Vernon County censor. [volume] (Viroqua, Wis.) 1865-1955, 1907-09-18


Money to loan on real estate Sc
curity. Inquire of c. H. Minshall.
Landlord Evans and wife were
Westby callers in the city on Sunday.
Albert Marx and family of Cashton.
were in our city on Thursday with their
auto.
Miss Albina Beranek of Yuba, is
learning the millinery trade with Miss
Atwood.
Rev. John Hendricks of West
Prairie, greeted Viroqua friends last
Thursday.
Miss Lulu Love has returned from
the st. Francis hospital much improved
in health.
Mrs. Bohn and little daughter
Irene, of Wonewoc, are visiting rela
tives in our city.
The great Richland County Fair
will be held at Richland Center, Sep
tember "a to 27.
Mrs. w. R. DeLap returned last
Thursday, from week spent with Mrs.
Margaret Mills at Springville.
Rev. John T. Kendall was down
from La Crosse conference to spend
Sunday under Springville parental roof.
Wanted, a good all around man for
country store. Prefer one with some
experience. Address Box 118, Viroqua,
Wis.
Misses Iona Slack and Madge Nu-
zum left on Monday, for Oberlin, Ohio,
to take up their musical studies at that
place.
Mrs. Thos. McCulloch came from
Valley Jun ,tion to speno seversl weeks
with relatives in this city and Ross
vicinity.
-Chas. S. Slack & Co. are too busy
to spit this week. They are selling lots
of goods and they have the best the
world affords in their line.
Ole Kalvestran has been improving
his property by adding a dormer window
and large porch on the front of the
house and grading the yard.
The finest display ever had by any
firm at the Vernon county fair this
week is exhibited by our old reliable
implement firm Chas S. Slack & Co.
The Blue Fronts hand tailored
clothes, fit for dressiest of dressers.
Splendid choice of newest fads and fan
cies in cuts and materials. Sl5 to
$22.50.
Mrs. Freizie of La Crosse, was in
our city on Friday. We are informed
that the shot has not been removed
from her eye and that she has entirely
lost the sight of it.
Mrs. Matte Harmon of Postville,
Iowa, and Mrs. Tillie Williams OF Mis-
souri,, who has been visiting their sis
I,ter, Mrs. Mary Green of this city, left
on Friday morning for Postville.
Miss Marie TolIefson left last week
for Waterloo, Iowa, for a short visit
with her brother, Theodore, before
going to Cooperstown, North Dakota,
where she will teach the coming year.
Joseph Oswald of Reedsburg, spent
Wednesday and Thursday of last week
in Viroqua and was accompanied home
by his little daughter Margery who has
been visiting relatives near Readstown.
Ed. E. Blyton spent Sunday in the
city with |. S. Griffin. He did an in
surance business in Viroqua some years
ago Ed. resides in Milwaukee and is
''on the road" for the Sentinel as So
licitor.
Missionary society of the Congre-
gational church held their annual meet
ing and enjoyed five O'Clock tea party
at the church parlors last Friday. Only
members and few invited guests were
present.
John T. Mullen, of Litchfeld, Min
nesota, was here few days last week
to look after his interests in connection
with the machinery business recently
purchased from Sam Ellefson by Mul-
len & Wig.
n. &c
who have been visiting at the home of
their uncle, Gus Wise, for several days,
returned home. Frank Wise accom-
panied them as far as La Crosse where
he spent day.
Mrs M. d. Chase returned on Thurs
day afternoon. She spenta few days
in Chicago; attended the Eastern Star
Convention at Milwaukee, and visited
with Mr.. and Mrs. John w. Groves at
Madison for couple of days.
The Sparta fruit growers associa-
tion will hold public sale days as an ex-
pertinent. The sale will not be con-
fined to live stock and farm produce,
but will take in any kind of personal
property listed The result of these
sales days will be watched with much
interest.
The Society of Equity has fixed
81. .25 as the selling price of wheat and
it is expected that everybody except
the consumer will get behind and help
push the price up to that point. The
tobacco growing members of the order
are to meet in october to name the
price Q the present crop.
Mrs. Mary R. Humbert has sold her
property in the east part of the city to
Chester Clason, who comes here from
Tomah with his family. Mrs. Humbert
and daughter will move their household
goods into the dwelling of Mrs. Hum
bert's father, Azariah Brown, and will
make their home there this winter.
Never forget you are a part of the
town, and that your own department
helps to make up the strangers es-
innate of the place. Sell all you can
and buy all you can at home. Every
dollar that is sent or carried away from
home makes the town that much poorer.
If you have the means invest in some
thing that will give somebody employ
ment Do not kick at proposed i'm
provement simply because it is not at
your door.
Miss Dora Morrison, formerly of
Westby, who used to give instruction
in music in our city, and who for the
past year has been N New York City,
came home on account of her father
poor health and intends to remain for
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