The Wisconsin tobacco reporter. (Edgerton, Wis.) 1877-1950, 1907-12-20
Local Happenings

"A Merry Christmas to all our readers
The Elgin price of butter is % cents.
John Henderson and daughter visit
ed relatives in Whitewater Sunday.
Mrs. F. w. Coon passed sunday at
the home of her daughter in Evansville
Mr.. L. Muffiey of Boscobel is visiting
at the home of his daughter, Mrs. F. G.
McReynolds,
Picture show at Royal hall Satur-
day evening. It's good and we'll worth
the price Only ten cents.
Mr.. w. T. Pomeroy has been con-
fined to his home several days this week
with an attack of the grip.
Fred Phifer and daughter came
down from Lacrosse Saturday for a
short visit with Edgerton relatives.
Mr.. and Mrs. w. a. Leedle were
called to Chicago Tuesday to attend the
funeral Of an aunt of Mrs. Leedle.
There can be no more acceptable
Christmas present than to order The
Reporter sent to some distant friend.
Try it.
Correspondence intended for Christ
mas week should be forwarded early.
The office force would like to observe
the holiday.
Relatives here have been informed
OF the arrival of daughter at the home
of DIR. and Mrs. Sylvester at Mineral
Point on Friday last
F. /. Doudna, principal of schools
at Poynette, paid visit to friends here
Friday. He was accompanied by Mr..
Richards of the same place.
The little child of Ferd Gessert and
wife, who has been seriously ill the past
two weeks, is now on the road to recov.
cry.
j. F. Kaunzner, the Fort Atkinson
monument man, has been erecting a
handsome monument on the Court
wright lot in Fassett cemetery this
week.
About six inches of damp snow
came Friday night and Saturday, enough
to bring out the bells and runners, Civ
ing us the first run of sleighing of the
season.
Rev. F. c.. Richardson and wife left
Wednesday morning for Whitewater at
which place Mr. Richardson performed q
v~oovr; rxo ,oraroopv FOR piaoo of Mro
Richardson on Thursday
Please do not overlook the fact that
you can secure your choice of the two
leading Chicago daily papers and The
Reporter for one year for the small sum
of So. so in hand paid
There are only few days left in
which to make your holiday selections.
Look through the advertisements of this
issue and it may help you in deciding.
Edgerton merchants have the goods and
are selling them right
On account of business depression
the Ringing Bros. have decided not to
put the Forepaugh-Sells show on the
road next season, but the year following
the show will no doubt be run on a
larger scale than ever before.
The Milwaukee papers announce
that L. FL. Keller, former pastor of the
Congregational church here, will relin-
quish his charge in that city to accept
the passionate of church at Fond du
Lac at considerable increase of salary.
Miss Ruth Watson has been &C
cepted for scholarship in the Ravens
wood hospital at Chicago and has COM
menced three year course. In letter
to relatives here she speaks in terms Of
highest praise of the conduct of the hos
pital and says it has large patronage.
DR.. Bussey, formerly of Albion Prairie.
is at the head Of the institution.
On Thursday, Dec. 18th at half past
five in the afternoon, Bernhardt, the
five months old son of Mr.. and Mrs.
Otto Schuett, was called to his heavenly
home. Funeral services conducted by
Rev. Charles Spilman, were held from
st. Johns German church Sunday after
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made in Fassett cemetery.
The mother of United States Sena-
tor Knute Nelson of Minnesota, sur
rounded by her three children, has just
celebrated her 93d birthday at the home
of her son, William, near Deerfeld. De-
spite her advanced age, she retains all
her faculties, is around her home daily
singing old Norwegian songs and hymns
and reading her Norwegian books and
papers. She keeps special track of the
''doings" of her son, the senator, through
the papers.
The delays occasioned to railway
traffic through the use of the big mogul
engines of the 100 type is not surpris-
ing. Friday morning as one of these en-
gines was heading into the west siding