Grant County herald. [volume] (Lancaster, Wis.) 1850-1968, 1924-01-30


Jury Commissioners -Hoskins, Gray
and Niehaus met Monday and picked
jurors for the February term of court
Miss Martha Latham of Fennimore,
was weekend guest of her aunt and
uncle, Mr.. and Mrs. Geo. A. Moore.
Mrs. Austin Farrand has been a
sufferer from sprained ankle due to
fall she received New Years day
while changing cars at Montfort Jet.
Jack Mcmahon of Madison, was
here over the weekend teaching steel
string guitar pupils. He will visit
Lancaster weekly to teach.
Florence Hayden, taking lower
grade work at Platteville Normal,
visited in Lancaster between semes-
ters.
Mr. and Mrs Fred Meyer of Okla
homa City We're weekend guests of
Lancaster relatives, returning home
via Chicago Monday.
w. j. Bailie was a Montfort bust
| ness caller Monday. The roads are
| impossible and travel now must be
made by train
Announcement has been made of
the marriage of Luella May Clanton,
| daughter of Mr.. and Mrs. Geo. Clan
son of Minneapolis.
Frank Webb, enrOute home to Du-
luth from Youngstown, O., stopped
off in Lancaster over the weekend
| for visit with his father and broth
ers.
Elvie Kern loaded his car today and
started for his new home on farm
near Ipswich, S. D. He has promised
to write the Herald a few impress
sions.
| Mamie Guggenheim went to Chi
cago Monday to take in the auto
show w. c. Hansing of Galena, is
assisting in the Lancaster store dur
ing Mannie's absence.
| JOS. Keene has bought the w. B.
Dyer house in the first ward. He
! sold his second ward property to Vic
Holzmiller and rented his SO acre
place on Grant to Ellsworth Barr.
Gene Croft went to Madison yes
| terday to attend the state Duroc sale.
Ralph and Harry Croft of Tracy,
Mimi, who came here to attend the
/ funeral of their half brother, Alonzo
Croft, returned home yesterday.
Mrs. Ellie Duncan, who is spending
the winter in Madison, was in the city
| over Sunday. Mrs. Duncan is taking
course with Mrs. Roude, a "Meri-
nello" operator on State street and
| enjoys the work very much **"
! Mrs. Barbara Fletcher, county
nurse, went to Madison Friday with
| Billy Novak, aged 6, son of Mr.. and
Mrs Geo. Novak OF Fennimore. The
child undergoes an operation at the
Bradley Memorial hospital for seri-
Gus eye trouble.
A large oil painting, "Pharoah's
Horses" painted thirty years ago by
Mrs. Geo. Mccarthy, now graces the
wall of the city council chamber as
| the gift of Mrs. Mccarthy. The pic
ture is said by judges to be the best
| of it's kind they ever saw.
A team owned by Earl Weisbenner
| took fright at a runaway single horse
| Saturday afternoon and ran away
themselves The horses galloped
from the Knox garage to the A. l..
! Sherman residence where a tree
! stopped them.
H. j. Belscamper of Motor Route
| A., Hermiston, Ore, send the Herald
postcard showing comfortable
| cottage and barn in a setting Of fruit
trees and bushes. Below are the
words: Three years from the sage
J brush, Umatilla, project, Hermiston,
| Ore"
! Miss Theresa Adams, employed for
| the last three years as bookkeeper
| for the Eastman Cartwright Lumber
| Co., has resigned, and an interesting
social event is promised for the near
! future Miss Marguerite KrOen1ng
| has taken Miss Adams position at the
/ E. C. office
Martin Sweeney of Madison return
| ed to work Sunday following a weeks
visit at home on account of illness.
! The Sweeney brothers are working
as plasterers at Madison under $40
scale. Building is on the boom at
Madison and work has been plentiful
all winter. At present two large
buildings, hotel and office, are I'M
| der construction, to say nothing OF
numerous other jobs.
l.. G. Hickok returned Saturday
evening from Renton, Wash, where
he made headquarters for the past
| two months while he hunted, fished
skilled and tramped, having general
good time in the big outdoors around
| the city. One could leave Renton
where the roses were in bloom and
| in a few minutes be in the mountains
in deep snow. This in December
Mr.. Hickoll brought back number
of interesting snapshots. He looks
and feels ten years younger.
Mrs. VIM. Carr, former resident
of this county, died at her home in
MarshaIltown, Iowa, Thursday, Jan.
| II. Burial was made at Atlantic, Ia.
Mrs. Carr's maiden name was Eliza
beth Boyes. She is a sister OF Mes
danes Alex and Louis Croft, Martha
Simpson and Walter Boyes of this
city. She is survived by four sons.
The husband, civil war veteran,
preceded her in death only few
wears. Deceased was 81 years of age
and had been a sufferer of rheuma-
tism for many years.
Glen Thomas of Potosi departed
Sunday noon via Lancaster for the
home of his son, Roscoe, at Madison
From Madison Glenn will go TO Kan
sas City, where he visits relative.
From there he goes to Pocatello,
Idaho. to visit son and from there
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