The Wisconsin tobacco reporter. (Edgerton, Wis.) 1877-1950, 1901-06-07
y. W. COON, EDITOR and Publisher

The A. O. u. w. meet next Wednes-
day evening in G. A. R. Hall.
w. A. Shelley looked up the cloth
ing market in Chicago on Tuesday.
Mrs. II. E. Miner of Natick, R. l.,
passed Sunday with friends in this city.
Seats on sale for the senior class
play Friday morning at the usual place.
Mrs. G.. FL. Banks Of Fort Atkinson,
passed Sunday with relatives in this city.
DIR. Shepard and wife took trip to
Chicago Wednesday over the new short
line.
Atty Ell. S. Sloan made trip to
Chicago over the new short line on
Tuesday.
Miss Inger Hoen visited at Beloit
Memorial day and Friday with Miss
Grace Perry.
There will be morning and evening
services at the Norwegian Lutheran
church next Sunday.
The senior class will give comedy
drama entitled "a Soldier of Fortune"
Wednesday. June II.
The missionary society of the Con-
gregational church will meet with Mrs
Robt. Attlesey Friday afternoon.
The fremen meet next Monday eve
ming to drill for the tournament to be
held at Elkhorn June 49, 20 and 81.
New head gates were put into the
fume at the Indian Ford dam Sunday
shutting off the power for nights run.
&C. O. Shannon represents the local
lodge at the meeting of the Grand Lodge
of Odd Fellows being held in Milwaukee
this week.
The Misses Edna and Lutte Pom
eroy went to GAINESVILLE on Thursday to
attend commencement exercises of the
High School in that city.
W. T. Pomeroy and Fred Carrier
were in Whitewater the latter part of
last week in the interests Of the Edger-
ton Electric Light company.
E P. Bennett leaves the employ of
the Reporter office at the close of this
week to take clerkship in the office of
commissioner of statistics at the capitol.
DIR. Shepard and family have been
entertaining the doctors brother and
bride from Ohio during the week past,
having stopped off here on their wedding
trip.
All members of the alumni associa-
ton of the Edgerton High school are
cordially invited to attend the banquet
to be held on Friday evening, June Ia,
at the Carlton hotel at eight o'clock.
Eight new houses are in progress of
construction within one block of Wash
ington street and other parts of town
are not much behind in the spirit of i'm
provement in Edgerton this season.
j. X. Thorvildsen, the noted lectur-
err and musician of Eau Claire, will
speak on temperance in the Norwegian
Lutheran church Friday evening, June
7th at o'clock. He is an excellent
speaker and a fine violinist. The lect-
ure is given in the Norwegian language.
Admission free.
Prof. Frank M. Jack of Milwaukee
South Side High school and for a few
years principal of the Edgerton schools,
has been appointed state school inspec-
tor for a term ending Jan. 1st, 1908.
The appointment is made under a law
passed by the last legislature providing
for state aid to the graded schools and
carries comfortable salary. The many
friends of Prof. Jack in this city will be
pleased to hear of his promotion.
A delegation of about forty Odd
Fellows from the Milton and Milton
junction lodges came over Saturday
evening to assist the local order in con-
ferring degrees upon candidates in
waiting. Light refreshments were
served in the banquet room at Royal
Hall at the close of lodge work and the
fraternal spirit that prevailed was great
ly enjoyed by all in attendance.
About thirty friends of Mr.. and
Mrs. HI. S. McGiffin forcibly gained en-
trance to their home during the absence
of the family Wednesday evening and
arranged all the details for passing
pleasant evening, even to providing a
dainty lunch. A genuine surprise
awaited the postmaster and wife on their
arrival home and it took them some time
to realize what it all meant. The good
intentions of the friends implicated was
made manifest in the presentation of a
handsome leather rocker as memento
of the occasion.
The observance of Memorial day
drew the customary large crowd to our
city. The business houses were closed
during the hour of exercises at Royal
Hall. The program as announced here
tofore was carried out and both the lit