News: Granton Locals #2 (31 Oct 1913)

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Surnames: Winn, Davis, Rose, Jacques, Schummel, Osgood, Johnson, Page, Krause, McClaflin, Mallory, Kintzele, Hankey, Teatz, Reiff, Chapel, Moh, Rose, Neinas, Campbell, Phillips, Ayers, Keifler, Schleider, Plauel, Raymond, Keuer, Schoengarth, Erwin, Lee, Howard, Holtz, Geisler, Joern, Garbush, West, Ziegler, Howard, Rath, Slocomb, Kurth, Paulson, Fox, Polmanteer, Barth, Wegener, Amidon, Hart, Riley, Frasier

----Source: Granton News (Granton, Clark County, Wis.) 10/31/1913

Webb Winn shipped a carload of potatoes this week.

Mrs. Rice Davis made a business trip to the county seat Wednesday.

Mr. and Mrs. Mrs. W.D. Rose autoed to Loyal Tuesday.

Attorney Geo. Jacques was in town Thursday morning.

Mrs. Geo. Schummel is visiting Mrs. Bruce Armitage since Wednesday.

Rella Osgood, J.P. Johnson, and Milton page were at Neillsville on business on Wednesday.

Mrs. Wm. Krause of Nasonville called on town friends on Wednesday.

Master Merrill McClaflin came over from Arpin Wednesday for a visit at the Rice Davis home.

Wilson Mallory of Stevens Point spent the first of the week at the J.P. Kintzele home.

Miss Anna Hankey expects to go to Chicago tomorrow on a two week visit among old friends.

Mrs. August Teatz will entertain the Ladies Aid of Rev. Reiff’s parish next Wednesday.

Mrs. Leland Davis and daughter Minerva went to Marshfield Wednesday for a visit with the Chas. Chapel family.

L.E. Moh went to Elkhorn on Tuesday on a several days business trip.

Mrs. Geo. Rose and Mrs. Chas. Neinas spent Thursday with Mrs. Geo. Campbell at Marshfield.

Miss May Phillips of Neillsville was the guest of Mrs. M.V. Ayers in her new farm home just south of here Wednesday and Thursday.

Mrs. Keifler and her daughter Mrs. Schleider of Fond du Lac are visiting at Louis Plauel’s since Tuesday.  Mrs. Keifler is a sister of Mr. Plauel.

It is reported that Dejos Raymond is about to sell his home here.

Mrs. Eliza Keuer spent last week with her old friend Mrs. Fred Schoengarth.

Mrs. Howard Erwin of Milwaukee is expected yet this week for a visit at the T.F. Lee home.

Mrs. Geo. Howard visited at the Wm. Geisler home in Greenwood several days last week.

Aug. Holtz, a former resident of this place who moved to Plainfield some time ago, is since last week a resident of Marshfield.  Mr. Holtz is here since last week assisting in the carpenter work on Will Hubing’s barn.

Ben Joern, proprietor of the Granton Barber Shop who spent Sunday at Fall Creek two weeks since, has ever since his return from that visit been house hunting.  It is expected that his bride will join him here yet this week and that they will take up housekeeping in the near future.

Mrs. Mary Garbush and children, after a several weeks visit at the henry Ziegler home, moved to Wausau to take up their residence in a recently purchased home just outside of the city limits.

Mrs. Geo. West is enjoying a visit from her sister Lydia Slocomb, who came down from Greenwood with Mrs. Geo. Howard.

Miss Jean Davis was taken suddenly ill with appendicitis while attending school at Neillsville alst Friday and in company with her mother Mrs. W.J. Davis and Dr. Rath, was taken to Eau Claire early this week for an operation which at this writing is reported to have been successful.

Miss Elsie Kurth went to Wausau Wednesday where after a short visit she continued on to Clintonville.  From Clintonville she will go to Milwaukee to spend the winter.

Mr. and Mrs. N.E. Lee abandoned their summer home at Heathville Tuesday, since which time they are with us Grantonites again at the old place.

County Supt. Miss Bessie Kennedy accompanied by Miss Agnes Paulson of Neillsville, spent Tuesday and Wednesday autoing about this part of the country and inspecting rural schools.

Mrs. Al Fox, after a week’s visit at the J.P. Johnson home in Washburn, went home to Valley Junction Sunday.

Mrs. Kittie Polmanteer of Washburn gave a party at the J.P. Johnson home Saturday evening in honor of her friend Mrs. Al Fox, who was here from Valley Junction.  It was a very pleasant affair for all in attendance.

The many friends of Miss Bertha Barth here will be glad to learn that she has quite improved in health within the past week and is now able to be up and about her room some since Tuesday.

A flock of eight wild geese lit in Ross Polson’s field the other day, apparently tired out and unable to continue their flight.  Five of them were killed by local hunters.

W.D. Rose goes on crutches since Wednesday when at 4 a.m. he walked out to the barn to quiet a kicking team and stepped on a rusty nail which cause a painful puncture.

Fred Garbush of the town of York raised 800 bushels of potatoes off from 2 acres.  At 50 cents per bushel the yield brought him $400.  This is another instance of the raising qualities that make Clark County land famous.

Ross Paulson is building a 32 x 62 extension to his already large barn, adding to it on the north.  The masons have just completed the foundation and J.P. Johnson, the carpenter who finished work on the G.E. Amidon building Wednesday is engaged for Ross no.

Herman Wegener is making extensive improvements on his residence, the old Donahue house.  The building has been raised several feet, a basement put under the entire structure, new siding has been applied and the yard is being graded up.

Geo. E. Amidon moved his drug store into his new building one door north of Geo. Hart’s store.  We hope to be able next week to give a full description of the new building which is one of the costliest and most up-to-date structures in Granton.

Elijah Riley went to Freeport, Ill., Tuesday expecting to be gone until Christmas.  Mr. Riley is a son-in-law of B.F. Fraser’s in the town of Lynn and came here with his family several months ago when he was suffering severely and badly crippled with rheumatism.  He has sufficiently recovered now he thinks to go to Freeport to work.  He certainly looks much improved and his many friends here hope the improvement is permanent.