Grant County herald. [volume] (Lancaster, Wis.) 1850-1968, 1924-01-02

visited over New Years eve at the
Chas. Kaap home
Lucille Walz, aged Is, daughter OF
Mr.. and Mrs. Joseph Walz of Glen
Haven, died Dec. "a.
Burlie Dobson was a Tuesday pas
senger to Chicago on American Po-
t land China record matters
The Rev Weyhrauch family of Val
ley City, N. d., had Christmas dinner
with the Arch Durni family on the
Emerson farm near that city.
Mrs. Francis Durni and daughter,
Ena, returned Monday noon from
Platteville, where they visited Mrs.
Mae Keller.
Mrs. A. A. Dussling of Madison.
spen the weekend with her parents,
Mr.. and Mrs Nick Schmitz, returning
home yesterday.
Miss Catherine Burr returned 10
I her duties as mathematics teacher al
Pontiac, ILL.,, following holiday Wis
it with her parents, Mr.. and Mrs W.
ID. Burr.
The fire department was called 10
the Albert Phillips home on the Bee
night to extinguish chimney fire.
The blaze caused no damage.
Outbound yesterday noon were
| Elsie Brennan to Amigo; Lisle Black
bourn TO Appleton; Walter Pagenkopf
to Appleton; Geo. Schuster to South
Bend, Ind; Walter Webb to Duluth J;
F'lossie Govier to Ames, Iowa.
Mrs. Carrie Kleinpell and son.
Walter, and daughter, Erma, of Madi-
son, visited here over the weekend
at the Geo. Muesse and Carson Whit
more homes. They returned home
yesterday
There was a watch night party at
the Baptist church Monday evening
and about twenty people watched the
old year out and the new year in. The
fOrepart of the evening was spent in
a social way with the close given
over to devotionals.
The Mike Kelly store. at Woodmln
was burglarized Christmas eve. A
small amount of cash and merchan-
disc were taken. 1t is assumed that
local talent made the raid. Blood
hounds performed their usual func-
ton of finding nothing at all.
Mrs. Gee. B. Cclementson is report
ed as improving in health at the hos
pital where she has been preceding
and subsequent to the birth of a
daughter Sunday a week ago. For
time Mrs. Clementson's eyesight
seemed affected, but this is clearing
up.
The-Odd Fellows enjoyed a salmon
supper one night last week through
the courtesy of l.. G. Hickok, a fellow
member, visiting at Seattle. Mr.. Hlc-
kok sent a large fish through and it
arrived in good shape. 1t was pre-
pared for the table at the Schmidt
bakery and served in fine style.
Ora Kinney and Chas. Cohoe have
organized the Lancaster Auto Salvage
Co., handling repair parts for ali
makes of cars and doing automotive
repair work The shop is located on
Mr.. Kinney's premises in the third
ward.
Two cases of scarlet fever at the
Bert DiVall home in North Lancaster
are practically well again A SOM
John, aged q, took i'll first. His
mother nursed him and contracted
the disease. None Of the other mem
bers of the family had it.
The early train out of Lancaster
Monday pulled east on time as the
sn0Wplow had gone ahead, breaking
the trail to Montfort. Big drifts COW
cred the tracks on the F'ennimore
ridge, so the breaking crew reported.
Present weather conditions will prob
ably mean late trains for a few days
Oscar and Lee Wright were Sunday
passengers to Chicago.
Dwight T. Parker, state banking
commissioner, was in Lancaster Sun
day to visit the bereaved Baxter FAM
lily. Mr.. Parker has recovered from
recent spell of illness that confinCd
him to Chicago hospital
Dan Price passed away early
Thursday morning following long
illness with stomach cancer. Funeral
services were held Sunday afternoon
at 1870 at the Methodist church, with
burial at Hillside. A daughter, Mrs.
Will Bonn, and son, Byron Price, sur
vive beside the widow
A great many families in this vicin-
ity joined the ranks of nighthawks
and sun dodgers otherwise known as
radio bugs, during the holidays.
The symptoms are tendency to look
wild when radio subjects come up and
drawn look due to staying up until
3 p. x, listening to voices out of the
air. It's a great life.