The Wisconsin tobacco reporter. (Edgerton, Wis.) 1877-1950, 1910-01-28
Local Happenings

e. G. Hopkins is spending few
days in the Kickapoo valley.
w. T. Pomeroy was in Milwaukee
and Burlington the early days of the
week.
The home of Henry Taylor is now
connected by telephone. His call is
No. 433
Miss Winifred Coon was guest of
the Gamma Phi sororiety house at Mad
ison over Sunday.
Mrs. C. E. Shannon visited rela-
tives in Wauwatosa few days the lat
ter part of the week.
Miss Anna Hoen will entertain the
Pigeforening in the church basement
this Thursday evening.
Don't forget the lecture at the
library next Wednesday evening on as
tronomy and the comets.
Will Bardeen has On sale COM
plete set of fine post card views of the
ski tournament at Stoughton.
H. o. Benedict and wife of Mil
waukee were guests of Mr.. and Mrs.
Henry johnson over the week end.
Word received from Waukesha on
Monday evening by friends in this city
states that Mr.. Chas. Pratt is much
improved.
Miss Elsie Wussow is recovering
from an operation for appendicitis per-
formed at the Mercy hospital in James
vile last Saturday.
Charlie Bowen is at a hospital in
Milwaukee recovering from an opera
ton for an abscess and is expected
home in few days.
The rail lines are getting out from
under the handicap of the late storms
gradually, but the movement of freight
is not yet back to satisfactory service.
The 10Th annual Campfire of the H.
S. Swift Post G.. A. r. will be held on
Tuesday evening, Feb. 18th. Keep the
date and We'll tell you more about the
rest.
"A good view of the new comet with
its sure enough tail conld be obtained
Monday evening when the sky was
clear. The new orb was easily located
in the southern heavens.
ALI members of the Good Templars
order are requested to meet at their
hall next Friday night at 7:30 sharp, as
business of Importance will be trans
acted. W. j. Wickham, c. T.
"A new bridge across the MISSISSIPPI
pi river at Prairie du Chen will be built
at once, it is announced. The new
bridge will be two miles long, cost a
million dollars, and is made necessary
by the traffic from the coast extension,
part of which is to be handled by the
Prairie du Chen division.
If you are a citizen of Edgerton
and want to help start something in
the manufacturing line that will add to
the growth and prosperity of the town,
listen to the committee that will call
upon you in. a few days and then put
your shoulder to the wheel and push.
Here is an opportunity to test your
loyalty.
Good news! Butter comes down.
At Elgin Monday the price took to-
boggan slide from So to 30 cents.
Whether the rising tide of Indignation
against prevalent high prices of living
is responsible is unknown, but the news
is welcome just the same. Watch the
price makers of other staple commod5
tiles come off their high perch!
The home of Mr.. and Mrs. Louis
Schachtschneider, east of town, was
the scene of very pleasant gathering
on Sunday when large company of
relatives and friends gathered to assist
in celebrating the silver wedding ami
versary of this couple. Aside from the
home relatives there were present VIM.
Tilten and wife of jefferson Junction,
Mrs. John Layman of Pennington and
w. S. Schachtschneider and wife of
Milton.
There is going to be good time at
Academy hall February 7th. It'll be
in the evening and of all the funny
faces you ever saw, the funniest ones
will be there; funny dressed people will
be there and they will act in funny
way, a way that pleases everybody at a
mask ball. Prizes amounting to $40
will be awarded and that will be big
sum to pay for just fancy and comical
dressed people. Let's all go and see
this funny affair.
The annual meeting of the Edger-
ton Telephone Co. was held on Friday
evening, resulting in the reelection of
the old officers and board of directors.
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