Vernon County censor. [volume] (Viroqua, Wis.) 1865-1955, 1900-08-22
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Il 1D1esnlng mas commenced q IN edrueSi
throughout this county.
Viroqua schools will open for the
year on September third.
Saturday was the hottest day of the
year. from sunrise to sunset.
DIR. w. E. Butt and wife of LaFa rge,
visited in Viroqua, Friday.
Miss Nettie Bates of Retreat visited
friends in the city on Friday.
Money to loan on real estate. In
qNire of Attorney c. Ii. Minshall.
Editor Maiben and Fl. NJ Pond
drove over from Readstown last week.
John Hengle came down from Sparta
on Friday, and transacted, business in
the city.
A factory has been opened in third
ward, for the manufacture of the Brown
patent broom.
Misses Ada and Margaret Graves
spent seve7 e. days with their grandma
ther at Sparta.
Melvin r. Gauper took short va
cation from his duties in the Lindemann
department store
State convention for the nomination
of democratic ticket is being held in
Milwaukee, today
Miss Millie Lake entertained her
Sunday school class at her home, last
Wednesday evening. All had pleasant
and enjoyable time
Edward J. Mulick an attorney of
Minnesota, was admitted to practice in
Wisconsin courts on the 18th instant,
in Judge Wyman's court.
Joseph Morrison, on Friday, fell
from tobacco shed on which he was
working on B. c. Dinsdales farm, in
the town of Liberty, breaking two ribs
AMI fracturing the elbow joint on his
right arm.
John Pritzlaf, one of Milwaukee's
oldeat business men, died on Friday last.
He was widely known by virtue of hav-
ing been at the head of the great Pritzlaf
hardware company for more than fifty
years.
Their many friends in Viroqua and
elsewhere in the state will rejoice with
editor and Mrs. J. FL. Frazier of Viola
over the advent of little daughter into
their household. The CENSOR extends
heartiest fraternai congratulations
Any defects and shortage of local,
editorial or general disarrangement of
the CENSOR this week may be charged
to the absence of Editor Munson, who is
in Crawford county looking over the
political skies with reference to renom-
in$tfon for senator
Married, at the home of J. A. Norris
Saturday. August IL, in Cashton, Van
S. Hawkins of the town of Clinton, and
Miss Parr, of Stark, Vernon county, q.
G. Taylor officiating. A large number
of friends were present and supper was
served. -Cashton Record.
Thousands of bushels of apples will
go to waste this season. There is no
great demand for the early grown varie-
ties and what demand there is is at such
prices that busy people think they can
not afford to pick and market them.
We never had so many and such fine
apples as this season
We are in receipt of copy of the
Breckenridge Telegram, paper publish
ed in Brec kenridge, Mimi, the home of
John Stevenson, formerly of this coun-
ty, in which we notice that Mr.. Steven
son took quite an active part in the
republican county convention held at
that place.
"A La Crosse news item is to the
effect that several residents of that city
are suffering with blood poison as a
result of coming in contact with water
of the Mississippi river. 1t is believed
by medical men that something exists
in the water at this time of the year
that is causing the trouble.
II am switchman," writes Al.
Jennesse, of 9201 Butler St Chicago,
and am out in all kinds of weather l
took a cold which settled in my kidneys
and was in very bad shape. l tried sey
eral advertised remedies with no benefit
until | was recommended to take Fol-
EY'S KIDNEY CURE Two-thirds of
bottle cured me. A. J. Johnson & Co.
One of the largest fleets that ever
went down the Mississippi river passed
DeSoto the latter part of the week, in
charge Of Capt Pickley of Dubuque,
who has just completed big govern
ment contract between Trempealeau
and Winona The fleet consisted of the
steamer Marie J, nineteen barges, four
quarter boats, an Office boat and two
'grasshoppers" used in constructing
willow dams.
Reports from all sections indicate
that the bulk of the corn crop is now
well advanced toward maturity, and
with seasonable weather the early plant
ed portion will be safe from frost by
the 1st to the 10th of September. Prac-
tically the whole crop will be in condi-
tion to withstand anything short of
hard freezing weather by September
Is to 90 Much will be in condition to
cut by Sept l.
The republican caucuses throughout
the county fall on Saturday, September
first-in the townships at three o'clock
in the afternoon, and in villages at 80
in the evening 1t is important that
these primary meetings be well attended
that fair expression of the party may
be had in the nomination of candidates
at the convention to follow on Septem-
ber 8 The CENSOR urges upon repub-
lcans the duty of attending the caucuses.
"A traveller in Japan says that in
that country every one is clean. Even
the tramps take warm bath every day
if they can raise penny to pay for it,
and if not they take cold bath for
nothing. They carry comb, toothpick,
razor, toothbrush etc, and are as care
full to be presentable as any citizen
Can anyone imagine an American tramp
taking a bath or combing his hair We
are ahead of other countries in almost
everything but tramps.
The county fair is less than a month
distant. Everything indicates a most
successful exhibition and programme
of races and other drawing cards that
will make it the big fair of all the forty
four held in the county. September 18th
is the first date a time when farmers
will have their crowding work fairly
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