Grant County herald. [volume] (Lancaster, Wis.) 1850-1968, 1923-02-21
LOCAL ITEMS

Miss Elva Dyer, teaching at Fenni-
more, was detained at home u4ti4
Thursday last week on account Of
grippe.
Ed. Tanner, John Brandemuehl, OF
to Smith, Paul Graf and Hugh Harper
attended the Griswoid Bros. cattle
sale at Livingston Thursday.
During all the high winds of last
week the Farmers Telephone system
had but two crosses on the whole sys-
TEN. This shows that the lines are in
good shape.
Mrs. Henry J. Walker and children,
Evelyn and Ivan, went to Madison
Thursday noon to visit at the Jos.
Wacek home and return with Mr..
Walker Saturday.
Last weeks Herald was in error IN
stating that w. B. Dyer is handling
Moon cars with Ned. Winskill. Mr..
Dyer is concerned only with Gray
cars the Moon agency being Mr.. Win
skilI's own enterprise.
The Pythian Sisters held a covered
dish supper Wednesday evening with
but small number present to partake
of the excellent meal. Mrs. Harry
Simpson of Madison, visiting friends
in Lancaster, was the guest of honor.
The Herald management is con-
scientiously endeavOring to qualify
this paper for a rank as the best local
news weekly in the state. To this end
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news of general public concern.
In Chicago a battle is on between
two big organizations of chain stores,
the A. & P, a branch of which is in
Lancaster, and the Piggy Wiggly.
The A. e P. stores cut bread to 31a
cents a loaf and the Piggy Wiggly
chain gave it away with every pur-
chase Boys raided the Piggy Wiggly
stores, bought a package of chewing
gum or a nickel's worth of candy and
carried off 10000 loaves in few
hours The firm then made rule OF
a soc purchase to get a free loaf.
Mrs. Hattie McCabe of Cuba City,
here for the past four weeks caring
for her daughter Mabel, returned to.
her home Monday. Miss McCabe, re-
siding with her sister, Mrs j. F.
GOurlie, had serious attack of scar
let fever Though convalescent She is
still very weak and feels severely the
ravages of the disease. None of the
others in the family took the COM
plant although all were under quar-
antine and in the same house.
Mrs. Irene Wacek and children OF
Madison, were weekend guests at the
A. v. Ward home.
Geo. Grimes, Minneapolis attOr-
ney, was here last week on business
with r. M Orchard who represented
him in circuit court litigation. Mr..
Grimes has been prominent lately ow-
ing to suit he waged successfully
against the Minneapolis telephone
company. Provoked at poor service
Mr.. Grimes kept track of various de-
lays, wrong numbers, etc, and finally
began action. A jury gave him a
thousand dollar verdict. The Hearst
papers broadcasted the case in page
story appearing all over the United
States. The telephone company APP
pealed and the final decision is still
pending but in the meantime Mr..
Grimes is besieged with inquiries
from lawyers all over the country ask
ing for a copy of his brief and other
data on how he did it,"