Grant County herald. [volume] (Lancaster, Wis.) 1850-1968, 1924-01-23
LOCAL ITEMS

Lancaster business caller Wednesday,
Miss Wilma Hall of BeetoWn, went
to Madison Monday to visit friends for
week.
Dr.. Kraut reports the birth of
daughter at the Lloyd Tucker home.
Ellenboro, Jan. II.
January 81 will be a regular court
day preceding the February term
opening next month.
A. j. Hirst, salesman for MiIlhouse
Bros. Hardware Co. of Galena, was
here on business Wednesday.
RI w. j. GarthWaite, d. c., of Oconom-
oWoc, returned home Friday following
a visit with Lancaster relatives.
t-"Geo. b. ClementsOn, Lancaster at
torney, braved the cold and went to
Madison on legal business Thursday.
Garth Germond was Madison pas.
.senger Monday, enroute to attend the
state road school in session this week.
Fischer & Pagenkopf announce the
details OF their 9th annual Hog Regu-
lator Week in this issue. Read their
ad elsewhere.
Mrs. Willie Hicken and George
Foreyt, pneumonia patients reported
last week, are convalescing at their
homes in North Lancaster.
James BleWett of Aberdeen, S. D..
who has been visiting his sister, Mrs.
John Myers of this city, returned
home Thursday morning
Charles Webb, lately returned from
Washington, D. c., where he was en-
ployed on government work, is visit
ing his father, VIM. E. Webb.
Mrs. Robt. Burgess of Fennimore,
was here over the weekend to visit
her mother, Mrs. John Blackbourne
Jr, who lately suffered paralytic
stroke.
Dr. Fowler reports a nine pound
boy at the home of Mr.. and Mrs.
Harry Bossert Of Waterloo township.
The young man arrived early on Mon
day morning.
]. L. Grindell, Platteville monu-
ment merchant and our former as
semblyman, announces the arrival of
a boy, his fifth son, at his home. Sun
day week ago.
S. S. Wilson, the Jamesway man,
has returned to Platteville from an
Iowa trip and will make this vicinity
his headquarters for the next six
months at least.
Herman Guggenheim of Galena,
junior member of the firm of J'Gug-
genheim Son, was in Lancaster
Wednesday arranging the final clos
ing sale of the local store.
Henry Mink, Thos. Reilly and Roy
Wolford were Madison passengers
Mandoy, intending to attend the Wis
consin highway commission road
school in session there this week.
Mesdames NJ E. Ruegger, John
Zenz and Willard Smith departed Sun
day for Chicago, where they are at
tending the Gage millinery and style
show and buying their spring line of
hats.
Frank Ward was Sunday passen-
ger to Chicago, where he is attending
the stockholders meeting of the Ack-
erman Oil Co. and taking in the auto
show.
One hundred and fifteen carloads of
western South Dakota alfalfa, first
and second cuttings will be delivered
into this section for distribution into
five counties. Practically the entire
purchase has been allotted.
George Twining and children, Earl
David and Margaret, who went to
North Dakota a couple of years ago
upon the death Of Mrs. Twining, are
visiting, are visiting the children'S
grandmother, Mrs. Frank Bowen.
Jimmie Dodge, travelling for a
candy concern, was Lancaster call
er Wednesday. With Is below at the
depot Thursday morning Mr.. Dodge
had little to say on baseball, his
favorite summer topic of conversation.
Otto Gulke and daughter, Bernfce,
departed Saturday for their home in
Watertown, where Mr.. Gulke has en-
ployment as a carpenter. Bernlce
has made her home with her grand
parents, Mr.. and Mrs. David Porter,
for the past seven years.
The Friday noon train, inbound
from Madison, was delayed by deep
drifts near Preston and did not reach
Lancaster until after one o'clock.
winter delays in train service are
no uncommon thing in Lancaster and
in past years the city has been snow
bound for days.
A report that C. H. Vesperman,
now living at Pillager, MINI, had
frozen both hands and undergone
amputation, was denied by relatives
here yesterday. Mr.. Wesperman
wrote saying he had heard the story,
but was glad to say it was of a they
say" character.
Leonard Holzinger writes the Her
aid from Lakeland, Fla, saying 1t has
rained most of the time since he and
Mrs. Holzinger arrived there. Vege-
tation is profuse and general condi-
tons around the winter resort are
pleasant. The HolZinger address is
los So Virginia Ave.
The morning train outbound yes
terday carried a number of jurors
called here for service Monday, but
who did not serve as all cases were
settled without a jury. Judge Fair
child and reporter and Levi Bancroft
returned to their homes in MilWau-
kee via the same train.
Lieut. Homer Johnson and wife,
who have been visiting the w. A.
Johnson home since the holidays and
also with the latter's parents at
Knoxville, Ia, left Tuesday for their
new home at Fort Bliss, Texas. Mr.
Johnson, lieutenant in the veterinary
corps, has been transferred from Co
lombo, Panama.
The EIgar Nicholson family of Bee
town. motored to Lancaster Satur- |