News: Granton Locals #3 (18 Jul 1913)

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Surnames: Amidon, Campbell Knorr, Rausch, Thompson, Krause, Groves, Tykac, Ayers, Perry, Hart, Rasmussen, Rose, Reichert, Gerber, Free, Brooks, Goebel, Davis, Sherrett, Dyer, Steele, Dudei, Storm, Williams, Brown, Doerman, Hottbohm, Kemena, Reiff, Schune, Hankey, Williams Garbush, Whitcomb, Ebert, Rogers, Toptine, Schultz, Jones, Wolf, Mongoli, Riemer, Mayhew, Manning, Heibel, Schuster, Houser, Morris

----Source: Granton News (Granton, Clark County, Wis.) 07/18/1913

Elva Amidon is just recovering from the measles.

Miss Grace Campbell of Neillsville called on friends here Monday.

The annual Missionfest of Rev. Reiff’s parish will be held Sunday, Aug. 3.

Knorr & Rausch received another shipment of 6 Ford cars last week.

Mrs. W.S. Thompson, after an extended visit with relatives in York, left for Tacoma, Wash. on Monday.

Brother Campbell of the Marshfield Times autoed over on business last Friday and incidentally gave this office a pleasant call.

Carl Krause purchased a new hay loader last week and had the agony of seeing it completely demolished by Saturday night’s wind storm.

Mr. and Mrs. Rasmussen and two children of Marshfield were guests at the W.D. Rose home a few days last week.

Mr. and Mrs. Frank Groves of Plymouth are visiting between the W.D. and George Rose homes since Saturday.

Mrs. B. Tykac went to Columbia Saturday and made an over Sunday visit among old friends.

Mrs. Ernest Ayers returned on Monday from a several days visit with relatives at Columbia.

Mrs. Perry and little son returned to Humbird last Monday after a several days visit here at the Geo. Hart home.

Mrs. Amelia Reichert and grandson Leland Gerber visited at Louis Reichert’s in Chili on Wednesday.

Mrs. Wm. Free and daughter Helen spent Saturday at the Charles Brooks home.

Dr. and Mrs. R.R. Rath autoed to Cataract and made a weekend visit with relatives.

Miss Clara Goebel came Monday from an over Sunday visit with friends at Neillsville.

Mr. and Mrs. John Davis and two children of York spent Sunday with Mr. and Mrs. L.G. Morris.

Elva Rose accompanied Mr. and Mrs. Frank Grove of Plymouth to Marshfield on a couple days outing and pleasure trip.

Mrs. Ezra Sherrett and daughter Valera and Miss Genevieve Dyer spent Wednesday at the Chautauqua in Marshfield.

Mrs. David Steele, her son Lawrence and the three youngest children are visiting relatives at Black River Falls since Wednesday.

Wm. Storm’s saloon building has been treated to a fresh coat of paint this week, Riedel and Yankee doing the work.

Mrs. H.E. Williams went to Neillsville Saturday and made an over Sunday visit among relatives, returning Monday, accompanied by her mother, mrs. Laura Brown, who is spending the week with her.

Rev. Martin Doerman of Blue Island, Ill., Pres. Of Wis. Diestrict of the Ohio Synod, and Rev. E. Hottbohm of Mt. Olive, and Rev. E. Kemena of Loyal were guests at the Rev. Reif’s this week.

A windstorm which had the appearance of a small cyclone struck this part of the country last Saturday afternoon at about 5 o’clock, breaking windows, trees, and taking off the upper half of the smoke stack of Kemmeter’s mill.

Miss Emma Schune is home from Milwaukee since Saturday.

Mrs. Paul Hankey and Mrs. E. Garbush were Neillsville visitors on Thursday.

Mrs. H. E. Williams will entertain the O.E.S. Birthday Club tomorrow, Saturday afternoon.

Mrs. Fred Whitcomb of Neillsville died at the Eau Claire hospital Wednesday night following an operation for cancer of the bowels the day before.

Among the new subscribers to the Granton News since last Friday are Mrs. Minnie Ebert of Paris. S.D., Frank Roberts, Geo. Toptine, Albert Schultz, Mrs. S.E. Jones, Paul Wolf, Ezra Sherrett, A. Mongoli, Aug. Riemer, Ralph Mayhew, and C.C. Manning.

Fred Heibel sold his cheese factory at Christie to J.A. Houser of Richfield, who was until recently secretary and treasurer of the Richfield Creamery Co.  The new owner will take possession about sept. 1^st.  Owing to an injury to his spine through a fall about six months ago, Mr. Heibel has been unable to give the factory his personal attention and has decided to take a rest until his health will permit him to go back into the cheese business again.

The crops look splendid in this part of the country at present.  The hay crop is perhaps not the best ever harvested, but it is by no means a failure.  Barley, rye and oats, if not destroyed by the elements before harvest, promise to be a bumper crop.  Corn, which was planted early still shows the effects of the cold and wet spell suffered early in the season; but the late planted looks exceedingly good and if it has a chance to ripen before frost spears, this will be the best corn year this neck of the woods has seen for many years.

Philmore Kemmeter met with a painful accident Sunday afternoon.

While going at a high rate of speed with his motorcycle he struck an obstruction in the road near Nasonville with considerable force and was thrown from his machine, suffering the fracture of the instep of his left foot.

Herman Schuster, a former well-known town of Washburn and Neillsville man, an ex-Register of Deed, and abstractor of Clark County, died at his home in Kirkland, Wash., July 18^th, 1913.  Many of our readers will remember him and all who do will be saddened at the news of his demise, for he was thoroughly honored and beloved by all who knew him.  His son, J.F. Schuster, continues in the abstract business at Neillsville.