News: Granton Locals (17 Feb 1911)

Contact: Dolores (Mohr) Kenyon

Email: dolores@wiclarkcountyhistory.org

Surnames: Martin, Cole, Pickett, Heyder, Montgomery, Dubes, Witte, Albright, Ross, Christman, Zimmerly, Snyder, Reichert, Agin, Tyler, Kapka, Pierce, Canfield, Doughty, Butters, Beeckler, Weast, Happe, Lautenbach, Gotter, Wright, Baer, Wilke, Knorr, Rausch, Zorn, Davis, Johnson, Frank, Henning, Winn, Grottke, McLaflin, Latamore, Allbaugh, Heibel, Feldmaier, Klein, Reiff, Kurth, Pickering, Sparks, Kampin, Schultz, Wood, Welsh, Osgood, Pietenpol, Kemmeter, Sternitzky, Wilson, Stockwell, St. Germain, Brooks, Schuster, Garbush, Mallory, Dunham, Sniteman, Fricke, Storm, Ackerman, Hefty, Frei, Speiser, Roehl, Guth, Prange, Gerber, Schlinsog, Schuelke, Gerzemehl, Hillert, Trimberger, Hammler, Kalsow, Steinbach, Stout, Latamore

----Source: The Granton News (Granton, Clark Co., WI.) February 17, 1911

Granton Locals (17 February 1911)

We want more correspondents to send us weekly items from localities at present not represented in this paper. Those who are willing to take up the work, please notify the Editor.

Mrs. Martin of Chili was here between trains, Tuesday.

Victor Cole spent Sunday with his brother Leonard at Eau Claire.

Mrs. Earl Pickett returned to Spencer Saturday.

Miss Velda Heyder came home from Humbird, Monday.

Mrs. A. Montgomery is caring for Mrs. Nate Dubes since some time last week.

Buttons of all sizes made of your own cloth at Witte’s Cash Store

Mrs. Harry Albright of Neillsville spent Monday afternoon with Mrs. P. M. Ross.

Mrs. D. F. Christman of Cashton came Monday to visit her son Willard and family.

Mrs. Zimmerly of Bloom City is visiting Mrs. Snyder near Heathville, since Monday.

Alvin Reichert, the Mesdames M. S. Agin and Fred Tyler were Neillsville visitors Tuesday.

Chas Kapka was over from Neillsville Tuesday on telephone business.

Mrs. Leroy Pierce of Neillsville came over Tuesday for a several days visit at Mrs. Eva Canfield’s.

New goods for spring arriving daily at Witte’s Cash Store

Ralph Doughty has been very ill and under the doctor’s care since last Friday.

Mrs. E. E. Butters of Hewett visited the H. S. Agin and Fred Tyler families late last week.

Mr. and Mrs. Geo Beeckler of Sidney spent Friday and Saturday at E.A. Beeckler’s.

Edward Weast of Christie died very suddenly last Friday morning of heart trouble.

A baby girl was born to Mr. and Mrs. Arthur Happe at Heathville last week Friday.

Theresa Lautenbach and Albert Gotter went to Altoona last week Thursday.

Albert Gotter after spending Sunday here with his best girl, returned to Altoona Sunday noon.

Vernon Wright came home from Eau Claire and made an over Sunday visit.

We still handle Martin’s Calf Food, at $1 per 25 lb. sack; at Amidon’s Drug Store

Mrs. F. J. Baer spent last week Thursday engaged with abstract work at Neillsville.

Chas Wilke is here assisting the Knorr-Rausch Hardware Co. in taking their annual inventory.

Wm. Zorn and W.S. Davis transacted business at the count seat last Friday.

Mrs. Olney Johnson and her granddaughter Mrs. Fred Frank spent Wednesday at Marshfield.

Herman Henning and Louis Reichert of Chili transacted business here Monday. 

I will keep bailed hay on hand at all times at Granton and Romadka; see Webb Winn

Henry and Will Grottke left for the woods at Tripoli, Wis., last Friday.

Warren McLaflin came home Wednesday noon after a visit at Humbird.

Mrs. Amelia Davis, Mrs. C. A. Latamore and Miss Nora Allbaugh were Neillsville visitors Wednesday.

Fred Heibel of Christie, the best natured creamery man and bachelor in Wisconsin transacted business here last Saturday.

Mrs. T. F. Feldmaier and two children returned to Wausau Monday after a week’s visit with her parents Mr. and Mrs. D. Klein.

Two handsome new girls were added to Grant’s population last week Thursday, one at Rev. Reiff’s and the other at Wm. Kurth’s.

Earl Pickering of Fairview, Montana, came Saturday and attended his Uncle Thos Sparks’ funeral at Sherwood.

E.A. Beeckler left early Monday morning on his return trip to possession in Canada.  He expects to be absent little more than two months.

Kampin & Schultz, who are engaged in buying butter and cheese and shipping same in carload lots, will in the near future change their headquarters from Neillsville to Granton.

Frank Wood, Mrs. Mabel Welsh, the Misses Pearl, Vera and Haidee Beeckler and Ethel Osgood enjoyed the Masquerade at Chili last Saturday night.

Hank Pietenpol has been at the hospital here since Tuesday, on account of his foot which he injured last week while unloading logs.  It may become necessary to amputate one toe.

Philmore Kemmeter went to La Crosse Tuesday since which time he has been a student at the Wis. Business College of that city, studying the ins and outs of banking.

Mrs. Albert Sternitzky will entertain the Carnation Art Club and a number of invited friends next Wednesday at a quilting and carpet sewing bee.

300 bags left over out of car of best patent flour which I must close out on account of room, at carload prices.  Call or write if you want to come in on this deal; see Witte’s Cash Store

Mrs. M. J. Wilson of Minneapolis and Mrs. C. D. Stockwell of Spooner came down Friday and drove to the St. Germain home from which they attended the funeral of their late uncle Thos Sparks next day.

The afternoon passenger train going west goes five minutes earlier since Saturday last.  It now is due to leave here at 3:45 p.m. instead of 3:50 p.m. as heretofore.

Mrs. Fred Cole, Clark Brooks, Fronie Schuster and Lillie Garbush were among the passengers for Neillsville Monday morning.

Wilson Mallory will hold services in the Garbush School house next Sunday morning and it the Union Church here that evening.

Miss Finnie Dunham aged 40, sister of Mrs. John F. Cole, wife of a prominent attorney of Marshfield, committed suicide while mentally deranged Sunday morning.

Everyone is invited to see the new line of 1911 wall papers now on exhibition at Sniteman’s.  Our line is an exposition of all the latest ideas in wall paper and besides showing an enormous stock of our own we have sample books of he higher priced papers on which we offer 50% discount on manufacturer’s prices. Don’t fail to look over the papers at Sniteman’s whether you are ready to buy or not. We want you to see them.

This community was greatly shocked last Tuesday when the report reached here that Register of Deeds Oscar Fricke had died last Tuesday morning at 1 o’clock.

A very enjoyable surprise party was given Mrs. Wm. Storm Sunday evening when some 18 families from hereabouts came in a body and took possession of the Storm home. The ladies of the party brought refreshments, but Mr. and Mrs. Storm showed their guests that their larder was far from empty and in consequence a bounteous feast topped off this very social enjoyable surprise party.  Among those present were: E. Ackerman, John Hefty, George Frei, John Speiser, C. Roehl, Herman Roehl, Chas Guth, Ed Prange, E. Riedel, F. Gerber, H. Schlinsog, A. Schlinsog, C. Schuelke, Ernest Gerzemehl, G. Hillert, and their respective wives, Mrs. John Trimberger and children, August Hammler and Mr. Kalsow of Neillsville.

Theater goers of Granton have a treat in store when "A Cow Boy’s Girl" comes to the Granton Opera House on Thursday, Feb. 23, 1911. This is one of the quiet melodramas that burn little power.  Still abounding in heart interest and thrilling climaxes, it tells a beautiful love story of the plains, with just enough comedy to relieve the intensity of the dramatic situation. The story is told in five acts and the Company carries all of their own scenery and stage equipment for the entire production. The plot and scenes are laid along the Rio Grande River in the early nineties, a very interesting period on the history of Texas.  Mr. Ernest Stout the author has added but a very little fictitious embellishment to the already interesting facts. The costumes which are historically correct is a feature of the performance.  "A Cow Boy’s Girl" comes to Manager A. J. Knorr highly recommended and he personally guarantees it to his patrons.

Found - A fur robe.  Owner may have same after proving property and paying for advertising.  Philip Steinbach, Granton R. 2

An auction sale - at C. A. Latamore’s farm, 3 ½ miles south of Spokeville in the Town of York on Thursday, February 23; Delbert Latamore, Proprietor