Vernon County censor. [volume] (Viroqua, Wis.) 1865-1955, 1907-07-24
Bits of Local News
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Velvet valley and mist-veiled hill
And life all green. and sweet. and still
buy the best lime at Martin &
Kuebltr'3.
Ask for the Westby cigars, they
are all real ones.
Miss Goidie Glenn has returned to
her work al Hilishoro.
DIR. Z. &. Cooke, dentist; Office
over Boehrer' jewelry store.
Sidney Bean of Sparta, visited
Viroqua friends ore day last week.
Mrs. E. K. Russell is visiting her
brother, B. B. Morrison, in Madison.
- The Soldiers Grove band has been
incorporated under the state laws.
Beautiful line of mems socks. New
est out. Blue Front Store.
Coon Valley will soon vote on the
question Of Incorporating as a village.
-Chas. w. Chase is looking after
business interests at Mellem, this state.
Mr.. and Mrs H. C. Skow visited
at the home OF Chas. Edwards In this
city, last week.
Mr.. George Stokes left, last
Thursday evening, for Chicago where
she VIII VlSlt IflendS.
MIR and Mrs. Robert Hammer of
Hillsbore, are guests of the formers
sister, Mrs. 0. B. Wyman.
New line of the famous Elgin shirts
just received. $1.00 to $500.
Blue Front Store.
Miss Tilda Omundson spent several
DAYS at Coon Prairie the guest of her
uncle, Thos. Stevens, and family.
Mr.. and Mrs. C. j. Cherrington
have had put in complete system OF
plumbing in their Third ward residence.
Largest and best business college
in Winona, Minnesota, The Brandrup q
Nettleton School. 70-page catalog free.
Write.
SViroqua, last Thursday, or business
mercantile stock.
The city library will be closed at
500 p. m. during July and August.
Patrons of the library kindly take no
tice of this fact.
Miss Ada Graves went to Sparta,
last Saturday, to visit her grandmoth
err, Mrs. M. J. Lapham, and other rela-
tives and friends.
Have your cement work done by
home men. We stand back of our work
and you always know where to find us.
Rabbit & Nuzun.
The New Home" sewing machine
IS one OF the best makes on the market
and can be had at a reasonable price.
For sale by Ed. Lind, furniture dealer.
Banker Henry Lindemann went to
st. Paul, last Thursday, to purchase
some new machinery for the electric
light plant and visit relatives and
friends.
The young bachelors of the city
gave a farewell stag party for Fred
Hansen, last Wednesday evening, at
the rooms of Mr.. Chas. Billups over the
Dahl drug store.
Mr.. and Mrs. A. E. Demander and
children Of De Soto, who have been Wis
ting Mr.. Demander's parents in this
city, returned to their home on Tues
day of last week.
Merchant Philip Boufileur has caus-
ed plate glass window to be placed IN
the east side of his store building. He
also treated it, together with his ware
houses, to a fresh coat of paint
Mrs. Warren G. Davis, who has
been visiting at various points in Ne
braska and other western states, has
returned to her home in Retreat after
an absence of about a year and a half.
j. Henry Bennett, attorney and
counselor at law, Herrick building, vi
roqua. Will practice in all state and
federal courts. Dispositions and con-
yeyancing. Commercial collections.
Local and long distance phones in Office.
A son was recently born to Mr..
and Mrs. Henry Swenson, who reside
near Avalanche, with six fingers on his
left hand. The fact that he is the elev-
enth child born to this couple and that
he has eleven fingers is an odd coinci-
dence.
H, C. Gardner was summoned to
Chicago few days ago, to assist III
caring for his aged sister, Mrs. Stone,
who had fallen and fractured her hip.
Owing to the lady's advanced age it is
not probable that she will ever be able
to walk again.
Nh. and Mrs Fred Spencer and
daughter. Dess, drove over from Mt.
Sterling, last Thursday. Mr.. Spencer
returned on Friday, but Mrs. Spence
and Miss Dessa remained for a visit
with the Chas S. Slack family al d
with Mrs. Buckley.
The governor has signed the cou' :
tv training school bill raising the num-
Der from twelve to twenty, making
eight additional schools. The following
counties ere planning to locate schools:
Lincoln, Barron, Vernon, Trempleau
La Fayette and Rusk.
-Jerre Richards came from Chicago
to spend Sunday with his parents, wife
and children MIR. Richards reports
plenty of Constitutional work in his
line to keep him busy, employing most
If the time several assistants. He
thinks however, that labor troubles
and high prices for materials are sure
TO check extensive building operations
IN the near future.
-Janitor VIM. Shower is deserving
of nraise for the spick and span condi-
ton in which he now has the court
house lawn. 1t was for some time in a
xorn-up state incident to the laying of
cement walks. Vernon's court yard,
with its ample and sloping greenswards,
and sylvan surroundings. furnishes in
deed delightful breathing spot fur
our citizens and visitors.
Did you ever stop to consider why
the mail order houses all gave up their
grocery departments just as soon as
the pure food law went into effect?
This little side movement speaks vol