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Local Jottings. —Do net neglect that fair book adv. —Miss Wessie Dudley visited rela tives at Platteville and Cuba City this week. -—Mrs. Chas. Muffley and daugh ter of Boscobel are guests of rela tives and friends in Lancaster. —Members of the Lancaster W. R. C. enjoyed a picnic on the Roths child lawn Thursday afternoon. —Geo. A. Moore’s next shipping day for veal calves, lambs, sheep, cattle and hogs, etc., will be on Wednesday, July 24. —Fennimore has its big days again this year. . The dates are Aug. 15-16, and an interesting program is already being prepared. —The 20th anniversary of the opening ot the lowa county insane asylum was celebrated last Friday with appropriate ceremonies. —Mr. and Mrs. Arthur W. Hick man and little daughter of Madison are visiting over Sunday at the home of Warren Hannum, Sr. —Mr. Arthur W. Hickman one of Madison’s leading baritones, will sing a sacred solo at the Congrega tional church Sunday morning. —Sam Levin of the Boston store liked his page adv. in the Herald so well Wednesday that he repeats it today. Bargains are quoted in every instance. The big sale starts today. —From 1902 to date 15,475 rattle snakes have been killed in Crawford county, on which bounties to the amount of <7,787 50 have been paid. The rattlesnake business seems to be looking up. —The circle at the top will con tinue to be a designation on the Wisconsin official election ballot A hard struggle was made in the as sembly to remove the character, but without avail. —New potatoes are in the market and home grown at that. Some are rather small, but we can do as it is said they do in Kansas, where, in the language of the song, “they eat them skins and all.” —The Political Equality Club will hold its next meeting with Mrs. J. J. McKenzie, on Monday, July 22, at 3:30 o’clock. The subject will be, “Conditions in Australia and New Zealand under Woman Suffrage.” —Now is the time to make hay while the sun shines. Agriculturalist; say that the green bug has not ap | peared in Wisconsin and the farm ers say it has. Anyway the oat crop is not as good as it might have been expected. —One of the results of the work of the legislature just adjourned is a total of 550 new bills to go upon the statute books. They will be published as a supplement to this paper for benefit of Herald readers in a few days. —Venerable Luther Basford, whose age is now 93, has a watch he purchased when 16 years of age‘ and still carries it. It is of the old fashioned key wind pattern, but still ticks away the correct time as good as the modern watches. —Thirty-five years ago the con sumption of Portland cement was 3,000 barrels per year, and now it has reached 4.000.000. It is said that last year’s output would be sufficient to construct a sidewalk fifteen feet wide encircling the globe. —lt is said Boscobel has just had an experience with what was de signated as a “white elephant” party. Each lady was invited to bring something for which she had no earthly use and yet was too good to throw away. The club was broken up after the first meeting, as eleven of the ladies brought their husbands. —Geo. Ruder sdorf went goose berrying the other day out on the Hatch farm and stepped on a reap live rattler. The snake gave a shrill whistle, Geo.ge dropped pail, berries and all. Ha jumped into his buggy and hurried home, and reports are to the effect that his teeth were still chattering when he arrived. He swears he will buy his berries in the future. —As a result of the new federal pure food law some brands of pre pared food are no longer manu factured, others are less popular and new substitutes have appeared in the market. The printing of the formulas on each package, bottle or tin has revealed the contents and frightened many consumers. Cereals have been used as an adulterant in potted meats and pure potted meats bring double the price that those supposed to be pure formerly brought. The demand for jellys, jams, catsup, and similar products h«s dropped off since people have learned their constituents. In other products the knowledge of adulter arants. either harmful or harmless, has affected the market. —Aid. Knox is in South Dakota on land business. —Messrs. Chas. Ray and C. H- Angus are in Northern Wisconsin on a pleasure trip. —The fact that the university agriculrural experts say it isn’t the green bug doesn't seem to make the assertion true. —James Mcßrien, Jr., is in Min neapolis visiting his brother Joe, while Miss Kittie is a guest of her sister, Mrs. Heidi at Elma, la. —Sisters Benedicta, Matilda, Dora and Celestia of the Catholic school at Tennyson took departure from here Wednesday morning, bound for Manitowoc on a vacation. SC HREINER’S Mid-Summer Clearance Sale enact Continues ciiilil August Isst The key-note of this sale is mutual benefit. To us it means an adjustment of stocks and clearing of shelves to make room for fall goods. To you it affords an opportunity of securing seasonable and reliable merchandise at prices far below their real value. WASH GOODS AT ALMOST HALF Values melt away at these hot weather prices. Our entire stock of lawns, batistes, dimities and organdies in lots and prices as follows: 10c and 8c values this sale at 4c 17c, 15c and 12 l-2c values, this sale at 9c 35c, 25c and 20c values, this sale 17c 60c, 50c and 45c values, this sale at 39c MCNNCN ’ S 25c TALCUM POWDER. 6c I One to a customer LADIES’ White SHIRT WAISTS at 20 per cent discount EMBRODIERIES ONE LOT OF ABOUT 20 J| PATTERNS. . Sold at 8c and 10c. Sale Price 5c 50c WASH SILKS and SILK MULLS 23c Excellent values 2 dozen PEARL BUTTONS for 3c These are called pickings that is why you can buy them so cheap MUSLIN UNDERWEAR 11l spite ol the advance in cottons we are able to offer you some choice lingerie at interesting prices. During this sale we make the following reductions: 25c values at 19c 1.50 values at 1.39 50c values at 39c 2.00 values at 1.79 75c values at 67c 2.50 values at 2.19 1.00 values at 89c 3.00 values at 2.69 JOHN SCHREINER & SONS. COUNTY HERALD, LANCASTER, WISCONSIN —Sam Stephens is home from Milwaukee for a visit at the home of his parents.' —Home coming* are all the rage nowadays. Livingston has one, to last two days. The dates are Aug. 12 —Mrs. McNair and daughter Miss Bessie attended the Philbrickfuneral at Fennimore Thursday. --That depot mudhole through which 500 farmers puli loads of hogs every year has becom c a public nuisance and should receive immed iate attention. It is to the interest of the merchants and business men of Lancaster as well as the railroad company that this matter be attend ed to without delav. the SMB® CENTRAL FEATURE OF fepW M THE MID-SUMMER SALE 18 THE m£Hl_ ISSm 9c and 19c Ilf TOWEL SALE IB g Here’s a chance for you tT stock up on towels —good ones—and to do » it mighty cheap. Last time we went to market, we picked up a lot of samples—at a little over half price. They have just come in—and to tell A the truth —it is really a shame to sell them for so little money—but they take up too much room—couldn’t put them in with our regular line, so we have arranged them on tables in the center of the store —where you can get right up and see what they are. O P There’s Turkish towels —big and heavy, fine linen damask in 1/ L fancy patterns —good enough to put on your dresser —hemstitched or /// > rjjp fringed—and there’s the staple buck towels that you use every day—not a Affl towel in the 9c lot that you are not willing to pay a shilling for, and none in the 19c bunch that isn’t worth 25c of your money—and many of them are worth much more than that. TO-DAY /?«’. •’TS * s Hie day. and the sale will last until every one is gone—but we hardly think it will be more than a few days and possibly not that long—so tou . ** • better make sure and be on hand early if yon want to get the best choice. -- —ZT—- IZI ” 25c to 35c and 15c Towels Towels 100 9c —Frank Philbrick and sonwere in Fennimore Thursday to attend the funeral of a sister. Miss Emily Philbrick, formerly of Fennimore, who met accidental death a week ago at Albuquerque, N. M , where she was visiting. The remains were brought back by her mother, Mrs. S. J. Philbrick, who was with her. —School boards should take notice of the Hazelwood bill which has iust become a law. It provides that rural schools which nave maintain ed eight months school the preced ing year, provided supplementary readers and have an approved system of ventilation shall receive special aid to the amount of fifty dollars per year for three years. QUEEN QUALITY OXFORDS FOR WOMEN $2.50 $3.00 $3.50 PURCHASE PRICE REFUNDED ON EVERY SIXTH PAIR —The governor has signed the county training school bill raising the number from twelve to 1 wenty. making eight additional schools. The following counties are planning to locate schools: Lincoln, Barron, Vernon, Trempler.u, LaFayette and Rusk. —aII engineers on the railroads ot the country have be furnisheden with a classification of locomotive dfiles, train miles and car miles, by their respective employers as pre scribed by the interstate Commerce Commission. The engineers of the Northwestern have been cautioned by the officials to take care of the books which contain information which the enginemen ’should know. CHILDREN’S WASH DRESSES GREATLY REDUCED Neat and well made dresses of gingham, percale and madras at al most the cost of making- Sizes run age 4to 14 years. LOT 1. 25c wash dresses at 19c LOT 2. 75c and 50c wash dresses 39c LOT 3. SI.OO and 95c wash dresses 89c LOT 4. $1.90, 1.75, 1.50 wash dresses at $1.39 LOT 5. $3.00 and 2.50 wash dresses at 2.19 TWO snaps IN LADIES’ SUN SHADES Lot 1 Lot 2 About twenty-five colored White embroidered sun silk sun shades, some are shades bought to sell at slighly soiled. Worth up 2.00 and 2.50. SALE to 3.00. While they last PRICE 89c $1.39 —Did you ever stop to consider why the mail order houses all gave up their grocery departments just as soon as the pure food law went into effect? This little side move ment speaks volumes within itself. If they could sell you one hundred pounds of pure sugar one year ago at half the price your home mer chants ask there is no reason why they can’t do it today. If they were selling you an adulterated article, the reason why they quit the same is obvious. Now, if the government would pass an “all wool and a yard wide’’ law what would be the result, do you suppose? Don’t all speak at once, but think it oyer. WHITTEMORES 25c GILTEDGE SHOE-POLISH 15c 51.25 Yard wide Black P E A U DEIS O 1 E SILK 98c 15:c HOSE SUPPORTERS Black or White allJsizes 9c RUBY ROSE GLYCERINE SOAP 10c bars for 4c TANGLE TOOT STICKY ELY PAPER Per Double Sheet 1c LIMIT 5 to Ja customer