The Wisconsin tobacco reporter. (Edgerton, Wis.) 1877-1950, 1913-08-22

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Max Henderson left for Chetek.
Wis, Wednesday to escape his hay
fever malady.
The Misses Hazel Conn, Nettie
Conn, Josephine Burns and Anna Pea
| cock and Russell Conn and Lowell
! Whittet are camping for week at the
i DR.. Meyers cottage on Rock river.
Frank Pringle, who has been max
| ing extensive fall purchases for the
Dept. store the past week in Chicago,
was elected secretary of the Retailers
| convention held at the Hotel Sherman.
Mrs. Walter E. Gleason and chill
dren, Clyde and Claire, returned to
their home in Columbus Wednesday
after spending week with her mother,
Mrs. S. F. Shea, and other Edgerton
| friends.
Judge C. L. Fifeld has been ap-
pointed to fill the unexpired term OF
| the late Judge Sale. The governor
has not yet made his selection of
successor to Fifeld for municipal
Judge, for which there are four candi-
dates.
/ Fred Engel and wife have moved
! from Amerilla, Texas, to Edgerton,
and Mr.. Engel is employed in Filing
sons hardware store. Mrs. Engel is a
sister of Henry Willie and they will oc-
cupy his tenement house after the first
of October.
Olson, the popcorn man, who is
now located at Columbus and doing a
nice business, hired the city cornet
band and gave the people of that place
| free concert on the evening of Aug
i ust 9Th. It was the first free band
concert given there.
That was some ball game at Char
ley Bluff Sunday between Edgerton
and a picked up MELVILLE team-16
innings of it in which Edgerton lost
out by a score of 7 to 6. Tellefson
pitched for the locals and both twirlers
| lasted until the finish.
Mrs. Will Bardeen gave surprise
party Saturday to her daughter Esther
in honor of her fifteenth birthday, to
which about twenty of her young
friends were in attendance. Luncheon
was served at 6 o'clock, after which
the evening was spent in playing games.
The first sheep shipment of the
season from the grass ranges of the
west came Friday for few days stay
at the Edgerton feeding yards before
forwarding to market. There were IL
car loads in the lot, wethers and year
lings, and came from Montana. Feed
ers are now bringing as much as killers
on the Chicago market.
Mrs. Barbara Banker, mother of
Charles and Chester Banker of this
place, died Monday at Mercy hospital
in GAINESVILLE after suffering great
agony from burns received few hours
earlier. While preparing breakfast the
gasoline stove exploded, enveloping her
in flames. Her son Henry, who tried
to extinguish the fire, was also badly
burned. She was Sc years of age, a
widow and a resident of GAINESVILLE.
C. D. Silverthorn, former mer-
chant and tobacco dealer at Footville,
died at his home in that place Friday,
aged 81 years. He had been in poor
health for same time past and in hopes
of gaining relief underwent a serious
operation at Chicago hospital three
weeks ago and was brought home only
two days before his death. The deceas-
ed is the father-in-law of Frank Ire
vorrah.
Mrs. Riley Call of Milton Junction
was inferred in the cemetery here on
Thursday morning. Mrs. Call passed
away last Monday at the Mercy hos
pital in GAINESVILLE after an operation.
She was born in New York state, Aug.
10, 1843, and moved to Indian Ford
when little child. A husband and
daughter, Mrs. Hattie Stewart of
GAINESVILLE survive. She was member
of the w. R. C. of Edgerton who at
tended her funeral.
"A copy of The Deming (New Mex
ico) Graphic has reached this office
containing notice of the death of our
uncle, Col. Elan E. Burdick, aged 81
years. Born in New York in 1926 his
first business experience was as grain
dealer in Edgerton, then numbering in
Wisconsin and Iowa. The last 81 years
of his life was spent in Deming, where
his interest in cattle raising, mining
and farming brought him competence.
His widow and son, Pliny A. Burdick,
and daughter, Mrs. Martha Burdick
Ament survive.
Woman at the State Fair.
Woman has always occupied high
y1locp in Wisconsin, Che hoe bod q