Grant County herald. [volume] (Lancaster, Wis.) 1850-1968, 1924-08-27

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Mr.. and Mrs. Bert Chappell of
Dodgeville were weekend guests at
the Chas. Benoy home.
Sidney Weber and family motored
out from Milwaukee and visited Mrs.
Mayme Weber over Sunday.
Fred'k Wood of New Lenox, near
Chicago is visiting his uncle and
aunt, Mr.. and Mrs. Chas. Brewer.
H Z. Carthew and family left Sun
day for northern Wisconsin where
they will spend ten days camping and
fishing.
Miss Merle Devlin of Lowell, Wis,
left for home Monday after weeks
visit here as the guest of Miss Char
lotte Seipp.
Mrs G. L. Blake of Duluth returned
home Sunday following visit of sew
eral weeks with her sister, Mrs. Mar
tin Mcdonald.
Miss Marcia Wolf of Madison visit
ed in Lancaster last week as the guest
of Miss Elizabeth Bryhan, returning
home Saturday.
"Mein Host j. L. Fletcher of the
Wright House and son, Robert, mo-
tored to Madison last week and took
in the big Dane county fair.
John Havlik, Muscoda farmer ac-
cused of stealing a county road plow
worth $40, gave bail Friday for his
appearance at the October term of
circuit court.
MIR. and Mrs Lisle Blackburn mo-
tored from Appleton last wekk to visit
Mr. and Mrs. G. w. Burrows. Lisle
expects to enter Lawrence college in
the fall to complete his course. He
will receive his degree about Christ
mas.
Misss Theresa Hoffman and Ruth
Nickles left Saturday for Milwaukee
where they will spend couple of
weeks on vacation visiting relatives
and friends Among other events the
young ladies plan to take in the state
fair this week.
Rev. John Birrell and family re-
turned to Lancaster from their trip to
England last Friday, after an absence
from the city of three months. Rev.
Birrell occupied the Methodist pulpit
Sunday and his large audience were
pleased to hear him again.
A fair crowd took in the perfor-
nance of "The Mollusc," a comedy
presented under Congregational aus
pieces at Grantland theatre last We'd
nesday. Those present say the per
formers acted like professionals, pre-
senting an interesting show.
At present there are no vacant store
buildings in Lancaster. Fred Wenzel
has rented the Carthew building va
Gated by the Guggenheims and will
buy cream and other products for the
Jensen Co. of Milwaukee. Miss Fan
ME Johnson and a Mr.. Noble have
rented the Gault store room on East
Maple street and will operate an up
to-date cafe there.
Patients undergoing nasal and ton
sill operations at Doolittle hospital last
week were Lucille Cardey, Lancaster,
Eleanor Cordes, FennimOre, Mrs.
James Andrews, Patch Grove, and
Norman Sabinson, Fennimore. DR..
Doolittle reports the birth of daugh-
ter at the home of Mr.. and Mrs. Cas-
per Ohlert in Lancaster Saturday
evening, Aug. %.
]. G. Doolittle closed contract
Saturday with the Beach-Jones Stock
Co. to play at Grantland during fair
week The company carries Is people.
They come highly recommended hav-
ing played stock in several nearby
cities this summer. Their roles in
clude Little Old New York, Potash &
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committee is making an effort to Sc
cure good attractions for the theatre
and support is deserved.
The barbecue and picnic put on by
the Autumn Leaf club in Green's
grove near Flora, proved to be big
success, financially and otherwise.
Cars were parked for long distance
on both sides of the grove which ey1-
denced the patronage. The eat"
were fully up to expectations and the
program was fully enjoyed by all
present. In addition to local visitors
there were many people present from
Madison. Dubuque and other cities.
Carl Bailey, Is, son of Lee Bailey of
Bloomington, was in justice court last
Friday on a charge of forgery. Inc
state claims that Bailey obtained a
check in the sum of $14.S3 from the
Bloomington creamery and after adj
ding the names of Val. Petry and John
Cooper, cashed it, He was held in the
county Jail, being unable to provide
the bond of $4,000 required by the
prosecutor. Bailey served a year in
Green Bay a couple of years ago for
a similar offense
Cond. B. D. Waite, for the past eight
years on the noon run from hdulSOu
to Lancaster, has been transferred to
another part of the system. The
boost" was made by Cond. Geo. DeY-
ms of GAINESVILLE, whose run was
abandoned on account of poor bust
ness in that section. Mr.. Waite was
highly regarded all along the Galena
division as an obliging and competent
train official and his CHEEKY presence
will be missed. He takes a run be-
tween Madison and Milwaukee. Cond.
Devins is the oldest conductor on this
division and ran into Lancaster 81
years ago.
DR.. Carl NJ. Walker and family and
Mrs. Reyes returned Friday from a
two-weeks' vacation spent at Ellison
Bay. Door county. The farm resort
where the party stopped is on the ex-
IRENE point of the peninsula. Fish
ing, boating and long hikes are the
favorite summer pastime with big
fireplace party every evening as the
nights are cool up there. DR.. Walker
vvac much interested in viewing a