The Wisconsin tobacco reporter. (Edgerton, Wis.) 1877-1950, 1912-09-06


pewa county are here on visit to rela-
tives.
Mr.. and Mrs. C. L. Culton return
ed from the Indiana mineral springs
Monday evening.
&C. E. Sweeney and A. S. Flagg
were in Mansion Wednesday investi-
eating real estate proposition.
Ole Berg has purchased 10 acres of
land from Scott Hatch for $500. 1t
lies just north Of the city limits.
-Thos. J. Atwood and son George
came down from Gays Mills Wednesday
evening for few days. stay at the old
home here.
An attractive advertisement of the
big Walworth Co. fair, which follows
the State fair, appears on another page
of this paper.
The first meeting of the Royal
Neighbors will be held at Woodman
hall Wednesday evening. A good at
tendance is desired.
Miss Beula Heddles of Madison
spent the latter part of the week with
Edgerton friends, returning to her
home on Monday.
Richard Joyce and wife of Colburn,
Chippewa county, are here visiting. rel
atives. They have been gone from
here about Is years.
Mrs. n. w. North was taken to
Mercy hospital, GAINESVILLE, Tuesday ev-
ening for an operation, from which she
is reported to have passed in salts
factory condition.
Mrs. Frey, who has been visiting
her daughter, Mrs. ]. C. Spilman, here
for several weeks past, returned to her
home in Brooklyn, N. Y, today.
An unusually fine line of films has
been run for the patrons of the Lyric
theater lately, and besides it is COM
| Portable place to be entertained even
ings.
The tenth birthday of Miss Esther
Wileman was observed Monday evening
by surprise rendered by about twenty
of her friends and playmates who were
right royalty entertained at her home
on Washington street.
Members of the Monday Club drove
| to the farm of Louis Touton in Albion
Monday afternoon for surprise upon
former member, Mrs. Frank Horton
of Blunt, S. D., who is visiting at the
home of her parents, where most en-
joyable season was spent
Notwithstanding the fact that the
kissing Princess" was advertised in
the local papers as cancelled, fair
sized audience was at Royal hall Tues
day evening to witness the perform
ance. 1t was generally conceded to be
a catchy play, introducing some good
comedy
Parents should bear in mind that
the rule of the postoffice department is
that no children under IL years of age
should be permitted to call for mail
at the postoffice unless being given a
written permission by the parents.
Now that school has again started and
so many children call for mail the post
office officials will be relieved of much
annoyance by the enforcement of this
rule.
-Thos. Houfe, just south of town,
suffered the loss of a couple of valuable
3 year old colts on Sunday last through
a peculiar incident A window in his
granary had been carelessly.left open,
allowing the animals access to an I'M
limited amount of freshly threshed
grain, afterwards going to the river
for water, causing them to bloat and
die soon after. A yearling colt among
the lot was saved.
AS a result of one of the provisions
of the postoffice appropriation bill, the
salary of all rural mail carriers will be
increased in all parts of the country
where rural delivery is in operation,
commencing October 1st. The bill re-
Gently passed by congress sets the max
imum amount which carriers may re-
ceive for their services at S1100, an in
crease of one hundred dollars over
what they formerly received.
Thursday, Sept. 9Th, picturesque
entertainment will be given in the Con-
gregational church entitled ga Modern
Hiawatha. Mrs. Shearer will read
the story and the different Indian char
acters will be represented by the young
people in pantomime and tableaux.
Time, o'clock. Admission 15c, chill
dren 10c Cast of characters:
Little Sunbeam. ................ Matte Wilson
Hiawatha. .......................LO Lowell Whittier
Lone Bear. .-................. freeman Igor
Black tongue. Clayton W1iIlams
Pale Face DOctOr..... Alvin IyOI
| w lHOud 49,. Dello Lyon
Little Mother. Agnes PeacocB
Music-Madge Wilson, Nellie Bentley.