News: Granton Locals (15 Apr 1910)

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Surnames: Dangers, Oliver, Kuechenmeister, Reiff, Ayers, Davis, Sternitzky, Holmes, Knorr, Noble, Downer, Hoover, Wonser, Dyer, Witte, Marg, Snow, Tompkins, Riedel, Lawson, Dougherty, Garbisch, Ziegler, Pischer, Drescher, Pickruhn, Ober, Dankemyer, Rausch, Breed, Woodward, Schnare, Knoll, Amidon, Ross, Kimball, Brooks, Hantke, Kurth, Eisentraut, Braatz, Wilding, Hart, Garbush, Schmucki, Gaden, Kidd, Paulson. Baer

----Source: The Granton News (Granton, Clark Co., WI.) April 15, 1910

Granton Locals (15 April 1910)

Miss Lou Dangers of Neillsville called on town friends, Saturday.

For Sale or Rent: My dwelling house, Mrs. Wm. Oliver

Mrs. Clemens Kuechenmeister will entertain the Ladies’ Aid of Rev. Reiff’s Parish, next Wednesday.

Mr. and Mrs. Bert Ayers came home from Ingleside, Neb., last Friday.

Mr. and Mrs. Albert Dais and daughter, Anabel went to Eau Claire on Monday, for a couple days combination pleasure and business trip.

Mrs. Albert Sternitzky, the Misses Inez Holmes and Myrtle Knorr, Messrs. Noble and Homer Downer and Jos. Hoover were Neillsville visitors, Monday.

Mr. and Mrs. A. J. Knorr accompanied by Mr. and Mrs. E. R. Wonser and daughter Mermal, autoed over to Yellow River Sunday afternoon and viewed the railroad wreck of that morning, near Marshfield.

Miss Anna Dyer a professional nurse of this place went to Chicago Friday night to attend a sister who is ill there with ulcers of the stomach.

One fifth-off on Boys clothing, one fifth-off on Men’s pants.  Witte’s Cash Store

A steam threshing engine run by Henry Marg got stuck in a putty bed near the W. S. Davis residence Tuesday noon.  It took several hours of hard work before it could be released from its awkward position.

Mrs. Snow of Bethel visited Mrs. J. M. Tompkins this week.

Little Harold Riedel who was very ill late last week is O.K. again.

Mrs. Henry Lawson entertained The Circle ladies on Wednesday.

The Eagle Hotel is receiving a new coat of paint, Arthur Riedel and Ralph Dougherty doing the work.

Eggs are coming into town in large quantities at present.  In all about 4,000 dozen were shipped from here last week.

Otto Garbisch, Nick Ziegler and Henry Pischer left for Montana last Tuesday where they expect to take up homesteads.

Oscar Drescher’s barn in the southern part of this town was struck by lightning last Monday forenoon.  No severe damage was done.

Your patronage is appreciated.  Herman C. Witte

Mrs. Bertha Riedel after a several weeks visit at home left for Milwaukee again last week where she has employment.

Mrs. Chas. Pickruhn and daughter, Arvilla of Hackley, Wis., are visiting old friends here since Wednesday morning.

Mr. and Mrs. Harry Ober came over from Arpin last Monday to spend the week her among relatives and friends.

One Week Only: A good head rice per lb 5c; A good California prune 3 1/2c lb; A large California prune 7c lb; A Seedless Raisin 5c lb; and Evaporated peaches 8c lb at Witte’s Cash Store

August Dankemyer and family autoed over from Chili in their new Maxwell car last Sunday morning.

Mrs. D. S. Rausch and baby son, spent several days of last week with relatives at Nasonville and Marshfield.

Mrs. Gusta Breed came home from Neillsville, where she had been sewing the past two weeks for Mrs. Woodward, last Friday.

Postmaster Tompkins last week purchased of L. E. Schnare the lot on which his post office building is located and the lot just north of it.

New Dry Goods, Groceries and Shoes and other new goods will be opened up and ready for inspection in a couple days at Witte’s Cash Store.

Henry Knoll of Heathville was a caller here Monday.  He is bothered with rheumatism considerably of late and came to consult Doc Ross about it.

The Tenth Grade of the Granton High School will present a home talent play entitled "A Case of Suspension" at the Granton Opera House tonight, Friday, April 15.  The play promises to be a good one and as it will be for the benefit of the school everybody ought to turn out to see it.  Prices are 15 and 25c.  Reserved seats at Amidon’s Drug Store

The Mesdames W. S. Davis, A. J. Knorr, G. E. Amidon, P. M. Ross, Miss Emma Kimball, W. S. Davis and Mr. and Mrs. Geo. R. Brooks attended a very interesting meeting of Carmi Chapter O. E. S. at Neillsville last Saturday evening.

A birthday surprise, on Mrs. Fred Hantke last Sunday, occasioned the meeting there that day of the Messer’s and Mesdames Robert, Richard and Will Kurth, Clemens Kuechenmeister, Melvin Eisentraut, Herman and Charles Braatz, George Wilding, and Otto Hantke, Louis Hantke and his little daughter Marion. All made a pleasant day of it and in parting, expressed the wish for many repetitions of such days.

G. E. Amidon last Monday purchased of Kearney Davis the store building between Geo. Hart’s store and the barber shop.  The deal included the stock of groceries and confectionary and ice cream business.  Mr. Amidon will probably erect an up to date store building of brick or concrete in place of the one now there. The location is considered the best in town.

Paul Garbush made a trip to Eau Claire late last week.  He reports having seen Master Irving Kurth at the hospital there, enjoying the comforts of a wheel chair and quite happy.  The little lad is known throughout the hospital as "Sunshine" a nick name given him by one of the attending physicians.

B. Schmucki, a farmer living northwest of here fell out of his buggy while on the way home last Sat. afternoon.  He was celebrating that day and as a result became somewhat top heavy.  When passing the Scott Davis home he lost his balance and fell head first to the ground, breaking his nose and receiving other injuries.  He was taken to a physician for repairs and taken to his home later in the evening.

Fred Garbisch is carrying his right arm in a sling owing to a dislocated elbow which he suffered through a runaway one day last week.  Fred and his wife and Mr. and Mrs. Herman Garbisch drove to Chili on the day in question and on their way home one of the horses became unruly and upset the rig.  The rest of their party however got out of it unharmed.

Peter Goeden (Gaden) well known hereabout died at his home in Neillsville, on Thursday, April 7, 1910, the result of pneumonia.

If you want to go to Montana to invest your money or find a home write or see me for rates and where you can buy land near a city of 25,000 from $15 for raw land to $25 and $40 for improved.  It will double in value in two years.  E. R. Wonser, Granton, Wis.

Read the advertisements.

Mr. and Mrs. Byrl Kidd went to Richland County last week on a visit to relatives.

If it hadn’t been for Pete Paulson our readers would either be deprived of their weekly visitor or else we would have been compelled to resort the old reliable, the Armstrong, in issuing this week’s News.  Our gasoline engine after more than five years of faithful service refused to say kabunk last Wednesday and coax as hard as we did it would not budge an inch.  We were almost at the verge of disposing of it at 3c per pound when we suddenly remembered the last hope, Pete Paulson.   He was notified by wire and responding promptly he had repairs made quicker than it takes us to tell you about it.  He not only put it in first class running order, but he guarantees it to be good for 75 years more.  In the mean time however we expect to own one of Pete’s make, the kind that never balks.

Mr. and Mrs. Joseph Hoover of Wausau were called upon to mourn the loss of their seven year old son, Victor Clarence who died last week Thursday from the after-effects of scarlet fever. The little fellow was a victim of the epidemic of this dread disease which is at present raging in that city, having taken ill about 7 weeks ago.

Girl Wanted to do housework.  Inquire of Mrs. F. J. Baer.