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The Wisconsin tobacco reporter. (Edgerton, Wis.) 1877-1950, 1913-07-18
Tobacco Notes

A. Wallach of Chicago was up this
week sampling packing of IL which
he has in store with w. T. Pomeroy &
Co.
At least thirty-fve tobacco sheds
were blown down by the heavy wind
that accompanied the storm Tuesday
night in the vicinity of Brodhead.
Mr.. C. H. Eimerbrink, with Otto
Eisenlohr & Bro, Philadelphia manu-
facturers, has been in the state few
days during the week consulting with
T. A. Ellingson, their local representa-
tive.
Late press reports claim the Ameri-
can Tobacco Co. has suffered loss of
more than million dollars by the burn
ing of their warehouses and tobacco by
the Bulgarian army in recent outrages
in Turkey.
The Wisconsin tobacco reporter. (Edgerton, Wis.) 1877-1950, 1913-07-18
The Kit Carson Show in Hard Luck.

The Kit Carson Wild West show,
billed to exhibit here Tuesday, is hav-
ing full measure of hard luck this
season. The show came here from
Elkhorn where the severe rain the
night before prevented an evening per-
Torrance. A special train of II cars
brought the show into town about z
O'Clock and the tents were pitched on
the Edgerton Wagon Co. IS grounds
which is rather low place for tented
shows in wet weather. There was
some trouble with the help so that the
parade did not take place until nearly
2 o'clock. A large crowd of people
were in town and the afternoon per-
Torrance was quite well attended,
though the features were scarcely up
to the expectations of the public. A
rather bad reputation had preceded the
show, as employing tough gang and
permitting short changing, shell games
and other means of swindling their
patrons, and the sharpers worked their
schemes on some people here that
ought to have known better than to be
caught by such bald-faced devices.
Then the big storm came on about z
o'clock that drowned out the outfit on
the lot and made an evening perform
ance impossible. AS soon as the storm
was passed the work of pulling down
the tents and reloading the show COM
menced and then there was trouble for
the heavy wagons mired in the soft
ground and all the horses in the outfit
were needed to pull them out of the
tented field. All night long the water
soaked and discouraged men tugged
and swore, prying up wagon after
wagon as it sank to the axles in the
mire. 1t was not until s o'clock the
next morning when the last of the
wagons were loaded on the train, and
nearly 10 o'clock when the special
pulled out for Muscoda, the next stand.
With no possibility of making that
town for Wednesday performance, it
was decided to skip Muscoda and the
train pulled right through to Prairie du
Chen.
The Kit Carson Wild West show
might be all right in border town but
Wisconsin is better off without them
and an outfit made up so largely with
rough necks and swindlers deserves
little sympathy in their hard luck.
The Wisconsin tobacco reporter. (Edgerton, Wis.) 1877-1950, 1913-07-18
Another Brick Yard Fire.

For. the second time within few
months in the building housing the brick
yard machinery fire was discovered
well under way about s O'Clock Friday
evening and before the alarm could
bring out the department the whole in
terror was ablaze and burning fercely.
Fortunately heavy rain set in about
this time which proved a great help IN
holding the fire in that portion of the
building where the brick making ma
chinery was located so that the flames
did but little damage to the engine
room. The loss was fully covered by
insurance in Henry Johnson's agency,
which was adjusted Monday at $500.
1t will probably take a week or ten
days to put the plant into commission
again.
About six weeks ago these buildings
were entirely destroyed by fire and had
just been reconstructed by L. C. Whit
tet after the sale of the property to the
Young & Schaller Co., who now con-
troll the Whittet yards. That the fires
should have been started at exactly the
same place and the same time of the
evening points strongly to the suspicion
that they were of incendiary origin.
The state fire warden's office has had
its men on the ground Investigating the
circumstances but as yet their conclu-
sions have not been made public. If
Edgerton has fire bug it is certainly
to be hoped that he will be apprehend-
ed and placed where he can do no fur
Their damage. The incendiary is most
dangerous person to have. in COM
munity and none feels safe while he is
at liberty.
The Wisconsin tobacco reporter. (Edgerton, Wis.) 1877-1950, 1913-07-18
Fined for Dynamiting Fish.

Edward, Davis, Herman Nightingale
and Carl Zieman of the town Of Center
were each fined SIS and costs, which
amounted to S251.25 in all, for dyna-
hitting in the Catfish river, by Justice
Jensen of Edgerton, Friday.
They were captured by Deputy Game
Wardens w. P. Elliot of Whitewater
and w. P. Mason of GAINESVILLE. The
use of dynamite in any river is one OF
the worst offenses against the game
laws of this state. The three men
were arrested by the two wardens
Thursday and were Immediately taken
to Edgerton for trial All three paid
their fines and were released.
The Wisconsin tobacco reporter. (Edgerton, Wis.) 1877-1950, 1913-07-18
Unclaimed Letters.

Letters remaining uncalled for in the
P. o. at Edgerton for the week ending
July 18, 1913:
S. B. Chapel Mrs. Robert
P Nideng Will Caldwell
G. G. Dewey N T. Daniel
Ralph w Tippett Chas. Mcdonald
D. T. Eastman 2 Helen NJ Dohner
Persons calling for any of the above
named letters please say advertised. 8
H. MCINNEs, F.. M.
The Wisconsin tobacco reporter. (Edgerton, Wis.) 1877-1950, 1913-07-18
The Congregational Sunday school

The Congregational Sunday school
picnicked at Charley Bluff Thursday.
"A bouncing boy babe came to the
home of Ole Rossebo Tuesday morning.
A girl babe was born into the FAM
lily of Mr.. and Mrs. Gerald Whitford
Tuesday.
August 9th and 7th are the dates
for the big T. A. & B. picnic at the
Driving Park.
During the illness of Chief of Pc
lice Springer, P. Mccain has been on
the beat few days of the week.
-Delos Nicholson, instructor of art
in the university at ST. Louis, is visit
ing at the home of his parents here.
Claude A. Mcneil and wife are up
from Chicago to pass vacation with
relatives in Fulton.
Mrs. Leroy Saunders and Mrs. c.
R. Robinson left Tuesday evening for
a two weeks visit with relatives in
Dakota.
"A portion of August Kreuger's
,, garden was completely annihilated by
the Kit Carson horses Tuesday, and the
show management ought to have made
good his loss.
The township insurance companies
are being hit rather heavily in losses by
lightning killing live stock and fire fol-
| lowing the recent big storms. Their
adjustments are the largest for some
years.
Stanley, the eldest son of Mr.. and
Mrs. M. E. Conway, who has been dan
gerously ill with heart trouble, surren-
dered his young life at 2:3O o'clock
Wednesday afternoon. Funeral SER
vices will take place from St. Joseph's
church Friday morning at 10 o'clock.
The Ladies Aid society of the Ger
man church will hold an ice cream
social and fair in Academy hall, Tues
day afternoon and evening, July 22nd,
commencing at o'clock. Music will
be furnished by the orchestra and it
will be the place to rest and get your
cream in comfort.
During the terrific thunder storm
Tuesday evening lightning struck a
large tobacco shed on the old Ben
Compton place, owned by Chas. Ham
mond near Hanerville, which took fire
and was completely destroyed. 1t was
Is bent shed and contained about 81
tons of hay, besides an assortment OF
farm machinery stored there. The loss
is estimated at $4,000, partly covered
by an insurance of 81, 500.
! The personnel ola large party OF
Edgerton people who will leave on a
trip through the Yellowstone Park on
the 21st was made up yesterday when
the travelling passenger agent of the
Northern Pacific railway was here to
secure the bookings. Rev. Schoenfeld
and wife, C. F. Mabbett and wife, L.
c.. Whittet and wife, Walter Vickers
and wife, C. G. Biederman's entire
family, Rev. J. E. Harlin and eight or
ten others are included in the list.
The Wisconsin tobacco reporter. (Edgerton, Wis.) 1877-1950, 1913-07-18

The Edgerton Cigar company would
like an apprentice to learn the trade.
33tf
The Birmingham age-herald., 1913-01-12
New FaShianS

Conforming to the mandatds OF
fashion, all embroidery is doneon
soft materials, so that they be
effectively employed in creatirg
fashionable drapes And for tllf;
purpose embroidery will be in
large demand.
Notes of newness are struck IN
diversified assortments of Fes-
toons.I MedaRIons. Beadings.
Entire Deux and Madeira Eml
broideries. Here, too, are broA
Convent Scallops so much III
sired for making French TettA
coats.
The Peasant fashions d
Europe, the. dea1iias-at Influence
sffilly expressed in colored En-
broideries. This will be a good
Coiored Embroidery Season.
And this little fashion pro
logue would be Incomplete with
out telling of the pretty shadof
laces. Lace flouncings especial
ly. Will have conspicuous p1acf
in spring garment materials. I
is also to be noted that shadoS
laces are the inspiration of mary
beautiful embroidery combina-
tions in lace effects.
Batistes, Lingeries. Organdiss,
Handkerchief Linens and Butch
er Linens diversity OF
materials.
And these and many other
things are shown for the first
time in this sale and display to-
morrow.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1913-01-12
Featuring Advance Styles for the Spring and SUI

All paths leading into the Loveman Joseph Loeb store
are snowy white The first thing you encounter tomorrow
are the tables in the Grand Aisle ront OF the nam
floor dressed in embroidery and trimmed with acesa price
sign of great economy sumountng each display Leading
off from the front into the permanent aisle OF Embroderes
and Laces you will be enra to the spirit OF the White
Sale, expressed in Festoons Medaons Beadngs, Bands,
Alovers Scallopsthe adr guard OF the Spring nov
elties-new ideas everywhere Displays attractive IN the
information they bring of styles that are to be highly ppu
lar High coorings and surprising combinations strike
many of the pretties materials for Spring
Excusveness is featured to greater extent than ever
The Birmingham age-herald., 1913-01-12
Embroidery 1Oc
Sets, Per Yard Il

Hand loom Swiss and Nainsook
Sets selected from our own regular
stock. Finest needle work in deli
cate designs and good materials
can scarcely be detected from real
hand work. Varying width of edges
and insertings to match-strictly
for trimming children's dresses or
dainty underwear. Values up to
35c yard.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1913-01-12
January Sale of White Goods
Offering at LoDest Prices of All the Year
Domestic COttOnS Household Linens
White Dress Fabrics
Sheets and Pillow Cases

The White Goods attributed
to effort OF ovemn Joseph Loebs to bring within the reach Of the
Of the cotton and flax markets. foresight planning for this event. backed the
a
The Birmingham age-herald., 1913-01-12
New English Eyelet ALL OE
overs, Per Yard ~

To be much used style for spring Fifty four inch new
English eyeet alovers elaborate floral geomerica de-
signs made Swiss nainsook in and exclusive pat
terms; 40 pieces, worth up to LIS yard
The Birmingham age-herald., 1913-01-12
Close connection with St. Gall
markets through intimate relations
with certain importers makes poss-
ible the most exceptional economies.

And through the same medium that brings this advan
age in lowered cost afforded also advantageous seec
ton Commonplace designs and patterns tabooed! Even
the least expensive aces and ebodees the &c edgngs
and the 25c cluny lace advertised
fs avoided and the rule of excusveness strictly ad
hered to-
The Birmingham age-herald., 1913-01-12
Lace EffectEm
cry Flounc- 50
ings =

Twenty-seven incn and AS inch
novelty lace effect Embroidery
Flouncings. These are the products
of the greatest lace manufacturing
center IN the world, the home of
finest lace effects-PIauen. Elabo-
rate designs. suitable for party or
evening dresses. Twenty-seven inch
Flounces include dainty designs for
children's and infants dresses.
Twelve patterns to choose from;
worth up to 800 per yard.
Insertings and Galoons to match
all of the above 200 Flouncings,
inches to 8 inches wide. HEc
Per yard lO
The Birmingham age-herald., 1913-01-12
The January Sale of Household Linens
Short Lengths of Table Linen

Table Linen, short lengths of two yards two
and half yards and three yards each. Feat
uring an attractive assortment of German, Irish
and Scotch linen at greatly reduced prices. This
sale of short lengths occurring but once a year.
contributes most to the general interest of this
sale, and this year we look for the splendid
selling record
In connection with the above sale we offer a spe
cia purchase of all linen Napkins, % inches
and 24 inches in size, original prices ranging
from 27S to $50 dozen. At the $3.50
special price Of Il
The Birmingham age-herald., 1913-01-12
As Inch Novelty Flouncings, 4
Per Yard

Twenty pieces Novelty F1ouncng the copies high class
St Gall exclusive effects Depth of work as much as,
30 inches from edge Mostly broad inserting effects BABY
Irish designs predomnatng These promise to be the
be the most popular of all dress materials Actual value
1.50 a yard
The Birmingham age-herald., 1913-01-12
Ne w As in. C0lOred
AllOvers, $1.5O
Per Yard L

New Colored Embroidery, done on
white lingerie cloth. New floral
designs, dainty and elegant for
sheer summer dresses. Forty-fiye
inches wide; values up to ESQ
yard.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1913-01-12
Madeira En- -,
brOidery, Yd. AJ

Twenty new match sets of Ma
delra Embroideries done on long
cloth or soft English cambric. Ex-
act copies of real hand made Ma
deira, in several widths of edges,
with insertion to match. Fine quail
ity recommends them for fine un-
dergarments or dresses. Designs in
imitation of original Appenzell :
hand work. Values up to 35c
yard.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1913-01-12

What Every Wo-
man Should Know

For as long as anyone can re-
member, Utica and Pepperell
have been the standard of quail
ity in sheets and pillow cases.
No woman who wants these
favorite brands need have doubts
of their genuineness, merely be-
cause the prices are lower than
usual. In the Loveman, Joseph
e. Loeb store every Pepperell
sheet is labeled "Pepperell." and
every Utica sheet is labeled
Utica" just as they should be
in whosever store you price
them.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1913-01-12
Flouncings T.

Twenty-Five pieces of Dress
Flouncing, scroll designs done on
sheer Swiss, some with scalloped
edge or hemstitched effect. Suit
able for spring and summer dress
es. Values up to 75c a yard.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1913-01-12
Table Nov lOc
city Edges, Yd t.

Novelty edges taken from our best
Nainsook and Swiss Sets. Many
Baby Irish and Venise effects are
included, wide enough for shirt
waists or children's short dresses.
Also lpsany snUvefry Balloons and
testoons. Values up to l50 yard.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1913-01-12
Val Lace Sets, PEI
Dozen Yards

Point de Paris, Platt Valencienne
and Shadow Lace Sets, in different
widths, from inches TO inches,
with insertings to match. About
% sets; all new patterns, including
values up to 1Sc per yard.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1913-01-12

Shadow Lace Flounce, Is to "a
inches wide, especially desirable for
tunics or drapery effects in dress
for the coming season. Values 75c
TO 1.25 a yard,
The Birmingham age-herald., 1913-01-12
Hand Loom Cambria Edges, &c
Per Yard =

One hundred pieces OF the old fashioned Hamburg or
cambrc edges, made hand loom machines. Fast edges
best quality cambrc because of its splendid wearing
qualities especially good for chldrens dresses and under
garments Edges inches to 6 inches wide; worth up to
1Sc ward
The Birmingham age-herald., 1913-01-12
TOrchOn Lace Edges
Per Rs[d9 Dozen so

and of real linen Difficult to de-
tect from hand made laces, the
threads are of such fine texture.
Washable and more durable. how
ever. Splendid array of good de-
signs. Values up to 8 1-2c a yard.
lEmbroideries and laces. Main Floor
Norwich bulletin., 1913-11-21

It may be of interest to Norwich readers and boys especially. that the boys of 1Te2 were quite the same as they are today, as the following ac- count taken from the Conn. Gazette of Dec 4 1792, shows
 "On Thursday last young man by the name of Cook, age IS was instant ly killed. in this town, by the discharge of a swivel The circumstances aS near as we can recollect were as fol- lows. In celebration of the day, being Thanksgiving, a large number of boys asSem bled and by ptllaging dry casks from stores, wharveS etc had erected a bon fire on the hill back of the Land ing, and to make their rejoicing more snorious filled a swivel several times At last a foolish fondness for a loud report induced them to be pretty law ish of their powder. The explosion burst the swivel into a multitude Of pieces, the largest of which weighing seven pounds passed through the body of the deceased, carrying with it his heart and was afterwards found in the street thirty of forty rods from where it was fired.
 While the serious lament the unhap py account they entertain the hope good may come from evil; that the savage practice of making bonfires on the evning of Thanksgiving may be changed to some more mode of re- joicing more consistent with the genu- inc spirit of Christianity
 In the fall of 1705, in Colchester the authorities postponed Thanksgiving from the first Thursday in November, to the second Thursday in November because of a scarcity of moaasSes, and they must needs wait until supply arrived so the good danes could prop erly prepare their great dinners.
 Referring to the Connecticut Gazette again we find this account from Nor wich, dated Nov. 12. 1773.
 ''Tahe season has been so remarkably mild that fortnight since a mess of green peas was picked at Norwich from the seed of this years growth and a Fairfield about the same time, near pint of straw berries were gath cred Gin a field from vines that had produced a crop at the usual season) equal in color and of agreeable taste and flavor as those that are gathered in June"
 The Gazette also gives the following account of terrific storm which swept Bozrah on Monday July 15, 1799.
 It is described as having taken place about P. M. when the sky became covered with a black in the south' which grew in blackness and rapidly rose. half hour later a cloud of brass of flame color rolled up in front of it Hike smoke Then a Great black cloud came up from N. w. to 5. w. and formed a Junction with the first cloud" At six o'clock the whole hemisphere was covered with the darkness of night emitting Sharp forked lightning followed by heavy thunder A calm of a few moments succeeded while the birds and beasts guided by instinct fled for refuge as pretending some great calamity The wind with a roar blew with great vio- dence when astonishing to behold hail stones of prodigious size two and three inches in diameter. were driven with the force of grape shot" At first they were scattering but came thicker and faster until they fell in a complete shower of ice, so great as to prevent seeing an object two or three rods dis tant. When the hail ceased the rain
Norwich bulletin., 1913-11-21
Dynamite Proof Car.

The private car of the czar of Russia Is said to be practically dynamite proof and owing to it's weight could not be run on most of the European lines The car is elegantly furnished and al- so contains a chapel, where prayers are offered for his safety. The czar travels with only one chef, who Is well along in years and who served his father and for a while the grandfather of the present German emperor
 This year marks the centenary of the arrival of coal gas IS an illuminant. William Murdoch son of an old mill- wright of Old Cumnoch, Scotland, is the acknowledged inventor of coal gas lighting. He was born Aug. 21, 1854, in a low roofed matched cottage a replica, almost of the little "biggin" in which Robert Burns was born. He was brought up a millwright and miller until he was g. then came south and entered the service of Messrs. Boulton and Watt (Watt be- ing the famous inventor of the steam engine,) of Soho works, Birmingham. He changed his name from Murdoch to Murdock out of consideration for pronounce the guttural. At this time he wore wooden hat. It is related of Murdock that, with a gas filled bladder under his elbow, just as if he were playing the bagpipes of his na- tive land" the gas burning at the end of a pipe attached to the bladder, he used to light his way about in the early and late dark hours of winter days Murdock did other things to scare the wits out of the people, One of his contrivances was an engine that ran on wheelS-a fOrerunner of the motor car-and his excursions on this used to alarm the natives.
Norwich bulletin., 1913-11-21
A THANKSGIVING TRAGEDY IN NORWICH

came in torrents and swept the hall
 ruins away in great waves" For an hour the rain came and when the fury of the storm was over and the clouds broke away the sun was just setting The earth seemed 8 desolate waste, a prospect gloomy and dreary beyond description. "All windows were broken on three sides of the houses. shingles were torn off and split. 'Cattle's backs
 were bleeding, horses legs cut and | swollen; some pigs four months old as we'll as sheep, turkeys geese etc were killed.
 Birds were daily found in fields and hedges and gardens killed and maimed
 The storm was so terrific that many inhabitants compared it with their idea Of the judgment The hailstones were so large that they were taken for fall
 ing bricks from chimneys on the roofs
 of the houses. Some hailstones were
 found that measured nearly six inches
 by seven inches. They were compared
 to hens eggs and of geese.
 The banks of hail five and six inches
 deep remained for week and the hail stones even then measured 1-2 inch
 eS around. They were more general ly flat than round with ragged edges.
 Two or thee men were knocked down
 and two children, one of which IA years
 old was so beaten as to be deprived of
 reason for two days.
 Tn this connection it is interesting to
 note that the busy town of Fitchville
 was built by Nehemiah Fitch and his brothers in 1892, and received it's name
 from it's founders. But before the coming of the mills it was always call
 ed ''Bozrah." This name was given the
 place through the incorrect quoting of
 the scripture. An old gentleman who lived where the first Fftchville mills were built arose in meeting and quot ed from the Book of Isiah which he h Ioxy1 4olr tnY this the place was called Bozrah, first in fun later in earnest and the first post office was given this name.
 | SUSAN JEWFTT HOWE
Norwich bulletin., 1913-11-21

Dr. W. F. Wallace. of Bradford, N. H., says :" I use your Casteria in my practice, and in my family"
 Dr. Wm. l. McCann of Omaha, Neb., says '' As che father of thir- teen children I oest&inly know something about your great nedi- cine and aside fFen nsy own family exparieace, I have, in my years of practice, found CasteFAa a popular and efficient remedy in almest every home"
 Dr. Howard James. of New Y York, City, says: 's It ia with great pleas urs tAA6s I desirS to testR1y to the nnssickslsa virtue of your 0Astoria. I iseVe ased 1t with snaxEred benefit in tAe case Of my ovSR daughter, aazSz hsSs estainad excellent results fFuaa it's administration to other chiIdresa in nay ps&0tioe.'
 Dr. J. R. CiaHsen, of Philadel- phie, Pa, says "The name that your CSstoria has made for itself in the teas of thousands of homes blessed by the presence of children, scarcely needs to be supplemented by the eudoTsemsnt oE the mas5oal profession, bat l. fer one, most heartily endorse 1t and believe it an excellent rea4e6y."