The Wisconsin tobacco reporter. (Edgerton, Wis.) 1877-1950, 1907-12-27

Christmas holiday with Edgerton rela-
tives.
-Nordahl Peterson is home from
Minneapolis for short vacation and to
pass the holiday season with friends in
this city.
John Pearson, wife and daughter at
tended family gathering at the home
OF County Clerk Lee in GAINESVILLE on
Christmas day.
John J. Culton came home from
Bonita, La, Tuesday, where he has been
several months looking after the inter
ests of the Whittet- Culton Cypress Co.
The servises at the Norwegian church
Sunday will be conducted in English.
Mr.. Adophus Gunderson will preach.
The servises on New Years day will be
in Norwegian.
A. B. Shannon, wife and family were
down from Portage and attended the
family gathering at the home Of G. 0.
Shannon on Christmas day. Mrs. Shan
non and children will remain here until
after New Year.
Mr.. and Mrs. r. P. Manard and Miss
Alice Manard of Oak Park, ILL.,, we're
Christmas guests at the John Bowen
home Mr.. Manard returned Thursday,
while Mrs. Manard and Miss Alice will
remain few days.
The Misses Cora, Marie, Hilda and
John Berry of Preston, Wis, while on
their way to Chicago to spend Christmas
holidays with relatives there, stopped off
here and spent Saturday with their
brother Andrew Berry, and wife. :
Remember one thing, that is the
fact that Judge Willis Brown will fill
the next date OF the lecture course, at
Royal hall, Wednesday evening, Jan. 9Th.
It will be we'll worth hearing, for the
Judges reputation as an entertainer is
unquestionable.
Services at the M. e. church Sun
day morning at the regular hour; COM
munion and reception OF members. In
the evening the pastors theme will be
Things That Are New" Tuesday even-
ing watch night services Of an appropri-
ate nature. All are invited.
&C. e. Sweeney, the real estate deal
er, still continues to do business. The
past week be arranged deal whereby
John E. Kennedy OF GAINESVILLE becomes
the owner OF the st. Paul hotel at Milton
Junction, for which he allows $500, and
the former owner, Marvin Downing, of
Milton, takes in exchange $40 acres of
land in juneau county at $40 per acre
or $4,000. = FL
Judge Willis Brown paints pictures
OF childhood, pleads for forgiveness for
childish misdeeds, recites the pathetic
stories of children, drives to laughter
with the wit and humor of youth, paints
stories of the growing years of innocence
as master artist. He will appear ir
the lecture course Wednesday evening,
Jan. 9Th. Tickets IS cents.
One line of business that seems to
be sadly neglected in our city is remov-
ing the snow from the walks. Property
owners should attend to this and not
compel the authorities to notify them to
do so. Sloppy, slippery and impossible
walks are not only deemed a nuisance.
but are dangerous to large extent.
Most of the teachers IN the public
schools who reside out of town have
taken their departure to pass the holt
day vacation with relatives. Professor
Roethe has gone to Fennimore, Miss
Brewster to Madison, Miss Bennett to
Milwaukee, Miss Richards to Lake Co.
neva, Miss Baldwin to Darlington, Miss
Averill and Miss Mcfarland to White
water, Miss Sayre to Beloit, Miss Grover
to Waupaca, Miss Dennison to Evans
vile, Miss Musgrove to Waupaca.
II. e. Birmingham came down from
Madison thursday and passed few
hours with friends here. Mr.. Britting-
ham is chairman of the state park COM
mission appointed by Governor David
son and is very enthusiastic in the project
Of securing and maintaining few parks
in different parts of the state. He is
formulating plans to help secure funds
for carrying on the work and intends in
the near future to make a canvass of the
principal cities in the state and ascer-
tain the sentiment generally on this sub
ject.
As an example of the enormous
prices spent for advertising space in the
large current periodicals, we quote few
as follows: A single page in one issue
OF the Chicago Daily News cannot be Sc
cared for less than S1,141; in the New
York American q page costs $3.50; in the
New York Herald, $685. in Golfers
Weekly, $1,000; in the Saturday Even