The Wisconsin tobacco reporter. (Edgerton, Wis.) 1877-1950, 1911-07-14
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friends in Stoughton.
The Schumacher families in the
third ward, twelve in number, enjoyed
an outing Sunday at Charley Bluff.
Hazel Conn and Leta Bramick ar
rived home Wednesday from months
vacation spent in New York state.
Mrs. G.. Amundson returned We'd
nesday morning from Bryant, S. D.,
where she visited relatives for the past
six weeks.
-Nels Holverson and daughter, who
have been in Norway the past few
months, arrived home in Stoughton
Wednesday.
ID. J. Marcus, manager of the
Electric Light company, is spending a
few weeks at his home in GAINESVILLE on
account of illness.
John Quigley, who in company
with j. A. Thompson of this city is en-
gagged in the livery business at Lake
Mills, was here Sunday.
The Ladies Society of the Norwe-
gian Lutheran church will be entertain
ed by Mrs. j. Linnevold Thursday, July
20, in the church basement.
Miss Louise Jessup is taking a fiji
teen day vacation, passing portion of
the time with friends in Sparta and
Madison. Postoffice patrons will miss
her.
Oil Inspector Maltpress reports five
accidents in the county from gasoline
explosions during the month of June.
And in each case the explosion was
caused through carelessness.
Mrs. George Baling and two sons
and Miss Helen Neumann of Milwaukee
came Sunday to join the Schmeling
party and Milwaukee relatives at Camp
Helen on the banks of Lake Koshko-
nong.
Beginning July 1st the rural mail
carriers have a raise in their salaries,
and they are the boys deserving. The
nine hundred dollar per year salary has
been raised to one thousand. There
are five carriers out from this office.
Mrs. Gust Miester and daughters,
Misses Minnie and Martha, and Miss
Miss Bertha Boettcher, after visit
here for the past five weeks with the
family of Herman Venske Sr., depart
ed Sunday morning for their home in
Chicago.
Freeman Lyons and wife were with
relatives in Rockton Sunday. Coming
up to GAINESVILLE Sunday evening, Mrs.
Lyons was taken i'll and at GAINESVILLE
she was taken to Mercy hospital. Mon
day morning her condition was such
that they returned home.
The barn dance Tuesday night at
Thomas Ford's in Porter township
brought out the largest attendance of
any similar event held here this season.
Young people were present from all
directions, Edgerton especially being
we'll represented. The Kneff orchestra
of GAINESVILLE furnished the inspiration.
The big annual reliability contest
by the Wisconsin State Automobile as
ISOLATION begins Monday, July 18th,
and ends Saturday, July 22nd. About
80 cars will enter the contest, and they
will be in Edgerton for ten minutes on
the fifth day of the tour. The Auto
mobile association make special re-
quest that ali live stock, dogs and
chickens be kept off the road on the day
in which the cars pass this section.
The run through here will be from
Lancaster to GAINESVILLE.
After four weeks in Ravenswood
hospital, Chicago, and undergoing an
operation for mastoid abscess, Miss
Emily Watson, accompanied by her sis
ter, Miss Ruth, returned home Monday
evening. That she will completely re-
cover and without any after effects is
a foregone conclusion. Drs. Green and
Bussey performed the operation and it
is through their skill and painstaking
that she is permitted to return home
at so early date and under such prom
Using conditions. Ravenswood hospital
is one of the foremost institutions of
it's kind in Chicago and is fully equipped
with all appliances and conveniences
for surgical work and it's reputation is
undisputed throughout the country.
Miss Watson has only words of highest
praise for her treatment there by the
doctors and nurses in attendance.
Postmaster McInnes has been mott
fled that the local office has been des-
ignated as postal savings depository,
going into effect July 10Th. You can
deposit anything from 10 cents to 500
in a month, but no more than the latter
amount in any one month. Your total
deposit is limited to $500, exclusive of
interest. The following instructions
should be carefully read and studied by