The Wisconsin tobacco reporter. (Edgerton, Wis.) 1877-1950, 1909-07-30
Local Happenings


of the big circuit at Detroit this week.
The Pigeforening will meet in the
church basement this Thursday even
ing.
The Elgin price of butter went up
another half cent this week 263 cents
is the figure.
The Kvindeforening will meet at
the home of Mrs. Peter Hanson, Thurs
day, Aug. 9Th.
Henry johnson and wife were en-
tertained at the Earle cottage on Lake
Kegonsa over Sunday.
Fred Phifer was down from La
Crosse for stay from Friday to Tues
day with his family here.
Misses Addie Crandall and Nettie
Coon of Milton Junction were guests
of Miss Ida Doty on Tuesday.
Miss Ellen Frawley, housekeeper
at st. Joseph's parsonage, is visiting
friends in Chicago this week.
Mrs Sherman Green of New Mil
ford, Conn.,, arrived Tuesday for visit
among friends here for time.
Willard Wileman and Jay Ide left
Sunday evening for Kansas City where
they have secured employment.
Mrs. Frank Horton was taken to
Mercy hospital in GAINESVILLE on Friday
for an operation for appendicitis.
Amy one contemplating CONNER
cial education should read the announce
ment of the united business colleges in
this issue.
A lawn social will be held at the
home of B. Hardwick Wednesday even
ing, August 4th. Ice cream and cake
will be served.
VIM. Barrett is the latest to pur-
chase Ford touring car and the FAM
lily are now taking great enjoyment in
the use of the car.
-Thos. Madden has been making
long excursions into the country dis
tributing matter for the Catholic pic
mic during the week.
DIR. J. L. Holton, wife and daught-
er left Saturday for visit to the Seat
tie exposition. They also expect to
pass some time with relatives located
in the far west.
Well, the weeds have been cut
about the new high school building any
how, and there are some indications
that the grounds will be graded and
parked soon. The suggestion was not
amiss after all.
The auto epidemic has never taken
a very severe hold on Edgerton people
before this season, but the microbe is
working now and ere the season closes
there promises to be a good many cars
owned in town.
"A jolly camping party consisting of
Mrs. August Ratzlaff and Misses Ena
Berkey, Hazel and Caroline Biederman,
Bessie Keller, Grace Stafford, Marion
Stone and Belle Dave are spending the
week at Lake Kegonsa.
Misses Myrtle Maltpress, Helen
Coon, Leo and Venice Thompson, Beula
Heddles, Eleanor Hitchcock, Hazel
Conn, Hortense Ely, Gertrude Tallard,
Madge Wilson and Nellie Bentley were
entertained at the Earle cottage on
Lake Kegonsa Tuesday.
The Wisconsin State Fair now
ranks among the very best state fairs
in the country. 1t is this year offering
$40, 900 in cash prizes. The fair to be
held in Milwaukee, Sept. 1917, will
evidently surpass any preceding expo
sition in exhibits and attractions.
&C. L. Culton, Andrew Mcintosh,
Fred Jensen, Frank Burgy and Andrew
Erickson took an auto trip to Racine
Monday with a demonstration for the
Mitchell company. The running time
to Racine was less than four hours.
The Carrier homestead in the town
of Fulton, 40 acres, has been sold
through E. M. Ladd for Rem Spike to
Herman Witt for $4,000. Real estate
is surely on the advance in this locality
when tract like this with Indifferent
improvements brings $3.50 per acre.
But the soil is frst-class.
Fort Atkinson, too, has its trou-
bles. The new gas company has Sc
cured the Weinberg property in the
heart of the city and proposes to man
ufacture gas there. It's impossible to
corral all the gas that is made and resi-
dents of that neighborhood for blocks
around appreciate that if the plant go
up there they must needs move out or
disconnect their olfactory nerves.
-Edgerton seems to be right on the
hiohwav for automobile rms from Chi