22665. Peoples State Bank (Lancaster, WI)

Bank Information

Episode Type: Run → Suspension → Closure
Bank Type: state
Start Date: June 1, 1923*
Location: Lancaster, Wisconsin (42.847, -90.711)

Metadata

Model: gpt-5-mini
Short Digest: 63644aa2

Response Measures

Full suspension, Books examined

Other: Bank placed in liquidation; commissioner of banking and special representative in charge; sheriff's sales and foreclosure actions followed.

Description

Contemporary articles describe a small run (deposits withdrawn after church faction dispute and rumors of discrepancies), arrival of state bank examiners on/around June 5, 1923, suspension/closing that June, arrests and embezzlement charges against officers, and subsequent liquidation/foreclosure actions in 1923–1925. No evidence of reopening; bank placed in liquidation/commissioner control.

Events (5)

1. June 1, 1923* Receivership

Newspaper Excerpt: Chas. L. Brown, special representative of the banking commissioner, who has been in charge at the bank since its close last June ... in relation to the liquidation of the Peoples State Bank of Lancaster, Wisconsin, a domestic corporation, and P. E. Moore, Defendants.
Source: newspapers

2. June 1, 1923* Suspension

Cause: Bank Specific Adverse Info
Cause Details: Following the run and rumors of record discrepancies and discovered shortages, examiners closed/suspended the bank; subsequent investigation revealed alleged embezzlement by officers (Basford, Pugh, Clark).
Newspaper Excerpt: The above is a concise statement of the events of the past week surrounding the Peoples State Bank suspension.
Source: newspapers

3. June 5, 1923 Run

Cause: Bank Specific Adverse Info
Cause Details: Depositors withdrew after a church faction dispute and circulating rumors that discrepancies would be found in the bank's records; underlying embezzlement/shortages later alleged.
Measures: State bank examiners were summoned; examiners took charge and investigated.
Newspaper Excerpt: The bank president's faction ... the priest's supporters immediately withdrew their money from the bank. The small run had not seriously impaired the institution, but it was rumored that discrepancies would be found ... Note Leads to Closing Bank. On the night of June 5 last, two state bank examiners arrived in Lan-
Source: newspapers

4. July 18, 1923 Other

Newspaper Excerpt: There was $4,757.26 state money deposit when the second bond was issued in 1920. When the bank suspended $11,763.56 state money was on deposit. The state of Wisconsin has begun action in Dane county against ten Lancaster persons who signed as bondsmen for the Peoples State Bank as a state depository.
Source: newspapers

5. October 24, 1924 Other

Newspaper Excerpt: BANK STATUS TO BE KNOWN IN A FEW DAYS Committee to Meet on Final Assets. A committee to pass on the assets of the suspended Peoples State bank will meet here this week ... The liabilities of the bank are about $312,000 and Mr. Brown has on hand around $17,000.
Source: newspapers

Newspaper Articles (15)

1. June 13, 1923 Grant County Herald Lancaster, WI

Article from Grant County Herald, June 13, 1923

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ACCUSED BANK OFFICERS READY 'TO FACE MUSIC' Justice to Move Swiftly in Local Case. PROGRESS IN PEOPLES STATE BANK TANGLE 4 p. m. Tuesday-C. H. Basford arrested on larceny charge. * 3 1. m. Wednesday-L. A. Clark * and J. Harold Pugh return to Lancaster with District Attorney Geo. B. Clementson. * * 8 a. m. Wednesday-Pugh and Clark arrested on embezzlement charge. * * 1 p. m. Friday-C. H. Basford held to now pending term of circuit court on charge of embezzlement. Bail set at $10,000. Bail provided by Adolph Vesperman, * So. Lancaster farmer. * 3 p. m. Friday-Pugh and Clark * held to now pending term of * * circuit court on embezzlement charge. Bail set at $10,000. Pugh bail provided by S. W. Doolittie. Clark bail provided by Lambert Groenier and Jos. Godfrey. * * 9 a. m. Monday-Pugh and Clark enter People State Bank to assist Examiner Edwards in * straightening out tangle. * * The above is a concise statement of the events of the past week surrounding the Peoples State Bank suspension. District Attorney Clementson in his statement elsewhere, fully covers the methods used in getting in touch with Pugh and Clark and their return to Lancaster. The two defendants who summarily ran away Saturday a week ago returned with Mr. Clementson Wednesday morning. They remained in the sheriff's custody until Saturday when bail was provided for them. While all three cases are set for the present session of court, on this week, it is considered unlikely that the Basford case will go to trial at once although Special Prosecutor Carthew expresses a willingness to try the case immediately. S. H. Taylor has been retained as counsel by Mr. Basford. It is said on good authority that both Pugh and Clark see the folly of their leaving Lancaster. They decline to state where they spent their time in Chicago. The boys got in touch with Mr. Clementson Tuesday through a Chicago intermediary. Mr. Clementson and Sheriff Edge went to Chicago that night and after some negotiation next day the district attorney saw the men personally. Touching letters from home asking both young men to come back and "face the music" no doubt had a good deal to do with their final determination to come peaceably. Examiner Edwards has made no exact statement as to the probable amount of defalcations and any statement made as to a specific shortage is untrue. Mr. Edwards says it will take some time to get at the bottom and determine the true losses whether large or small. The authorities are not optimistic as to there being no defalcations. In fact the opposite is inferred. Mr. Edwards has no opinion to express at present as to an actual condition of affairs in the bank. Pugh and Clark by their willingness to come back have helped matters appreciably and their offer to enter the bank and assist the exam-

2. June 13, 1923 Grant County Herald Lancaster, WI

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LOCAL ITEMS Elzie Dobson has a new Studebaker coupe of the latest model. Mrs. O. W. Damm visited Fennimore relatives over Friday. Miss Erma Terrill departed Thursday for her home in Wautoma, Wis. Miss Genevieve Ennor of Davenport, Iowa, has been visiting Lancaster friends. Miss Margaret Jordan went to Highland Friday for a visit at the Elmer Salzman home. Mrs. D. W. Baxter went to Mt. Ida gap Friday morning for a visit at the Percy Braudt home. Bert Krohn went to Stout Institute, Menominee, Wis., Monday to enter the Manual Arts college. Fred Megow and family departed Thursday for Milwaukee. From there they go to Harrisburg, Pa. Miss Marion McCullough went to Pra. du Chien Monday to visit her uncle, John. for a week or SO. Mrs. T. M. Young of Burlington, Jowa, is visiting relatives and friends at Glen Haven for several weeks. R. P. Ahern of the Dubuque Telegraph Herald was a week-end visitor with his wife and son in Lancaster. Dr. Hassell writes friends that after a distressing and hot trip west ne is now resting fine at Valmore, N. M. Miss Julia Sweeney was a passenger to Chicago, where she is visiting friends and relatives for a couple of weeks. Mrs. Louis Fischer departed Thursday morning for Paw Paw, Mich., where she will visit at the Leland Gorton home. Mrs. Alma Taylor Borah and Mrs. Jennie Mayne went to Platteville Monday to attend Normal summer school. The Baptist Lafayette Association, a group of ministers in South Western Wisconsin, met at Cassville Friday, Saturday and Sunday. Russell Batty and Miss Orah Moen, Montfort, and Miss Elizabeth Richards, Milwaukee, were mid-week visitors at the Ed. Batty home. Active work went on last week toward raising a new baseball fund. Assets of $1,200 were tied up in the Peoples State Bank suspension. John McCoy, Wauzeka, a recent graduate of the Platteville School of Mines, has entered the employ of the district highway office in this city. Mrs. Alice Calloway is in Oshkosh, as delegate from W. R. C. No. 47 to a state convention. She remains for a visit with her son, Laverne Calloway. Leroy Edwards of the University, spent the week-end visiting Lancaster relatives. Leroy graduates June 18, and has several good propositions in view. Miss Minnie Caspers went to Chicago Thursday to look up a stenographic position there. For the past year Miss Caspers has been employed by R. M. Orchard. Mrs. Jack Thorn and daughter, Eleanor, went to Cobb Friday to attend commencement exercises. Kenneth Lange graduated frmo Cobb high school Friday. Chas. Voelz, farmer on R. F. D. 4, has completely electrified his farm by installing a modern lighting plant. The "juice" extends to all buildings, including the hen house. Mr. and Mrs. Wallace Himes, Milwaukee, returned home Thursday after a short visit in Lancaster. Mrs. Emma Day, visiting the Himes family, has returned to Lancaster. Lancaster and vicinity were visited by a half inch rain Wednesday evening. This was the first rain fall for almost three weeks. Crops, gardens and pastures were greatly benefited. Plasterers finished the wall and ceiling work at the municipal building last week and began the marble work. Italian terra cotta and marble workers had charge of the last operation. Teachers Marie Schoeneman and Naomi Hanzlik left Lancaster Friday, having completed their year's work. Miss Schoeneman returns to Jefferson, Wis., and Miss Hanzlik to Cazenovia. Miss Hedwig Schuman went to her home in Milwaukee Friday, having completed the school year her as instructor in history and French. Miss Schuman will not return here next year. Dr. F. W. McNair and wife, Houghton, Mich., arrived last week for a visit with Miss Bessie McNair. Dr. McNair departed for home Friday afternoon. Mrs. McNair will make a more extended stay. Arthur Marlow, Stanford student, has been chosen by his fraternity to make a trip of four weeks east and may visit Lancaster friends. He is a

3. July 18, 1923 Grant County Herald Lancaster, WI

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# PEOPLES STATE # SURETY SIGNERS # CITED FOR SUIT The state of Wisconsin has begun action in Dane county against ten Lancaster persons who signed as bondsmen for the Peoples State Bank as a state depository. The total bond is $25,000. The bond was signed March 25, 1916, to cover state deposits the bondsmen being John C. Bailie. C. H. Basford, J. Harold Pugh, L. A. Chark, A. E. Lewis, Bessie Clark, O. W. Wright, W. P. Rowdon, Geo. Wieland and Harry F. Barnett. On Feb. 11, 1920, the bond was cancelled as to "new liability," and a second bond was executed. Basford, Pugh, Clark, Bailie, and Wieland were bondsmen of the second bond. There was $4,757.26 state money deposit when the second bond was issued in 1920. When the bank suspended $11,763.56 state money was on deposit. The liability of the first bondsmen seems to turn on the ambiguity surrounding the phrase: "Cancelled as to new liability." If this means that the bondsmen on the first bond were not liable for deposits following the cancelling of the old bond and the issuance of the new, they can only be held for misuse of funds up to Feb. 11, 1920, should any have occurred. Should the statute upon which the phrase is based mean something else, the status of these bondsmen is uncertain. There seems to be no doubt as to the liability of signers of the second bond. Mr. Rowdon has retained E. R. Walker as counsel. The state is represented by the Attorney General. The other defendants have not so far retained counsel.

4. October 24, 1923 Grant County Herald Lancaster, WI

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BANK STATUS TO BE KNOWN IN A FEW DAYS Committee to Meet on Final Assets. A committee to pass on the assets of the suspended Peoples State bank will meet here this week and determine the character and quality of the various listed assets of the bank. The committee will consist of a repthe state, Brennan & Carthew, the local attorneys of the bank and Chas. L. Brown, special representative of the banking commissioner, who has been in charge at the bank since its close last June. There is no truth in the report that Mr. Brown has given out a statement as to actual affairs. The liabilities of the bank are about $312,000 and Mr. Brown has on hand around $17,000. In addition to this are the other assets the character of which will be determined by the commission at its sitting. A report will be filed in circuit court the latter part of this week

5. December 13, 1923 The Republican Oakland, MD

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ROBBED BANK TO FRIGHTEN AIDS Former Head of Wisconsin Depository Freed by Jury. WEIRD YARN WON ACQUITTAL Charles H. Basford, aged former president of the defunct People's State Bank of Lancaster, Wis., confessed on the witness stand in his trial for embezzlement that he took $11,500 from the bank vault, kept it ten days, denied taking it when the district attorney accused him of it and returned the money when confronted by two other bank officers and the prosecutor. But a jury of ten farmers and two merchants acquitted him, because he said, he merely took the money to frighten the vice president and cashier of the bank, who, he said, were traveling a pace that was leading them and the bank to ruin. Basford, who is sixty-eight years old and comes from a wealthy pioneer southwestern Wisconsin family, resigned from the bank board in April, 1922. It was announced that ill health had forced his retirement. Andrew Zenz, a retired farmer, was elected president. Last May Zenz became involved in a controversy in the congregation of a local church. The bank president's faction finally succeeded in ousting Rev. Father G. Kaiser, and the priest's supporters immediately withdrew their money from the bank. The small run had not seriously impaired the institution, but it was rumored that discrepancies would be found if the records were examined. Note Leads to Closing Bank. On the night of June 5 last, two state bank examiners arrived in Lan-

6. November 12, 1924 Grant County Herald Lancaster, WI

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SHERIFF'S SALE In Circuit Court for Grant County, Wisconsin. Hannah Wenzel, as Executrix of the Estate of John J. Wenzel, deceased, Plaintiff, vs. Albert J. Henry and Florence L. Henry, his wife, Joseph N. Griswold, Lancaster State Bank of Lancaster, Wisconsin, a domestic corporation, Dwight T. Parker, as Commissioner of Banking of the State of Wisconsin, in relation to the liquidation of the Peoples State Bank of Lancaster, Wisconsin, a domestic corporation, and P. E. Moore, Defendants. By virtue of a judgment of foreclosure and sale made in the above entitled action on the 29th day of October, A. D., 1923, the undersigned, Sheriff of Grant County, State of Wisconsin, will sell at the north front door of the Court House, in the City of Lancaster, in said Grant County, Wisconsin, on the 20th day of December, A. D., 1924, at two o'clock in the afternoon of that day the real estate and mortgaged premises described by said judgment to be sold and therein described as follows:Commencing at the Northwest corner of the Northwest quarter of Section Twentyfive (25) in Township Five (5) North, Range Three (3) West of the 4th P. M., running thence along the center of the highway as it is now laid out and traveled in a Southerly direction until it intersects the highway running East and West across the Southwest quarter of said Section Twenty Five as the same is now laid out and traveled; thence East along the center of said highway to the North and South half Section line of said Section Twenty Five; thence North along the half Section line of said Section Twenty Five to the North line of said Section Twenty Five; thence West to the place of beginning, containing one hundred twenty acres more or less, meaning and intending hereby to convey all of the land owned by the said John J. Wenzel at the time of his death, in said Section Twenty Five North and East of the public highway as now laid out and traveled through said Section Twenty Five. Also the South half of the Southwest quarter of Section Twenty-four (24), Township Five (5) North, Range Three (3) West of the 4th P. M., all in Grant County, Wisconsin. Terms of said sale will be cash. Dated, the 30th day of October, A. D., 1924. JOSEPH H. EDGE, Sheriff of Grant County, Wis. Brennan & Carthew, Plaintiff's Attor38c6 neys.

7. November 19, 1924 Grant County Herald Lancaster, WI

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# SHERIFF'S SALE In Circuit Court for Grant County, Wisconsin. Hannah Wenzel, as Executrix of the Estate of John J. Wenzel, deceased, Plaintiff, vs. Albert J. Henry and Florence L. Henry, his wife, Joseph N. Griswold, Lancaster State Bank of Lancaster, Wisconsin, a domestic corporation, Dwight T. Parker, as Commissioner of Banking of the State of Wisconsin, in relation to the liquidation of the Peoples State Bank of Lancaster, Wisconsin, a domestic corporation, and P. E. Moore, Defendants. By virtue of a judgment of foreclosure and sale made in the above entitled action on the 29th day of October, A. D., 1923, the undersigned, Sheriff of Grant County, State of Wisconsin, will sell at the north front door of the Court House, in the City of Lancaster, in said Grant County, Wisconsin, on the 20th day of December, A. D., 1924, at two o'clock in the afternoon of that day the real estate and mortgaged premises described by said judgment to be sold and therein described as follows:- Commencing at the Northwest corner of the Northwest quarter of Section Twenty-five (25) in Township Five (5) North, Range Three (3) West of the 4th P. M., running thence along the center of the highway as it is now laid out and traveled in a Southerly direction until it intersects the highway running East and West across the Southwest quarter of said Section Twenty Five as the same is now laid out and traveled; thence East along the center of said highway to the North and South half Section line of said Section Twenty Five; thence North along the half Section line of said Section Twenty Five to the North line of said Section Twenty Five; thence West to the place of beginning, containing one hundred twenty acres more or less, meaning and intending hereby to convey all of the land owned by the said John J. Wenzel at the time of his death, in said Section Twenty Five North and East of the public highway as now laid out and traveled through said Section Twenty Five. Also the South half of the Southwest quarter of Section Twenty-four (24), Township Five (5) North, Range Three (3) West of the 4th P. M., all in Grant County, Wisconsin. Terms of said sale will be cash. Dated, the 30th day of October, A. D., 1924. JOSEPH H. EDGE, Sheriff of Grant County, Wis. Brennan & Carthew, Plaintiff's Attorneys. 38c6

8. November 26, 1924 Grant County Herald Lancaster, WI

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SHERIFF'S SALE In Circuit Court for Grant County, Wisconsin. Hannah Wenzel, as Executrix of the Estate of John J. Wenzel, deceased, Plaintiff, VS. Albert J. Henry and Florence L. Henry, his wife, Joseph N. Griswold, Lancaster State Bank of Lancaster, Wisconsin, a domestic corporation, Dwight T. Parker, as Commissioner of Banking of the State of Wisconsin, in relation to the liquidation of the Peoples State Bank of Lancaster, Wisconsin, a domestic corporation, and P. E. Moore, Defendants. By virtue of a judgment of foreclosure and sale made in the above entitled action on the 29th day of October, A. D., 1923, the undersigned. Sheriff of Grant County, State of Wisconsin, will sell at the north front door of the Court House, in the City of Lancaster, in said Grant County, Wisconsin, on the 20th day of December, A. D., 1924, at two o'clock in the afternoon of that day the real estate and mortgaged premises described by said judgment to be sold and therein described as follows:Commencing at the Northwest corner of the Northwest quarter of Section Twentyfive (25) in Township Five (5) North, Range Three (3) West of the 4th P. M., running thence along the center of the highway as it is now laid out and traveled in a Southerly direction until it intersects the highway running East and West across the Southwest quarter of said Section Twenty Five as the same is now laid out and traveled; thence East along the center of said highway to the North and South half Section line of said Section Twenty Five; thence North along the half Section line of said Section Twenty Five to the North line of said Section Twenty Five; thence West to the place of beginning, containing one hundred twenty acres more or less, meaning and intending hereby to convey all of the land owned by the said John J. Wenzel at the time of his death, in said Section Twenty Five North and. East of the public highway as now laid out and traveled through said Section Twenty Five. Also the South half of the Southwest quarter of Section Twenty-four (24), Township Five (5) North, Range Three. (3) West of the 4th P. M., all in Grant County, Wisconsin. Terms of said sale will be cash. Dated, the 30th day of October, A. D., 1924. JOSEPH H. EDGE, Sheriff of Grant County, Wis. Brennan & Carthew, Plaintiff's Attor38c6 neys.

9. December 3, 1924 Grant County Herald Lancaster, WI

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SHERIFF'S SALE In Circuit Court for Grant County, Wisconsin. Hannah Wenzel, as Executrix of the Estate of John J. Wenzel, deceased, Plaintiff, vs. Albert J. Henfry and Florence L. Henry, his wife, Joseph N. Griswold, Lancaster State Bank of Lancaster, Wisconsin, a domestic corporation, Dwight T. Parker, as Commissioner of Banking of the State of Wisconsin, in relation to the liquidation of the Peoples State Bank of Lancaster, Wisconsin, a domestic corporation, and P. E. Moore, Defendants. By virtue of a judgment of foreclosure and sale made in the above entitled action on the 29th day of October, A. D., 1923, the undersigned, Sheriff of Grant County, State of Wisconsin, will sell at the north front door of the Court House, in the City of Lancaster, in said Grant County, Wisconsin, on the 20th day of December, A. D., 1924, at two o'clock in the afternoon of that day the real estate and mortgaged premises described by said judgment to be sold and therein described as follows:Commencing at the Northwest corner of the Northwest quarter of Section Twentyfive (25) in Township Five (5) North, Range Three (3) West of the 4th P. M., running thence along the center of the highway as it is now laid out and traveled in a Southerly direction until it intersects the highway running East and West across the Southwest quarter of said Section Twenty Five as the same is now laid out and traveled; thence East along the center of said highway to the North and South half Section line of said Section Twenty Five; thence North along the half Section line of said Section Twenty Five to the North line of said Section Twenty Five; thence West to the place of beginning, containing one hundred twenty acres more or less, meaning and intending hereby to convey all of the land owned by the said John J. Wenzel at the time of his death, in said Section Twenty Five North and East of the public highway as now laid out and traveled through said Section Twenty Five.

10. December 10, 1924 Grant County Herald Lancaster, WI

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his wife, Joseph N. Griswold, Lancaster State Bank of Lancaster, Wisconsin, a domestic corporation, Dwight T. Parker, as Commissioner of Banking of the State of Wisconsin, in relation to the liquidation of the Peoples State Bank of Lancaster, Wisconsin, a domestic corporation, and P. E. Moore, Defendants. By virtue of a judgment of foreclosure and sale made in the above entitled action on the 29th day of October, A. D., 1923, the undersigned, Sheriff of Grant County, State of Wisconsin, will sell at the north front door of the Court House, in the City of Lancaster, in said Grant County, Wisconsin, on the 20th day of December, A. D., 1924, at two o'clock in the afternoon of that day the real estate and mortgaged premises described by said judgment to be sold and therein described as follows:Commencing at the Northwest corner of the Northwest quarter of Section Twentyfive (25) in Township Five (5) North, Range Three (3) West of the 4th P. M., running thence along the center of the highway as it is now laid out and traveled in a Southerly direction until it intersects the highway running East and West across the Southwest quarter of said Section Twenty Five as the same is now laid out and traveled; thence East along the center of said highway to the North and South half Section line of said Section Twenty Five; thence North along the half Section line of said Section Twenty Five to the North line of said Section Twenty Five; thence West to the place of beginning, containing one hundred twenty acres more or less, meaning and intending hereby to convey all of the land owned by the said John J. Wenzel at the time of his death, in said Section Twenty Five North and East of the public highway as now laid out and traveled through said Section Twenty Five. Also the South half of the Southwest quarter of Section Twenty-four (24), Tewnship Five (5) North, Range Three (3) West of the 4th P. M., all in Grant County, Wisconsin. Terms of said sale will be cash. Dated, the 30th day of October, A. D., 1924. JOSEPH H. EDGE, Sheriff of Grant County, Wis. Brennan & Carthew, Plaintiff's Attor38c6 neys.

11. July 22, 1925 Grant County Herald Lancaster, WI

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range five (5) west, Grant county, Wisconsin. Terms of sale, cash. H. F. Livingston, Sheriff of Grant county, 21c6 Wisconsin. Geo. B. Clementson, Plaintiff's Attorney. State of Wisconsin, County of GrantIn Circuit Court. William Hardy, as trustee, Plaintiff, vs. The Peoples State Bank of Lancaster, Wisconsin, a corporation, and D. T. Parker, as Commissioner of Banking of the State of Wisconsin in relation to the Peoples State Bank of Lancaster, Wisconsin, in process of liquidation, L. G. Hickok, Hugh C. Krebs and the Taylor Palmer Company, a corporation-Defendants. By virtue of a judgment of foreclosure and sale made in the above entitled action on the 9th day of July, 1924, the undersigned Sheriff of Grant county, Wisconsin, will sell at the front door of the building on the premises hereinafter described, on the 2d day of September, 1925, at one o'clock in the afternoon of that day, the real estate and mortgaged premises directed by said judgment to be sold and therein described as follows: Commencing at a point 36 feet South of the Northwest corner of lot One (1) in Block twenty-one (21) in the City of Lancaster, running thence East ninety-two (92) feet, thence south twenty-four (24) feet, thence west ninety-two (92) feet, thence north twenty-four feet to the place of beginning. Also a part of lot two of said block twenty-one (21) commencing at the northwest corner of said lot two (2) running thence east seventy (70) feet, thence south four (4) feet, thencè west seventy (70) feet, thence north four (4) feet to the place of beginning. Also an easement or right of way over a tract of land four (4) feet wide off the north side of said lot two (2) block twenty-one (21) aforesaid from the east line of said lot two and running west for a distance of fifty (50) feet. Subject to to the rights and privileges granted by George D. Utt to George Gibbs and conveying by this deed the rights granted by said George Gibbs to said George D. Utt by an agreement made between them dated April 13th, 1880, recorded in Vol. 91 of deeds on page 57 in the office of the Register of Deeds of Grant County, Wisconsin, also including all improvements thereon. Terms of sale, cash. 25 percent at time of sale and balance on confirmation and tender of deed. Dated July 20, 1925. HARRY LIVINGSTON, Sheriff. George F. Frantz and Kopp & Brunckhorst, Attorneys for Plaintiff, 23c6 Platteville, Wisconsin.

12. July 29, 1925 Grant County Herald Lancaster, WI

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Sheriff's Sale in Foreclosure. In Circuit Court, Grant County, Wisconsin. The Woodhouse & Bartley Bank, a domestic corporation, plaintiff versus Thomas McNamara, Mary McNamara, his wife, Des Moines Silo Manufacturing Company, a foreign corporation, and the Cassville Bank, a domestic corporation, defendants: By virtue of a judgment of foreclosure and sale, made in the above entitled action on the 9th day of July, 1924, the undersigned sheriff of Grant county, state of Wisconsin, will sell at the front door of the court house in the city of Lancaster, in said county, on the second day of September, 1925, at one o'clock in the afternoon of that day, the real estate and mortgaged premises directed by said judgment to be sold. and therein described as follows, to wit: Commencing at a point west of the road leading from Bloomington to Patch Grove, where the line between the lands owned by the Rooney estate and the Tornowski estate intersects the same; thence in a northerly direction along the west side of said road one hundred and twenty (120) feet; thence west or nearly west one hundred twenty (120) feet; thence south or nearly south one hundred and twenty feet (120) feet to the Rooney and Tornowski line aforesaid; thence east or nearly east one hundred twenty ((120). feet to the place of beginning. All in the north west quarter of the north east quarter of section twenty-six (26), town five (5) north, range five (5) west, Grant county, Wisconsin. Terms of sale, cash. H. F. Livingston, Sheriff of Grant county, 21c6 Wisconsin. Geo. B. Clementson, Plaintiff's Attorney. State of Wisconsin, County of GrantIn Circuit Court. William Hardy, as trustee, Plaintiff, vs. The Peoples State Bank of Lancaster, Wisconsin, a corporation, and D. T. Parker, as Commissioner of Banking of the State of Wisconsin in relation to the Peoples State Bank of Lancaster, Wisconsin, in process of liquidation, L. G. Hickok, Hugh C. Krebs and the Taylor Palmer Company, a corporation-Defendants. By virtue of a judgment of foreclosure and sale made in the above entitled action on the 9th day of July, 1924, the undersigned Sheriff of Grant county, Wisconsin, will sell at the front door of the building on the premises hereinafter described, on the 2d day of September. 1925, at one o'clock in the afternoon of that day, the real estate and mortgaged premises directed by said judgment to be sold and therein described as follows: Commencing at a point 36 feet South of the Northwest corner of lot One (1) in Block twenty-one (21) in the City of Lancaster, running thence East ninety-two (92) feet, thence south twenty-four (24) feet, thence west ninety-two (92) feet, thence north twenty-four feet to the place of beginning. Also a part of lot two of said block twenty-one (21) commencing at the northwest corner of said lot two (2) running thence east seventy (70) feet, thence south four (4) feet, thence west seventy (70) feet, thence north four (4) feet to the place of beginning. Also an easement or right of way over a tract of land four (4) feet wide off the north side of said lot two (2) block twenty-one (21) aforesaid from the east line of said lot two and running west for a distance of fifty (50) feet. Subject to, to the rights and privileges granted by George D. Utt to George Gibbs and conveying by this deed the rights granted by said George Gibbs to said George D. Utt by an agreement made between them dated April 13th, 1880, recorded in Vol. 91 of deeds on page 57 in the office of the Register of Deeds of Grant County, Wisconsin, also including all improvements thereon. Terms of sale, cash. 25 percent at time of sale and balance on confirmation and tender of deed. Dated July 20, 1925. HARRY LIVINGSTON, Sheriff. George F. Frantz and Kopp & Brunckhorst, Attorneys for Plaintiff, 23c6 Platteville, Wisconsin.

13. August 5, 1925 Grant County Herald Lancaster, WI

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State of Wisconsin, County of GrantIn Circuit Court. William Hardy, as trustee, Plaintiff, vs. The Peoples State Bank of Lancaster, Wisconsin, a corporation, and D. T. Parker, as Commissioner of Banking of the State of Wisconsin in relation to the Peoples State Bank of Lancaster, Wisconsin, in process of liquidation, L. G. Hickok, Hugh C. Krebs and the Taylor Palmer Company, a corporation-Defendants. By virtue of a judgment of foreclosure and sale made in the above entitled action on the 9th day of July, 1924, the undersigned Sheriff of Grant county, Wisconsin, will sell at the front door of the building on the premises hereinafter described, on the 2d day of September, 1925, at one o'clock in the afternoon of that day, the real estate and mortgaged premises directed by said judgment to be sold and therein described as follows: Commencing at a point 36 feet South of the Northwest corner of lot One (1) in Block twenty-one (21) in the City of Lancaster, running thence East ninety-two (92) feet, thence south twenty-four (24) feet, thence west ninety-two (92) feet, thence north twenty-four feet to the place of beginning. Also a part of lot two of said block twenty-one (21) commencing at the northwest corner of said lot two (2) running thence east seventy (70) feet, thence south four (4) feet, thence west seventy (70) feet, thence north four (4) feet to the place of beginning. Also an easement or right of way over a tract of land four (4) feet wide off the north side of said lot two (2) block twenty-one (21) aforesaid from the east line of said lot two and running west for a distance of fifty (50) feet. Subject to to the rights and privileges granted by George D. Utt to George Gibbs and conveying by this deed the rights granted by said George Gibbs to said George D. Utt by an agreement made between them dated April 13th, 1880, recorded in Vol. 91 of deeds on page 57 in the office of the Register of Deeds of Grant County, Wisconsin, also including all improvements thereon. Terms of sale, cash. 25 percent at time of sale and balance on confirmation and tender of deed. Dated July 20, 1925. HARRY LIVINGSTON, Sheriff. George F. Frantz and Kopp & Brunckhorst, Attorneys for Plaintiff, 23c6 Platteville, Wisconsin.

14. August 12, 1925 Grant County Herald Lancaster, WI

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State of Wisconsin, County of GrantIn Circuit Court. William Hardy, as trustee, Plaintiff, vs. The Peoples State Bank of Lancaster, Wisconsin, a corporation, and D. T. Parker, as Commissioner of Banking of the State of Wisconsin in relation to the Peoples State Bank of Lancaster, Wisconsin, in process of liquidation, L. G. Hickok, Hugh C. Krebs and the Taylor Palmer Company, a corporation-Defendants. By virtue of a judgment of foreclosure and sale made in the above entitled action on the 9th day of July, 1924, the undersigned Sheriff of Grant county, Wisconsin, will sell at the front door of the building on the premises hereinafter described, on the 2d day of September. 1925, at one o'clock in the afternoon of that day, the real estate and mortgaged premises directed by said judgment to be sold and therein described as follows: Commencing at a point 36 feet South of the Northwest corner of lot One (1) in Block twenty-one (21) in the City of Lancaster, running thence East ninety-two (92) feet, thence south twenty-four (24) feet, thence west ninety-two (92) feet, thence north twenty-four feet to the place of beginning. Also a part of lot two of said block twenty-one (21) commencing at the northwest corner of said lot two (2) running thence east seventy (70) feet, thence south four (4) feet, thence west seventy (70) feet, thence north four (4) feet to the place of beginning. Also an easement or right of way over a tract of land four (4) feet wide off the north side of said lot two (2) block twenty-one (21) aforesaid from the east line of said lot two and running west for a distance of fifty (50) feet. Subject to to the rights and privileges granted by George D. Utt to George Gibbs and conveying by this deed the rights granted by said George Gibbs to said George D. Utt by an agreement made between them dated April 13th, 1880, recorded in Vol. 91 of deeds on page 57 in the office of the Register of Deeds of Grant County, Wisconsin, also including all improvements thereon. Terms of sale, cash. 25 percent at time of sale and balance on confirmation and tender of deed. Dated July 20, 1925. HARRY LIVINGSTON, Sheriff. George F. Frantz and Kopp & Brunckhorst. Attorneys for Plaintiff, 23c6 Platteville, Wisconsin.

15. August 19, 1925 Grant County Herald Lancaster, WI

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State of Wisconsin, County of Grant- In Circuit Court. William Hardy, as trustee, Plaintiff, vs. The Peoples State Bank of Lancaster, Wisconsin, a corporation, and D. T. Parker, as Commissioner of Banking of the State of Wisconsin in relation to the Peoples State Bank of Lancaster, Wisconsin, in process of liquidation, L. G. Hickok, Hugh C. Krebs and the Taylor Palmer Company, a corporation-Defendants. By virtue of a judgment of foreclosure and sale made in the above entitled action on the 9th day of July, 1924, the undersigned Sheriff of Grant county, Wisconsin, will sell at the front door of the building on the premises hereinafter described, on the 2d day of September, 1925, at one o'clock in the afternoon of that day, the real estate and mortgaged premises directed by said judgment to be sold and therein described as follows: Commencing at a point 36 feet South of the Northwest corner of lot One (1) in Block twenty-one (21) in the City of Lancaster, running thence East ninety-two (92) feet, thence south twenty-four (24) feet, thence west ninety-two (92) feet, thence north twenty-four feet to the place of beginning. Also a part of lot two of said block twenty-one (21) commencing at the northwest corner of said lot two (2) running thence east seventy (70) feet, thence south four (4) feet, thence west seventy (70) feet, thence north four (4) feet to the place of beginning. Also an easement or right of way over a tract of land four (4) feet wide off the north side of said lot two (2) block twenty-one (21) aforesaid from the east line of said lot two and running west for a distance of fifty (50) feet. Subject to to the rights and privileges granted by George D. Utt to George Gibbs and conveying by this deed the rights granted by said George Gibbs to said George D. Utt by an agreement made between them dated April 13th, 1880, recorded in Vol. 91 of deeds on page 57 in the office of the Register of Deeds of Grant County, Wisconsin, also including all improvements thereon. Terms of sale, cash. 25 percent at time of sale and balance on confirmation and tender of deed. Dated July 20, 1925. HARRY LIVINGSTON, Sheriff. George F. Frantz and Kopp & Brunckhorst, Attorneys for Plaintiff, Platteville, Wisconsin. 23c6