News: Neillsville (21 Nov 1918)

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Surnames: Huckstead, Svirnoff, Heiling, Davis, Irvine, Schwickerath, McNamara, Alexander, Maxwell, Olson, Crandall, Morrison, Patey, Haskell, Moody, Hawley, Stockwell, Mattson, Lowe, Ainsworth, McKimm, James, Campbell, Reichert, Brooks, Warlum, Hommell, Barton, Hoey, Brenner, Kurth, Cannon, Wiertz, Hagie, Caldwell, May, Christofferson, Rush, Kapka, Walker, Seidel, McMillan, Campman, Downer, Converse, Glass, Williamson, Castner, Cronk, Tragsdorf, Fitch, Grinde, Martin, Nygard

----Source: Neillsville Times (Neillsville, Clark Co., WI) 11/21/1918

Neillsville (21 Nov 1918)

Lon Huckstead was at Milwaukee over Sunday.

Harry Svirnoff was at Marshfield Monday on business.

Mr. and Mrs. Heiling were at Marshfield on Monday.

W.S. Davis was here from Granton Monday on business.

County Treasurer John Irvine and family spent Sunday at Loyal.

Jos. Schwickerath went to Stratford Monday to visit a daughter.

Miss Mae McNamara returned to her school at Pittsville last week.

Mrs. T.M. Alexander returned Monday from a short visit at Milwaukee.

Miss Irene Maxwell went to Chili Monday to re-open her school near there.

Tony Olson of Taylor County spent Saturday here with his brother, Oluf Olson.

Mrs. N.E. Crandall was at Granton on Monday visiting her son and his family.

Mrs. Isaac Morrison and daughter went to Granton Monday to spend a few days.

County Y.M.C.A. Superintendent W.H. Patey was at Humbird the first of the week.

Mrs. Alice Haskell of Ainsworth, Neb., is here on a visit with Mr. and Mrs. C.M. Moody.

Mrs. J.L. Hawley went to Oshkosh Monday, having been called there by the illness of her mother.

C.D. Stockwell was here from Spooner for an over-Sunday visit with his parents, Mr. and Mrs. C.S. Stockwell.

Mr. and Mrs. Emil Mattson and son went to Carbondale, Ill., Monday to attend the funeral of an uncle of Mr. Mattson’s.

Miss Nan Lowe and Miss Alice Ainsworth returned to their schools at Minneapolis Sunday and resumed teaching Monday.

Joe McKimm is hiring men for the Westboro Lumber Co. Any man who wants a good job for the winter good wages, call on Joe.

Mrs. James returned home to Wausaukee Monday after being here to attend the funeral of her stepmother. Her father, Wm. Campbell, returned home with her to spend the winter.

Carl Reichert was here from Granton Monday. He just returned last week from a 15-day trip to Washington and New York and may accept a position in the government chemical department.

Herb Brooks, Pete Warlum, J.W. Hommell, Anton Barton, E.J. Hoey and Paul Brenner were at La Crosse last week as witnesses before the federal grand jury. Just before leaving home, the party stopped into a restaurant for a bite to eat and when they came to leave, Brooks took the only coat remaining on the coat rack and came home under the impression that he was wearing his own coat. The next day the owner of the coat called up on the telephone and through Pete Warlum got in touch with Herb, with the result that Herb has his own coat and is no longer masquerading in another man’s clothes. However, Herb says the other fellow had the best of the bargain, as his coat was a better article than the one he got.

Herb Lowe has been very sick with the flu.

Bob Kurth went to Onalaska Friday on a business trip.

Joe Cannon was here from Merrillan Friday on business.

Miss Lena Wiertz went to Minneapolis Friday to resume her work.

Mr. and Mrs. Eugene Hagie went to Milwaukee Friday to spend a couple of weeks.

Dan Caldwell went to Milwaukee and Chicago last week on a business trip.

Mr. and Mrs. George May autoed to Grand Rapids Sunday and spent the day.

Mrs. H.H. Christofferson of Colby spent last week here with Mr. and Mrs. W.J. Rush.

Mrs. Amelia Kapka went to Roberts on Sunday to attend the funeral of a niece, Mrs. W.P. Walker.

A 15-year-old son of Mr. and Mrs. Louis Seidel, near Marshfield, was shot and killed while out hunting.

B.F. McMillan, banker and prominent lumberman, died at his home at McMillan Tuesday night of influenza.

W.A. Campman joined Noble and Homer Downer and Free Converse of Granton in a hunting trip to Taylor County, the party going up on Sunday.

George Glass lost a large flash light on peace celebration night and Louis Williamson is short a drum. Both parties will appreciate the return of articles.

Glen Castner, son of Mr. and Mrs. Dan Castner of Loyal, died at a training camp in Louisiana from the flu. The young man was called into service on Oct. 21st.

Miss Winifred Cronk, who teaches at Brainard, Minn., came on Thursday to spend a short time with the Misses Cannon, her school having been closed for some time on account of the flu.

Mrs. B. Tragsdorf left Saturday for Madison where she will spend a couple weeks with her daughters, Mrs. Fitch and Mrs. Grinde, and will then go to Ruston, La., to spend the winter with her daughter, Mrs. James Martin.

Dr. E.L. Nygard’s new Buick roadster was stolen the other night from the garage at Merrillan. The thief had a 14-hour start before the theft was discovered, and it is not thought that he will be apprehended. The car was purchased only about four weeks ago.