News: Granton Locals #2 (29 Dec 1905)

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Surnames: Beeckler, Berry, Davis, Morris, Hornbeck, Brown, Williams, Wage, Kihn, Johnson, Kissam, Cole Beecher, Canfield, Happe, Reichert, Olson

----Source: Granton News (Granton, Clark Co., Wis.)  12/29/1905

E.A. Beeckler was a Neillsville visitor Wednesday evening.

There will be a Masquerade Ball at the opera house Saturday, Jan. 13, 1906.

Dr. Berry of Buffalo Co. arrived here Wednesday evening to look the field over with the view to locate.

Mr. and Mrs. Bush Davis of Loyal were over on Wednesday and attended the funeral of the late Sidney Davis.

Levi Morris has accepted the position of "pumper" with the Railroad Co. at this station.

Big dance will be held at the opera house January 1^st.  An oyster supper will be served at the Forest House.

Beulah Hornbeck gave a tea party Wednesday afternoon in honor of Hazel Brown from Ashland Academy.

Mrs. H.E. Williams and two younger children went to Ladysmith last Friday on a visit to relatives.  They are expected home tomorrow.

The Misses Dora and Gladys Wage drove to Loyal Monday and visited at Ernest Kihn’s, returning home the next day.

We are glad to say that Olney Johnson is so much better as to have been able to be out upon the porch on two different occasions during Wednesday.

Grandma Kissam has so far recovered as to have been able to be removed from the R.C. Beecher home on Christmas day and taken to that of her daughters, Mrs. Cole’s.

"Uncle" John Canfield, who for some months past has been with his daughter, Mrs. E. Kirhn at Loyal, left there Tuesday and went to Milwaukee where he has entered the Soldiers home with the idea of making his home there permanently.

Last Friday evening Mrs. August Happe entertained a few friends in a most delightful manner in honor of our old time friend St. Nick.  A 6 o’clock dinner, a Christmas tree, music and games kept the guests occupied until a late hour.

Carl Reichert, a representative of the W.E. Kimball Co. of Chicago, arrived here Saturday and will remain with relatives until after New Year’s.  Carl likes his work very much and is succeeding admirable, having the promise of considerable promotion beginning with the new year.

Christmas day put us in receipt of a ltter from a former Neillsville friend, one Olaf W. Olson, now of Altamont, Wyo., citing a recent experience of his while rounding up a bunch of ranch horses, being thrown from his horse and meeting frozen mother earth among the sage brush, alighting upon his head and left shoulder, cutting his face and receiving some severe bruises, causing him no little discomfort.  He experienced the novelty of having sage brush dug out of his cheek.  Fortunately his feet were not caught in the stirrups and he jokingly recounts what narrowly escaped being a most serious accident.  At this writing Mr. Olson was pleasantly anticipating being in Salt Lake City within the next ten days and attending Ben Hur.  Remaining in the City over Sunday he would take the opportunity to hear the famous Mormon choir and organ.