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The Wisconsin tobacco reporter. (Edgerton, Wis.) 1877-1950, 1904-02-26
North Albion Prairie.

Miss Lena Heble of Albion has been
spending the past week with friends at
Oakland Center.
@ Carlson delivered his crop of 1908
tobacco to Tom Ellingson at Edgerton
on Wednesday.
Gust Gunelson purchased two fine
cows on Thursday, the 18th, at the
Svenson auction.
Walter Carpenter and Miss Lena
Heble visited with relatives at East Oak
land on Sunday.
Hans Christoferson Of Liberty Prairie
vas an over Sunday visitor at his uncle's
Ole Guthru's the past week.
Our farmers begin to feel as though
the stripping of tobacco is about thing
Of the past for this winter as most Of
them have about finished the tedious
Job.
90 Wigsemoen commenced work this
week Monday for 2 Saunders as clerk
in the store at Amos. He takes the
place Of Mr. Hanson who recently re
signed.
Perry Saunders has been sick this
week with an attack of pneumonia, but
at present writing is considered much
improved.
@ Aas and sister, Emma, and Miss
Hilma Kranvick spent Tuesday evening
with Misses Anna and Charlotte john
son and report fine time.
At this writing Oscar P ABBY of Amos
IS reported dangerously i'll, and it is re-
ported that the attending physician has
but little hopes of his recovery.
II Thostenson and S P Saunders ship
ped two car loads of extra fine cattle of
their own fattening from the Edgerton
feeding station to the Chicago market
on Tuesday evening.
0 FL Carpenter and son started out
with their gasoline saving machine Mon
day morning and We are informed that
they have work enough engaged to keep
them busy from now on till the roads
break up in the spring.
Hans Hanson, who has been clerking
the past six months for S Saunders at
Amos, has severed his connections the
past week with his duties there and in
tends moving with his family to Michi-
gan in the near future.
Mr. Herman Momland died very sud.
denly one day the past week and his re-
mains were laid at rest Saturday in the
cemetery at the Eastern Lutheran
church. The particulars appertaining to
his death we were not able to procure al
this writing.
We are informed that Amos is going
to have another boom again this spring
in the way of another new modern build
ing, to be used expressly for telephone
purposes only. We are informed thai
the work has got to be so great that two
ladies have been engaged to officiate in
order to give the public chance to al
Hollow Ealloo at their leisure.
The Wisconsin tobacco reporter. (Edgerton, Wis.) 1877-1950, 1904-02-26
CORRESPONDENCE.
Albion.

g. Miss Zoe Painter was at home owe
the Sabbath.
Mrs G E Crosley visited GAINESVILLE
friends last Friday.
Helen Lawton mas been numbered
with the sick this week.
i, Mr. and Mrs Washington Potter are
among the sick this week.
Frank Lester, who has been i'll with
: pneumonia, is able to be out again.
l., LII Touton. who has been quite sick
+ for some time, is able to be out again.
=, Rev TT VanHorn of Brookfield, n 7
has accepted the passionate of the 3 IL b
:; church.
Mr. and Mrs Chas Smith have been
entertaining company from Geneva the
past week.
= III Green has been papering and
paintirg the prayer room OF the cnurch
this week.
DE Babcock returned Friday from a
two weeks visit with his parents in New
York state.
Quite a number from here attended
the funeral of E w Babcock at Edgerton
last Sunday.
Mrs L C Burdick is spending the week
at the home of her son, DR. A j. Burdlck,
: in GAINESVILLE.
Harold Babcock, Chas Michel and
Miss Ella Crosley were over from Milton
over the Sabbath.
Mr. and Mrs B E Coon of Milton WIS.,
4 ut r, Toon'c an6 attCpdn6 PHurPh
here last Sabbath.
A telephone was placed in Clifford
Cranes residence this week-No. 2Ol,
three short one long ring. This fills line
No. POI.
Next Sabbath will be the last one of
the present passionate. Rev S FL Bah
cock will preach special sermon at that
time and desires full attendance of the
society.
Last Sunday was the 43rd anniversary
Of the marriage Of Rev and Mrs S III
Babcock. About seventy-five of their
friends made up a surprise for them.
Refreshments were served and the even
ing spent in socia bility. The guests left
dozen sterling silver teaspoons as re-
minder of the occasion together with
wishes for many happy returns of the
day. .
Paul Painter and family desire
through these columns to return thanks
to the many friends who by word and
deed rendered such timely assistance
during the Sickness death and funeral
exercises of the wife and mother. We
would especially mention the quartette,
who furnished music, also Mrs Q En-
cry, the Modern Woodmen and Mrs
Clifford Crane for their floral offerings
Sarah A, daughter of Thomas and
Deidamia Baker Benjamin. and wife of
Paul Painter, was born in Alfred, n Y,
Jan rs, 1924, and died at her home in
Albion Feb IS, 1904. Some time after
her marriage she was converted and
Joined the Albion S D B church of which
she remained a worthy member until her
death. She leaves an aged husband,
two sons and their families, besides a
large circle of other relatives and friends
to mourn her loss. Funeral services
were conducted by the pastor. Rev S Ell
Babcock, from the S d B church on
Sabbath Feb 10Th, at 1870 N, inter
ment in Evergreen cemetery.
The Wisconsin tobacco reporter. (Edgerton, Wis.) 1877-1950, 1904-02-26
sumner.

SuullcEe
T. Christensen is visiting relatives at
Cambridge this week.
Joint School Dist No l closed school
Friday for months vacation.
Miss Ada Ansley returned home last
Saturday from Milton Junction.
Mr. Went of North Dakota visited his
aunt, Mrs James Tilden. last week.
Mr. and Mrs Roy Kalment visited rela-
tives at Johnsons Creek last Sunday
TV Kumlean has rented his farm and
March.
Miss Bronty of Rockdale, a music
teacher, was here looking for pupils last
Saturday.
A number from here attended the
funeral of Mrs Paul Painter of Albion
last Saturday.
The Ladies Aid Society are making
preparations for bazaar to be held
some time in March.
Frank Wileman spent a few days last
week visiting his BROTHER, Alfred, and
family of Milton Junction.
k)llOS WI lOl Iuol lAou1 ChC LSO I'LL
mer of light,
Rocky Mountain Tea works for man
kind both day and night,
That's why it is famous the world DER
and DER,
1t will not let you turn over and take
another snore. Perry & Doty
Cambridge.
1t is rumored that Suffer Bros. have a
majority of their creditors in line to set
tie for % cents on the dollar.
Mr. and Mrs O Ell Thompson were up
from Edgerton last Tuesday evening to
attend the old folks party and visit
friends.
Prof John T Haight was obliged to 60
home last Monday morning and has
since been housed up with the German
measles.
A telegram from Council Bluffs an
nounces that Holbrook Z Estill, who is
wanted there for the alleged passing of
forged drafts, has been arrested at Kala-
mazoo. Mich. Estill represented him
self as travelling salesman. for steel
concern at Cambridge, Wis, and is al
legged to have cashed drafts purporting
to have been signed by @ G May, cashier
of the International Bank of this village.
There has been change made the
past week in the firm of Texley & Bag
ley. Mr. Ell o Texley, the senior member
of the firm, has withdrawn and Mr. Cas-
par Bagley will hereafter be sole propri-
etor. Mr. Texley, who is getting along
in years, did not feel like being tied
down so closely to business and there
fore withdrew, although most of his
spare time in the future will be spent in
the old establishment.
The Wisconsin tobacco reporter. (Edgerton, Wis.) 1877-1950, 1904-02-26

Pretty Miss Nellie Hascomb, Omaha:
Il owe my good looks and health to Hol-
listers Rocky Mountain Tea. Have fully
regained my health" Tea or tablets. IS
cents. Perry & Doty.
The Wisconsin tobacco reporter. (Edgerton, Wis.) 1877-1950, 1904-02-26
DeerfeId.

Jens Orwald of Liberty Prairie, who
has served for three years with the reg
ular army in the Philippines, arrived
home the latter part of last week.
The village board has ordered from N
| M Nelson tower for the new bell. The
tower will be 20 feet above ground 1t
will be placed near the old tower.
| Anton Sveen, working for John Rome
in Christiana, got caught in the belt OF
a gas engine one day last week and was
twisted around quite violently several
times but no serious damage resulted.
Ole Simonsen suffered very serious
smashup to the gasoline engine in his
mill last week. If he had been obliged
to send to the factory for the broken
parts the repairs would have cost him
between $500 and $400. He called N M
Nelson to looi; at the damaged parts and
he contrived some braces which made
the engine practically as strong as before.
The stockholders of the Deerfield
Creamery company held their annual
meeting at the village hall last Saturday.
Secretary Herman Quammen and Treas
urer Emil Schenk submitted their an
nual report which showed year of very
prosperous business. Every stakeholder
present seemed pleased and grateful to
the officers for the faithful and efficient
manner in which the years business had
been conducted.
The Wisconsin tobacco reporter. (Edgerton, Wis.) 1877-1950, 1904-02-26

1t isn't how much cold cream a
woman puts on her face but how much
Rocky Mountain Tea she takes inside
that brings out real beauty. HOLSTERS
Rocky Mountain Tea compilations stay.
IS cents. Tea or tablets. Perry & Doty.
The Wisconsin tobacco reporter. (Edgerton, Wis.) 1877-1950, 1904-02-26
Milton Junction.

Milton Junction.
Mrs L Odenwalder, who has been very
i'll with pneumonia, passed away early
Wednesday morning at her home west
of the village. She leaves husband
and six children.
The new medical laboratory of the Cod
man Medicine Co has been fitted up in
the Hayes block over Conn, Schmidt &
Roberts store, and a force is now at
work putting up the various prepara-
tons handled by the firm. Several sales
men will shortly be sent out.
Mr. and Mrs A D Buten, who have
been spending the winter with relatives
at Omaha and other western points, re-
turned Tuesday evening. Mr. Buten
says the weather is fine in Nebraska and
that he has not seen any snow until he
reached Illinois on the homeward jour
ney.
The community was greatly shocked
Wednesday evening to hear of the death
of r B Hull, which occurred Wednesday
afternoon at his home at Otter Creek.
Mr. Hull had been sufferer for some
time with catarrhal trouble of the blad-
der but has not been considered criti-
cally i'll until within the past few days.
There is strong possibility that the
city incorporation of Milton and Milton
Junction may be carried out without in
terfering with the two postofices. A
message was received Tuesday from Hon
Ell A Cooper, irtimating that different
rulings might be obtained granting the
retention of both offices in event of the
incorporation.
The Wisconsin tobacco reporter. (Edgerton, Wis.) 1877-1950, 1904-02-26
HaneryiIle


Will Clifford is hauling straw from
here this week.
Tobacco buyers were riding through
here last Saturday.
School was closed Monday, it being
Washington's birthday.
Henry Thronson was seen On our
streets the first of the week.
Ora Tracy is still on the sick list. DR..
McChesney is attending him.
Mrs Thomas Burns and family of Ley
den spent Monday at John Burns
Quite few of the farmers have de-
cided to raise sugar beets this coming
year.
Winnie Smart was through here last
week with his buzz saw and cut wood
for Cruise Guam and Murray.
M j Doran left last Tuesday for a
pleasure trip to Virginia and willevisit
Williamsburg, Richmond and Washing
ton before returning.
The Wisconsin tobacco reporter. (Edgerton, Wis.) 1877-1950, 1904-02-26
Fulton.

Topics for the sermons next Sunday
Morning, "Contentment with Goodness
evening, How to VIM"
Robt Lee of GAINESVILLE spent Sunday
with Mr. and Mrs Frank Pearson.
Quite number in our community are
on the sick list: no one seriously.
An interesting play IS to be presented
in Stewards hall in the near future by
members of the Omnia Club.
Rev A A Wood, J E Wallin and Basha
Pease we're elected as program commit
tee at the Omnia Club last Friday night.
We are glad to see Mr. and Mrs D F
Sayre, Sr, back home again after an ab-
sence in GAINESVILLE and Edgerton OF
about two months.
The following persons were elected as
the lecture course committee for next
season.. Rev A A Wood, James Sayre,
Benz Towns, Miss Edith Raymond.
The debate at the Omnia Club last
Friday night was regarded the best OF
the season. The question was, "Resolved
that men were drawer in ancient than in
modern times" The judges decided in
favor of the negative.
Last Saturday night was gwen the 4Cn
and last number of the lecture course,
"The Passion Play of Oberammergau,"
by DR. j Lewis. It was indeed rich
treat and was eagerly received by
crowded house. The Fulton lecture
courses have always been of very high
grade and have Justly won an enviable
reputation. Notwithstanding the low
price of the course tickets-one dollar
the committee has been ablesto pay all
bills and still have very little surplus.
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Editor Cooper, or THE CoLoRED AMER
ICAN, has so many good things for his
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an eight-page paper. This shows that
THE CoLORED AMERICAN is not only
holding it's own, but is doing more
The Star Of Zion
The colored American., 1904-10-15

THE COLoRED AMERICAN, of Washing
ton. D. c., will shortly issue a twelve
page paper weekly-seventy-tw col
umns of reading matter. Under the
able management OF Editor Cooper it
has forged ahead till it earned the
name of Monarch of the Weeklies. -
The Western OUTLOOK.
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THE COLoBED AMERICAN, a local heb
domadal, published In the interest Of
the eolored people, came out in a new
dress and with q beautiful heading
Saturday. 1t is one Of the best news
papers in the country edited by col
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PAPERS.


The ideal race newspaper, and pub
lished at the Capital Of the Nation,
is THE CoLORED AMERICAN. 1t is clean.
newsy. and ably and fearlessiy edited.
1t Is the organ of no clique or faction,
but fearless champion OF the coIored
people everywhere. It's columns TEEN
with news Of the day. rejecting the
best sentiments as well as the doings
and achievements of the race every
where. Read what the Negro press
says:
THE CcLoRED AMERICAN is already a
great newspaper, printing forty-eight
columns each issue. 1t aims to print
seventy-two columns. May its friends
aid it to its realization-The Whining
ton Record.
Mr.. Edward Cooper, manager OF THE
COLeRED AMERICAN, Washington, D. c.,
is unQuestionably the abIest all-round
newspaper manager of our race, if re-
suits are to settle the Question.-The
NeIC South.
THE CoLoRED AMERICAN $, without
question, the greatest newspaper pub
lished by colored men; every coIored
editor should take off his hat to Mr.
COOper.-The LeGVenS0orth Herald.
The COLoRED AMERICAN, of Washing
tor, D. c.. comes every week. brim
FIJI and running over with good
things; Brother Cooper is one Of the
best newspaper men of the country
The Huntsville Journal.
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THE CoLORED AMERICAN, In short
space Of three years, has gone TO the
front at the Nations Capital. It's man
ager, e. E. Cooper, holds a unique
position in colored journalism, being
the pioneer Of illustrated Journalism.
The colored American., 1904-10-15

TIE CoLoRED AMERICAN is without
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lngs Of the lawmakers Of the great
Republic may be had pure and fresh,
and submitted to the people for their
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In connection with the hospital is a
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SUMMER RESORTS.

Madre's Park, situated on the Eek
ington and Suburban Line, at the cor
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CoIored Citizens of the District Of
Columbia Testify Their Appre-
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Washington's Elite Turn Out in Large
Numbers to Hear the Story OF Her
Trip to Berlin, Germany-A Feast
of Reason and Flow ( Soul.
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@ahI AIIeHuSHlp and admiration for the
host of the evening.
Mrs. TERRELL'S ADDRESS.
Mrs Terrell was then escorted to
the front of the rostrum, by DR.. J. R.
Wilder, but it was a few minutes be-
fore she could speak so thunderous and
enthusiastic was the applause given
her. Her response beggars descrip
tion. 1t was only such a speech as
Mary Church Terrell could deliver
and for twenty minutes she charmed
the audience with a pen picture of he1
trip abroad. She spoke without notes
and had perfect command of herself
The Washington Post, speaking of heI
address. said:
Mrs. Terrell said that it was only
because she felt that she represented
not only the AfrO-American women
but the entire race, that she decided in
the face of advice to the contrary tC
attempt to address that great body Of
intelligent and progressive women il
German, and again in French.
Mrs. Terrell is a Washingtonian By
adoption and for several years was 6
member of the board Of eddca
ton. She is a graduate of Oberlir
College, holding two degrees, A. 2.
and A. NJ, and has had the added ad
vantage of thorough study in Paris
Berlin, and Florence.
''She was touched last night by the
heartiness of the reception rendered
her.
When she stepped forward she wa:
warmly greeted, and it was several mo
ments before she could proceed. She
began by giving credit to her parents
for educating her and to her husband
for enabling her to use her talents IL
behalf of the women of her race
Coming to the incidents of the con
vention in Berlin, she paid high trib
ute to the Germans. stating that shc
doubted that the women of any Other
nation in the world could arrange 1
meeting which would surpass tha
held in Berlin. She was the only rep
resentative of the African race at tn,
Congress, and she declared that The
courtesy accorded her was equal t
that extended to any other delegate
there. She was entertained at the
home Of one of the prominent families
of Berlin. Her hostess gave her no
a room, but a suite, with a maid tC
attend to her wants. She spoke OF the
courtesy Of the Count Won Buelow, Am
bassadOr Charlemagne Tower, Princes:
Maria Rohan, and other notables. She
praised particularly the Countess o1
Warwick, who was to have addressed
the Congress, but was unable to at
tend. The countess left her country
seat and went to London to receive
Mrs. Terrell on her return from Ber
lin. Mrs Terrell spoke at several
places in London before sailing for the
United Stats.
''She said that there was absolutely
no prejudice against the colored peo
pie in France or Germany. In Eng
land, she said, there was a slight antip
athy to the dark races, but no OBJ