The Wisconsin tobacco reporter. (Edgerton, Wis.) 1877-1950, 1912-08-02

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Freeman Lyon and wife have been
visiting friends in Beloit a few days
this week.
Miss Mary Mennicke of GAINESVILLE
visited from Friday until Sunday at H.
D. Ogden's.
Miss Louise Jensen will entertain
the Pigeforening at her home Thursday
evening this week.
Mrs. Jennie Carlson and daughter
of Eagle came Wednesday for few
DAYS visit with relatives here.
DIR. J. B. Miller visited his parents
and attended homecoming at Kewas-
KUN few days during the week.
L. w. Persons came down from
Sparta Saturday, where he is employed
by the American Cigar Co., for short
stay.
Mrs. Patrick Sweeney and son
George of Chicago arrived Tuesday ev-
ening and will visit relatives here for a
number of days.
The Kvindeforening will meet with
Mrs. Adolph Swenson at her home,
Thursday, August 9Th. Bus will leave
the church at 10 o'clock.
Mr.. and Mrs. r. w. Davis and
daughter left Wednesday morning for
their home in Ohio after couple of
| weeks visit with their son, Terrell
Davis.
Miss Marie Hubbell returned last
week from a weeks stay in Chicago.
! She was accompanied by her cousin,
Miss Alice Cavanaugh, who was her
guest for few days.
Edwin Hubbell ST., former resi-
dent of Rock county, whose home is
now in Los Angeles, CAL, arrived Mon
day evening for an extended visit to
his son, E. M. Hubbell, and meets with
| a warm greeting from old friends on
every hand.
Mrs. August Giese and daughter
Martha, who have been guests of Aug
ust Ratzlaff and wife, Sr., for some
time, returned to their home in Mil
waukee on Tuesday. Miss Alma Ratz-
laff accompanied them home for a
weeks stay.
There was pleasant birthday sur
prise given Miss Bessie Peterson at her
home Tuesday evening. Her young
friends who had gathered there were
treated to lawn supper and later to a
social dance in T. A. & B. hall attended
by about fifty. She was also the re-
cipient of several handsome presents as
reminders of the occasion.
Peter Carlson returned on Friday
from three months trip to the home
of his birth in Norway, the most of the
time being passed with relatives at
| Christiania, from which city he re-
turned direct by the Scandinavian line
to New York in pleasant voyage. II.
| H. Lund's family, who accompanied
him on the outward trip, will remain in
Norway for few weeks yet.
&C. G. Biederman appeared before
| the board of review of income tax as
sessments, in session at GAINESVILLE,
Tuesday to protest against an arbitrary
change in his schedule. AS he is a
busy man he wants to know who is 60
ing to pay him for his time and ex-
penses of the trip to GAINESVILLE which
he thinks is worth as much as board of
review which are each paid 81 day.
| Echo answers "Who?'
William F. Kemp and Miss Emma
E. Lempke, both of Fulton township,
were united in marriage Thursday after
noon, July Is, at o'clock at the resi-
dence of the brides parents, Mr.. and
Mrs. Albert Lempke. Rev. j. C.. Spill
man of this city performed the cere-
| mony in the presence of near relatives
of the contracting parties. A sumptu-
Gus wedding dinner followed. The
couple will reside in Fulton township.
The Edgerton Tennis club encoun-
tered the Whitewater team in a match
Saturday afternoon held on the Jensen
and Culton courts. Four teams repre-
senting each city played total of eight
matches, seven double and one single.
Out of this number Whitewater was
credited with one victory. being double
match, making the final score seven to
one in favor of the Edgerton boys.
Preparations are now being made to
play return match at Whitewater on
Friday of this week.
&C. E. Sweeney, real estate dealer,
says that the crops are not the only
things that are booming this week, and
he reports the sale of $40 acres of farm
lands. Among them is the August
Johns farm of 300 acres in the town of
Center sold to Thomas Cassidy of the
town of Porter, consideration S23, $50.
Mr.. Johns takes in part pavment the