The Wisconsin tobacco reporter. (Edgerton, Wis.) 1877-1950, 1908-04-10
Local Happenings

& A. M, Friday evening, April 10th.
Well, the agony is over now; let's
forget political differences for awhile.
Miss Grace Donlevy of Chicago was
a guest of Miss Minerva Coon few days
this week.
-EIgin price of butter goes up an
other half cent this week-3Oc is the
price fixed.
&C. G. Biederman came down from
northern Michigan to cast his vote in
the city election.
A big fire at Brooklyn, Wis. We'd
nesday night destroyed the leading hard
ware store of the town.
The. ladies of the NJ. E. church will
hold their annual Easter fair and sup
per next Wednesday evening.
Miss Amanda Peterson will enter
tain the Pigeforning at her home this
Thursday evening, April 9th.
Farmers have been permitted to get
onto their land somewhat this week and
start the preparation for seeding.
The Kvindeforening is invited to
meet with Mrs. Andrew Hoen in the
basement of the church, Thursday,
April Is.
Palm Sunday services will be held
at the Norwegian Lutheran church at
1870 and 7:30. Subject at the evening
service, 1.-The Victory"
Mr.. and Mrs. z. FL. Bowen arrived
home Monday after a six months visit
with the family of their daughter, Mrs.
Robt Smith, at Vancouver, Washington.
II. B. Earle and Weetman Dickinson
went to Readstown early in the week to
arrange for the opening of the warehouse
owned by Mr.. Earle for the handling of
the crop.
Frank Heddles, wife and daughter
returned from months stay in Texas
Saturday, and after spending Sunday
with relatives here left for their home in
Evansville.
Miss Hazel Biederman has succeed
ed to the position of bookkeeper in the
Tobacco Exchange bank, made vacant
by the resignation of Miss Grace Spauld
ing. She began work Wednesday morn
ing.
The postponed sophomore play,
1.-THE Miser of Raveloe,' will be given at
Culton Memorial hall, Friday evening,
April 10th. The proceeds will go toward
the payment of the new piano and a
very liberal patronage is expected.
"A very delightful gathering took
place Friday evening at the home of Mr..
and Mrs. Frank Wyman, when about
fifty friends and neighbors met for a
social good time. The evening was most
pleasantly spent at cards and dancing,
with refreshments served at II o'clock.
The guests departed in the early hours
wishing they might all peet again at the
Wyman home.
Mrs. Phil Jones, wife Of Barber
Jones, arrived home from Rochester,
Mimi, yesterday, where she went to sub
nit to an operation for an aggravated
case of goiter at the Mayo Bros. hospital.
The Federation of Women's Clubs OF
Edgerton took commendable interest
in her case and solicited much of the
funds necessary to meet the expenses at
the hospital. The ladies of Milton also
contributed a share. Mrs. Jones is
promised a complete recovery.
Poor old Uncle Tom was seen again
at Royal hall last Thursday evening and
though every member of the company
played double roll except the blood
hounds, the children at least wept as
ever when little Eva died, and shudder-
ed just as they have for nearly half a
century at the brutalities of Simon Lee
gree. The fine old play can never be-
come so common that it's entertaining
qualities will fail to arouse the emotions
of the little ones-and Of those elders
too. The Stetson presentation was of
the conventional character, with special
ties added to brighten the piece.
w. A. Shelley tells of an incident
that occurred while he was in New York
last week Workmen employed in hoist
ing huge block of stone to the top of a
Skyscraper under construction in that
city when the noon whistle blew and the
men stopped, leaving the stone suspend
ed in the air. The strain on the hoist
Jog apparatus was so great that the
cable broke and the stone fell crashing
down several stories, doing large
amount of damage and endangered a
number of lives in a busy thoroughfare,
while the men we're at dinner. The
rules of the union seem to be strictly en-
forced in that city.
Herman Greeler, an Edgerton boy
who has served nearly three years in the
u. S. army and most of the time in the