The Wisconsin tobacco reporter. (Edgerton, Wis.) 1877-1950, 1906-08-17

guest of friends in Edgerton this week.
E. G. Hopkins is looking after his
landed interests in the Kickapoo again.
Mrs. Fay of Chatfield, Mimi, is
guest at the home of Mrs Robt Attlesey.
Many of our young people attended
dance at Fulton Wednesday evening"
Blanche and Shirley Shumway have
been visiting with friends in Madison
this week.
Charles Wilson of Lincoln, .Neb., is
guest at the home of Fred Barton and
wife.
Mrs. F. G. McReynolds and two lit
tie sons are visiting at the home of her
parents in BoscobeI.
Mrs. O. L. Rosencrans of Oconomo
voc, is a guest at the home of her
daughter, Mrs. L. Ell. Towne.
w. F. Kuthie is moving his family
into their new home on Rollin street,
just completed, this week.
Miss Mary Morrissey of Racine and
Alice and Rose of GAINESVILLE are visiting
at the parental home here this week.
Mrs. Linnevold and daughter left
Saturday for Red Wing. MINI, for
three weeks visit to her parents there.
John Ruosch is tearing down the old
August Lempke home preparatory to
building a new residence on the prop
erty.
Mrs. J. A. Jensen and daughter re-
.ured Thursday from a ten weeks visit
with relatives at River Falls and st.
Paul.
Mrs. j. G. Helms, accompanied by
her sister, Mrs. Haigkt, left Thursday
for Chicago to visit with relatives for
few days.
Two of the largest classes in the
Congregational Sunday school held an
enjoyable picnic at Lake Kegonsa on
Wednesday.
The Modern Woodmen picnic at
Charley Bluff yesterday drew large at
tendance and everybody present had
pleasant time.
John and Thomas Barnes and their
families of Belvidere, ILL.,, are being en-
tertained at the home of their brother,
VIM. Barnes.
1okt Sotn rIay for
Minneapolis. She will be absent about
four weeks and will pass the time visit
ing with her son.
Mrs Morris Johnson and Misses
Pound and Thorpe of Madison were en-
tertained at the home of Mrs. George
Gary Wednesday.
ALI Hammerquist was at Fort At
kinson Monday, where he says he saw
go barrels of carp, caught out OF Lake
Koshkonong, loaded for shipment.
The Ladies Society of the Norwe-
gian Lutheran church will meet with
Mrs. Andrew Hoen and Mrs. Chris Han
son in the church basement Aug. 23d.
Miss Mamie Gunderson of Slough
ton, who has been studying for trained
nurse in Chicago for some time past, is
visiting relatives in Edgerton during the
week.
DIR. Henry Ogden and wife of Fort
Atkinson, and w. G. Gilbert, wife and
daughter of Evanston, ILL.,, were guests
of the Ogden families here the first of
the week.
The work on the new reservoir at
the water works station is progressing.
The trenches are now about completed
and the circular wall about half com,
pleted. Supt Morrissey is not having SO
much trouble to keep the water down,
although pumps are run night and day.
The work of installing the new heat
ing plant at the public school building
is now we'll under way. The old hot air
furnaces that have been in use are being
reduced to scrap iron and car load or
more of junk will be disposed of. 1t is
expected that the new plant will be in
readiness for use when school opens next
month.
Chicken thieves ars still plying their
vocation in this city, and to pretty good
advantage. Paul Goeda had about
hundred April chickens, we'll fed and
ready to market. One night last week
his roost was robbed of thirty eight of
the choicest ones. To save any further
trouble, Paul shipped the balance of his
flock to the city market and received
top notch price.
For seventeen years A. w. Shumway
has regularly attended to the labors in
his shop, never having taken what might
be called vacation. But his time has
come at last and he is now passing a
four weeks outing, and his chair in the
shop will be presided over by Charles
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