The Wisconsin tobacco reporter. (Edgerton, Wis.) 1877-1950, 1901-12-27

Harry McChesney is home from
Houghton, Michigan, for the holidays.
Mrs. Fl. J. Stangl is spending the
holidays at her old home in Muscoda.
Mrs N. A. Goss is visiting with her
daughter, Mrs. Potter, in GAINESVILLE.
Robert Maltpress of Rockford, ILL.,,
passed Christmas with relatives in this
city.
Robert Green Of Lodi passed few
days of the week with his friends in this
city.
Mrs. A. Summers of GAINESVILLE was
a visitor in Edgerton the first of the
week.
Prof Clark is attending the State
Teachers Association meeting in Mil
waukee.
Henry Harvey and wife passed
Christmas with relatives at their old
home in Center.
will Earle of Sparta, with the Amer
lean Cigar Co., was calling upon Edger-
ton friends yesterday.
Frank Heddles and wife of Evans
willie passed the Christmas holiday with
Edgerton relatives.
Ticket No. 987, held by Mrs. VIM.
Bartz, drew the $15 doll given away by
the Fair store Christmas day.
j. w. Kurtz and wife went to Sun
Prairie Tuesday to pass the Christmas
holiday with relatives there.
"A marriage license was issued Mon
day to John G. B. Young of Edgerton
and Eleanor Klinger of Fulton.
Frank Talmadge, who travels for a
Photographic supply house, called upon
friends here during the week.
-..---Thos. Quigley, an old gentleman 81
years of age, residing east of town, is
dangerously i'll with pneumonia.
"A gasoline lamp exploded in the
postoffice at Kilbourn Monday and the
mail was barely saved from destruction.
Mr.. E. H. Harlacker, principal of
the 9Th ward school at Eau Claire, was
an over Sunday visitor with Prof. Clark
in this city.
Attorney E. M. Laid has removed
his office into the new Schmelling block
where he has an attractive suite OF
office rooms.
Sheriff Maltpress and family and HI.
S. McGiffin and family were up from
GAINESVILLE to attend family gathering
Christmas day in Edgerton.
The Birmingham & Hixon Lumber
Co. recently suffered $4,000 loss in a
fire at lumber mill at Medford, The
property, however, was covered by insur-
ance.
Wesley Allen and wife of Fulton, R
Alverson and family of Koshkonong and
Miss Pearl Chamberlain of WATERFOWL
ate their Christmas dinner with S. J
Thwing's family in this city.
Mr.. and Mrs. Chas. F. Tallard, Sr
of Connecticut, gave their sons in this
city pleasant surprise Sunday evening
by their unexpected arrival in Edgerton
They will remain during the holidays
with the families of E. G. and Chas. F.
Tallard.
Richard Leary arrived home Monday
after an absence of nearly four years
He started in the spring of 9S for the
Klondike gold mines by the Edmonton
trail with thousands of others none OF
which ever reached the coveted gold
mines. After many hardships he reach.
ed the Alaskan coast and later returned
to Vancouver Since then he has been
working at his trade in Oregon, Wash
ington and other western states.
Allie Mcintosh of GAINESVILLE visited
his parents here over Sunday. While
here he announced that he would retire
from the tobacco business with the close
of the year. On January 1st he enters
the employ of the New York life Insur-
ance company and is given a territory
embracing Appleton, Oshkosh and
Fond du Lac and few other towns ia
that locality. He will probably remove
his family to Appleton.
"A number of Edgerton friends at
tended the funeral of Will w. Porter
which took place from the Congrega-
tional church in GAINESVILLE on Sunday
afternoon, including Mr.. and Mrs. L. B
Earle, Mr.. and Mrs. Henry Johnson
FL. w. Child, Andrew and Will Nc Intosh
A. S. Flagg, F. W. Coon, Joel Thomp
son, Geo. w. Doty, and F. w. Mckinney
Messrs. Earle and Child were selected
as pail bearers. Both the X. P. lodge
and the tobacco men of Edgerton con
tributed very handsome floral designs.