The Wisconsin tobacco reporter. (Edgerton, Wis.) 1877-1950, 1900-09-21
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been stopping with his brother in this
city.
&C. w. Birkenmeyer, of the firm of
Babcock & Birkenmeyer, is in Chicago
this week buying new stock of dry
goods for the fall trade.
james Sweeney, who has been help
ing DR.. Nicholson the past few weeks,
returns to Chicago soon to continue his
studies at the North Western Dental
College.
Miss Minnie Brown, Alyce Ebbott,
Grace Perry, Sarah and Mary Mawhin-
ney and Lou Kaufman left on Tuesday
for Beloit to take up studies in the col
lege there.
Rios real estate agent, J. Fl. Jur-
gerson, was in Edgerton last Saturday.
Mr.. Jurgerson has two announcements
elsewhere in this issue, which you will
do we'll to read.
Mrs. James Burns of Edgerton, a
daughter of Mr.. and Mrs. Thomas Lacy
6l3 Clymer ST., is at the parental home
taking care of baby boy, recently add
ed to the family circle. Madison Dem
ocrat
Roger Watson and Alex. Armit de-
parted on Monday for Downing, ILL.,. to
pay visit to the family of VIM. Watson
They went awheel and will be gone
about three weeks.
| Arthur Sickles, of Evanston, who
was member of the Edgerton ball
team for several seasons, has been visit
ing among his old friends here during
the week while trying to recuperate his
health after severe sickness.
John Barlow and Ed. Farnsworth,
of Dayton, Wis, were in Edgerton Tues
day and Wednesday. Mr.. Barlow says
he has eight acres of tobacco that is the
banner crop of Green county. It is Sc
cured free from any rust, hail. hoppers
or wind and will go about eighteen hun
dred to the acre.
Mrs. D. A. Haskins was in Milwau-
kee the greater part of last week select
ing and trimming large assortment of
new fall hats for her trade. They will
be opened up and ready for inspection at
probably be the finest and latest display
of new styles ever shown in Edgerton.
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Thursday evening number of neigh
bors gathered to witness the opening of
ten buds on night blooming cereus.
By ten o'clock there were ten handsome
blossoms and fash-ight pictures were
taken of them. 1t was twelve o'clock
before the last of the guests departed for
home and most pleasant evening was
passed.
The Badger State Telephone Co. be-
gan the work Monday of building the
long deferred toll line from Edgerton to
Stoughton and Fort Atkinson. The poles
are already up as far as Albion and the
constructive will be pushed as rapidly
as possible. It is expected that Albion,
Stoughton, Amos, Ft. Atkinson, Rock
dale and Cambridge will all be connected
with the independent line that covers
most points in southern Wisconsin this
fall.
In the erection of new buildings and
the laying of cement walks about town
it very frequently happens that corner
and block stakes are removed or covered
up and their location entirely lost sight
of. What the city of Edgerton needs is
a city engineer to properly locate and
care for these stakes when the case de-
mands it. The charter provides for the
office of city engineer and one certainly
ought to be elected by the common
council.
The season for monstrosities in the
way of fruit and vegetables is at hand
In the window at Mr. Mawhinney's meat
market there rests gourd which would
certainly capture prize if exhibited at
the county fair. It is forty inches in
length, eighteen inches around at the
large end and tips the scales at fourteen
pounds strong. The gourd was grown
in Fred Beesman's garden, and during
the summer the vines furnished an un-
limited number of handsome blossoms
For amateur purposes Fred thinks his
gourds would make excellent base ball
clubs.
On Monday evening an Edgerton
audience was treated with the produc
ton of Shakespeare's most bloody trag-
edy, Hamlet. 1t was presented by the
Slayton New York Stock company sup
porting Mr.. John Arthur, an English
actor of considerable note. Mr.. Arthur
in the role of Hamlet displayed all the
emotional nature of the young Danish
prince in the trying scenes through
which he passed and showed him to be
an actor of wide experience and from