News: Granton Locals (03 Apr 1914)

Contact: Betty Comstock

Email: betty@wiclarkcountyhistory.org

Surnames: Albrecht, Anding, Ayers, Baer, Bartch, Bartz, Beecher, Beeckler, Beilke, Bergeman, Bird, Burch, Chrisenger, Chubb, Cole, Counsell, Crandal, Dahl, Dahlke, Davis, Deming, Dietrich, Dopp, Dudel, Eide, Ellis, Engleman, Finnegan, Fraser, Garbisch, Garvin, Gerhart, Graseer, Green, Haltanfderhelde, Hart, Hayter,  Hefty, Hiles, Housley, Hubing, Jahr, Jordan, Kemmeter, Kennedy, King,Kleinschmidt,  Knorr, Krause, Kuechenmeister, Lavey, Lee, Lauteenbach, Leyun, Lindow, Lowery, Mallory, Marsh, Martin, Marx, Merk, Moh, Moldenhauer, Morris, Nachtwey, Neinas, Nelson, Osgood,  Otto, Paulson, Peterson, Petran, Pischer,  Pitts, Rath, Raymond, Rhead, Ross, Schaffer, Schwantes, Shafer, Schreiber, Stockwell, Sultrecht, Tompkins, Trader, Tragsdorf, Trimberger, Tyler, Yankee, Waterman, Wegner, Wentworth, Wickersham, Williams, Winn, Witte, Wolf, Wood, Worchel,  

----Source: Granton News (Granton, Clark Co., Wis.) 04/03/1914

H.C. Witte went to Augusta Tuesday evening.

Little Grant Morris has been very ill with pneumonia since Monday.

Lillian Albrecht of Chili is here visiting her sister Mrs. Alf. Bartz.

Henry Sultrecht went to Almond where he has employment, Monday.

Miss Amelia Trimbuerger spent Tuesday with friends at Neillsville.

Wilson Mallory went home to Stevens Point, Tuesday.

Mrs. Gust. Beilke and son Harry went to Marshfield, Tuesday.

Al Jahr spent Sunday with his mother and sister at Neillsville.

Mrs. A.J. Knorr went to Alma Center Monday to visit a sick friend.

Will Rhead of Alma Center spent the first of the week here a guest of his friend Robert Garbisch.

Mr. and Mrs. H.W. Deming of Appleton were guests in the Loyal Jordan home, late last week.

Miss Katie Shafer of the town of Sherwood took the train for Milan, Tuesday.

Mrs. Nachtwey of Dorchester visited Mr. and Mrs. O.A. Peterson here the first of the week.

Miss Schaffner of Loyal is here visiting her sister Mrs. Oscar Jahr since Monday.

Wm. Dahlke has such a sore eye as to need medical attention for the ailing member since Monday.

Ross Paulson is home from the Dakotas since Tuesday.  He brought with him a carload of 22 horses.

Will Otto of Blooming Prairie, Minn., moved here and took possession of the Eric Nelson farm in the town of Washburn last week.

Edwin Moldenhauer of Neillsville was an over Sunday guest of his brother Walter and family.

Fred Bartch of Fremont who is suffering with an abcess in his ear since last week Friday was in town for medical treatment Tuesday.

State bank examiner Ellis of Appleton was here last Friday.  He found everything to his entire satisfaction.

Mrs. Clara Garvin of Waldo who has been a guest at the Fred Tyler home for several weeks past, left for Antigo Tuesday.

Renatta Witte and little brother baby Alex spent Tuesday with their mother at the hospital at Marshfield.

Mrs. H.C. Witte who is very ill at the Marshfield hospital is reported as slowly recovering in health and strength.  Mr. Witte spent Sunday with her.

Miss Amelia Krause entertained one of the young ladies sewing clubs at the J.M. Tompkins home one evening last week.

The misses Ora and Amy Marsh were decidedly on the sick list this week, though both are about O.K. at this writing.

W.B. Wentworth of Edgerton, after a 5 days visit here with his son Rush, returned home on Tuesday.

Frank Lavey went to Neenah Monday to attend the funeral of a niece, one Miss Martha Wickershan.

Mr. and Mrs. Phillip Merk of Fond Du Lac are guests of Mrs. Amelia Reichert and her family since Tuesday.

Gust. Ayers went to Black River Falls Tuesday evening.

Will Hubing spent the first of the week at Chili on business bent.

Chas. Neinas went to Chicago Tuesday on business.

Mrs. Fred Tyler and her guest Mrs. Clara Garvin of Waldo went to Chili and spent Saturday afternoon with Dr. and Mrs. H. Housley.

Mrs. Dora Garbisch is still very ill with pneumonia at her son Fred’s north of here.  Miss Mollie Grauser is the nurse employed since Monday.

Mr. and Mrs. Clark Waterman went home to Chili late last week, his wounds having healed sufficiently so that Mrs. Waterman is now able to dress them and he is able to be up and about the house.

Will Shafer has been under the doctors care and quite ill since Monday, necessitating Mrs. Schafer giving up a trip to Whitehall and assisting in the care of sick relatives of hers in that city.

Will Chrisenger and Clarence Engleman both of Hixon came up late last week and remained until Tuesday, guests at the Fred Dopp home.

Alyin Lindow of Chili was in town Tuesday and with Free Raymond, Ernest Lee, Joe Bird, Will Worchel, and August Lautenbach, continued on to Neillsville on the noon train.

Mrs. Baer entertained thirty-two school children Saturday afternoon ata progressive dominoes and charged them 10 cents each.  Ice cream, cake and wafers were served and the proceeds amounting to $3.25 was turned over to Mrs. P.J. Kemmeter, treasurer of the sidewalk fund.

John Hiles went to Wausau on Tuesday to see the new 10 pound daughter which was born to Mr. and Mrs. John Martin there last week.  Mr. Hiles brought little Adelaide Martin home with him next day.  She is to make an extended stay here with her grandparents.

Mr. and Mrs. Loyal Jordan accompanied by Mr. and Mrs. H.W. Deming and Fred Petran of Appleton went to Osseo Monday to be present at the immersion services held there for the I.B.S.A., the first of this week.  Mr. and Mrs. Jordan returned home on Wednesday.

Mr. and Mrs. Joe Trader of Fall Creek came Saturday and made an over Sunday visit between the Gene Osgood and Harry Burch houses and returned there on Monday.

Dr. Rath at the Homer Downer sugar bush last Saturday trying his strength with an iron maul striking a steel wedge had a piece of the wedge fly and cut into and lodge in the calf of his left leg, inflicting such a deep and painful wound as to necessitate his going to Eau Claire Saturday evening and after its removal there that night, to remain and come home Monday, on crutches.

Mrs. Will Dahl and her 2 children came down from Wheeler Saturday to spend a week between the Chas. Lowery and John Dahl homes.

Mrs. H.M. Ross entertained the Circle and a few friends Wednesday.

County Supt. Miss Kennedy was in town Monday.

Miss Isabelle Pitts of Tioga is here assisting Mrs. Walter Moldenhauer with her household duties.

Mrs. Homer King has been quite ill with rheumatism for the past 2 weeks.

Mr. and Mrs. Norman Hart and daughter of Humbird came over Tuesday to visit his brothers Fred and George and families.

Chas. Dietrich spent Wednesday with friends at Marshfield.

Mrs. James Finnegan visited Mrs. Mat Marx at Neillsville, Tuesday.

Edwin Halfaufderhelde went to Merrillan Wednesday.

John Hefty of Chili wa here on business Wednesday.

Little Wilber Fraser has been very sick since Monday.

Master Harold Lavey is will with pneumonia since early this week.

Mrs. Hale Davis visited Marshfield friends yesterday.

Leonard Cole was on the sick list yesterday.

Mrs. Roy King is a patient at the Marshfield hospital since Thursday.

Mrs. Bertha Tragsdorf of Neillsville was the guest of Mrs. Knorr here Wednesday.

Len Hayter, Wm. Green and Louis Kleinschmidt of Chili were in town on business, Wednesday.

Mr. and Mrs. Harry Eide drove in Wednesday and Harry bought a horse of Ross Paulson.

Little Ralph Winn who suffered a broken leg some four weeks ago had the plaster cast removed form same, Wednesday.

Mr. and Mrs. Ernest Bergeman of Fenwood came Saturday and remained over until Tuesday visiting their son Gus and his family.

Arthur Neinas armed with his diploma from the business college at Appleton is due to arrive home from there Sunday morning.

J.F. Leyun of Rice Lake arrived here from the experimental station at Madison Tuesday to test the herd of cows on the L.E. Moh farm for milk production.

A.J. Knorr and E.A. Beeckler spent Wednesday at Owen in attendance at the county convention of the M.W.A.

Rush Wentworth has purchased a G.L.K. milking machine and expects to have it here and installed soon.

Mrs. Hale Davis will entertain the O.E.S. Birthday club next week Saturday.  All visiting O.E.S. are welcome.

Mrs. Clemens Kuechenmeister and Mrs. Joe Counsell spent yesterday with the Mesdames Walter Gerhart, H.C. Witte and J. J. Hirsch at the hospital in Marshfield.

Alex McInnis of Nasonville visited his daughter Mrs. Willis Williams here the first half of the week.

Mrs. N.E. Crandall after a weeks’ visit here at her son, Gene’s went home to Neillsville today.

C.W. Chubb of the town of Lynn spent the first half of the week engaged with business at the county seat.

Mr. and Mrs. Herman Schwantes of Spencer came down on Wednesday for a several days visit at their son Fred’s on the Ridge.

Carl Yankee, Oscar Anding, B. Dudel and son Harold, Frank Wood, Mrs. Herman Wegner and Altra Piecher were among the Granton folk at Neillsville Wednesday.

Mr. Ernest Schreiber and daughter Mary are here from Plymouth since Tuesday to see his sister Mrs. Dora Garbisch who is at the Fred Garbisch home north of here.

Miss Bernice Stockwell of Spooner is here visiting the Baers since yesterday when she came over from Neillsville after spending the first half of the week with her grandma Stockwell.

Mr. and Mrs. Geo. Beeckler have returned from Independence Iowa, and are at home on the Robert French farm in Levis which they have rented since last week.  They visited his parents Mr. and Mrs. E.A. Beeckler here Tuesday.

Lewlyn Beecher was at Thorpe last Friday and accepted a position with the Thorp Creamery Co.  He is to report for duty there next Monday.  His home at Lynn is placarded for whooping cough and in all probability the family will not be ready to move when he goes.

The Rev. Wolf will continue to hold preaching services in the Union church every evening up to and including Sunday.  Everybody is invited to attend any or all of these meetings.