The Wisconsin tobacco reporter. (Edgerton, Wis.) 1877-1950, 1914-08-21
The Elgin price of butter was adj
vancad to 70 cents this week.

E. church next Sunday evening.
Union young peoples meeting at
the NJ E. church next Sunday evening.
Usual services at the M. E. church
Sunday morning, conducted by Pastor
North.
Mrs. Jos. Hruska and daughter
have gone to Argusville. N. D., on
visit to her parents.
Frank Wyman and wife have moved
into their tidy, new home just COM
pleted on Blaine street this week.
Miss Olga Hanson returned home
Monday morning after passing two
weeks with relatives in Minnesota.
Arthur CFarke's family have come
back to town after several weeks
passed at their cottage on Rock river.
1.-THE Officer and the Gentleman, !"
a special Vitagraph feature, is an at
traction billed for the Lyric Friday
evening.
Miss Minnie Johnson and Miss Flor
ence Hawkins went to Mineral Point
Tuesday on a visit to relatives and
friends in that locality.
The w. C. T. U. will meet Friday,
August 21st, at O'Clock, in Child
Memorial Room, M. E. church. A
good attendance is desired.
The work of excavating under the
present postofice building, as part OF
the remodeling for offices to be occu-
pied by Henry Johnson and Frank Will
liams, has been started.
The report is given out that the
American Cigar Co. will discontinue
their Stoughton branch the coming
season, using only their Sparta branch
for the present seasons packing.
The Misses Alice Cullen and Lucille
Earle and Messrs. Stewart Mouat and
Mark Cullen motored through this city
from GAINESVILLE Sunday on their way
to the home of Miss Earle in Porter.
Rev. North returned Monday from
| Waupaca Lakes where he had been at
tending the Camp Cleghorn Chautau-
qua Assembly. Mr.. North was elected
president of the Assembly during the
| session.
From Portland, Oregon, comes an
item of news conveying the informa-
ton that Miss Lillian Maltpress, young
est daughter of Mrs. A. B. Maltpress
of Portland, was married to Mr.. R. r.
Schad, successful young business man
of that city, on July 9th last.
As preliminary steps toward secur-
ing free delivery of postal matter In
the city, the common council are ar
ranging for system of house number
| ing. At the same time it is proposed
to place street names on every street
corner, which will also be great con-
venience to strangers in getting about
the city.
| Judge Karel and Thos Kearney of
Racine, democratic candidate for U. S.
senator, paid Edgerton friendly call
Thursday morning and both made good
speeches to the crowd of few num-
! dred that gathered at the bank corner.
Both have some strong supporters in
their party in Edgerton which will be
reflected in the primary vote next
month.
-Jenkin Lloyd Jones, who has prom
| ised an annual address to the residents
surrounding the Lincoln Centre Farm
on Clear Lake near Milton Junction,
Wisconsin, will redeem that pledge
next Sunday, August 23rd. Other
speakers are invited and hearty invi-
tation is extended for all the people of
the surrounding country to be present.
The exercises will begin at 1:30 p. m.
"A member of the school board
thinks that if The Reporter hadn't sug-
gested it "Citizen" Gettle would have
resigned his office of clerk of the school
board long ago. Possibly that's so. If
Mr.. Gettle's aversion to resigning any
thing in the nature of public office
were not so we'll known, we might con-
cede the point. So the headquarters
of the office of clerk of the Edgerton
school board are likely to remain at
Madison.
The initial success of the James
vile Fair association last week must
be very gratifying to the management
as it certainly was to everybody who
attended the fair. The association is
evidently in the hands of some live,
competent men who have learned how
to produce one of the best county ex-
hibitions to be seen in the state. Now
with such a good beginning it behooves
everyone to put their shoulder to the
wheel and make it the banner fair OF
Wisconsin, Rock county has every