The Wisconsin tobacco reporter. (Edgerton, Wis.) 1877-1950, 1909-10-15
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/ eel an interest In three creamery con-
Germs in that locality and expects soon
| to remove his family to that place and
| take charge of the business. He has
sold his interest in the firm of Keeling
& Kaufman in this city to Ernest Kauf-
man.
The first touch of winter came in
the wake of Saturday nights rain,
bringing chilly blast and snow fiurries,
putting an end to the delightful fall
weather that had prevailed for couple
of weeks past The cold wave culmin-
ated in freeze severe enough to kill
vegetation and the first really hard
| frost of the season.
The Beloit team played good
game with the Giants at Athletic Park
Sunday, and despite the chilly weather
fair sized crowd was present. The
score was to in favor of the Giants.
| Catcher Hallet had the misfortune to
| have his thumb torn loose from the
hand again, and but for this accident
the Trolley Leaguers would probably
have been shut out.
| Mrs. John Dickerson was given a
| pleasant surprise on Friday afternoon
when twenty members of the Royal
Neighbors marched into her home with
we'll laden baskets, prepared to spend
| the afternoon and stay to tea. Cards
! furnished the entertainment, but be-
fore the departure of the guests Mrs.
Dickerson was presented with sterl-
ing silver spoon as token of esteem.
Captain Thomas Clark Slagg, pio
neer merchant of Cambridge, died Sun
| day at the age of 70 years. He had
remarkable war record, serving in many
| of the principal battles of the rebel
lion. He was captain of company II
of the Third Wisconsin infantry. Mrs.
Slagg, who died in 1890, was the
daughter of Solomon S. Butler, prom
inent farmer of Cambridge.
| The demands of advertisers for
| space in this issue has been hard to ap-
pease and encroaches upon our news
beyond the usual limits. This is the
season when merchants are anxious to
tell the public about their wares and
the newspaper is the surest way. to
reach it. The thrifty advertiser is the
one who offers the best bargains and
the reader can hardly afford to miss
what they pay us to tell you. Good
advertising is always good reading.
Last Friday evening the Wells
Fargo Express Co. transported $3.50, 600
of currency, accompanied by armed
guards, to Mineral Point. A good deal
| of curiosity was aroused regarding the
needs of so large an amount of cur
rency at that place until it was learned
Tuesday of the trouble in the First
National bank when shortage through
forgeries was made public. The bank
brought in the money in order to be
prepared for any run that might be
made following the announcement.
The Culton family, Mr.. and Mrs.
Dave Lampman and Louise Jessup left
Saturday morning fer an auto trip to
Richland Center, expecting to pass
Sunday with Mr.. and Mrs. Carl Lord.
Rain and darkness overlook the party
before reaching there and they were
compelled to stop over night at Bear
Creek. The journey was not completed
until Sunday forenoon, and the bad
weather ensuing portion of the party
returned by rail Monday morning and
the car brought home later in the week.
In municipal court Saturday morn
ing sixteen-year-old Jerry Hinkle of
| Fulton, who was arrested on the charge
of breaking into William Cox's store at
Indian Ford on the night of September
2, entered a plea of guilty and was
committed to the Waukesha reforma-
tory until he shall reach the age of Fl
years. The boy said that he had never
received any schooling beyond the third
reader and appeared to have no friends.
The articles he stole were candy and
other trifes. The boy was practically
deserted by his parents and had been
making his home of late with his
brother at the Ford.
Miss Anna Nelson has returned to
her position in T. A. Perry's after a
three months vacation spent in trip
to Norway and continental Europe. In
company with Stoughton friend these
ladies made the journey alone except
those travelling companions they fell in
with on their journey of sight seeing,
but encountered no difficulty in making
an enjoyable trip through Germany,
Holland, Sweden and Norway and Eng
land. Returning home they took pass
age on the magnificent steamer Lusi-
tiana on it's fastest run yet made be-