News: Greenwood Gleaner (10 May 1906)

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Surnames: Clute, Noetzel, Bond, Anderson, Burch, Presnall, Thompson, Osgood, Borseth, Bruley, Stair, Awe, Decker, Tscharner, Irvine, Welsch, Conner, Van Voorhis, Keutzer, Shanks, Armstrong, Gustafosn

----Source: Greenwood Gleaner (Greenwood, Clark Co., Wis.)   05/10/1906

Just received a new lot of hosiery for men, women and children at Arends & Steffen.

The Ladies Aid society will meet with Mrs. C. H. Clute Friday afternoon, May 11^th.

Buy a bottle of ladies’ shampoo; removes dandruff and cleanses the scalp. 50 cents a bottle at A. H. Noetzel’s.

Odd Fellows hall has been newly papered throughout and presents a most pleasing and attractive appearance.

We have just received a new stock of blotting board. Those desiring it for pressing flowers, etc.,  should come at once.

Mrs. E. L. Bond of Mondovi left for home Saturday after spending sometime with relatives at Hemlock and this city.

Birdene Anderson visited a couple of days this past week with her brother F. W. and wife and at her uncles, E. T. Burch.

Rev. C. O. Presnall and J. E. Thompson attended the Epworth League convention at Eau Claire a couple of days last week.

Jos. Osgood has gone to San Francisco, Ca., to do carpenter work, stopping off at Wabasha, Minn., for a visit on his way out.

Now we should surely have unlimited warm growing weather after the heavy snowstorm that greeted us Tuesday morning.

Mrs. Clara Borseth and Lillian left Tuesday morning for Bergland, Mich., where they will remain for an indefinite time. They take with them the well wishes of a host of friends.

Eva Braley who has been spending the past several months with her sister, Mrs. J. B. Stair, returned to her home in Kellogg, Iowa, Wednesday. She will be missed by a large circle of friends.

Fred Awe, a relative of Mrs. Gustaf Decker, living near Bright, died suddently Tuesday evening about eight o’clock without warning. Particulars will no doubt be given in next week’s items from Bright.

P. J. Tscharner of Greenwood and William Irvine of the town of Beaver were in town Wednesday looking over the field politically. Mr Tscharner is candidate for district attorney and Wm. Irvine is candidate for county treasurer. - Withee Sentinel.

The Musical Hoyles with a reader and character sketchist will be in Greenwood at Woodman hall Monday, May 21^st, under the auspices of the Greenwood Silver and Reed Band. The company was here six years ago and gave a splendid entertainment. Plan to attend.

The Wisconsin Central branch is having more than its usual share of mishaps this spring, owing to the work of the frost in unsettling the road bed. Thursday morning three cars went into the ditch over near Mohle, but injuring no one or doing damage except to the cars.

Uncle Wm. Welsch, one of the pioneers and first surveyors of Clark county, was in town Monday a few hours shaking hands with old and new friends. He still lives on his farm just northeast of Loyal, though his son looks after the place and he himself takes life a little easier than he did twenty years ago and less. He accompanied his nephew, H. J., who was delivering nursery stock in this section.

Dr. C. N. Conner, district manager of the National Protective Legion of St. Ignace, Mich., is expected here this week the guest of Mrs. Geo. W. Van Voorhis, also to organize a lodge here. Wednesday she delivered checks at St. Paul to members who joined five years ago. Make up your mind to join the local lodge here so we can have a large class to pay off in 1911. A number have already signified a desire to join the new order.

In some unknown manner and for an unaccountable reason the switch leading from the main track to the gravel pit just west of Black river on the Foster road, was pried open Saturday night and only by the merest chance was a serious accident averted. The train had gone to Bright in the afternoon but fortunately did not return until Sunday afternoon. In the meanwhile Mrs. W. Foster came over in the railroad automobile, discovering the open switch and thus preventing the train from running into it.

W. S. Irvine was in town Thursday on his way over to the western part of the county. He is out laying fences for the nomination for county treasurer on the Republican ticket this coming Sept. 4^th. He has been urged by several to run again for the assembly and he reports that several influential Republicans from Marathon county have urged him to make the run for senator from this district, in place of Senator A. L. Kreutzer. But he says he prefers staying nearer home and let some other man go to Madison.

Papers have been made out and sent south for Mrs. Shanks’ signature, which when completed, will make A. S. Armstrong the owner of the fine residence property of John Shanks on Main street, including an acre of ground. Consideration is $3,000. This will make a convenient and valuable home for the new buyer, where he will have ample room for his livery business and be within easy reach of the trains. Just what Mr. Shanks and Col. Crane will do is no known except that they will batch it on Mr. Shanks’ place across Rock creek. Mrs. Shanks is in Arizona with Grace.

August Gustafosn, accompanied by Edith Borseth, left Friday for their trip to the old country, the latter to Trondhjem, Norway, while the former goes to his old home in Sweden. A sad feature in this connection is the fact that Mr. Gustafson, upon his wife’s ….. (End of photocopy)