The Wisconsin tobacco reporter. (Edgerton, Wis.) 1877-1950, 1910-05-27
Local Happenings

lin street is enclosed.
Mrs. John Thoreson passed Tues
day shopping in Stoughton.
-Twenty-eight cents is the Elgin
price of butter this week.
Mrs. Helen Johnson spent a few
early days of the week in Chicago.
Edwin Hanson is down from Min
nesota paying visit to his mother and
sisters.
%. R. Pomeroy of Gays Mills Wis
tied among Edgerton friends from Sat-
urday until Monday.
Cape jasmine flowers for Memorial
Day for sale by Emma Maltpress at M.
B. Fletcher's store. Order early.
Miss Louise Perkins of Sioux City,
Iowa, student at the university, was
guest of Miss Winifred Coon over
Sunday.
Russell Conn has been quite seri-
ously i'll with infiamatory rheumatism,
but at the present writing is slightly
improved.
Lawrence Hutson removed his fam
lily effects to Madison this week where
he has employment with lumber con-
Germ in that city.
Mrs. John LaBundy is visiting her
son Arthur and family in Rockford and
will also pay visit to Elkhorn friends
before returning home.
j. j. Leary and Henry Wesendonk
were at Platteville on Friday negotiat-
ing with M. Sickle for his tobacco
manufacturing business.
-Nels Nelson was up from Har-
ward where he has charge of sewer
contract for Harding & Nelson, for an
over Sunday stay with his family.
james Ogden has commenced oper-
atoms for the remodeling of his resi-
dence. The old structure will be swung
around and an upright built on it's site.
The annual banquet of the goth
Century Club was held at Josephson's
resort on Rock river Monday evening,
which proved most enjoyable occa-
sion.
The Edwards building is being dis
mantled this week by Mr.. Garthwait of
Milton Junction, who has the contract
for clearing the site for the new First
National hoDL- bI1i1dinu
-Copious rains have fallen during
the week which has put the soil in ex-
cellent shape for corn planting and
given the other crops fine start with
the return of warm weather.
Ida Moulthrop has left at this office
copies of the Canal Record, giving an
account of the progress made on the
Panama canal. The papers were sent
her by relative being employed on
the work.
Under the auspices of the Fedora
ton of Women's Clubs, cooking school
is being conducted in the basement of
the Congregational church this week by
Mrs. Dobson of Chicago. A class Of
over 80 housewives are being instructed.
Peters Bros. purchased dozen head
of fat beeves from Ole Hanson on the
Stoughton road that were as we'll fed
lot as has reached this market this sea-
son. The farmer received 1915 for his
cattle and delivered them on Monday.
William Napier, at one time res
ident of Edgerton, who is now and has
been a resident of Lake Geneva many
years, was one of the party that laid
the first successful Atlantic cable from
Ireland to the coast of New Foundland
in 1865
The Decoration Day dance in Acad-
envy hall next Monday evening will be
one of those pleasurable affairs that all
lovers of this kind of amusement can
not afford to miss The preparations
are now complete and you are all in
vited to attend.
The annual Dane county spelling
contest will be held in the Madison high
school on Saturday, May %, at p. m.
There will be two delegates from each
town and one delegate from each
graded school to compete for the Robe
Dow prizes of SO, SIS and 81. so in gold.
The Park hotel at Madison has
again been sold to A. M. Stonedall,
who is connected with new banking
corporation in that city, for $3.50, 600.
The new concern will remodel the
building, adding three stories, convert
ing it into modern hotel, besides pro-
viding quarters for the new bank.
The house of the celebrated I'm
perial has a new manager. Henry
WeseDdonk has accepted the manage
ment of the cigar factory of the Edger-
ton Cigar Co., taking charge Mon
day last. Not only the company, but
,avervbodv will be pleased to have Hen