News: Granton (15 Dec 1911)

Contact: Dolores (Mohr) Kenyon

Email: dolores@wiclarkcountyhistory.org

Surnames: Eberhardt, Hart, Delano, Holmes, Gluch, Lautenbach, Howard, Davis, Holtz, Grasser, Reimer, Campbell, Osgood, Riedel, Huntley, Schune, Mason, Schwarz, Morris, Wright, Huff, Wage, Dorst, Bird, Grassman, Bergeman, Sternitzky, Arndt, Kohl, Beecher, Beeckler, Rose, Montag, Beaver, Braatz, Junchen, Rath, Roberts, Winn, Schuelke, Prange, Garbush, Chapel, Handt, Grottke, Potter, Kurth, Beyer, Williams, Wonser, Schoengarth, Locke, Hillert, Huntzicker, Ring, Baer, Frei, Gerzemehle, Shippey, Daughhetee, Isham, Kintzele, Ross, Briere, Lapp, Schofield, Pierrelee

----Source: The Granton News (Granton, Clark Co., WI.) 12/15/1911

Granton (15 December 1911)

Santa Claus headquarters at Eberhardt’s

A hot air furnace was installed in the Geo Hart store last week.

Silas Delano of Humbird visited at Fred Hart’s on Thursday of last week.

Religious services at the Union Church Sunday evening; everybody is invited

Mr. H. B. Holmes was down town Tuesday for the first time in many weeks owing to her recent illness.

August Gluch has moved to Neillsville and is running a restaurant in his father’s building just vacated by Julius Lautenbach.

Archie Howard and wife are tenants on the August Gluch farm since Friday.

Mr. and Mrs. Bush Davis of Loyal came down Wednesday to visit relatives hereabouts.

Miss Emma Holtz left for Oshkosh Tuesday where she has employment and expects to stay until spring.

Miss Mary Grasser entertained the young ladies Needlecraft club last Saturday afternoon.

Ed Reimer, Mr. and Mrs. G. Campbell and Mrs. Mot Osgood were Neillsville visitors last Friday.

Miss Bertha Riedel and Mrs. George Campbell were Neillsville callers Wednesday.

Stillman Huntley came home early in the week from a week’s visit at Stevens Point.

Miss Mary Schune has been very ill for two weeks last passed.

Dr. Mason of Marshfield, Sundayed here with Dr. S. G. Schwarz

Mr. and Mrs. Levi Morris called on Marshfield friends Saturday.

The John Wright and Will Huff families spent Sunday at T. D. Wage’s.

Mr. and Mrs. Mike Dorst after a 10 days visit in Sheboygan County came home Tuesday.

Mrs. Joe Bird and children arrived home on Tuesday from a several seeks visit at Port Huron, Mich.

Leonard Dorst of Oostburg after a weeks visit with cousins in the Mike Dorst home departed for home on Tuesday.

The Mesdames Fred Grassman, Herman Riedel and Gustave Bergeman were Marshfield visitors Saturday.

Miss Anna Sternitzky arrived home from Glendive, Montana, Monday.  She had made an extended visit there at Aug. Arndt’s.

Henry Kohl of Ebbe is buying up horses here ready for transporting to the Saskatchewan Dist. in Canada in the spring.

Mrs. John Wright came home Sunday from a several days visit and stay with her brothers’ families at Neillsville.

Lulu Beecher has been very sick the past week, suffering with an internal abscess in her right side.

Hale Davis and family are house keeping in rooms in the W. S. Davis house opposite the E. A. Beeckler home.

W. D. Rose was at Marshfield last Friday.

Mrs. Ernest Montag and little son Craig came home from a visit at Marshfield, Monday.

Mrs. Geo. Beaver and Mrs. Richard Braatz spent Monday afternoon at Marshfield.

Mrs. Chas Braatz and baby Helene with Chris Junchen spent several days of last week with relatives and friends at Thorp.

Dr. Rath and Miss Myrtle Roberts were Marshfield visitors Monday.

Floyd Winn is carrying mail for L. G. Morris since Tuesday, owing to L. G. being on the sick list.

Emil Riedel came home late last week from a couple weeks at Rochester, Minn., where he was being treated for a cancer.

Henry Schuelke and family are here from Milwaukee, spending the winter at the Carl Schuelke home.

 Mr. and Mrs. Emil Prange and little daughter came home on Tuesday from a 10 days visit in Sheboygan County where they went to attend the wedding of Mr. Prange’s brother.

Mrs. Robert Garbush assisted by a house full of friends celebrated one of her birthday anniversaries last Saturday morning.

Mrs. Leland Davis and baby Minerva accompanied Mrs. Charles Chapel and baby Zona Belle home to Marshfield Tuesday, expecting to spend the balance of the week there.

Miss Selma Handt left for Minneapolis on Thursday of last week.

T. D. Wage was a Marshfield caller Wednesday.

Henry and Wm. Grottke left for the woods at Tripoli last Monday.

Vernon Wright is home to visit and enjoy a vacation until after the 1^st of January.

Frank Potter came home Saturday eyeing from a two weeks visit in Sheboygan County.  Mrs. Potter’s mother died last week and she remained for a longer period.

Mr. and Mrs. Will Kurth and children came home Saturday evening from a several weeks visit with relatives in Milwaukee.

The Misses Mufra Beyer, Alfreda, Elinor and Norma Williams, the Mesdames E. Wonser, Herman Schoengarth, and R. Rath were Neillsville visitors, Tuesday. 

Mr. I. W. Morris, who has been station agent her for the past five years has resigned his position and has been succeeded by J. M. Locker of Ellsworth.  Mr. Morris is undecided as to his future plans.

Dave Hillert and his daughter Emma arrived home Tuesday evening from a visit at Plymouth, Sheboygan, Milwaukee and other state points.

Miss Myrtle Roberts has been quite ill since Thursday of last week.  Her mother came up from Wilton Monday and took her home with her the next day.  Miss Roberts is thought to be suffering with chronic appendicitis.

The C. St. P. M. & O. Railway Co.’s auditor and the Am. Express Co.’s auditor spent the first of the week here checking up this station before turning it over to the new agent.

Mrs. V. E. Huntzicker and daughters Mary and Helen of Salt Lake City, Utah, who are spending the winter with her parents Mr. and Mrs. M. D. Ring at Neillsville, spent Saturday here at the F. J. Baer home.

One of the swellest presents for the money is one of those jewel and trinket cases at Sniteman’s from 25c to $3.00.

The Mesdames Geo Frei and E. Gerzemehle spent Tuesday with friends in Marshfield.

W. Shippey, a young man from Hutchinson, Kansas, is here since last Friday, visiting at his uncle J. B. Daughhetee’s.  He says the sleigh ride he had last Friday with his uncle Jerry was the first he had had in all his lifetime.

Mrs. Geo Huntley, Laura Gerzemehle, Mrs. Baer, Albert Riedel, Rella Osgood, E. Brooks, Truman Davis, E. R. Wonser, E. A. Beeckler, and Albert Davis were Neillsville visitors Monday.

Mrs. Webb Winn left for Chadron, Neb. Tuesday evening in response to intelligence of the death of A. S. Isham, her father, a man of 85 summers who passed away at his home there, the day before.  Mrs. Winn was the only daughter.  He left two sons, one a resident of that place and the other lives in Dakota.  Mr. Isham was a widower, Mrs. Winn’s mother dying when Mrs. Winn was but 8 years of age.

The mild weather of the past week was rather easy on the wood pile, but rather harsh on sleighing. The heavy rains Saturday and Sunday transformed the O’Neill Creek and Black River into raging torrents, causing the formation of immense ice jams.  At Black River Falls the partly finished coffer dam and pontoon bridge were carried away by the ice.

A very sad accident occurred at the John Kintzele farm last week Thursday morning. The oldest son of the family, Vernie was engaged in milking and his unusually long absence aroused his father’s suspicion and going to the barn he found the boy lying under the cow, unconscious, his face covered with blood and the right eye nearly torn out of his head.  The unfortunate boy is subject to epileptic spells and it is supposed that he was overcome by one of those spells while milking and fell under the cow, the animal tramping upon the helpless body unmercifully.  He is bruised up considerably about the body, but the injuries are not of a serious nature. Dr. Ross informs us that the boy will recover, but he has little hopes of saving the eye.

True to their orders from District Attorney C. E. Briere, the Marshfield police made a search Saturday for Jay Lapp, who had ordered to leave the city.  They were unable to find him, and it is reported that he and his wife are somewhere in Marathon County, the man being employed cutting wood. The police have instructions to arrest him and notify the district attorney at once in case he comes back to town. - Marshfield News

Robert Schofield went to Ashland last Wednesday for a visit at the home of his daughter, Mrs. Victor Pierrelee. - Greenwood Gleaner.