The Wisconsin tobacco reporter. (Edgerton, Wis.) 1877-1950, 1912-02-09
BOSS of Bar 2 Ranch Thursday


at Rockdale Feb. Is and IA.
Ladies Orchestra, Thursday, Fri
day and Saturday at Scenic.
"A neighborhood surprise was given
Mr.. and Mrs. James Spike Tuesday
evening.
Henry Tellefson has been confined
to his home this week with stomach
trouble.
Miss Bonnie Gilbert of Milton Jet,
has accepted a position in the Edgerton
telephone office.
Mrs. John Henderson attended the
district board meeting of the Fedora
4ion of Woman's clubs at GAINESVILLE on
Monday.
The high school basket ball team
of Albany will play our boys at the
gymnasium Friday night. Better go
and see it.
The Y. M. C. A. intermediates
came up from GAINESVILLE Wednesday
afternoon and trimmed our second bas-
ket ball team to the tune Of II to %.
An informal dancing party given
by the Knights of Pythias will be held
in their lodge rooms next Monday
evening, to which the members Of the
order and their friends are invited.
Dancing to commence at $50.
Articles of incorporation for the
High Test Oil Co. of Edgerton have
been filed this week. The capital is
$4,000, organized to deal in oils. Aug.
Ratzlaff Jr., H. F. Pringle and P. M.
Ellingson are the incorporators.
The annual mid-winter clearing
sale of Shelley, Anderson & Farman is
advertised to commence Tuesday, Feb.
13, and continue to Saturday evening,
Feb. 18th. Better get one of the large
circulars and study the bargains offered.
Miss Ruth Ames of Stoughton, who
has been employed as stenographer at
the agricultural station at Madison, has
accepted position to take charge of
the office of Wilson Bros. Miss Ames
is daughter of County Superintendent
Ames.
Prof. Ward of Madison delivered
lecture upon "The Social Center Cues
tion," under the auspices of the Mon
day club at Library hall Monday even
ing. The attendance, however, was
much smaller than the merits of his
talk deserved.
Miss Shirley Shumway very pleas
antly entertained the pupils of her
school Monday evening. February 9Th.
A sleigh ride from Indian Ford to Ed
gerton, luncheon and social hour Or
two at Miss Shumway's were some of
the evenings features.
The Lyric attractions booked for
the coming week are on Thursday, Fri
day and Saturday evenings Chas. Nor
vello, novelty frog contortionist, and
for Monday, Tuesday and Wednesday
George Searey, Americas favorite ex-
ponent of minstreley. This in addition
to three good films of selected subjects.
John Albrecht of Pleasant Branch,
aged IA years, was instantly killed and
his niece, Miss Amelia Koepke, aged
20, was seriously injured in a grade
crossing on the G.. M. & St. P. road,
two and half miles east of Cross
Plains at 1890 Saturday afternoon. The
rig in which they were riding was de-
molished but the horses escaped injury.
The Wilson laboratory has been
equipped with an inter-communicating
telephone system, installed this week
by the Kellogg Switchboard Co. of
Chicago. Every department can now
be reached by simple switching ar
rangement and put in connection with
the central office The improvement
was greatly needed to facilitate the
growing business of that concern.
Everybody of course will be pres
ent at the annual Firemen's ball Friday
evening, or at least purchase ticket
if they cannot attend. Concert from
$50 to $50 and then dancing. For
those who wish to play cards, tables
will be provided in the K. P. rooms be-
low the hall. An elegant supper is be-
ing prepared at The Carlton for all who
wish, from II o'clock on. Don't want
tn miss that either
This office has been engaged the
past few weeks in sending out state
ments of account to our subscribers and
the promptness with which several
hundred have responded has been most
gratifying indeed We take this op
portunity to thank our friends for their
generous support and for their ex-
pressions of good will. Newspaper ac-
counts are necessarily small items, but
it is every little added to what you
have got that makes little bit more,
you know, and all helps provide the
daily expenses of the families that de-
pend upon The Reporter for their sup