News: Granton Locals (16 Jan 1914)

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Surnames: Amidon, Anderson, Baer, Behringer, Beil, Bergeman, Bladl, Breese, Carter, Christman, Converse, Coulthard, Covey, Crosby, Davis, Dietrich, Downer, Dudel, Felser, Frantz, Frazier, Fredete, Furgeson, Garbush, Goebel, Gurgle, Hankey, Happe, Hart, Hefty, Henze, Hill, Hillert, Holmes, Hubing, Huntley, Jahr, Jinkerson, Kemmeter, Knorr, Kurth, Lawrence, Lee, Lind, Marsh, Martens, Martin, Major, Morris, Neilson, Neinas, Neverman, Nickel, Pischer, Rath, Raymond, Rausch, Riedel, Root, Rose, Scheeler, Schlinsog, Schmuckl, Schoengarth, Schwantes, Shaw, Sparks, Stecker, Strey, Suebke, Sutherland, Thayer, Uhlman, Ure, Vine, Wage, Wetterau, Wilke, Winn, Wood, Wright, Zuhlsdorf

----Source: Granton News (Granton, Clark County, Wis.) 01/16/1914

W.D. Rose went to Unity, Sat. on business bent.

Mrs. B.F. Frazier of Loyal came Saturday and made a several days visit at the W.J. Thayer home.

Mrs. Fred C. Rath of Cataract came up Saturday for a visit at the home of her son, Dr. Rath.

Ben Dudel made a business trip to Marshfield, Saturday.

Milton Huntley spent Saturday with his sister Mrs. Sadie Lawrence at the hospital in Marshfield.

Mrs. G.E. Amidon, the Misses Laura and Lena Riedel were Neillsville visitors Saturday.

Mrs. T.D. Wage will entertain the Circle at dinner nest Wednesday at high noon, please.

Miss Alice Neverman of Neillsville was a guest at the Baer home the first of the week.

Albert and Edward Jahr of Neillsville were here on business the first of the week.

Miss Jessie Morris after a several days visit with friends here went home to St. Paul, Sunday.

Mrs. Al Holmes and Mrs. Frank Converse spent the week end here with relatives and returned to Neillsville Sunday.

Mrs. John Bladl and little sons made a weeks end visit with her parents, Mr. and Mrs. A. Martens at Chili.

Wm. Scheeler of Abbotsford after a several days visit at his brother Herman’s went home to Abbotsford, Saturday.

Mr. and Mrs. Bert Covey with their two little ones after almost a year’s sojourn here left on the homeward trip to Uniondale, Pa., Sat.

Miss Dollie Wood of Appleton after a 5 days visit here with Mrs. F. J. Baer continued on to Owen to visit at her brother Will’s, Monday.

Mrs. Jinkerson and her sister Miss Laura Garbush came over from Neillsville and made a week end visit at their uncle, Chas. Riedel’s east of here.

A handsome new sign designed and executed by Frank Wood since Tuesday adorns the front of the Hale Davis Hardware store.

Mr. and Mrs. Arthur Vine and children went home to Crandon Sat. accompanied by Miss Mabel Major of Michigan and Lyle Carter of this place.

Mr. and Mrs. John Dietrich came home Sunday from Batavia, Washington Co., where they had been to attend the funeral of a relative.

Mrs. Homer Downer and Mrs. R. Rath spent last Saturday at Eau Claire with Mrs. Herman Schoengarth who is ill and in a hospital there.

R. E. Lawrence brought his wife home from the Marshfield hospital Monday. She is still very weak and it will be some time before she can regain her strength.

Joe Goebel transacted business at Marshfield, Tuesday.

John Hefty of Chili transacted business here Monday.

Dr. Rath was a professional caller at Neillsville Tuesday.

Mrs. A. Martens of Chili visited the John Bladl family early this week.

Miss Freida Garbush is assisting Mrs. Gurgle of Neillsville with sewing since Monday.

Hans Neilson after a weeks visit at Henry Suebke’s in town York went home to Withee, Monday.

Mrs. Wm. Uhlman and daughter who live in the town of York are home from Dodge County since Monday.

Mrs. Gus. Bergeman is enjoying a visit from her mother who came here from Glack Creek, Monday.

Margareth Schwantes after a weeks visit at her brother Fred’s at Kurth corners went home to Spencer Monday.

Mrs. Frank Root after a 6 days visit among relatives hereabouts went home to Rudolph, Tuesday.

Adolph Riedel arrived here from St. Louis, Mo., Tuesday for a visit with his mother and sister Miss Alma.

Arthur and Richard Hillert after a several weeks visit between Milwaukee, Sheboygan, Plymouth and Dorchester arrived home, Mon. eve.

Mrs. John R. Coulthard and baby of town of Sherwood are home since Tuesday from their visit with relatives at Cuba City and Argyle.

Mrs. Ell Lee’s birthday celebration Tuesday will long be remembered as a most pleasurable event to here and each of the many guests in attendance thereat.

Mrs. Chas. Christman accompanied by her mother Mrs. Sutherland spent Tuesday with friends at Neillsville.

Mr. and Mrs. Frank Furgeson have returned to Granton and are nicely located in rooms on the upper floor of the Delos Raymond home.

A.F. Zuhlsdorf of Heathville who suffered a broken right arm some two months since called on town friends Tuesday. He is as yet unable to use his right hand though the arm is mending nicely.

Stecker’s orchestra of Appleton drew a large crowd to their concert and dance given at the opera house last Saturday night and a social good time was had by all participants.

Sid Davis was indisposed last week and since Monday he has been confined to his bed very ill with the grip and neuralgia.

Harry Davis spent the first of the week among old friends at Heathville.

Mrs. Herman Schoengarth, suffering severely with inflammation of the gall bladder, was taken to Eau Claire on a cot last Friday evening since which time she has remained in a hospital there under medical treatment.

P.J. Kemmeter is remodeling the upper story of his store building.

W.R. Happe transacted business here Wednesday.

E.R. Behringer of Marshfield transacted business here Tuesday.

Miss Minnie Wilke visited here at the Frank Jahr home early this week.

Mr. and Mrs. Wetterau and baby Lester of Fenwood were week end guests at the Gus. Bergeman home.

Mr. and Mrs. Jos. Marsh of Marshfield were over Sunday guests of his sister Mrs. Melvina Wright.

T.F. Lee and son shipped a pure white registered short horn bull to A.E. Lind at Taylor, Monday.

W.S. Davis, Chas. Dietrich and John Breese transacted business at the county seat, Monday.

Miss Clara Frantz of Neillsville spent several days with Mrs. Joe Felser and went home to Neillsville, Monday.

Jim Sparks after a 12 days visit with relatives in the town of Sherwood went home to Plainfield Mon. Miss Florence Sparks his niece, drove in from Sherwood with him.

Mrs. Fred C. Rath after a several days visit here at her son’s home returned to Cataract, Wed.

Louis Nickel, Ed. Strey, Mrs. L.G. Morris and Mrs. Herbert Fredete were Neillsville visitors, Wednesday.

Mrs. R.R. Rath went to Eau Claire Wednesday and visited her sister Mrs. Herman Schoengarth.

The Equity will ship cattle and calves from Granton and Chili next Monday, Jan. 19. If you have anything to ship call up W.R. Happe.

Geo. Hart went to Humbird Friday and visited relatives.

Mrs. Minnie Kurth is visiting relatives at Marshfield since Wednesday and looking after property interest there.

Mrs. Webb Winn and Mrs. Frank Davis attended R.N.A. installation at Chili Wednesday.

B Schmuckl left for Minneapolis Tuesday in response to news of the serious illness of his daughter who resides there. P.J. Kemmeter accompanied him.

A cold wave which seems to have been general throughout the country struck us Saturday night and the thermometer dropped down to 15 below zero and remained there most of the time until Tuesday. Since Wednesday however we are enjoying very mild weather again.

Mrs. Clyde Shaw and baby are here from Stillwater, Minn. visiting Mr. and Mrs. Phil Shaw since Monday. Mrs. Shaw’s mother Mrs. Hill of Canada is caring for Donald and Beatrice Shaw and keeping house for Clyde during Mrs. Shaw’s visit here.

Oscar Jahr purchased Geo. Hart’s store building Monday and his brothers Ed and Albert will purchase a stock of goods and go into business there with in the next 30 days. Mr. Hart is undecided as to what he will go into next.
Gottlieb Hillert, Chas. Neinas, Webb Winn and Mrs. F. J. Baer were among the passengers on the freight train Tuesday morning who narrowly escaped being in a bad railroad wreck. They had entered Neillsville and were slowing down for the Main St. crossing when the front trucks of the caboose jumped the track. At the first intimation of trouble conductor Anderson applied the air brakes and each of the brakemen hurried to the outside. The train was brought to a sudden stop and the disabled car put on a siding where it was obliged to remain until the car repairers got it fixed up for the home trip that afternoon. The train proceeding west to Merrillan and on the return trip as far as Neillsville was without the caboose.

The Express Companies have united in materially reducing express rates and have set off the country in blocks. The new rates go into effect the firs of next month and this division of country will be designated as Block 535G. In many instances express rates have been cut in two. An express charge of 75 cents heretofore between here and New York will after Feb. 1st be reduced to 42 cents.
Mr. and Mrs. Henry Hubing who reside near Glendive, Montana, are mourning the loss of their beautiful little 2 ½ year old daughter, Irene, whom death claimed so suddenly last week Tuesday. The little one and her mamma had just gone home from a visit with relatives here when the little one was stricken with spinal meningitis and although the best of medical attention was had and the child taken directly to a hospital at Glendive, she did not survive but a few days and it was a sad journey the bereaved parents made returning here with the little body which after fitting funeral services at Neillsville was tenderly laid to rest.
John Ure, John Martin and Fred Hankey went to Neillsville on business Tuesday.

Mrs. Wm. Schlinsog went to Chili Tuesday to visit here daughter Mrs. A.W. Beil who is sick.

Knorr and Rausch unloaded their first shipment of Ford cars on Tuesday. The company has contracted to sell 50 cars in 1914.

Gottlieb and Henry Pischer spent Wednesday with friends at Marshfield.

Mr. and Mrs. Otto Henze and little daughter Hulda are visiting Sheboygan county relatives since Tuesday. They went to Glenbulah first and attended the golden wedding there on Wednesday of her parents Mr. and Mrs. Wm. Crosby, Mr. and Mrs. Emery Crosby and son Frederick of Neillsville were also in attendance at this notable event.

While digging for skunks which they were hunting and which they had reason to suppose were under the ground near where they were engaged in digging, the Hill boys, out in Clark County, near Sherwood corners, unearthed 26 pine snakes. They ranged in length all the way from two to six feet and fourteen of them showed immediate signs of life when taken from the ground. It is highly probable that the remainder were alive but in a state of torpor through the winter –Pittsville Record.