The Wisconsin tobacco reporter. (Edgerton, Wis.) 1877-1950, 1912-01-26
Local Happenings
Where is that January thaw?


The Lutheran Mems club meets
this Thursday evening at the church.
Miss Bessie McInnes was home
from Beloit college for an over Sunday
stay.
About another week left to pay
your taxes before the collection fees
raise.
August Brandt of West Chicago is
guest of Fred Stark and family for a
few days.
Frank Caughey of the Mansfield
Caughey Co.. Madison, called upon old
friends here Saturday.
Morning and evening services both
in English at the Norwegian Lutheran
church next Sunday.
The Young Peoples society of the
Norwegian Lutheran church will meet
Friday evening at the church.
Rockwell Hinckley, student at the
university, visited with his sister, Mrs.
w. F. Mabbett, here over Sunday.
Will Dickinson is recovering nicely
from the typhoid fever which has con-
fined him to his home for the past three
weeks.
Miss Lorene Billings, teacher in
the schools at North Freedom, was a
guest of Miss Helen Coon over the
week end.
Good winter weather stays right
along. Tuesday the snow melted
slightly for the first time since the new
year began.
DIR. Samuel Plantz. of Lawrence
university, joined his wife and daugh-
ter here on Wednesday, guests of Miss
Florence Child.
George Bunting has purchased
Clayton Spikes residence on Albion
road for $4,000. Mr.. Spike intends to
move on farm.
Mrs. w. E. Babcock returned to
her home in Chicago on Friday. Her
mother, Mrs ]. D. Hahn, having i'm
proved from her recent sickness.
Mr.. and Mrs. Edward Kaufman
went to Rochester, Mimi, Monday,
where Mrs. Kaufman is to submit to
an operation at Mayo Pros. hospital.
Seven head of hogs on the farm of
John Scarcliff were smothered under a
straw pile Sunday night. AS the pork
ers weighed over 300 pounds each, the
loss is considerable to the owner.
Owing to the extreme winter
weather the past few weeks, work on
the Albion drainage project has been
discontinued until spring and the con-
tractor has returned to his home in In
diana.
-Waukesha county papers report
that dynamite has to be used in unload
ing cars of frozen and partly rotted
beets at the Menomonee Falls factory,
as well as prying apart the frozen mass
in the storage bins.
Frank Barrett, son of Mr.. and Mrs.
VIM. Barrett of this city, who has been
attending the school of pharmacy at
Marquette college the past year, re-
Gently passed the examination of the
state board and received his certificate
as registered assistant pharmacist.
The butter boosters evidently over
done the business last week in putting
up the Elgin price, for the market has
slumped off cents this week, dropping
the price to 81 cents. Perhaps the boy
cotting clubs being formed all over the
country to cut out the use of cow but
ter had some influence on the market.
Next Monday evening large dele
cation of K. Ps. is expected over from
Evansville to exemplify the work in
the first and third ranks for the local
lodge which has a number of candi-
dates in readiness. A most interesting
session is anticipated and every mem
Der of the order in Edgerton is expect
ed to be present.
-Edgerton chickens won a fine lot of
prizes at the GAINESVILLE show last week.
On Black Langshans Rev. Schoeufeld
took seven prizes and cup on his pen.
On Buff Orpingtons Arthur Clark took
three prizes. On Buff Wyandottes
Theo. Clarke won two prizes, and on
Partridge Wyandottes Francis Curran
won five on his pen.
AT a special meeting of the Edger-
ton Wagon Co. held Monday evening,
arrangements were perfected for Sc
curing additional working capital which
the concern has greatly needed from
the very beginning. Manager Huxta-
BILE is confident the concern can increase
its business the coming year with the
financial backing provided.
Farmers in this vicinity can have
their sugar beets back for the hauling
if they will take them away from the