News: Granton Locals #2 (10 Oct 1913)

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Surnames: Zille, Kaufman, Ure, Garbush, Helm, Handke, Wilding, Kuechenmeister, Williams, Jahr, Manning, Berg, Davis, Wilson, Breseman, Bundt, Barth, Kemmeter, Hollenbach, Wolfe, Churchill, Pierrelee, Chambers, Driver, Tremelling, Winn, Gerzemehle, Schmoll, Baer, Kurth, Anderson, Frazier, Braatz, Teatz, Hughes, Hubing, Slocomb, Marden, Diedrich

----Source: Granton News (Granton, Clark County, Wis.) 10/10/1913

Fred Zille and family moved to the Frank Kaufman farm this week.

John Ure made a business trip to Chili on Wednesday.

Miss Frieda Garbush spent Wednesday at Chili.

The Ferd Helm, Otto Handke and Geo. Wilding families were Sunday guests at the Clemens Kuechenmeister home.

Mrs. Ed Williams, who lives on the Ed Jahr farm, was taken to Eau Claire Wednesday to undergo an operation for appendicitis.

Mrs. C.C. Manning is entertaining a brother who arrived here from the East last week Tuesday.

Hugh Berg purchased a 35 acre farm in the town of York of W. Scot Davis.

Mrs. Geo. Wilson left for Iowa early this week where she is visiting her parents.

Willie Breseman came home last Friday from Altoona, accompanied by his friend Albert Bundt, who will make a week’s visit at the Breseman’s.

Miss Bertha Barth is still quite ill and confined to her bed at her home in Nasonville.

An experienced milliner has been engaged from Milwaukee to take the position made vacant this week in the P.J. Kemmeter store, and she is expected to arrive here not later than Monday.

Life’s Shop Window is a mighty good attraction secured for the Neillsville Opera House for next Monday, Oct. 13^th.

Jake Hollenbach arrived here from Idaho early this week and after a several days visit with his brother Geo. Continued on to their old home at Alma on Thursday.

Rev. Wolfe wishes to announce that services at the Union Church Sunday evening will begin at 7:30 instead of 8 o’clock.  All are cordially invited.

Mrs. Will Churchill, nee Miss Edna Kemmeter, arrived here Thursday morning from Milwaukee for a few days stay with home folks.

Mr. and Mrs. Victor Pierrelee of Ashland, who were here to attend the funeral of his father, the late Aug. Pierrelee, spent several days between relatives here and at Greenwood, and departed for home early this week.

Mr. and Mrs. S.C. Chambers and Mr. and Mrs. Thos. Driver of Milton Junction arrived here Monday to look after the former’s real estate interests and to see the country in general.

Mrs. Jim Tremelling, Mrs. Webb Winn attended the R.N.A. Lodge at Chili Wednesday afternoon.

Mrs. Gerzemehle, Mrs. August Schmoll and Mrs. F.J. Baer autoed down and attended the Ladies Aid at Mrs. Richard Kurth’s Wednesday afternoon.

The first number of this season’s lecture couse given here Monday evening was a winner and most happily received by a large an enthusiastic audience.  If this number is and criterion of the value of those to follow then it behooves a very person who has it in his or her power to attend those following, to do son, by all means.

Miss Sadie Anderson of Marshfield, accompanied by her brother Earl spent a couple of days here at the B.F. Frazier home in the town of Lynn this week.  Miss Anderson has secured the school in that district and will return here and commence school next Monday.

Eugene Pierrelee of Mellen, who spent the weekend here among relatives, has prospered well in the last few years and is now the head of a happy and contented family near Mellen, where he owns and operates a fine farm.  His many friends here rejoice with us at learning of his good fortune.

Mr. and Mrs. August Teatz are in receipt of word this week that on Sept. 10^th, 1913 their daughter Minnie was married at Champagne, Ill., where she has employment in a state hospital.  We have yet to learn the name of their new son-in-law.

The countryside hereabouts has been sociably entertained and well fed at husking bees nightly.  This week as follows: Jim Hughes’ and Herman Braatz’s on Monday evening, at Geo. Marden’s and Nick Hubing’s Tuesday evening, at Clemens Kuechenmeister’s and Robert Garbush’s Wednesday evening, at John Diedrich’s Thursday evening, at Otis Slocomb’s this evening and at Hy. Braatz’s tomorrow, Saturday evening.

Miss Edna Kemmeter sprung a surprise on her relatives and many friends here Saturday morning, by leaving suddenly for Milwaukee.  Dan Cupid evidently was the only one consulted, as an affair of the heart has been revealed and we are led to believe that by taking a Churchill her heart has been joined with another’s in perfect accord with her own and we hope they will continue to work in unison the balance of her life.