Vernon County censor. [volume] (Viroqua, Wis.) 1865-1955, 1912-04-03
Short News Stories of Interest
Reporters Comngs Goings Dongs
and Vicinity
; Easter next Sunday.

-Walk-over shoes at Stoll & Groves
Money loaned and borrowed. w.
E. Butt.
New neck wear this week at Stoll
& Groves.
Money to loan on real estate. Call
on J E. Stoll.
New dress goods and silks at Ro-
man & Felix's
An kinds of wall paper at o. E.
Davis drug store.
-Alabastine, freskolin and wall pap
er, at o. E. Davis.
Miss Pearl Marshall is visiting at
Stoddard and Genoa.
If going to build any kind of silo,
Thayer can save you money
-Thayer sells lumber, -four and feed
and all at reasonable prices.
Examine Thayer's stock of barn
and shed boards and get his prices.
Ole Paulsrud of Westby section
went to Window, Minnesota, to visit.
Headquarters for base ball goods
and fishing tackle at Anderson& Sauer's
New shirt waists, short set in
sleeves in high and low neck at Roman
& Felix's.
New coats and suits for ladies,
misses and children at lowest .prices at
Roman & Felix's.
Your Easter hat should be a NAL
lory cravenetted, and they are sold only
by Stoll & Groves.
--Rubbers at the Farmers Store
Mems 81 25 grade, 81 90; soc grade,
75c; ladies' rubbers, Csc.
New white dresses, ginghams, per-
Gale, foulard dresses for spring wear
just received at Roman & Felix's.
DIR. w. w. Hanson, Dentist, over
D. E. Davis drug store. Phone 284
residence and Office. 1-52w.
White cedar posts and woven wire
fence at lowest prices. Let us furnish
you what you need. john E. Nusum
& Son.
-Tibbits- Cameron Company are max
ing special prices at this time on all
barn and shed lumber, as well as shingles
and cement.
Are you going to treat your seed,
grain and potatoes with Formaldehyde?
Ii so, call at o. E. Davis drug store
for information and prices.
For Easter gifts do not fail to look
over the Japanese hand paintings in
Martins Grocery before buying your
postals, Easter cards, etc.
Mr.. and Mrs. C. ]. Smith gave a
dinner party in honor of their son Ken
meth, inviting number of his college
and other young school friends.
e H. Officer, the bus and drayman,
is soon to domieile his family in new
home, having purchased from John M.
White the residence nearly opposite his
business headquarters.
Henry Hendrickson has enlisted
with + M. Towner as salesman. Mr..
Hendrick son has invested in new home,
the w. Nj. BoUffieur residence, three
blocks north of the court house.
Mrs. G. N. Hauge returned from
Portland, where she movedat the open
ing of winter. She did not find mat
tiers entirely to her liking there, con-
Guiding that Wisconsin is, after all, not
an undesirable state.
-Chas. S. Slack & Company have a
full line of plows. harrows, drills, wag-
ons and trucks and other up-to-date inn
plements too numerous to mention that
they are selling like hot cakes, and
their prices are what will interest you.
You want new suit for Easter, of
course? 1t is only a question where to
buy. Let us help you out in making a
selection. Our stock is so complete and
attractive that you will make no mis-
take if you let US show you before you
buy. The Blue Front Store.
B. w. Moore came from Montana
to Strengthen up personal affairs. He
reports that they had severe winter
in the west, and that many ranchers
lost heavily in live stock, especially in
the number of sheep that persisted by
wild storms and deep snow.
-Juhn L. Davis was business caller
in the city from Retreat He is push
ing with vigor the interests of the
Beatrice Creamery Separator Company,
having agency for a considerable ter
ritory. While here Mr.. Davis arranged
for a series of display advertisements
to be inserted in the CENSOR.
Charley Allen came from his pre-
sent home at Waterloo, Iowa, to visit
parents and pack the remainder of his
personal effect for shipment. He de-
clares that all the principal Iowa towns
are having substantial growth and in
crease in population, Waterloo increas-
ing from IL, 900 to 26, 900 in ten years.
Wages for tradesmea are good and he
had employment all winter.
The old residents who knew Rev.
E. E. Clough during his pastorate
with Viroqua church, will learn with
sadness of his death in California. He
was popular minister and gentleman.
At one time he was presiding elder on
this district, and he later filled a like
station in South Dakota, and was also
one of the managers of the soldiers
home in that state. He moved to Cali
fornia some years since.
Superintendent Gardner reports ex-
tremely light attendance upon his meet
lngs held for examination of applicants
for certificates to teach. The new law
requiring at least six weeks OF technical
training in some normal or other ac-
knowledged medium of advanced work,
is cause, the superintendent says, for
light attendance on spring examinations.
Teachers stand examination following
summer normal scncol, which is pro-
vided by the county.
Mrs. Mary Calhoun died at the
home of her son David in the town of
Clinton, where she had resided since
1869. A few years later her husband,
William Calhoun, was killed by the fall
ling of tree. She was grandmother
to SO, great-grandmother of 50, and
great great grandmother to children,
thus being the direct ancestor of 128
persons. Ten children were born to
Mrs. Calhoun.
of the many congenial social fune-