The Wisconsin tobacco reporter. (Edgerton, Wis.) 1877-1950, 1915-04-23


A bright healthy babe was well
coined into the home of Mr.. and Mrs.
Martin Oberdeik in Fulton Sunday.
Mr.. and Mrs. S. H. Knox returned
to Chicago Tuesday after a visit to
Mrs. Knox's father, w. B. Wentworth.
&C. III. Carter of Readstown, in
charge of w. Dickinson's warehouse,
has been passing few days in Edger-
ton.
Mrs. Scott Hatch, Miss Florence
Child, Rev. and Mrs. VIM. Hooton
motored to Delavan Tuesday, spending
the day at the home of Rev. Thomas
North.
-Nels Anderson, one of the early
settlers of Oakland, died at his home
in that township last Thursday, aged
70 years. He leaves widow and sew
eral grown children. He was brother
of Anthony Anderson of Albion.
The K. P lodge entertained the
cast that recently took part in the play
Savageland given for their benefit
Tuesday evening. An impromptu
dance and luncheon formed part of a
pleasant evenings entertainment.
-Edgerton ought to be cleaner city
and it is good time to begin to slick
ND. Swat the first fly, scat the cat
and likewise sick the dog-all distrlb-
utors of germs. Then we can get
down to the grass roots and go after
| the microbes.
| The railroad commission has given
permission to the GAINESVILLE and Madl-
son Traction Co. to issue $22,0 bonds
and $4,000 stock for the building OF y
miles of line around the east side OF
Lake Monona as a start of their inter-
urban road.
A unanimous call was extended on
| Sunday to the Rev. w. A. Leighton to
be pastor of the First Congregational
church at Emington, Ill. Mr.. Leighton,
however, has decided not to accept the
call and will continue as formerly IN
the pastorate at Fulton.
There will be a union meeting al
the M. E. church Sunday evening,
April Is, at which time the prize es-
saws of 9Th grade students OF the Ed
gerton high school will be read. The
w. C. T. u. offered first and second
urizes for the best essays from the 9th
grade pupils.
F. A. Young, Rev. ]. G. Spilman,
VIM. Bardeen and C. A. Hoen motorec
to Watertown Tuesday and witnessed
the first ball game OF. the. season between
the University and Northwestern col
lege teams. 1t was we'll played
game with the u. w. winning by
score of 6 to 8.
A distressing accident occurred II
GAINESVILLE Monday when Willard Roth
ermel, 13-year-old son of VIM. Rother
mel. was almost instantly killed by
street car near the Greene warehouse
| opposite the depot. The boy with 9th
er schoolmates were playing IN thu
street and ran in front of the passing
car.
The Junior Prom given by tn
Junior class of the Edgerton higl
school Friday evening at Academy hal
scored one of the social successes 0
the season, 112 tickets being sold an
f many Young people from GAINESVILLE
Stoughton and Madison attending
Thompson's full orchestra OF Madlso
provided delightful music and the ha
was very prettily decorated for the oc
: casion.
Civil war veterans who are on tn
! pension rolls of the government mus
identify themselves by exhibiting thei
: pension certificates before securing
quarterly pension checks to be issue
by the government this month. In
certificate must be shown to the ma
carrier or postmaster delivering tn
check and if the pensioner is unable t
produce the certificate, the check WI
be held up.
Rev. l.. H. Keller of Madison OF
cupied the pulpit of the Congregations
church Sunday, the occasion being tn
twenty-fth anniversary of his bringin
| a bride to Edgerton and as pastor OF
church just organized in this city A
the morning service Rev. Keller CAV
a review of what advancement quar-
n ter of /. century had brought to tn
: world at large as we'll as to Edgerto
;. in all lines of endeavor. He also re
e called many pleasant remembrances
incidents in his early passionate OF tn
n church here and spoke feelingly c
e some of the people who were prominer
d in church work who have since passe