The Wisconsin tobacco reporter. (Edgerton, Wis.) 1877-1950, 1910-04-29
Local Happenings

this evening.
1t begins to look as if we were more
scared than hurt over the big storm.
Fred Phifer was down from La
Crosse for short stay during the week.
Judge Smith left Friday night for
Mitchell, S. D., where he will pass the
summer.
Mrs. H. C. Schmeling and children
are passing the week with relatives in
Milwaukee.
Special communication Fulton lodge
F. & A. M. Friday evening, April 10Th,
at o'clock.
w. S. Heddles left for Seattle and
the Pacific coast Wednesday evening
on business trip.
The farm home of E. c. Stebbins
is connected by telephone-three short
rings on line 315.
Bert Carey left Monday for the
west where he will spend some time
looking up farming lands.
The price of butter dropped three
cents in the Elgin market this week,
the quotation being 90 cents.
&C. E. Shannon leaves Thursday
evening on visit to his summer resort
on Lost Lake, Villas county.
Miss Gertrude Wright of Green
Bay has been a guest of Miss Winifred
Coon few days this week.
DIR. J. B. Atwood of Oconto visited
at the home of his parents here on Fri
day while enroute home from Chicago.
August Erickson, brother of An
drew Erickson of this city, died at Be-
lott Monday afternoon, aged 46 years.
Fred Mckinney was up from Gin
ton Tuesday to look over the new
switch board at the telephone exchange.
Isaac Howell has received word of
the death of his son, E. o. Howell, at
Redlands, Cal, on April 9th, aged SO
years.
Peterson visited over Sunday in White
water with Miss Emma Sebel and
Amanda Peterson.
Miss Beatrice CARMEL of Milwaukee
paid short visit to friends here Mon
day while enroute home from visit to
her sister at Stoughton.
The lover of roses will be more
than interested in the rose bush sale
advertised by Perry on his next bar
gain day, Tuesday. Read his announce
ment
A musical treat seldom offered to
towns of our size comes to Royal hall
this Thursday evining in D'Urbano's
Italian band of 45 artists. It will be
too good thing to miss.
Mr.. and Mrs. 2. H. Bowen arrived
home Saturday from six months visit
with their daughters at Vancouver,
Wash, and at Berkeley, Cal. Coming
from the land of flowers and sunshine
and landing home in the midst of a
raging blizzard was an unwelcome
surprise to them.
The w. G.. 7. U. will hold Ket-
tledrum at the home Of Mrs. ]. j. Gull
ton on Friday afternoon at o'clock.
The Union some time since offered
three cash prizes for the best temper
ance essay to high school pupils. Fifteen
essays have been written in competi-
ton and the reading of the three WIN
ners will form part of the program
of this meeting. A cafeteria lunch will
be served at 10 cents. All who are in
terested in this work, either ladies or
gentlemen, are cordially invited.
The schedule for long distance
automobile endurance run of five days
out of Milwaukee has been issued. The
contest is under the auspices of the
Milwaukee Sentinel and the dates are
July 1922. The first days run will be
from Milwaukee to Waukesha, Pal
myra, Whitewater, Delevan, Beloit,
GAINESVILLE, Edgerton, Stoughton to
Madison. The second day will end at
Lacrosse, third at Eau Claire, fourth
at Appleton and final ending at Mil
waukee.
"A tract of 275 feet frontage on
Rock river half mile west of New
vile has been purchased of George L..
Richardson by five Edgerton people for
a resort colony. The tract will be di-
vided into five building lots of equal
size ON which it is expected cottages
will be erected by L. H. Towne, C. w.
Birkenmeyer, Scott Hatch. Arthur
Clarke and DIR. F. G. Meyers. 1t is
anticipated that three or more of these
cottages will be built this season. A
fine spring is on the property, it is