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The Crank, Pardeeville, Wis. July 8, 1898 Vol. 1 No. 15

The "Devil's" Pick-ups Zed Merrill, Jr., is visiting his father and friends here. John Graham, of Buffalo, called at the The Crank office Tuesday. Harry Simmons says he has graduated in the printing business. Julius Barker, of Westfield, is visiting here and at Marcellon, his old home. C.H. Grover, of Cambria, attended the ball here the evening of the Fourth. Cards are out announcing a bicycling party at Mrs. J.S. Falconer's this evening. Morris Williams, son of The Crank, arrived Wednesday morning from Nashville, Tenn. Miss Nellie Walker, of Cambria, spent the Fourth with her friend Lizzie Mathewson. Attorney R.E. Mitchell has decided to postpone his trips to Pardeeville for the present. Elmon Young came home Thursday evening from Windsor, where he has been for the past three weeks. Mrs. L.D. Thompson, of Berlin, arrived last Friday evening for a couple of weeks' stay at G.W. Dusenbury's. Miss Ada Rainey, of Nashville, Tenn., is a guest of Miss Daisy Williams. She will remain for several weeks. Mrs. M.G. Tucker spent last week in Fox Lake, assisting in the care of her mother-in-law, who was dangerously ill with pneumonia. C.F. Fuller, of Westfield, came last Friday and spent the Fourth at G.W. Dusenbury's. Mr. Fuller is register of deeds of Marquette county. Conowanda Grieflets. Will Wilcox, who has been sick so long, is slowly improving. J. Jerred entertained friends with ice cream Monday evening. Mrs. John Chapman and Mrs. K.B. Cook visited at W.W. Dates' last week. L.H. Dates has his boiler and engine nearly ready for work. He will be grinding by steam in the near future. Miss Jessie Berry closed a very successful term of school in Joint Dist. No. 3, July 1. Miss Belle Bloom is visiting relatives in the vicinity of Port Hope. Jay Cook was looking for berries the first of the week. Pickups by a Crank. Bob Wilson was a Portage caller Wednesday. Fred Elliott and wife, of Portage, were here the Fourth. Miss Gertie Smith is reported as gaining, but very slowly. Fayette Albee has returned from a visit with his sisters at Chetek. Charley Gilbert, of Lowville, put in a good time here the Fourth. Geo. Walker, of Cambria, did his celebrating at this hustling burg. Mrs. Ralph Wardle started Thursday for an indefinite stay in Milwaukee. W.J. Scott sold by the dish twenty-five gallons of ice cream the Fourth. Robert Wright and wife, of Rockford, Ill., celebrated Independence Day here. Blodgett handed over the counter the Fourth twenty-nine gallons of ice cream. R.D. Horton, of Portage, head clerk at the Bee Hive, celebrated with his brother Joe's people. Fred Curtis, of Rocky Run, celebrated here the Fourth and paid The Crank a visit. Call again. O.D. Van Dusen, of Prentice, stopped over here to celebrate. He was on his way home from the carnival. The Fourth of July oration by W.S. Stroud might well be listened to throughout the country at this time. Mrs. Julia Thomas and the Misses Mayme and Pearl Richards started for Waupun yesterday for a few days' visit. J.G. Merrill started yesterday for Sioux City, Iowa, and from there he will make a trip through Nebraska and the Dakotas. Mrs. James Bonney and daughter Sarah came up from Rockford, Ill., to celebrate, arriving Monday morning and departing for home the next day. Mr. and Mrs. J.E.Coates and children, of Chicago, spent the Fourth here with Eli Devendorf's folks. Mrs. Coates will remain for two or three weeks. E.C. Bundy, of Northfield, Minn., spent the Fourth here with R.O. Spear. Assemblyman Wiley, of Leeds, celebrated the nation's birthday at Pardeeville. D.C. Williams, C.A. Kilmer and F.J. Kilmer, of Kingston, spent the Fourth here. Mrs. Matoon, of Fort Atkinson, a sister of Mrs. Herb Roberts, returned home Tuesday. The Misses Lena Kincaid and Jennie Carnegie, of Portage, were entertained Monday by Miss Ethel Mathewson. Mrs. Green, of Chicago, formerly Miss Fannie Parmelee, was here with her mother, Mrs. H. Parmelee, of Rio, the Fourth. C.E. Reeder and wife and Mr. and Mrs. H.V. Harter, of Milwaukee, took in the sights of a celebration at Pardeeville the Fourth. Lost -on Main street, Pardeeville, July 4, a silver watch, without ring; small size. Return to Miss Gertie Gee and receive reward. W.G. McKay, employed in the E.P. Allis machine shops in Milwaukee, is spending a short vacation with his parents, Mr. and Mrs. Wm. McKay. The Misses Mayme and Pearl Richards, of Packwaukee, have been visiting here the past week with their aunts, Miss Ida Tripp and Mrs. Julia Thomas. Willie Stone, whom we spoke of last week as having undergone an operation for appendicitis, is reported as doing as well as could be expected. Mr. and Mrs. M.G. Tucker attended the funeral of their mother-in-law, Mrs. D.G. Tucker, in Fox Lake, last Friday. She died June 28, of pneumonia, after a short but severe illness. Miss Minnie Smith is spending her vacation with friends in Vermont and New Hampshire. The board will endeavor to retain Miss Smith as teacher in the intermediate school. Rev. L.C. Smith, State Synodical Evangelist, is coming to Pardeeville the latter part of this month to speak several evenings in the Presbyterian church. Pardeeville will have some good common sense gospel sermons. Mrs. R.M. Williams, her daughter Daisy and Miss Ada Rainey drove to Portage today. Open air concert by the band this evening at 8 o'clock. Burr Robbins, their old leader, will play with them. A barn belonging to John Jones, of Portage Prairie, burned Wednesday. The firs is supposed to have been caused by the heating of new hay. Chas. Kohler came up from Windsor to spend the Fourth accompanied by a young lady, one of the many girls he has on a string there. At a meeting of the Pardeeville Guards last Friday evening T.J. Cotter was elected orderly, and T. Baillies, Arthur Briffett, Will Mathewson and Lyell Smith sergeants. Wm. McKay, Wm. Hughes and D.T. Lynch, with their families, and John and Anna Moran attended the funeral of Mrs. Mary Moran, of Ft. Winnebago, today. She had reached the age of 93 years. Mr. and Mrs. Burr Robbins and child arrived the 5th from Woodstock, Ill., and were met at the depot by the brass band, of which Burr was the former leader. They will return next Monday. Lost-somewhere between Pardeeville and Pleasant Valley, the evening of the Fourth, a black velvet cape trimmed with jets. Finder please leave at Wm. Hughes', Pardeeville, and receive reward. Louis Cobb was quite seriously burned last Friday evening. He had a box of paper caps for a toy pistol in his pocket and fell so as to strike them off, setting fire to his pocket. The heat from the caps melted the steel rim of a pocketbook which he was carrying. He is improving. Claude Elliott arrived home from Milwaukee the Fourth, where he severed his connections with the Detroit team. President Vanderbeck had decided to reduce his salary, together with that of several other members of the club, but they would not stand the cut and promptly demanded their releases, which were granted. Claude says that Vanderbeck is too penurious to live, and, judging from the newspaper reports, we should say that he deserves all the hard luck he is having. There will be a dance at Haskey's bowery, Pardeeville, July 15. M.G. Tucker wants a few trusty, reliable man for a special purpose. Miss Agnes Merrill arrived this morning for a visit with her father. Married. Kuhn-Moll Mr. Otto Kuhn and Miss Helena D.J. Moll were united in marriage in the presence of the vast assemblage at the Park at 2:00 p.m., July 4, by Rev. Frank Millar. The groom resides in Marcellon, while the bride resides in Fort Winnebago. They have the best wishes of The Crank for a pleasant honeymoon and all that goes with it. M'Carthy-Murphy At the Briffett House, Wednesday evening, July 6, Rev. Frank Millar tied the knot that bound together for good or evil the lives of Mr. John McCarthy and Miss Mary E. Murphy, both of Portage. That the best the world affords may be their portion is the wish of The Crank. Cambria Murmurs. Born to Mr. and Mrs. Jeff Williams (Glynn), July 4, a son. M.J. Rowland is quite seriously ill with typhoid fever. Mrs. E.J. Edwards and little son Erville accompanied Miss Mabel Jones to Dodgeville. Miss Jones has been spending several weeks with relatives here and has made many warm friends among the young people. Harry Walker spent Sunday with Portage relatives and Nellie spent several days with Pardeeville friends. J.C. Rowland spent the Fourth with his little daughter at Kilbourn. J. Ap. Edwards, who has been seriously ill with typhoid fever for several weeks, is reported better. They have engaged a trained nurse to help care for him now. Mrs. Edwards is also better. Miss Winnie Owen, of Chicago, is visiting her cousin, Miss Mem Perry. Misses Mem Morgan and Lill Humphrey are attending the summer school at Pardeeville. Mr. and Mrs. Eugene Gilbert, of Lowville, visited relatives here Saturday. Mrs. R.E. Jones and children returned to their home in Wabasha Saturday, after visiting relatives here a few weeks. Miss Lizzie Mathewson, of Pardeeville, spent a few days with Miss Nellie Walker this week. Mrs. Rowland Evans, of Randolph, visited her daughter, Mrs. W.E. Evans, this weeks. Rev. Owen, of Minneapolis, preached in the C.M. Church last Sabbath. Will Jowett, of Portage, is visiting relatives in town. John S. Jones and little Ralph returned to Minnesota last week, after spending several days with relatives here. At the annual school meeting held at the school-house Tuesday evening A.W. Beals was re-elected director of the school board. Miss Emma Davies and D.M. Rowland were quietly married at the home of the bride's parents, Mr. and Mrs. Edwin Davies, Wednesday afternoon, Rev. R.M. Williams officiating. The young couple immediately left in the afternoon for Milwaukee, where they will visit for a short time, after which they will return here and make Cambria their home. The bride is an accomplished young lady who has been a teacher in St. Paul for several years. The groom is cashier in his father's bank here and is a highly respected young man. That their married life may be as clear and bright as their wedding day was is the wish of their many friends. Mrs. D. Ll. Williams and children Roy and Rubie are visiting K. Scott's people at Rio this week. North Springvale Sprockets Dudley Damp has been painting his carriage. Of course Dudley went to the Fourth. Miss Anna King, of Cambria, was the guest of her cousin, Miss Nettie Hartman, for a few days. Miles Parker and wife, of Rio, visited with the former's brother last week. D.M. Thomas purchased a new buggy and harness of J. Hughes, of Cambria, last Tuesday. Mr. and Mrs. Julius Heath, of Marcellon, came up last Wednesday to pick cherries at Geo. A Heath's. Miss Iva Elliott, of Pardeeville, spent last Wednesday with her friend Miss Winnie Thomas. Messrs. Wm. and James B. Whittingham attended the carnival at Milwaukee last week, the former remaining a week and the latter but two days. Mrs. Jasper Eggleston and infant daughter Myrtle visited with her mother, Mrs. Stollfus, from Wednesday until Saturday last week. Mr. Bude and daughter Martha, of Markesan, were visiting friends and relative here last week. Miss Millie Stollfus and the Misses Carrie and Katie Tunison spent Sunday with the former's parents. The Misses Lizzie and Winnie Thomas began last Monday to attend the summer school at Pardeeville for five weeks. The measles claim the Stollfus children for patients. Mrs. G.A. Heath spent last Sunday with her parents, Mr. and Mrs. Atkinson. Miss Tillie Hanson closed a successful term of school in this district last Friday. She returned to her home in Marcellon Saturday. Mrs. George Heath is entertaining her little brother. Miss Anna Stollfus, who is an employe of Mrs. Kennedy Scott, of Rio, is at home visiting her parents. Bellefountain Breezes. Miss Susie West is attending the summer school at Pardeeville. Charles Scribner, of Stevens Point, visited his mother and brother Octavus and family a couple of days last week. Andrew Waite returned from his visit to North Dakota last week. Ed. Dalton was elected clerk in the Stone district and Ed. McElroy in the Comstock district. Willie Stone is reported better, but Willie Becker is not. As did most everybody, we celebrated in Pardeeville the Fourth and had the pleasure of meeting many old friends and neighbors, among them Mrs. James Bonney and daughter Sarah, and Mr. and Mrs. Robert Wright, of Rockford, Ill., and Mr. and Mrs. C.F. Roberts and Mr. and Mrs. Henry Neef, of Portage. All many years ago resided here. Marcellon Maladies. Will Horton has rented the Wm. Spicer farm. Mr. S. will move to town this fall. F. Albee departed for Chetek last Friday to spend the Fourth. He has two sisters living there. It is rumored that Prof. Fischer will teach in the Sparta High school the coming year. Ed. Hill and a crew of men were at work on the road Wednesday of last week. Cordy Brothers, of Cambria, have been canvassing this town the past week on bikes. Miss Julia Woodard closed her school Friday. Wm. Stebbins visited Portage Thursday. Wayland Stebbins was called to the bedside of his mother by a telegram announcing her illness. Mr. S. lives in Dakota. Orris Kohler has the measles. Geo. Cook, wife and daughter were Portage visitors Wednesday. Mrs. Cunningham of Scott was seen on our streets last week Thursday. C. Hecker and wife passed through here last Friday enroute to Portage. Kiefer Bros. Have a patriotic engineer. He whistled for nearly half an hour Monday. Alf. Smith is around, but still uses crutches. A Cook and wife, of Fox Lake, spent the Fourth with relatives here. South Scott Sallies. Mr. and Mrs. H.M. Thomas made a trip to Sauk county last week to visit Mr. T.'s relatives and friends. They report crops as looking fine where they were. Rev. Millar and wife visited at M. Thomas' Thursday. We understand that H. Steiner moves on to C.P. Tripp's farm this fall. Hank is a good farmer, as well as an all-around fellow. Annual School Meeting. [Pardeeville] The annual school meeting passed off quietly on Tuesday evening. The attendance was not as large as usual. Those present voted to raise the sum of $870 for school purposes the coming year. Ellsworth Grover was elected director in place of L.J. Smith, whose term of office had expired. By request of Clerk Scott, the school board were instructed to procure a new organ for the use of the school. The following resolution, introduced by Rev. Millar, called out remarks by several and was unanimously passed: "Resolved, That it is the sense of this meeting that there should be a 'graded school' in Pardeeville." The meeting then elected a committee, consisting of M.G. Tucker, Dr. Carleton, C.W. Merrill, W.E. Blodgett and W.J. Scott, to inquire into and ascertain as nearly as possible the cost of a suitable high school building and what additional expense there would be to maintain a high school more than at present, and to be able to report at any subsequent meeting. The board had already taken one step in this direction by engaging Mr. Jewett for another year, who will during the vacation prepare a course of study suitable for the school, which will go into operation at the commencement of the fall term. War Concert. The Willing Workers of the Presbyterian church have planned a war concert, to be given in the church, Friday evening, July 15. A fine program has been arranged. Miss Rubie Evans, of Cambria, will give several recitations. Mr. Robert Morris, also of Cambria, will sing. A mixed quartette of home talent will also sing. These and several others of our best home entertainers will render a program that you can't afford to miss going to hear. Admission, 15 cents; children 10 cents. Proceeds for repairs on the church building. Remember this event and the date, Friday, July 15. Summer School. The Pardeeville Teachers' Summer School, under the management of Messrs. Spicer and Fischer, opened its session last Tuesday morning with an enrollment of twenty-five students. The following is a list of students now in attendance: Susie West, Bellefountain; Meda Brown, Lila Brown, Browning; Mamie Morgan, Sily Morgan, Cambria; Eva J. Coapman, Cooperstown, N.D.; Mae Crossman, Fall River; May Dahl, Lodi; Julia Woodard, Ora Cannon, Marcellon; Mattie Fuller, Milwaukee; Hattie Franklin, Pacific; Anna Kearney, Rio; T.G. Gunderson, Wyocena; Rachael Calverley, Edna Parish, Ruth Hill, Winnie Thomas, Lizzie A. Thomas, Mayme Ross, Mary Wright, C.W. Stancer, George Hepler, Jesse Cobb, Willie Inglehart, Pardeeville….At the close of the school Mr. Spicer will return to his home in Cambria, where he will be principal of the high school there during the next year; and Mr. Fischer will go to Sparta, where he will be principal of the Central Ward school.

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