The Wisconsin tobacco reporter. (Edgerton, Wis.) 1877-1950, 1902-07-11

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DIR. Nicholson is receiving a visit
from his mother whose home is at Au-
rora, Ill.
Robert Greene and wife were down
from Lodi to attend the Fourth of July
celebration.
Half fare is given by all railways for
4 the republican state convention at Madi-
1 son next Wednesday.
The top price of live hogs was $500
in Chicago Tuesday, beef $3.50, and corn
sold the highest price of the season, 9Oc.
Mr.. and Mrs. A. Gilbertson and Mr..
and Mrs. T. Gdee of Beloit, were visitors
at the home of M. G. Nelson over the
Fourth.
Miss Mamie Pollard has returned to
her position in the Milwaukee Free Press
office after vacation spent at her home
in this city.
The Ladies Aid society of the Con-
gregational church will meet Wednesday
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Perry. A good attendance is desired.
Mrs Carrie Nation, whose reputa-
ton like that of Geo. Washington was
made with Ratchet, will speak at the
Monona Lake Assembly on Thursday
afternoon, July Oath.
The wet weather is now interfering
with haying which is we'll under way in
the country districts It is an abundant
crop but is being gathered under diff
culties.
Rev III. A. Stub of Minneapolis, one
of the oldest ministers in the Synod, will
speak in the Norwegian language on
pioneer Days" next Sunday morning at
1870 in the Lutheran church
john and Charley Mooney and their
sisters, Miss Mamie and Mrs. Geo. Car
michel, of Madison came down to attend
our 4th of July celebration and greet
their friends in Edgerton.
Paul Doerr and family were up from
Evanston, Ill, to pass the Fourth IN Ed
ton. Mrs. Doer and children will remain
for some time with her mother, Mrs.
Charles Stricken.
The Albion Cornet band will give an
ice cream social on the town hall lawn
on Wednesday evening, July 18th, 1902
Music will be discoursed by the
band and a cordial invitation is ey-
tended.
The storm Sunday night was very
severe in the vicinity of Deerfeld, Utica
and Cam bridge. There was tremend-
Gus downpour of rain that flooded tina
lowland and the storm was accompanied
by gale that blew down good many
tobacco sheds in that territory.
Mrs P, NJ. Ellingson is in hospital
in Chicago where she submitted to a
surgical operation last week Mr.. Filing
son returned from there Monday and re-
ported her condition most favorable.
She will be home in about three weeks
VIM. G.. Stricken was sitting on the
railing at the race track on the Fourth
watching the races. A friend came along
and gave him little push and he fell
backward to the ground breaking bis
arm at the wrist. The fracture, though
not of the worst type, will lay him up for
several weeks,
! -Dannie Mccarthy, son of Mr.. and
Mrs. D. E. Mccarthy celebrated his
fourteenth birthday Saturday evening
to which many of his young friends were
invited. The guests passed pleasant
evening and presented their host with a
gold ring as a remembrance of the occa-
sion.
In the list of proposed extensions to
the water works pipe line published last
week, was an omission of one branch
which had been petitioned for by prop
erty owners. The petition called for an
extension on Swift st. to Doty ST. as
we'll as to the Hitchcock corner on AL
bion road.
If any one doubts it was noisy 4th
in Edgerton they ought to have seen the
wagon loads of giant cracker stubs.
rocket sticks and other rubbish that were
swept up and carted away by the street
commissioner when it was all over. 1t
is believed that none of our dealers had
any explosives left on his hands.
"A divorce was granted in the circuit
court on Friday to Mrs. Mary Stricken
of this city from her husband, VIM.
Stricken, on the grounds of desertion and
failure to support. The defendant is
now serving his second term in states
prison. The plaintiff was granted the
custody of the six children. L. E. Get
tie appeared as attorney for the plaintiff.
&C. G. Biederman has 10 acre field
of winter wheat on the Warner farm,