The Wisconsin tobacco reporter. (Edgerton, Wis.) 1877-1950, 1906-01-05
Miss Jennie LiDdas of Kenos

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week.
Mrs. Jennie Taylor came up from
Chicago to pass portion of the holidays
with Miss Minnie johnson.
The Ladies Society of st. Joseph's
church will give card party in T. A. q
B. hall next Wednesday evening, Jan. 10.
Bills will soon be distributed an
nouncing bargains in all lines at Conn &
Schmidt's for one week, commencing
January 9Th.
Mr.. and Mrs. e. S. Lord, Mr.. and
Mrs. Oscar Jensen, Mrs. j. D. Whittet,
Mrs. G. P. Touton and Nels Nelson and
family passed the New Year with rela-
tives in GAINESVILLE.
Little Ruth Birkenmeyer, daughter
of Mr.. and Mrs. G. w. Birkenmeyer, has
been quite ill with pneumonia during
the week but is improving. The baby
sister is now afflicted with the disease.
Misses Lucille Culton, Nellie Bentley
and Madge Wilson take part in the pro-
gram of concert given under the direc-
ton of Miss Alberta Crandall at Milton
next Thursday evening, Jan. 18th.
Roller skating will soon furnish
amusement for the young people here.
A force of workmen are engaged in put
ting the floor of Royal hall in good shape
and rink will be opened there in the
near future.
The G. A. R. and w. r. G. have ar
ranged to have joint installation on
Tuesday evening, Jan. 9th. All mem
bers are requested to be present. Oys-
ters will be served by the Corps after in
stallation.
The Ladies Society of the Congre-
gational church will meet with Mrs A.
S. Flagg Jan. 10th. At this meeting the
ladies will donate the S. earned for the
building fund. All interested are cor
daily invited to attend. A full atten-
dance is desired.
The history of the Burdick family,
prepared by Mrs. T. J. Atwood and read
at the Christmas gathering last week,
will be found on another page of this
paper. There IS much of historical in
terest to the early settlers in this COM
munity contained in this article. The
matter will also be printed in pamphlet
form to be more convenient for preserv-
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lilies of Wisconsin.
For appropriating coal that belong
ed to the railway company, G. w. Will
liams was given ten GAYS leave "f a"
sence and consigned to the tende' .ntr
cies of Sheriff Cockrane by Judge Smith
Tuesday. "Tut" was discovered in the
act of helping himself to the fuel, fol-
lowed to his abode and compelled to re-
turn the bag of coal to the company's
bin. Then Marshal Campbell insisted
upon his explaining his action TO Judge
Smith with the result as noted.
"A Romance of Coon Hollow" will
be presented at Royal hail. Tuesday
evening, Jan. 9th. The play will be here
with all the effects used in the original
run at the Fourteenth Street theater,
New York In the wood landing scene
is introduced a rollicking melange of
songs and dances by troupe of colored
boys and girls, including a splendid
quartette of vocalists. The play is now
in it's eleventh successful season on the
road and is one of the most popular en-
tertainments travelling. A select com
pany will interpret the characters Seats
on sale at Ash's Saturday morning, Jan.
9Th.
The annual Farmers Day which
had been arranged by the Rock County
Sugar Company for visit to the fac
tory on December 28th, proved a good
deal of disappointment. Preparations
were made to entertain several thousand
beet growers, whereas only few hun
dred attended AS a result some 800
pounds of beef, several thousand sand
wiches and seventy five gallons of coffee,
prepared for their dinner, was given to
the poor of the city by the sugar factory
management. Bad weather had much
to do with the slim attendance but there
is another reason. The growers are los
ing their interest in beet culture, this
much is surely evident.
The annual meeting of the Albion
Mutual Fire ms. Co. was held in the
town hall in Albion Tuesday, in which
all old directors were elected as follows:
Nick Anderson, O. o. Lien, VIM. Bussey,
Daniel Pierce, J. G. Hanson, J. E. Wes-
colt and o. NJ. Olson. The report of the
years business showed that the COM
pany has sustained the greatest number
of losses in its history, aggregating over
$1,000. These, however, have been paid
out of the surplus earnings, still, leaving
balance of over $4,000 on hand. The
company is one of the oldest in the state