The Wisconsin tobacco reporter. (Edgerton, Wis.) 1877-1950, 1912-07-19
Local Happenings

VIM. Hutson of Beioit is calling on
Edgerton friends.
Andrew Mcintosh was Chicago
visitor on Monday.
Miss Sadie Nelson is spending her
vacation at her home in Sturgeon Bay.
Miss Lillian Stanke will entertain
the Pigeforening at her home this week
Thursday.
Frank Talmadge of Fort Atkinson
was an over Sunday visitor with friends
in Edgerton.
Frank Pearse went to Michigan
Saturday his visit his old home during
his vacation.
W. H. Hutson lest Tuesday night
for North Dakota to look after landed
interests there.
Miss Hazel Conn went to Albany
Saturday to spend brief vacation with
her grandmother
The Royal Neighbors passed Tues
day with Mrs. Alfred Anderson at her
vacation home on Kegonsa.
Miss Irene Sherman of Stevens
Point is guest of her sister, Mrs.
Geo. Blanchard, here for few weeks.
Mr.. Bert Beck and family were up
from GAINESVILLE to pass Sunday with
Mrs. Beck's parents, VIM. Isaacs and
wife
Herman Lypke has purchased the
John Porter property on High street
for $1,000. He will take possession
August 10.
Frank Kellogg and wife and Mike
Conway and wife left on Tuesday for
Grand Island, Nebraska, to visit the
family of John Conway.
Miss Edna Wilson went to Chicago
Tuesday to attend a three weeks nor
NAL course in piano teaching at the
Crosby-Adams school at Oak Park.
While in Chicago the last of the
week, Joel Thompson purchased 16
head of horses for his livery business.
They were unloaded Sunday at this
station.
"A meeting of business men will be
held at The Carlton hotel on Friday
evening to receive the report of the 4th
of July committee. The hour will be
8 o'clock
There was pleasant gathering of
between forty and fifty relatives OF the
Haired, Sine and Kaupanger families
at the farm home of Herbert Haired
near Stebbinsville on Sunday.
Mrs. C. M. Kocher of Chicago, who
has been visiting her sisters, Mrs. c.
E. Shannon and Mrs. Harley Saunders,
here, left Tuesday for Aniwa, Wis,
accompanied by Mrs. Saunders, for a
visit to a brother and sister in that
place.
Miss Matte Maltpress, who grad
uated from the high school this year,
left Tuesday for San Diego, CAL, to
make her home with her aunt while she
attends the normal school in that city
the coming year.
An auto party consisting Of DIR.
Carl Bates, wife and family and Mrs.
Mullen and daughter Clara arrived here
Tuesday from LAGRANGE, Ill. The
former are guests at C.. H. Babcock' s
and the latter at Richard Trevorrah's s.
During the Saturday morning storm
Chas. Browns tobacco shed at New
vile was moved from its foundation
and partially wrecked. The damage
was settled by Henry Johnson, whose
agency carried tornado insurance, on
Monday.
Rev. and Mrs. j. Linnevold, Mr..
and Mrs. o. G. Hanson, Adolph and
Miss Clara Jensen attended the we'd
ding of Miss Emma Brandt, daughter
of Rev. r. o. Brandt, to Rev. G. G.
Naeseth of North Dakota, at McFar-
land last Thursday, which was the most
largely attended wedding ever held in
that locality
One of the heaviest rainfalls of the
season followed several days of ex-
tremely warm weather early Saturday
morning. The storm was accompanied
by wind and electric disturbance that
caused much damage in localities along
the track of the storm. More than q
inches of water fell in a short time,
causing many fields to be washed and
flooded, lodging the grain and wrecking
farm buildings. The local telephone
company had about 20 phones knocked
out by lightning.
H. S. and Charlie Swift, who have
been claiming on Rock river above
Fort Atkinson, came home Saturday,
having been driven out of their work
by the high water. They were camp.
ing on an island and the night after
Fridays tremendous rainfall the river
rose five feet. They have secured over
$500 worth of pearls the past month,
some of them of extraordinary size and
value. A few pearlers at work along
tho lOv-or pooL apd Catfish hove MOI