Vernon County censor. [volume] (Viroqua, Wis.) 1865-1955, 1909-12-29

Next Saturday.
-Chinaware at ]. 0mundson's.
Commence to practice on writing it
"19l0."
This is the season for squaring ac-
counts.
Call end see the finest line of box
candies in the city at the Optimo.
Mrs. Herrick and Miss Paulson of
Sparta, are visiting Viroqua relatives.
Miss Hazel Cass is home from Law
renee University for holiday vacation.
DIR. Bertram Tainter came from
Milwaukee for Christmas greetings at
home.
Mrs. James Potts and son of La
Crosse spent the fore part of the week
with Viroqua friends.
Mrs. C. E. Morley departs for
husband till spring.
H. E. Goldsmith of the CENSOR
force, with his wife, went to the old
Boscobel home for holiday season.
Albert Solverson returned last
Thursday after campaigning through
the tobacco-growirg sections of the
state.
Just little quiet in town this
week, the period following Christmas
and date of opening of the glad New
Year.
Mrs. Kit Pierce and daughter Mar
jorie are again making their home in
Viroqua after an extended stay in
Sparta.
Miss Ida Wettie, who has been
teaching near Fargo, North Dakota, is
at the home of her sister, Mrs. N. E.
Fortney.
Mrs. S. J. Savage left Viroqua,
Mouday, for winters sojourn with
sister and other relatives at Valley
Springs, South Dakota.
MIR. and Mrs. Chas. E. Chase and
Willard Chase of La Fargo spent Christ
mas day at the Nj. D. Chase residence,
returning home on Sunday.
Miss Anna Yttri was in the city
last Saturday enroute to her home at
West Prairie from North Dakota, where
she is engaged in teaching.
Miss Kate Rayner of South Dakota,
Mary Rayner of Beloit, and Mrs Guy
p Curry of oklahoma, are at the Lee
Mrs. w. N. Cotfland returned from
Ohio, on Friday, where she spent sew
eral weeks with her invalid mot her, who
passed away at the age of seventy-five
years.
When ordering flour from your
grocer specify Excel" kind
with parrot on the sack ''It speaks
for itself" All grocers have it. Thorn
son Roller Mill.
Have you seen that 81, that 81,
that SO, that SIS, that 81, that SO, that
S12, that SIS, that SlS, that $22, that
$50, that $50, that SGT watch at that
j. w. Lucas jewelry store?
Miss Iona Slack came with the tide
of young life for holiday season at her
parental home in this citv. She is TAX
ing higher training at Detroit, Michi-
gan, conservatory of music.
Fred Wise arrived home from
Canada to spend the holiday season.
He has been up there for three wears
past and is we'll satisfied with his sur
roundings and the general conditions of
the new territory.
Mr.. C. L. Geary vert to Hamburg
to pass Christmas with his aged father,
John Gesry, who recently suffered
third stoke of paralysis and is now en-
tirely helpless The senior Geary is in
his uetieth year.
Friends in Viro0da learn of the re-
cent death of an infant child born to
Mr.. and Mrs. Ira S. Griffin at Preston,
Minnesota. The same authority says
that Ira is now engaged in restaurant
business at La Crosse.
Herman Helgeson came down from
La Crosse to be with his parents during
holiday time. He has been in charge
of an extensive tobacco growing farm
in the neighborhood of La Crosse, and
has met with fine success.
DR. C. S. Smith of Elroy came to pay
a farewell visit with the Proctor fami-
lies. With his family he will soon re-
move to Bausman, Montana, where he
has large land holdings and will also
take charge, as proprietor and manager,
of large hospital
George D. and Jesse G. Thompson
came to pay their mother a Christmas
visit and assist in the care of their
step-father, A. K. Bort, who is still
critically i'll. Jesse has good position
as travelling salesman for an Aberdeen
wholesale drug house.
In FIVE and one half years Just seven
pieces of jewelry have been returned
This is wonderful for | have sold many
thousand pieces of jewelry during that
period Every piece has been made
good. ]. W. Lucas, Jeweler.
Mr.. Charles Kuebler and family
went to Cassville to pass the holidays
with the parents Of the former, the first
Yuletide spent by Mr. Kuebler at the
home fireside for nineteen years Frank
Wintz and family are present at the
same home gathering ir Cassville.
Mrs. Mathew Geary and son of
Condee, South Dakota, came Friday,
and with the family of H L. Rayner
the old Jefferson home of Mary Heron
was made the scene of joyous Christ
mas reunion. Numerous members of
this pioneer family were unable to be
present, breaking the circle, but
happy meeting was that Of mother with
her daughters, son and grandchildren.
Homer Smith of North Dakota. and
George Smith of the Alberta, Canada, |
country, arrived Friday, for a holiday
visit with their mother, Mrs. Isaac
Smith, and other relatives and friends
George tells the CENSOR that he is well |
pleased with his location and the pro-
gress made in that northern country /
He says it is fine place for young and /
industrious men to found homes and !
reap rewards that are to be had. He |
says, too, that there is very little diff /