The Wisconsin tobacco reporter. (Edgerton, Wis.) 1877-1950, 1910-07-01
Mss Hazel Underhill is visiting
friends in Chicago.

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Russell Conn, who has been serl-
ously i'll for several weeks, is on the
gain.
Miss Norma Hargraves leaves next
Tuesday for two months visit with
relatives in central New York.
Mrs. A. C. Johnson of Greenville,
ILL.,, come Monday night to pay visit
to her parents, A. L. Whitcomb and
wife,
Miss Zena Rabyor has returned to
her home in GAINESVILLE after two
weeks visit with her sister, Mrs. Day
ton Ogden.
Harold Dave is nursing a smashed
toe, the result of allowing tobacco
case to fall upon his foot in Pomeroy &
Co. S warehouse.
Miss Belle Dave arrived here We'd
nesday from Camden, New Jersey, for
a six weeks visit with relatives. Miss
Dave is a teacher in the public schools
at Camden.
Roger Perry and Emil Schumacher
leave this week for southern Alabama
where they expect to be employed on
fruit growing section which Mr.. E. L.
Getting is promoting.
The Norwegian synod, which closed
a weeks session at Stoughton Tuesday,
made appropriations of $500 for Albion
academy, $500 to Gale college and $3.50
to Wittenburg academy.
Miss Mile Berry was given birth
day surprise and shower by her young
friends at her home Tuesday evening,
on which occasion she was the recipient
of many useful and valuable presents.
Mrs. w. S. Heddles was down from
Madison to attend the festivities of the
Edgerton Chapter O. E. S. Tuesday and
while here invited the local chapter to
hold their annual picnic at her home on
Lake Mendoza, July IA.
Justice North passed judgment on
two plain DRINKS, and fined Geo. Bah
cock $1,000 for securing liquor for a
minor brother during the week. The
examination of Munson and Garthwait
was continued until July 5.
And. Mcintosh took Rev. Roberts
and w. T. Pomeroy to visit the young
astronomer in Cottage Grove on Friday
evening, where these gentlemen had an
opportunity to use Mr.. Mellishss home
made telescope for viewing the heavens.
"A joint meeting of the Ladies Aid
society and Missionary society of the
Congregational church will be held in
the church basement next Wednesday,
July 6. An interesting program will
be given. All are cordially invited to
attend.
Edward Lord has been rendered a
position in the Department of Com.
merce and Labor by the government
officials. If he accepts his headquart-
ers will be at Fargo, N. D., and he will
probably leave some time next week
for that place.
The police force, Chief Dunn and
Assistant Springer, were called up be-
fore the police commissioners Wednes-
day for little talk and understanding
as to what the commission expected of
them when the new regulations went
into effect. The rules recently passed
and printed in book form were verbally
modified in some respects at the meet
ing Wednesday.
"A little blaze in Milton Camp on
the Rock river near Richardson's caus-
ed some excitement Tuesday. Nine
young ladies We're occupying several
tents there and the cooking tent caught
fire from the gasoline stove md burned
to the ground. ''The alarm was turned
in and through the heroic efforts Of the
fire department the rest of the colony
tents were saved from destruction.
While the state laws relating to
child labor may in the main be well de-
signed, there are some provisions that
seem badly out of joint with the fitness
of things. For instance, the prevention
of employment of minors during the
school months is proper, but in vaca-
ton time when children can find needed
employment the law ought not to step
in and say they shall not become assis-
tant bread earners. 1t is far better for
the minors that they be taught habits
of industry rather than be allowed to
roam the streets in idleness and be led
into mischievous ways by their COM
panions. We are led to these observa-
tions by the presence of state factory
Inspector who has been in Edgerton
during the week, and on finding minors
at work handing tobacco to packers in
the Culton warehouse had H. Fl. Moen,
foreman, brought up in Justice North's
court and fined S25 for violation Of the
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