The Wisconsin tobacco reporter. (Edgerton, Wis.) 1877-1950, 1903-07-10

of the American Cigar company at Mad
ison, passed the 4th in Edgerton.
Miss Gertrude Spencer arrived home
from Boston last Thursday accompanied
by a friend, Miss Nichols.
! Mr.. Geo. Stevens or Fort Atkinson
was a guest at the home Of Rev. A. w.
Stevens Saturday and Sunday.
The Ladies Aid Society of the Nor
wegian Lutheran church will meet at
, Mrs. John Johnsons, Thursday, July It,
August Peter, Fred Hosfeld and
Will Lenius Of Rockford, were enter
tanned by Edgerton friends from Satur-
day until Monday.
Guests OF J. w. Conn and wife the
past week were john Conn and wife,
A. A. Anterior and sons, Johnnie and
Charlie, of Albany.
II. B. Earle's family moved up to
their cottage at Lake Kegonsa Wednes-s
day, which will be their home until the
cooler weather Of fall.
Excavation for the new vault at the
cemetery has been commenced. K. Ire
vorrah secured the contract and the
work will be pushed until completed.
j. @. Emery & Son have been ship
ping a number of their Poland China
pigs of late. In one county alone nine
of them were shipped to five different
men.
Harry Levy came up from Chicago
to spend the 4th in Edgerton. He will
return here some time in August to take
charge of the store while his father takes
short vacation.
Eugene Goesslin loaded a car with
household effects Thursday for shipment
to Chippewa county, where he has been
engaged to take charge of a farm owned
by Dr. Cleary and his brother.
Elmer Davis, who went to New Mex
leo and afterwards to southern Califor-
MIA few months ago for his health, re-
turned last Friday very much improved.
His journey has proven very beneficial.
Rev Spillman, James Ogden, John
Rusch, Albert Rusch, Carl Bartz, ST.,
Carl Bartz, Jr, Mrs. Stanke and E. M.
Ladd have been putting cement walks
along their residence property the past
week.
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I. A. & B. society are requested to be
present at the next regular meeting,
July 18th, as there is important business
to transact which will require full at
tendance. go
Mrs. T. w. Coon and Mrs. G. V.
Bardeen and daughter, Florence, of
Madison, left Sunday morning for the
East with the intention of spending
month with friends in the vicinity of
New York, Boston and Philadelphia.
james Crapsey was out from Mil
waukee this week to arrange for the
transfer of his homestead to Mr.. Lay.
Mr.. Crapsey is one of the pioneers of
Edgerton and for nearly forty years was
employed by the st. Paul railway at this
station.
The Ladies of st. Johns Lutheran
church will give picnic in Schoemach-
er's grove on Saturday, July 18th. There
will be games and sports for the enter
tainment of all who come, and refresh
ments found on the grounds. Every
body Invited.
j. M. Conway shipped his promising
young trotting mare. MENDOZA, to Aus
tin, ILL.,, Monday, where she is entered in
the races this week. She will be driven
by Gus Drager, and later will follow the
northern Illinois circuit to Ottawa, Au-
rora, Streeter and other track meets.
&C. 81. Babcock, wife and two daugh-
tiers, Marie and Dorothy, the Misses
Carrie and Maude Trevorrah, Mel Con-
way and Ralph Lidicker compose par
ty who are enjoying cottage life on the
shores of Lake Ripley. They left here
last Tuesday and will be absent about
two weeks.
The closeness of the vote by which
the erection Of new primary school
building was authorized at the annual
meeting Monday-41 to 37-shows that
the sentiment OF the town is pretty even
ly divided on the proposition. The
doubtful wisdom of placing any more
buildings on the present school grounds
is where the division of sentiment &C.
ours
The explosion of lamp in the home
of Peter Hanson caused fire alarm to
be turned in about 10 o'clock Wednes-
day evening, and while the department
was not needed, there was some lively
work done by the family in extinguish-
ing the fire before all danger was over.
A lamp standing upon table under
meath hanging lamp was probably the