The Wisconsin tobacco reporter. (Edgerton, Wis.) 1877-1950, 1914-05-15
Local Happenings

York state Thursday by the death OF
an aunt
The w. C. T. U. will meet at the
library Friday afternoon at 8 O'Clock.
All ladies are invited.
Mrs. Conway of Chicago is visiting
at the home of her sister, Mrs. ii. j.
Davis, north of town.
Mrs. ]. D. Whittet and Mrs. Ann
Hall visited with friends at Granville,
ILL.,, during the week.
Miss Mildred Croft and lone Wus-
SOW passed Sunday at the home of Ar
thur Shannon at Portage.
Found on Thursday at the st. Paul
depot S. ir paper money. Owner ap-
ply to Raymond Drager.
J. H. Merritt and wife of Brodhead
passed the first of the week with their
daughter, Mrs. B. ]. Springer.
The third installment of "Kathlyn
will appear at the Lyric Tuesday en-
titled '"The Temple of the Lion. "
H. B. Moseley of Beloit and Miss
Mabel Lee of GAINESVILLE were guests of
the latter's sister. Mrs Frank Pearson,
on Sunday.
Mrs. Roy Hopkins returned from
Rochester, Mimi, Wednesday almost
completely recovered from a recent OPP
GRAFTON.
BY vote of nearly two to one
GAINESVILLE voted to purchase the city
water works at a special election held
on Tuesday.
The Ladies society of the Norwe-
gian church will be entertained by Mrs.
Peter Hanson and Mrs. Holland, Thurs
day, this week.
Miss Caroline Biederman was
brought home from Chicago hospital
Saturday evening with her condition
considerably improved.
--"Hetsa" Williams, accompanied by
his father, returned from Rochester,
Mimi, Sunday morning. There is every
promise of complete recovery.
Mr.. and Mrs. C. E. Shannon and
Miss Gertrude Kocher of Chicago left
Tuesday for Sayner to pass week at
Mr.. Shannon's Lost Lake resort.
EARLY mass will be conducted at
the Porter Prairie church Ascension
Thursday. Father Harlin will be at
the church the afternoon previous.
After spending the last six months
in England, Mr.. Wray Watson returned
home Wednesday evening. He came
across on the st. Paul of the American
line, landing in New York Sunday.
Rev. Frank Richardson of Lake
Geneva visited among his old parish
Oners Monday and on Tuesday with
Rev. T w. North attended a minis
terial conference at StoughtOn.
w. w. Huxtable left Edgerton on
Friday in an automobile trip to Mason
City, Iowa, where his family is now
located. Mr.. Huxtable will travel in
Iowa and Wisconsin for farm imple-
ment concern.
-Orrin J. Bennett of Platteyille
purchased three head of registered
Holstein cows from the Robbins herd
at Sumner, which were shipped to his
Grant county farm Thursday evening.
The price paid, $225 head, indicates
there is money in raising registered
stock.
Henry Schmeling has purchased a
SO acre tract in the city limits just
north of the Shannon homestead of
Arson Bliven. The tract has fine
grove of young timber on it as we'll as
an extensive sand and gravel deposit.
1t lies near enough to the central part
of town so Mr.. Schmeling may subdi-
vide portion of it into city lots. The
consideration was $500.
The Edgerton Concert Band start
ed rehearsals for the seasons work
last Friday night. They are fortunate
in again securing the services of their
old conductor, S. H. Buchanan, and
everything points to a successful sea-
son. If the necessary funds are raised
the Wednesday night concerts will be
continued this summer, starting early
in June. A committee will call upon
the business men in a few days to see
if the amount can be raised.
-Rollin, the year and 5 months old
son of Charles Banker, died Wednes-
day morning, May 7th, at the Chicago
Home for Diseased and Crippled Chill
dren, where the little sufferer had been
receiving treatment for a tubercular
hip. The remains were brought here
bv train and funeral services held from
st. Johns Lutheran church Friday af-
ternoon. Interment took place in Fas-