 1172 au-
tomObiles passed the point between
a. m. and II p. m. Mrs. Allen Aup-
perle made the census.
Ed. Stephens of Milwaukee, spent
Sunday at the parental John Steph-
ems home here. Mr.. Stephens, latter,
remains in poor health.
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work as assistant county supt. after
two weeks vacation spent visiting
Madison relatives.
Mrs. Mary MONTE and granddaugk-
ter. Media Kaap, are visiting at the
Oscar MONTE and Geo. Pfeiffer homes
in Rock Island.
Mrs. Harry Tornowski of Blooming
ton, was a mid-week visitor in Lam
| caster with her sister, Mrs. Fred
! Wenzel
Arno Alt has been absent from the
Dobson store this week due to bad
back sprain received lifting barrel.
Mrs. Frank Thompson of Rewey,
formerly Mary Kress, visited her par
ents here a few days Of last week.
Mrs. Fred Wenzel entertained
friends at bridge Wednesday and
Kensington Thursday afternoons.
Miss Edith Lloyd of Fairmont, Ind,
IS the guest of her uncle and aunt,
Mr.. and Mrs. David Crichton.
Frank and Florence Myers, Platte
vile Normal summer school students,