The Wisconsin tobacco reporter. (Edgerton, Wis.) 1877-1950, 1906-04-06
Mrs. j. A. Jensen was Chicago Wis.


Miss Genevieve Tanner of Oconomo-
voc is guest at the home Of Mrs. L. H.
Towne.
II. a. Perry has issued invitations
for special suit and coat sale at his
store Monday. April 9th.
Mrs. e. G. Tallard and younger
children departed yesterday for Joliet,
Ill., on visit to her mother.
Miss Mae White, teacher in the Be-
lott schools, is spending her vacation
with her sister, Mrs. J. A. Jensen.
H. N. Hesgard and wife of Oxford
vile were guests of R. j. Maltpress fam
lily couple of days this week.
Mrs. G.. P. Touton visited in Fort
Atkinson the first of the week. Miss
Nellie Mcmillan returned with her for
short stay.
Still another child of the Fred Sher-
man family-the baby-has succumbed
to scarlet fever during the week, making
three deaths since the affection came
upon them.
"A young daughter of Mr.. and Mrs.
Theo. Olson of Stoughton died Thurs
day morning at the home of Hans liver
son near the gravel store, whose family
Mrs. Olson was visiting when the child
was taken sick with scarlet fever.
Funeral services over the remains of
little Max Goede, three year old son Of
Paul Goede and wife, were held from the
home Sunday afternoon, Rev J. G. Spill
man officiating. Interment was made in
Fassett cemetery.
Mrs. j. S. Hutson of Stoughton
called upon Edgerton friends Wednes-
day. She has recently returned from a
few months stay in California and was
over a week on the road getting back
owing to washouts and snow slides n
the mountains.
Robert Maltpress returned the fore
part of the week from Brooklyn where
he had been engaged as foreman in the
sorting room of the United Cigar COM
pany's warehouse. Before leaving he
was presented with handsome gold
ring by the sorters.
The continued prevalence of scarlet
fever makes it inadvisable to open the
public schools next Monday as was in
tended The disease is not gaining but
the board of health thinks it wise to
keep the schools closed for another week
at least.
Politically, Mike Smith is a regular
western cyclone, sweeping everything III
it's pathway. When Judge Grna an
nounced his candidacy, Michael threw
his coat skyward and started in to clean
up the city in his favor, He did it, bag
ging plurality of fifteen in favor of the
Jefferson county candidate. Michael
boarded the first train for Jefferson on
Wednesday to whisper the good tidings
in Judge Grimm's ear. In elections to
come your uncle Michael will be count
ed an old wheel horse
March was a colder month than
either January or December and only
few degrees warmer than February,
which proved to be naturally the coolest
of the season. The temperature of
March was the same as that of January
but 4.3 degrees above that of February.
But for three cold days in January the
average would have been higher, the
thermometer having fallen to 0. 6 and s,
while in March the lowest figure was g.
which points was reached twice.
"A portion of the Head Addition, be-
tween town and the race track, is to be
thrown open for sale. This tract con-
tains some of the best building lots to be
had in our city at reasonable figure
and on easy terms. Their nearness to
town and high and dry location makes
them desirable property to own as
speculation, if not for building purposes.
Read the big adv. on another page and
then consult Geo. Farman, who is agent
for the property, for prices etc.
A gold watch is a very appropriate
present to make any man. Sam Peder-
son has one that he prizes very highly,
and particularly SO on account of the
manner in which it came to his posses
sion. He has charge Of the sorting room
at Ellingson's warehouse this season and
in appreciation of the just treatment to
all, the help presented him with gold
watch. Sam can usually find words
with which to express himself, but on
this occasion they failed to come at his
will and it was some little time before
he could collect enough together to form
short sentence with which to thank
the donors.
Twenty hundred head of ewes
were purchased by DR.. E. L. Shepard on
the western ranges during his recent
visit which will arrive this week at
Sparta where arrangements have been