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Grant County herald. [volume] (Lancaster, Wis.) 1850-1968, 1923-02-28

Miss Myrtle Green of Fennimore,
came this week to assist in the selec-
ton of the declarations and orations
of high school girls and boys who
take part in the declamatory and
oratorical contests to be held at a
later date. She will also assist in the
teaching Of expression.
Mrs. Jay has gone to Lancaster to
take care of Oscar Brady's home
while Mr.. and Mrs. Brady are in Cali
fornia.
A. A. Welsh brought home a car
load of Fords from Lancaster Satur-
day evening. He reports the Ford
business good.
Ralph Hoskins and Principal Osar
Schueyer listened to the radio report
of the Wisconsin-Perd basketball
game Saturday evening. They recelv-
ed the report of the game play by play
and enjoyed it very much.
Bert, Clark and Dave Ballantine of
Pra. du CHEN were business callers
here Saturday. They also drove to
Lancaster accompanied by Will Nor
rissey.
Raleigh Blackburn of Beetown,
was here Saturday. He advertises an
auction sale March T.
Grant County herald. [volume] (Lancaster, Wis.) 1850-1968, 1923-02-28
GRANT RIVER

Hoffman's McLean's and Weisben-
ner's harvested ice.
Mrs. Lily Richmond visited the
Thomas Green family a few days.
Dan Hoffman, Edwin Mclean, and
Albert Blum sold hogs the past week.
VIM. Pagel sold load of clover
seed, which he hauled to Lancaster
Friday
Mrs. VIM Pagel called on Mrs. Al
bert Blum Thursday afternoon.
Edwin Mclean and wife visited his
sister, Mrs Minnie Cooley at Bloom
ington, few days last week.
The funeral of Mrs. Grimes was
held Sunday afternoon,
Mrs. VIM. Pagel and Miss Elsie
Stark spent Friday afternoon with
Mrs Frank Mclean.
Otto Losch and family visited the
VIM. Pagel family Sunday.
Mrs. Edwin Mclean is visiting rela-
tives in Lancaster this week.
John Joyce expects to have wood
savers Tuesday
Grant County herald. [volume] (Lancaster, Wis.) 1850-1968, 1923-02-28
NORTH LANCASTER

Mrs. Guy Walker has been having
a siege with the grippe.
Tom Bass has hired out to Fred
Schloesser and has moved his family
into the Schloesser cottage.
Guy Huff is home for the summer,
after working two months for Guy
Walker.
John Emler had a very successful
sale in spite of bad roads. Cows sold
as high as $4,000; hay $3.50; hogs
$50.
I Frank Petra of Castle Rock, is
moving to Guy Walkers and Tim
Pitzer, who's has been working there
has moved to Cobb.
Chas. Jones is moving onto the
Griswold farm vacated by John En-
ler
Chas. Pittenger and Dwight Fitz-
gerald drove a number of Guernsey
cattle to Potosi Thursday, which were
to be shipped to c. E. Long of south
ern Nebraska. They were purchased
of Baxter & Huppenbecker, also of F.
Granville.
town with relatives.
Mr.. and Mrs. Clarence Wetter and
son, Stanley, were Sunday guests at
the F. W. Schloesser home.
John Emler moved Monday to the
U. E. McReynolds farm, vacated re-
Gently by Albert WeidenbeCh.
Miss Carol Pittenger, a student OF
the Platteville Normal, has been at
home several days nursing the pink
eye"
Grant County herald. [volume] (Lancaster, Wis.) 1850-1968, 1923-02-28
BURTON

Marian wager is moving to Burton
this week.
Viggo Laugesen has rented the Os-
car Slaght place.
Nelson Richardson and family NOV
ed to Dubuque this week. where M
Richardson will be employed at the
Brunswick factory.
Oscar Slaght and family moved to
st. Paul.
There was a farewell party on Mr..
and Mrs. Marian Wager Monday even
ing.
Lulu May and Helen, daughters Of
Mr.. and Mrs. Adam Mink have been
quite sick.
Glen Pauley and family. moved on
Wednesday to the Marion Wager farm.
Gene Doll, from Lancaster, is visit
ing at Ben Reeds.
Adam Mink and F. L. Reed were
Lancaster callers Tuesday.
Little Etola, daughter Of Mr.. and
Mrs Glen Turner, has been sick the
past week.
Mr.. and Mrs viii Adrian are both
on the sick list.
Lawrence Nickel is visiting with his
uncles, Sam and John Emler, in Lam
caster.
Mr.. and Mrs. Clyde Potter visited in
Potosi Sunday.
Harry Ashby had his sale Monday,
and a few Of the neighbors stayed for
the evening. The men enjoyed a card
game
Several from here attended the
show in Potosi Sunday evening.
A party Of young folks from here
went skating down on Boyce creek
Wednesday.
Oscar Elskamp has ordered a new
Star car.
Viggo Laugesen and Chas. Pauley
both moved this week.
Mrs. Adam Mink and children and
Mrs Herman Elskamp spent Thurs
day with Mrs. Joe Pa@.Is.
Bernell Day accompanied by his
daughter, Miss Dorothy, spent We'd
nesday in Burton.
The infant daughter of Mr.. and Mrs.
George Bartels passed away Wednes-
day morning. Death was due to pneu-
monia. Burial was made at Burton
cemetery. Friends and neighbors are
grieved at their great loss.
Mr. and Mrs. John Day spent Fri
day and Saturday in Dubuque.
Mrs. Bonnie Reed and Mrs. Harry
Ashby visited Thursday with Mrs.
Niels Laugesen.
Oscar Elskamp, Adam Roschi and
John Hartman were business callers
in Lancaster Thursday.
Mrs. Virgil Irish returned from La
Crosse Sunday, where she was visit
ing her husband, who is employed on
the railroad.
Gus. Seipp of Dubuque, passed
through Burton Wednesday enroute to
Lancaster on business.
Mrs. Will Elwell returned from Du-
buque Friday. She has been visiting
there with relatives.
Mrs. Merrel Scott visited in Burton
| Thursday.
T. L. Reed accompanied by Max and
Maxine, were GassFilIe callers Satur-
| day.
Ralph and Dan Reed were in Cass-
vile Saturday.
Viggo Laugesen and wife and Chas.
Pauley went to Potosi Tuesday.
Grant County herald. [volume] (Lancaster, Wis.) 1850-1968, 1923-02-28
Local BriefIets.

The members of the local American
Legion post INDUCED in an oyster
stew at the Legion hall Friday even
ing, Feb. %.
The condition of Miss Josephine
Kerkenbush, confined to her bed with
rheumatism and nervousness, is not
as hopeful as it was last week.
M. and Mrs. Wallace of Sioux City,
Iowa, visited few days last week at
The home of Mr.. Reeds uncle, Arch
Hurst.
Mrs. Jacob Ames has returned home
from pleasant visit with her daugh-
ter, Mrs. Ed Powers and family and
New Diggings, Wis, and with Tela-
tives in Dubuque.
John Wolf and William Vesperman
former residents in this locality, now
residing in Platteville, shook hands
with old friends here last Wednesday,
The Sewing Club was entertained
by Miss Veva Ostermier at the home
Of her aunt, Mrs. F. H. Grimm Tues
day evening, Feb. 20. After several
hours devoted to sewing and social
conversation, Miss Veva served a de-
licious luncheon to her guests con-
sisting of sandwiches, pickles, dough-
nuts, cake. pineapple sherbert and
coffee. The next meet of the club
will be with Miss Mildred OFT at a
near future date.
Mrs George Stoll went to sana-
tarium at Pra. du Chen last Thurs
day to receive treatment for .reheuma-
tism.
Miss Louise Kubly second assis-
tant principal of the high school,
81 hnn in
Monroe, Wis.
Fred Grimm and the Misses Mil
dred OFT and Veva Ostermier were
visitors in Dubuque Friday.
r. H. Durley and family recently
occupying rooms over his store, have
moved to their home down the hob
low on south Main street. Mr.. Clar-
ence Zenz and wife who purchased
the general store business of Mr..
Durley have moved into the rooms
over the store vacated by Mr.. Dur
ley.
Miss Maggie Stohlmeyer, employed
in Dubuque, arrived home Thursday
to spend few days with her parents,
Mr.. and Mrs. Henry Stohlmeyer.
]. P, better known as. Champ"
Bennett, has retired from the pur-
suits of farming and with h1s wife and
two daughters have moved to Platte
Vile to make their future home.
Champ" says he can't live without
the reliable old Grant County Herald
and to that end has ordered the paper
to be sent to him at Platteville.
The newly organized band met Fri
day evening for their first rehearsal,
with Mr.. Regain of Dubuque as in
structor. The band now numbers
ABOUT twenty members with posi-
billty of other joining.
Mrs. Julia David after brief but
pleasant visit with her son AL. David
and family, near Tennyson, returned
to her home at Killdear, n. D.
Stepping into Harry GrOsser's place
a few days ago and seeing three men
on crutches made me think that had
got into a hospital instead of tenn
perance saloon. There was John
Campbell, recently operated on for an
injured leg. Frank Ostermier from
the effects of broken leg, and Gene
Keller with sprained ankle.
The Denver Jewish news., 1923-08-09
Americanisn
BY RABBI EMANUEL ]. JACK,
Director and Chairman OF Americanization Commission.

am most
most bcneicently blessed
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embodiment of innnmcrae dvney inspired ideals 'ha' nave
spiritual Abraham Mohammed and other fear
lung golden fruit of sacred creels
am the proud possessor Of priceless privileges - - s , h,
am the etrusted ransmi Of treasur
amm
of
humanity Of and country
richer and noer because of spirit
OF Williams Pulaski Pat
franklin Washington Jefferson Iiofer Toussaint
Lincoln Carl Shurz Gamlett Roosevelt n
unlimited service unto mankind ind
/ am acredly
by manlnes and prompted to prove others by theirs
heritage proportion of how proceed to protect
and promote it, -, 49,, -. ,a.. - ,..,.,. - -,
almighty agency, U.
bgotry and peace place of prejudice
before and
their rights and and to whom am obligated by nbrea
i ami part a a world
relationship
this Godapponted part
past dueous present and glorious
similar
tm les obligations
what do o omit to do
teadfastly to for this Godserving
n
prevent the possibility
slightest discorant the human
through iberty-loving
that placed in
pray
through such sublime selection and
Se'1feH 4 AN fHSSi E~ERYAMERIcAN
The Denver Jewish news., 1923-08-09
EDITORIALS
WE MOURN OUR LOSS

In the recent tour of President Harding Denver delighted
have had the opportunity of welcoming and greeting him. and
to have heard him make eloquent plea for arpa
tion in the World Court Due his visit and
learned to love and admire him. The of his visit will al
be vay alive inhabitants proud
that this simple minded wholesome American should have
guest together with his wife who has been his
help his inspiration the time
ously shows the spirit of truly noble woman
President Hardngs unmely death has caused feeling of
distress and suffering Throughout the We all feel that
the death of President Harding has robbed friend
for he and dear ALL The entire his
loss Our feelings best be by the words of
tary Hughes
mo words the grief into which plunged by
this calamity" "The nation reparabe
"a quiet brave strong leader has fallen overborne by the
burden he He only able faithful public
servant but of natures nobemen true hearted
spirit He has left with the people he loved example of
geneness and high Office of the conscientious
selfish devotion to public duty"
The Denver Jewish news., 1923-08-09
Rabbi Steiner Honored

Rabbi Adolph Steiner of Salt Lake
City, Utah received degree of Doctor
of Divinity from the Lincoln Memorial
University. The official statement ac-
compnnying the degree is as follows:
Rabbi Adolph Steiner. earnest and
careful student of a great literature.
leader of a great people. planner of
large and worthy undertakings BY
the authority of the Board of Directors
of Lincoln Memorial University, CON
fer upon ysu to degree of Doctor OF
Divinity and forward under separate
cover the Honorary Diploma of this
Institution in token of the comforting
of this degree. On behalf of my col
leagues and myself we extend to you
our best wishes for a rich inspiring and
gracious life with the rewards and APP
probation which come from life of
service and achievement.
LINCOLN MEMORIAL UNIVERSITY
(Signcd) GEO. A. HUBBEl.L,
President.
The Denver Jewish news., 1923-08-09
A DECISION OF IMPORTANCE FOR PHILAN-
THROPIC PURPOSES.

decision of great Importance handed down in New
York court recently when held that if promises
certain for phlanhropc the binding and
directors the collect
ceedngs.
The grounds which this court has based its decision
includes all aspects the question finds only their
community but where individuals who find
pledge certain phanhrop funds these pledged
without any intention of paying the full promised
will consider pledge something be
carelessy tossed aside.
The above decision brought about in the following
During the Jewish War Drive for $4 O0000 held in 1921
the relief Of the and destitute Jews of Eastern Eu
meetings held in city and town America at
speakers explained the terrible necessity and
individuals community giving their assistance
losing time all single minded the desire assist the
brethren bring happiness suffering
greater hope At of these meetings New
City Jewish merchant pledged $500 to the This
received with rejoicing and much praise for the
later this $500 pledge had not been paid despite
entreaes other of collection
investigation made and the result
investigation proved the to be fully able financially
promise didn't and wouldn't he didn't
alleviate suffering help the orphans and widows
thought that morally he obligated
He said that legal promise He couldn't be forced to
ay There being 100000 pledges tied in New York
the leaders decided upon They sued this $500
pegor York and obtained judgement The
benevolent just binding legal commercial
if pledged his word to $500 for the
of his brethren in campaign in which others joined for the
The Denver Jewish news., 1923-08-09
NEW B'NAI BIRTH DISTRICTS
IN PALESTINE AND POL
AND,

Chicago-B'nai Birth Lodges in
Poland which prior to the war were
under the jurisdiction of Austrian and
German districts. have now become part
of the new District Grand Lodge No.
IL. Authorization for the formation
of the new district grand lodge has
recently been given by the executive
committee of the Order.
The executive committee also has un-
der advisement the formation of an
additional district in the Near East to
include B'nai Birth Lodges located in
Palestine, Syria and Egypt.
The Denver Jewish news., 1923-08-09

days ushered in. This holiday is
not really religious holiday, it
is not national holiday, neither
is it a political holiday, it was
a democratic holiday, when rich
and poor, beautiful and ugly, all
participated in this nature holi-
day and as the Talmud explains
"to us, all the maidens would ar
ray themselves in cheap gar
ments and dance in the gardens"
Then they would sing, young
man, lift up thine eyes and see
whom thou art about to choose.
Fix not thine eyes on beauty, but
look rather to the piety of the
brides family. Gracefulness is
deceit, and beauty is a vain thing.
but the woman who fears the
Lord, she is worthy of praise.
This quotations expresses the
democratic feeling of the Jewish
maidens of that day. To our sor-
row, that feeling does not exist
ameng our Jewish children of to-
day. When we are in our
own land again that sentiment
shall return to us.
The Denver Jewish news., 1923-08-09
by VICTOR NEUuAus

"HERE are five suspension
bridges between New York
Il City and Brooklyn. All are
high enough over East river to
permit ships with the tallest
masts to pass under safely. They
all are suspended by small
threads of steel wire which are
twisted into big cables.
No bridge can be built of solid
materials and span the great
distance of a mile. Each of many
minute steel wires of the big
cables carries it's share Of the
millions of tons a day safely over
the chasm of hundreds of feet.
If, thru some disaster, all those
thousands of steel threads should
be melted and fused into one
solid mass, the whole structure
would fall of its own weight into
the river below. The last man
we would expect to weld these
cables into rods of steel would be
an engineer or a mechanic. Both
know the consequences. If such
a thing should be attempted by
a recognized engineer, he would
be considered insane and danger
GUS enough to justify his confine-
ment in an asylum, no matter
how successful he might have
been in the past.
The writer has before him a
heavy package of books which
has just arrived at his desk from
Europe. 1t is tied with paper
cord which has withstood the
strain of 5000 miles of transpor-
tation. This cord is mEde of ten
pieces of the fiimsiest kind of It's
sue paper. Each strip of paper
The Denver Jewish news., 1923-08-09
Government Will Snap If Human Strands
AreFusedBy ylntoleranceIntoO One Solid Mass
Social structure held together by principle .uch applies
pension bdgesFords fight Jeos sets dangerous precedent

doubtedly would find it just as
easy to single out it's followers
and point out to the world their
faults and that they were only
a half inch wide and that they
were twisted of frail tissue pa
per.
What assurance have the other
religious denominations tn a t
some influential and powerful
rich man will not come forth to-
morrow and hold them up to the
ridicule of the world and accuse
them of disloyalty just as readily
as we might be justified in claim
ing the attitude of Henry Ford
is reasonable and detrimental to
the safety and welfare of the ma
ton?
If it is the intention of Mr..
Ford to weld together into one
indistinguishible mass all the diff
ferent strands which now make
up the unity of our country, he
cannot discover a better method
of destroying the nation. We
will never see the day, no matter
how far civilization may advance,
when all people will think alike
or when they all can be forced
to adopt the one model of even
SO great man as Mr.. Ford. No
matter how good it may be, nor.
how cheaply it may be bought,
there always will be people who
perfer Cadillacs
More than sixty years ago the
people of this country decided
the nation could not exist half
free and half slave. 1t is just
as certain today that we cannot
exist half tolerant and half in
tolerant.
The Denver Jewish news., 1923-08-09

much space of time. It will crash
from its own weight of oppres-
sion. -st
The people who guaranteed re-
ligious liberty and permitted
each denomination to twist its
human threads as it desired SC
long as the resulting wires be-
came q part Of the whole gov
ermental cable. builded the
greatest nation in the world-the
United States of America. And
as long as each one of its units
enjoys equal rights all will be
ready to fulfill an equal duty
and assume their just obligations
toward their government.
: But if we permit any individ-
ual or any organization to mar
or destroy any one of the little
human wires from which the
governmental cable is woven,
how long will it be until we are
confronted with the terrorism of
fear which will rob US of all pa
triotic unity? It may not hurt
Mr.. Ford very much to bait the
Jew and others may get some
amusement out of it but, if this
is permitted to go on, it will be
the beginning of the disintegra-
tion of our country and of our
government. If Mr.. Ford can go
cunning for the Jews, anybody
can go out after the scalp of any
body else. Racial and religious
fanaticism will be in the saddle
and the people of this country
will get along like 50 many dogs
and cats.
We do not know what was the
religion of Mr.. Ford's forbears
but, with a little effort, he un-
The Denver Jewish news., 1923-08-09

no more joyous festivals in Israel
than the fifteenth of Alb and the
Day of Atonement. On these
days the maidens of Jerusalem
used to pass out in procession ar
rayed in white garments borrow
ed in order not to put to shame
those who possessed no fitting
attire of their own. They would
go to the vineyard and dance"
Yom Ripper has remained a holi-
day throughout the ages, for
fasting, crying, praying and de-
voting the soul to God but
Chamisa Osar Baiov has been
simply forgotten by the Jew
ish populace. Perhaps we can
say that even holidays have
''Mozel."
The Talmud gives numerous
reasons for the holiday of the
18th day of Av. The most fit
ting one, l believe is explained
by Rabbi Eliezer Ben Hurkenes,
who says that the 18th day in
the month of Av. is the last sum-
mer day in Eretz Yisrael. From
this day on, the sun gets weak
er and weaker and the rays cool
er and autumn is in the air.
The Jewish people who lived at
that time existed in a more nat
ural atmosphere therefore Great
ing nature holiday; when a fare
well was given to the hot sum-
mer days, and the cool autumn
The Denver Jewish news., 1923-08-09

was only one-half inch wide. The
strips were twisted Individually
and then twisted together max
ing a cord which even a strong
man cannot break with his bare
hands.
The bundle OF sticks, each of
which separately may easily be
broken by a child, will bear up
under tremendous load when
the sticks are tied together. The
Roman fascis has always stood as
a symbol of governmental unity
but some of our best citizens evil
IDENTIFY have never heard these
stories. They do not know they
are creating . destructive force
that must eventually destroy the
government of society if they
persist in their insane propagan-
da to find fault with and destroy
a single unit Of the big cable of
modern civilization which society
has twisted in the course of time.
Suppose the New Yorkers
would permit boys of the street,
as a joke, to cut even one of the
many thousands of little wires
which form the cables support
ing the bridges over East River.
They would soon lose confidence
in the security ~of the entire
structure, altho in reality it
would not have been weakened.
All society and government are
made up, like steel cables, Of
weak and frail single units. None
can ever be formed from q solid
mass of equally intelligent,
equally stupid or equally service
able. A society that tries. to
mold its strength from one solid
mass will not be able to bridge
The Denver Jewish news., 1923-08-09
GIDEONS ISSUE COLLECTION
OF YIDDISH FOLK SONGS

Boston-"FrOm the Cradle to the
Chuppe" the title given collection OF
Yiddish folk-songs compiled by Con-
stance and Henry Gideon and published
in two volumes by the Arthur i.
Schmidt Company, Boston and New
York.
The collection which is said to be
the first exhaustive and complete work
of its kind in America, covers range
The Denver Jewish news., 1923-08-09

Of four classes of songs: Childhood,
Meditations, Love Songs, Weddings and
Festivals. 1t is arranged for voice and
piano The Yiddish text is given in
simple phonetic transcriptions accom-
panied by an English translation.
Henry A. Gideon has been choir mas
ter and organist of the Temple Israel of
Boston for the last fifteen years.
The Denver Jewish news., 1923-08-09
"ACHAD HA'AM" LEAVES
PALESTINE.

Jcrusalcm.-A tea was given at the
Zionist club at TelAviv yesterday in
honor of '.Achad Ha'am' (Asher Gins
berg). who is leaving Palestine for
few months. He will visit Berlin and
London.
The Denver Jewish news., 1923-08-09
A Neglected Jewish
Holiday
By MORWs sAREMsKY
Very few Jews,

Very few Jews,
1 believe, are ac-
quainted with the
fact that the 18th
day in Av. is one
of the merriest
Jewish holidays.
The Talmud says,
(B o b o B a 8 r o.
121). There were
The Denver Jewish news., 1923-08-09
and then refused to pay, the law should force him

and then refused the law should force him
to pay this debt
Every city, details of the above predicament
brought to light The failure pledged amount puts the
ridiculous position Each pledgor should know the
he give and his word should be word of honor Now
has been made of broken the individual
of honor make good and give what promised
The Denver Jewish news., 1923-08-09

those whose lives accord with their
teachings.-Talmud.
San Antonio light. [volume] (San Antonio, Tex.) 1911-1993, 1923-01-17
MESSAGE TO ROME
Obregon Explains Reasons for ExpelI.
ing Papal Delegate.
BY the Associated Press.

Mexico City, Jan. 17.-Foreign Sec
rotary PAM has cabled Cardinal Gas
parri, the p0pal secretary Of state, an
explanation Of President Obregon's ac-
ton in expelling Monsignor Filippi for
participation in an alleged illegal re-
igious ceremony.
The inviolabiity Of the constitution,
the public tranquility and historical an
tecedents regarding religious activity in
national politics" the message to Rome
said, place the president in the pain
full position of maintaining his resolu-
ton with respect to Monsignor Filippi,
under whose direction the clerical ele.
ments were organizing politically, even
contrary to Christian preCepts. and
whose participation in recent prohibited
outdoor ceremonies has been previously
proven"
The communication asserts that Mex.
leo offers religious liberty but declares
that there are times when necessity
demands that all the inhabitants of the
nation be forced TO obey its laws"
The Catholics are planning n huge
demonstration for tomorrow night, wLer
the prelate leaves the city.