Vernon County censor. [volume] (Viroqua, Wis.) 1865-1955, 1911-08-16
Short News Stories of Interest
picked Up by Censor Reporter. from variou. Source.


Purity -four 81. 10 at Thayer's.
Insure with John Dawson & Co.
Marquette cement only Sl.35 at
Thayer's.
Something new in water sets at
Tcwner's.
IS. A. Sweger and t. E. Davis sell
Ardee -four.
Fifty cent work shirts Csc each at
Stoll & Groves.
-Silo roofing the best c.ade at Will
iams' Feed Store.
Highest price paid for oats. Viii
liams' Feed Store.
-Westby has determined to estab-
lish high school.
Get prices on Norway tobacco lath
at Tibbits-Cameron.
-Walk-Over $500 oxfords a. Stoll
& Groves $500 pair.
Piano tuning, leave orders with
Brown Music Company.
-Towner has the best fruit jar on
market. the Economy"
Economy Jar" for sale at Joe
0mundson's. Opera block.
Poison fly paper. 10c sheet for SC,
at o. E. Davis drug store.
Miss Blanche Running visited rela-
tives and friends at Westby.
BE on hand, you Mr.. Farmer, at
the asylum picnic on Saturday.
New and complete line of Elgin
dress shirts just received at The Blue
Front Store.
Mrs. Albert Spellum and daughter
Of La Crosse are visiting relatives and
friends of this vicinity.
H. G. Hauser piano tuner, orders
from the country will receive prompt
attention. Leave orders with Brown
Music Company,
We don't guarantee to make you
good-looking, but we do guarantee to
show you at your best in one of our
photographs. Jasperson's Studio.
Mrs. e. r. Nichols is prepared to
furnish on short order anything in cook
cry bread, pies, cakes, doughnuts, etc.
Old Gaines residence, phone No. $50.
If you are going to need anything
in the way of barn material, either
boards or shingles, don't buy until you
see Tibbits-Cameron and gettheir price.
A steamboat line has been estab-
lished between Lansing and Waubesha.
The steamer La Crosse will make three
trips each way during the calendar
week.
Blank license books have been re-
ceived by County Clerk Moore and ten
or a dozed have already been issued.
The holder of license No. /, is E. H.
Fine of Readstown.
Friends in this city received news
of the death of a ten-months-old baby
girl of Mr.. and Mrs. Elmo Hale, who
removed from Viroqua to Basin City,
Wyoming, in April.
Remember, whether your property
is in Viroqua or in the country and
whether John Dawson & Co. have your
fire insurance or not, they will sell you
Tornado Insurance at lowest rates.
Henry J. Reynolds brought in from
his Kickapoo farm some samples of
potatoes that would Indicate anything
but murphy famine. Also field corn
that is thoroughly seasoned and out of
the reach of even an early frost.
Mrs. 0. o. Hurless of West Lima,
and her sister, Mrs. Keizerman of Viola,
were shopping in the city on Tuesday
While here the latter made purchase
of fine piano from the Brown Music
Company. Otto and Ben made the de-
livery today.
Laura Hanson, the Is year old
daughter of Anton Hanson, of Angelo,
near Sparta, was struck by lightning
and killed instantly during a severe
thunder storm Monday morning. The
girl was sitting up in bed when the
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stairs, was rendered unconscious.
Business Mems camping club ar
rived Sunday night for dryer quarters.
The week was a stormy and wet one,
yet the company had the usual enjoy
ment and rest. A number of women
went down on Friday to participate in
the hospitality of the camp. Rev.
Jacobson was also guest for two days.
H. C. Costing has shown US a pa
per printed in Boston bearing the date
of January q, 1916. The journal is
quite curiosity in uniqueness as well
as choice specimen of newspaper max
ing in those earlier days. 1t is a FIVE
column, four-page sheet. about one
tenth the size of the Boston dailies
of this age.
The team of Jap johnson either
broke loose or united at the market
square Monday night. They ran to the
court house park, broke away from
the buggy. One of the horses went
home, but nothing can be found of the
other. Later: The missing animal
was found this morning, it having wan
dered to the farm home during Tues
day night.
Thomas Henry and wife arrived
from Black Earth to remain till after
fair. Mr.. Henry recently returned
from an extensive tour of Texas and
the southwest territory. He is so well
impressed with what he saw that he
viii venture new home in the lone
star state, having purchased land for a
fruit plantation. His location is seven
teen miles from Houston.
The Ontario Headlight is the name
given the new paper over there. 1t is a
breezy little sheet ana shouts for On
tario. May its radient light be the
guiding beacon that shall lead the soon
to-be upper Kickapoo town to the
greatness in substantial things that her
location and ambition have long sug-
gested.
Earnest Smith, formerly mail car
rier on the Richland Center-La Fargo
star route, who was arrested last fan
charged with opening letters intrusted
to him by patrons along his route, was
discharged when his case came up in
Federal court at Madison last week.
The court suspended sentence because
Smith already has been confined in jail
for six months, period which is con-
sidered quite sufficient for his crime.
Did you ever stop 70 think on the