News: Granton Locals #1 (25 Apr 1913)

 

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Surnames: Moh, Cramer, Roehl, Vincent, Converse, Monskey, Krause, Richter, Reiff, Garbisch, Lautenbach, Hillert, Schlinsog, Crandall, Wentworth, Berg, Beeckler, Potter, Hillert, Kriewaldt, Rose, Bass, Fraser, Ober, McClaflin, Pietenpol, Behringer, Rausch, Downer, Buss, Free, Davis, Timerson, Wodd, Reichert, Raymond, Riedel, Hohenstein, Moldenhauer, McHugh, Sontag, Schafer, Bergeman, Morris, Kimball, Beaver, Ayers, Eastman, Martin, Garone, Witte, Chitwood, Wright, Sherrett, Brooks, Paulson, Scholtz, Schwanebeck, Frei, Rusch, Thayer, Reindel, Hiles, Marsh, Holmes, Frechette, Reindel, Northup, Ross, Schmoll, Marg, Campman, Hoy, Hallan, Short, Winters, Bue, Redmond, Fuller, Huntley

 

----Source: Granton News (Granton, Clark Co., Wis.)  04/25/1913

 

Chas. Moh of Marshfield visited old friends here early this week.

 

Geo. Cramer transacted business at the county seat on Monday.

 

Herman Roehl of Chili transacted business here on Saturday.

 

Prof. O.D. Vincent transacted business at Marshfield on Saturday.

 

Mrs. Frank Converse went to Melrose last week Thursday.

 

Charley Monskey left for Mercer on Monday.

 

Mrs. Wm. Krause of Chili was an over Sunday guest at the Ferd Richter home.

 

The Ladies Aid of Rev. Reiff’s parish met with Mrs. Reiff last week Wednesday afternoon.

 

Ernest Garbisch and wife came home last week from their visit at Staples, Minn.

 

Julius Lautenbach is re-shingling Dave Hillert’s barn.

 

Adolph Schlinsog has re-shingled his house.

 

Mrs. Eugene Crandall, Mrs. R. Wentworth and Mrs. Hugh Berg were Neillsville callers on Saturday.

 

The Misses Pearl, Vera and Haidee Beeckler, and Miss Potter were at Neillsville Saturday.

 

Gottlieb Hiller came home on Monday from a 5 day visit at the Louis Garbisch home in Dorchester.

 

Carl Krause has raised the kitchen part of his house four feet in order to add more room to his house.

 

Mr. and Mrs. Alex Kriewaldt and Mrs. P.M. Rose spent Saturday afternoon at Marshfield.

 

Mrs. Chas. Bass and daughter Anita were at Marshfield Saturday to consult an eye specialist in regard to Miss Anita’s eyesight.

 

Mrs. Geo. Fraser and children visited Chili relatives Wednesday.

 

Mrs. Maria Ober accompanied her granddaughter, Mrs. Gardner McClaflin, home to Arpin yesterday.

 

Mrs. H.J. Pietenpol entertained the Circle and a few invited friends at supper Wednesday evening.

 

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

 

Mrs. John Rausch is visiting old friends at Marshfield since Tuesday.

 

Mrs. Frank Downer made a business trip to Marshfield Tuesday.

 

Joe Buss transacted business at the county seat on Monday.

 

Herbert Free visited Neillsville friends Monday.

 

Mr. and Mrs. Wella Davis of Chili were in town Tuesday.

 

Dan Timerson of York went to Marshfield Tuesday.

 

Louis Reichert of Chili was here on business Tuesday.

 

Delos Raymond has been very ill for the past two weeks.

 

Arthur Riedel was on the sick list several days this week.

 

Peter Hohenstein, Mrs. Walter Moldenhauer and son, Mrs. G.D. Vincent and baby Christine, Gertrude and Mrs. Rice Davis were Marshfield visitors on Wednesday.

 

Passenger conductor James McHugh is enjoying a trip to the Pacific Coast.  Julius Sontag has his run temporarily.

 

John Schafer and Arthur Riedel, in their efforts to please the town’s housewives, on house cleaning beat, are working overtime three days, and are hard to keep track of.  They change plans so often.

 

Mrs. Gus Bergeman, Mrs. L.G. Morris and Miss Emma Kimball visited Neillsville friends Tuesday.

 

Mrs. Gardner McClaflin of Bethel is visiting at the Rice Davis house since Monday.

 

Mrs. Rice D. Davis, who was alarmingly ill early last week, though still very weak, is able to be about the house some.

 

Mrs. Geo. Beaver and Mrs. L.L. Ayers went to Neillsville Monday evening and remained over one day to visit friends.

 

Mrs. Ed Eastman and daughter Anna were over from Nasonville Saturday to visit Mrs. John Rausch.  Miss Anna is taking violin lessons of Prof. Vincent.

 

Mrs. John Martin and children, after a several week visit at the John Hiles home, returned to Wausau Monday.

 

Andrew Garone of Dorchester has accepted a clerkship at the H.C. Witte store and began work there Monday.

 

Wm. Chitwood, after a 10 day visit here at his son, F.M. Chitwood, returned to Union Center Monday.

 

Mrs. N.E. Crandall of Neillsville spent several days of last week here with her son and his family.

 

Mrs. Melvina Wright went to Marshfield Saturday and remained over Sunday, a guest of her brother, Jos. Marsh.

 

Mrs. Ezra Sherrett of Washburn spent several days of last week with friends at Marshfield and came home on Monday.

 

Hank Pietenpol and H. Holmes are attending circuit court this week as jurors.

 

Mrs. Alonzo Brooks, who spent the winter at her son George’s in Lynn, went home to Neillsville last Tuesday.

 

Mrs. W.D. Rose suffered a painful fall upon her back porch on Tuesday and put one of her fingers out of joint.

 

Ross Paulson will be home today with another carload of heavy work horses from the Dakotas.

 

Louis Scholtz drove in from Sherwood Tuesday and met his mother Mrs. Berth Frechette and his little sister who were returning home from a couple of weeks visit with relatives at St. Paul.

 

Herman Schwanebeck’s birthday celebration last Sunday was a very pleasant affair when the Neillsville friends, together with the Sherwood and Washburn neighbors, joined forces and gave he and his family a crowded house.

 

Geo. Frei’s birthday last Saturday was celebrated that evening in a becoming manner by his neighbors giving him a genuine surprise in appearing a houseful strong and spending the evening with the family.  A fine lunch topped off the affair about eleven p.m.

 

Wm. Rusch of Unity spent a few days the latter part of last week here at the W.J. Thayer home.  Mr. Rusch sold his farm near Unity and was looking for a suitable creamery to buy.

 

Will Reindel, a son of George Reindel, met with a misfortune last Saturday afternoon.  He was at work in Chas. Northup’s sawmill when in some way he came in contact with the saw, injuring his right hand so severely that Dr. Ross found it necessary to amputate three fingers.

 

Granton now has two barber shops, for the "Granton Brass Band Barber Shop" is the new sign on the old books tore building.  The new barber commenced operations there yesterday.  The building ahs been thoroughly renovated and internally presents a very neat and neat artistic appearance.  The transorial artist is a Milwaukee gentleman nd a graduate from a Abarber college of this state.

 

Mrs. August Schmoll and daughter Norman, and Mrs. Henry Marg and son Vernie went to Marshfield Friday and remained until Saturday evening, visiting relatives and friends.

 

Mrs. Dave Hillert, in buring grass abot the tool house on their farm one day last week, had the building take fire and despite their efforts to prevent it, was completely consumed by the flames.

 

Mr. and Mrs. W.A. Campman, Mr. and Mrs. Ed Hoy, Mr. and Mrs. S.M. Marsh and son Hallan, were among the people who autoed over from Neillsville to visit relatives and friends here on Sunday.

 

Mr. and Mrs. Andrew Short, Mr. and Mrs. Thos. Winters, Mr. and Mrs. Geo. Bue and Geo. H. Redmond were over from Neillsville last week Thursday and attended the funeral of the late John Fuller.

 

From now on there will be fresh baked bread, both rye and wheat, at Witte’s.

 

Geo. Huntley and son Vernon spent the first of the week in Marshfield where Dr. Milbee was consulted in regard tot eh young man’s health, which hasn’t been very good for several months past.

 

 


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