The Wisconsin tobacco reporter. (Edgerton, Wis.) 1877-1950, 1903-12-25

~ in WOOdmen Hall the lSt and 30 THURSDAY
evenings of each month.
"A Merry Christmas to all the Re-
porter readers
The public schools closed Friday for
the two weeks holiday vacation.
Butter declined cent on the Elgin
market this week, selling at "a cents.
Albert Mas now gets his mail on
Route from the GAINESVILLE postoffice.
Mrs. Ware and daughter Olive will
pass Christmas with friends in Slough
ton.
james Greenwood has been seriously
i'll the past week with an attack of pneu
monia.
"A. w. Shumway and wife will enter
tain Chaucey Shumway and family on
Christmas day.
r. Ell. Pease of Fulton shipped
Shetland pony to F. M. Minshall at vi
roqua on Tuesday.
Fred Smith left Thursday morning
for Juneau, where he will pass short
vacation Win relatives.
"A baby boy was born to Mr.. and
Mrs James Whittet Thursday morning
December 18th, 1908.
Mrs. Allen Skinner and children of
Oconomowoc, are spending the holidays
with Edgerton relatives.
II. 3. Earle spent a portion of the
week at Rice Lake looking after his
farming interests located there.
Mrs. Chas. Wilson returned to her
home in Nebraska after spending several
weeks here with friends and relatives.
"A housewarming will be given the
II. J. Atwood new home by the Burdick
family gathering held there Christmas.
Prof. T. M. Jack, wife and children
are down from Sparta to pass the holi-
,day vacation with relatives and friends
here.
-Drexel Shelley returned home from
st. Johns Military Academy at Delafield
on Friday to pass the holidays with his
parents.
The masons have again resumed
their work on the tower of the new
Catholic church after being driven off
by the recent cold snap.
Christmas exercises and tree will
be held az st. Johns German Lutheran
church Thursday evening. Services will
also be held Friday and Saturday.
Miss Mary Mawhinney, who is en-
ployed as 1st assistant in the public
schools at Sharon, arrived here Saturday
to pass the holiday vacation with her
parents.
Miss Martha Sommerfeldt, who has
for long time been employed in Bah
cock & Birkenmeyer's department store,
is ill at her home in the eastern part of
the city.
Packages sent and packages receiv-
ed have kept the clerks at the postoifice
more than busy this week. And with
all this food of Christmas matter going
through the mails, mistakes very rarely
occur.
Last Friday evening members of the
Catholic church choir met at the home
of Mr.. and Mrs. Herbert L. Wilson
where delightful evening was passed.
A light luncheon was served. Mr.. and
Mrs. Wilson were presented with a
handsome chair.
On Christmas eve the members of
the NJ. E. Sunday School will have a
''mill' at the church. Appropriate exer-
cises will be held and the presents will
be distributed in the good old Santa
Clause style. All members and their
friends are invited to join in these exer-
cises
The market price of turkey has not
deprecated a single cent since that
proud bird and a large number of his as
sociates were slaughtered for the Thanks
giving feast. From seventeen to twenty
cents is asked for the Christmas fowl,
and he is not as numerous in the shops
as one would suppose at that price.
Upon receipt of telegram Monday
morning announcing the death of his
mother, Geo. Rea departed for Falkton,
S. D., Monday afternoon. Had Mrs. Rea
lived until next February she would
have been ninety years old. Her death
resulted from injuries received by fall
last November. The remains will be
taken from Falkton to Iowa for inter-
ment