News: Granton Locals #2 (26 Jan 1912)

Contact: Verna (Welk) Quicker stan@wiclarkcountyhistory.org

Surnames:  Smith, Kempin, Schwarz, Meddaugh, Hess, Amidon, Shaw, Ross, Fordyce,

Davis, Ross, Imig, Bentz, Knorr, Wonser, Baer, Broker, Davis, Barker, Hayden, Pietenpol, Kintzele, Judd, Parrett, Harriman, Ehrhardt, Lautenbach, Starrett, Reiff, Kurth, Lastofka, Sparks, Garbush, Cook, Hantke, Kuechenmeister, Preston, Mayhew, Wallace, Williams, Crandell, Hart, Freeman, Alexander, Rausch, Pickering, St. Germain, Lee, Tremmeling, Neinas, Wagner, Moh, Henning,  Braatz, Ure, Lindow, Sternitzky, Shafer, Cook, Hughes,  Dietrich, West, Waterpool, Welsh, McGinnis,

Bergeman

----Source: The Granton News (Granton, Clark Co., Wis.) 1/26/1912

Mr. and Mrs. Lew Smith are parents since late last week, to another fine girl.  Mother and baby are doing nicely.

Miss Martha Kempin who has been employed at the Doc Schwarz home for some time past returned to her home at Chili, Wednesday.

Pet Meddaugh of Bancroft bought up a carload of horses hereabouts and shipped them out on Wednesday.

Feed your stock Dr. Hess’ stock food and see them improve.  50¢ packages and $1.60 for pail at Amidon’s drug store.

Mr. and Mrs. Clyde Shaw came home Tuesday evening from a weeks pleasure trip to Green Bay, Fond du Lac and other state points.

Mrs. P. M. Ross, entertained a dozen mothers with their respective babies last Saturday afternoon at a two course tea in honor of baby Fordyce’s first birthday anniversary.

Gertrude Davis and Hilary Ross are taking music lessons of Miss Imig at Neillsville.  They begun last Saturday and are planning to go down every Saturday from now on.

Fred Schwantes, the Pleasant Ridge cheese maker is enjoying a visit from his father H. Schwantes and his father-in-law Fred Griepentrog both of Spencer.

Miss Julia Bentz of Lynn went to Mendota Monday to join her sister Miss Olga and work at the hospital where Miss Olga has been employed for some time past.

A. J. Knorr, E. R. Wonser, and F. J. Baer of this place and August Broker of Lindsey attended Knights Templar meeting at Neillsville Monday night.

Mr. and Mrs. Leland Davis moved from rooms in the D. E. Barker house, Tuesday to the Doc Schwarz house where they may occupy the whole of the first floor.

Mr. and Mrs. Louis Hayden and their two children went to Merrillan last Saturday for an over Sunday visit with her parents.  Mrs. Hayden and the children remained until Tuesday afternoon.

Notice .. I will be a John W. Pietenpol’s Jan. 20, Granton bank Jan. 27, John Kintzele’s Jan. 29, Byron Judd’s Jan. 30 to collect taxes.  J. L. Parrett, Treasurer.

Thode Harriman and Martin Ehrhardt were over from Chili selling stock for the Independent Harvester Company of Chicago, Wed.

John Kintzele went to Marshfield Wednesday with his son Vernie who entered the hospital and who yesterday had his injured and sightless right eye removed.

The question of re-instating Kurth on the railroad map came up before the R. R. commission who met at Neillsville Tuesday and it is quite probable that all local trains will again be stopped at Kurth in the near future.

W. H. Lautenbach, cheese buyer for C. W. Starrett of Plymouth transacted business here last Monday.  He informs us that his firm will have a warehouse here this summer and if Mr. Lautenbach can obtain a suitable house for himself and wife he will make Granton his headquarters.

Dr. Ross was at Marshfield Thursday to witness the operation on Vernie Kintzele that day.

Mrs. Herman Thi___ entertained the Ladies Aid of Rev. Reiff’s parish last Wednesday.

Mr. and Mrs. Will Kurth entertained a number of friends at their home, Wednesday evening.

Alarm and mantle clocks at Amidon’s drug store.

I will ship cattle, calves and  hogs from Granton and Neillsville January 30^th.  Mr. Lastofka.

Mrs. Jesse Sparks and  her daughter Miss Hattie were guests of town friends, Tuesday.  Miss Hattie went to Berlin Wednesday where she has pleasant employment in a glove factory.

The various ice houses about town are now being filled.  The ice this year is of excellent quality and of enormous thickness, measuring all the way from 20 to 25 inches through.

Dave Garbush made this office a flying call Wednesday.  He says that he is a busy man now-days and that is the reason why we do not see him oftener.  Dave must be getting ready to run for a county office next fall.

We would request those sending in news for publication by mail to address same to The Granton News and to no one individually.   The items will then receive prompt attention.

Mr. and Mrs. Sam Cook and daughter Leah, Mr. and Mrs. Otto Hantke and daughters Lillie and Elsie, Mr. and Mrs. Clem Kuechenmeister and daughter Anita took one day off last week and spent it most pleasantly in an all days visit at Richard Kurth’s.

Mr. and Mrs. Frank Preston with their little daughter came home last Friday from a month’s visit in Sheboygan county.  Mr. and Mrs. Mayhew, her parents accompanied them up and will spend some time here between the F. Preston and Bert Mayhew homes.

Concrete blocks.  anyone being in the field for concrete blocks should call on me or write for particulars.  I am making the Patent Improved Concrete blocks.  C. F. Wallace, Granton, R. 4.

Mrs. Dave  Williams of Neillsville spent Monday afternoon here with her friend Mrs. Baer, house hunting for Eugene Crandell, a son-in-law of the former’s who is to be our next station agent.  He will report here for duty on or before March 1^st.

Mrs. Geo. Hart was called to Proctor, Minn., Monday evening in response to news of her brother Henry Freeman’s sudden death there on Sunday.  Mr. Freeman was a man of a family, a railroad man who visited Mrs. Hart here 4 years ago, since which time she has not seen him.

For Sale:  An 80 acre farm with good buildings seven miles from Granton.  Business interests demanding my residence elsewhere I have decided to sell.  Geo. H. Alexander, Alma Center, Wis.

The Knorr-Rausch Hardware Co. received early this week three Ford touring cars, it being the initial shipment of the 30 cars for which the Company has contracted.  The 1912 models have a few improvements over those of last year, the detachable fore doors being among the good features added.  The price on all Ford cars has been reduced $90.

Mr. and Mrs. Byron Pickering of Mondak, Montana, arrived here Monday morning from Sheldon, Wis., where they had been on a visit at their son David’s and went to Sherwood that afternoon to visit at David St. Germain’s and other relatives.

Miss Ruth Lee mourns over the death of her little dog, Tippsy.  While with Mr. Lee a week ago Sunday it was attacked by a savage dog belonging to J. Tremmeling and killed.  Altho only a dog it  had been the pet of the family for 5 years.

Get your masks at Amidon’s drug store.

The Lynn Telephone Co. held its annual meeting last Saturday at which time the following officers and directors were elected:  Pres., Wm. Kurth; Vice Pres., Charles Neinas; Secretary, Wm. Wagner; Treasurer, L. E. Moh; directors, John Henning, Herman Braatz, John Ure and John Lindow.

This cold weather your poultry need Panacea the great egg producer.  25 and 60¢ packages at Amidon’s.

Walter Sternitzky left last week for New Mexico where he expects to remain until May, with the expectation of benefiting his health.  He writes from there that the recent severe cold wave has also affected that part of the country and while there is no snow in sight anywhere the air is cold enough for heavy winter clothing.

Miss Hilda Schafer and Master Edward assisted by Mr. and Mrs. Sam Cook, Mr. and Mrs. James Hughes, Mr. and Mrs. John Dietrich, Mr. and Mrs. Geo. West, Mr. Waterpool, Mrs. Robert Kurth and Mr. and Mrs. Clemens Kuechenmeister were instrumental in giving their mother a most pleasant birthday surprise last Monday, her 47^th birthday.  It was a decided success and a very enjoyable affair for all concerned.

Robert Welsh of St. Lawrence Co., N. Y., who is here on a visit to his uncle Peter McGinnis, of Neillsville and who 25 years ago spent two years in Nevins and in the memory of ye Editor’s wife was the beau ideal among the older girls of her acquaintance spent Monday morning at ye Editor’s home where in visiting with Mr. and Mrs. Pickering of Mondak, Mont., many pleasantries of that time, a quarter century since, were recalled.

NOTICE.  Farmers who are contemplating raising cabbage for the market the coming season would do well to call on me for seed and further particulars.  Gust. Bergeman, Granton.