News: Granton Locals (21 Feb 1913)

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Surnames: Hubing, Reisner, Steele, Kemmeter, Baker, Paulson, Hammler, Webster, Lloyd, Howard, Kriewaldt, Greunke, Gerzemehle, Marg, Brooks, Schroeder, Hart, Davis, Lange, Walters, Dudei, Baer, Neverman, Amidon, Campbell, Rogers, Morris, Bentz, Downer, Holmes, Cole, Fields, Babcock, Breseman, Lautenbach, Anding, Knorr, Teatz, Winters, Lee, McInnis, Cattenach, Paulson, Breed, Hunter, Rose, McHone, Sternitzky, Kimball, Timmer, Hahm, Beeckler, Reichert, Shaw, Marsh, Galbreath, Palmer, Hantke, Slocomb, Potter, Shapiro, Bennett, Eberhardt, Wentworth, Berg, Cole, Wright, Huff, Lowery, Crandall, Hayden, Knorr, Vincent, Thayer, Martin

----Source: Granton News (Granton, Clark Co., Wis.)  02/21/1913

Clara Hubing went to Prairie du Sac Wednesday.

Alta Reisner is working at Witte’s.

David Steele made a business trip to Marshfield on Wednesday.

Miss Edna Kemmeter is home from Milwaukee since Tuesday.

Mr. and Mrs. James Baker were Neillsville visitors on Wednesday.

Ross Paulson left for South Dakota on another horse buying trip the first of the week.

August Hammler transacted business at Marshfield, Wednesday.

E.A. Webster and son Lon of Chili transacted business here Wednesday.

Eunice Lloyd went home Friday and made an over Sunday visit with her parents.

Gertrude Howard spent Valentine’s Day with relatives at Neillsville.

Alex Kriewaldt and O.F. Greunke transacted business at Marshfield, Thursday.

The Mesdames Ernest Gerzemehle and Albert Marg spent Thursday with relatives at Marshfield.

Mrs. J.H. Brooks and daughter Jessie of Neillsville spent Saturday here with the Baers.

Mrs. Edward Schroeder had dental work done at Neillsville Saturday.  Ed autoed down and brother he home in the evening.

Miss Laura Gerzemehle went to Wausau on Saturday.

Mrs. Fred Heart entertained the "T" Club last Friday afternoon.

Sid Davis transacted business at the couty seat on Saturday.

Mr.a nd Mrs. Max Lange and baby arrived here Monday for a visit at the Otto Walters home.

Mrs. Bruno Dudei was a Neillsville visitor on Monday.

Mrs. Baer was engaged with legal work at the county seat on Monday.

Mrs. Julius Neverman is visiting Mrs. Baer since yesterday.

G.E. Amidon transacted business at Marshfield on Tuesday.

Mrs. C.M. Campbell of Neillsville is visiting at Frank Rogers’ since Tuesday.

P.J. Kemmeter makes frequent trips to Neillsville these days looking after his bolt business there.

Mrs. L.G. Morris and daughter Margaret were at Marshfield Saturday..

The Misses Julia and Olga Bentz, and Minnie Teatz came home Tuesday from Mendota on a week’s vacation and visit with home folks.

Mrs. Joe Downer was reported to be very ill early in the week, though much improved now.

Mrs. H.B. Holmes was quite under the weather last week, though all o.k. again now.

Mrs. Fred Cole is suffering from blood poisoning through a felon on one of her thumbs since last week.

Peter Paulson and family autoed over from Neillsville Sunday to see the new girl and her mama at his brother, Ross Paulson’s.

Miss Delia Winters has employment at Neillsville since last Saturday.

Mr. and Mrs. H.E. Williams came home on Sunday from a couple of days visit at Mrs. Laura Brown’s in Neillsville.

W.S. Davis joine his wife at Minneapolis Saturday.  They returned home on Monday.

Ell Lee is visiting Mr. and Mrs. Ed Sampson at Minneapolis since Saturday.

Mr. and Mrs. McInnis, a bride and groom from Nasonville, spent Sunday at his daughter, Mrs. Willis Williams’ home.

Mr. and Mrs. John Cattenach of Nasonville were Sunday guests at Ross Paulson’s.

The Lutheran Congregation at Mapleworks will build a modern parsonage this coming summer.

The band boys will give a concert and dance at Chili Saturday night, March 8^th.

Mrs. Gustie Breed came home on Sunday from an extended visit among relatives at Chili.

H.H. Hunter went to Neillsville Saturday evening to attend a meeting of the I.O.O.F.

Mr. and Mrs. Geo. J. Rose entertained several families at a six o’clock dinner Sunday evening.

Mr. and Mrs. Lee McHone, a bride and groom, went to Fairchild Tuesday.

Miss Martha Sternitzky of Marshfield is sewing for Mrs. J.M. Tompkins since Tuesday.

Mrs. Almeda Osgood spent the first of the week at the Joe Downer home.

Miss Emma Kimball will entertain the O.E.S. birthday club and a few intimate frineds at a party tomorrow afternoon.

Henry Timmer came up from Waldo last week Thursday and remained until Sunday, a guest between the E.A. and Hattie Beeckler homes.

Hale Davis returned home late last week after a several weeks absence on a business trip west into Montana.  He left the first of the week to accept a good job in Minneapolis.

Miss Bessie Beeckler through illness and upon her physician’s advice, resigned her position as teacher in a school at Sheboygan and came home last Saturday to rest and recuperate.

Ferdinand Reichert bought of G.E. Amidon the building north of Geo. Hart’s store and expects to move it to a suitable location to be used as a jewelry store.

Clyde Shaw, who with his family started home to Cornelian Jct. last week Thursday, was called back by business matters when he reached Marshfield, and was detained here until Sunday morning.  Mrs. Shaw and the children though continued on to their home last Thursday.

The Pittsville Record seems somewhat astonished over the idea of a firm in Granton contracting to dispose of 54 cars this coming season and thinks for a town the sixe of this it is getting the gasoline fever pretty bad.  To be more precise, brother McKee, this number includes only one made, the Ford.  The firm who sells these also expects to dispose of at least twenty Overlands.

Mr. and Mrs. Mike Hubing gave a farewell party to their neighbors and friends at their home Sunday night.  The evening was spent very pleasantly in playing cards and with other amusements, and at midnight an elegant lunch was served.  Mr. and Mrs. Hubing expect to move to Athens, their future home, March 1^st, where they have recently purchased a house which is ready for their occupancy.  We regret to see them leave this community, for they have always been one of the best families we ever knew.  But they feel that they are entitled to a well-earned rest from many years of faithful toil.

Hon. J.C. Marsh enjoyed some good hunting on his recent visit with Mr. McMillan to their plantation in Louisiana, finding an abundance of duck and other game birds.  While not personally engaged in an alligator hunt, he saw one of the very largest specimens, weighing about 500 pounds, which was killed during his visit there by one of the plantation employees.  This animal’s mouth was large enough to admit a razor back hog and at the time he was killed he was pursuing a couple of colored lads.  An advance wireless report of the incident received by W.A. Terry attributed the killing of the alligator to Mr. Marsh, the fatal shot being fired just as the saurian’s jaws were about to close on a hunting companion.  (Marshfield Times)

Robert Galbreath and Dan palmer transacted business at the county seat on Wednesday.

Mrs. Otto Hantke, in receipt of news of her mother’s serious illness, left for her old home in Nebraska last Saturday.

Otis Slocomb went to Madison Wednesday on official business as town chairman.

The Misses Potter and Shapiro went to Madison Thursday evening of last week and made an over Sunday visit.

The Misses Bennett and Eberhardt spent Friday and Saturday in attending the teachers institute at Neillsville.

The Mesdames Hugh Berg and Ruth Wentworth spent Wednesday with friends at Neillsville.

Alvin Cole went to Chicago Tuesday where he entered a hospital to have a tumor removed from his left eyelid.

Roy Wright came home from Harmony, Minn. on Sunday.  He will leave for Swift Current, Canada sometime next week for an extended stay with Mr. and Mrs. Will Huff.

Phillip Lowery and family moved to Fifield last Saturday.  Mr. Lowery has purchased and will take charge of a blacksmith shop and business there.

Mrs. Dave Williams, after an extended visit with a sister at Evansville, is here since Saturday for an indefinite stay with her daughter, Mrs. Eugene Crandall.

Mrs. Louis Hayden and children went to Merrillan Thursday evening of last week for a visit at her parents’ home.  Mr. Hayden went down for an over Sunday visit.

The Misses Annette Berg, Frances Smith, Amelia Krause, Ora Davis, with Mr. and Mrs. A.J. Knorr, attended the school play at Neillsville Thursday evening of last week.

The Knorr-Rausch Hardware Co. sold their business and stock to W.J. Thayer, Thursday morning.  Mr. Thayer, who is at present superintendent of the county farm, will take possession about April 1.  Knorr & Rausch will devote their entire time to the automobile business.

Mrs. John Martin and children came over from Wausau Saturday for an over Sunday visit at the John Hiles home.  Mrs. Martin and baby went home Monday, while Adelaide remained for a more extended visit.  Mr. Martin, while working in the Mill there, suffered a bad mutilation of his left hand, which necessitates his being laid up now and for several weeks to come.