The Wisconsin tobacco reporter. (Edgerton, Wis.) 1877-1950, 1915-05-28
Local Happenings

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back to % cents this week.
Mrs. Scott Hatch passed Monday
with friends in Fort Atkinson.
There will be no meeting OF the X.
of P. lodge Monday evening. May 3lst.
Miss Ruby Melaas of Stoughton
visited Edgerton friends Saturday even
ing.
George Tousley and wife of Belolt
were visitors at the home of his mother
on Sunday.
"A neat bungalo being erected by
Freeman Lyon on Broadway is nearing
completion.
The Chicago man who bet there
would be % rainy days in May is likely
to win his bet.
Mrs. Ed Grassman paid visit to
her parents in Richlgnd Center the lat
ter part of the week.
The Bethany Circle will be enter
tanned at the home of Mrs. o. q. Han
son this Thursday evening.
Harry Davis takes space in The
Reporter to advertise bicycles and
line of other goods for sale.
Mr.. Nathan Norton of Forest City,
Ark, was guest at the c. L. Culton
home few days during the week.
Mrs. B. L. Cleary gave farewell
party Saturday afternoon for Mrs. +.
C.. Ullrich whose family is soon to leave
for Boston, Mass.
There will be no services at the
Congregational church Sunday owing
to union services for Memorial day and
baccalaureate sermon.
The rain Sunday afternoon caught
any number of automobile tourists
away from home and unprepared for
good soaking they received.
Florence Flagg and Miss Reinel, OF
the teaching force, were entertained at
the home of Miss Erma Shoemaker
near GAINESVILLE for the week end.
The editor of The Reporter re-
ceived a telegram Friday announcing
the death by accident of nephew,
Henry Stillman, aged Fl years, at Nor
tonville, Kan.
The Bradley Knitting Co. of Della
van lost about SIS, 900 worth of goods
with the Lusitania. These goods had
been sold to agents of the English gov
eminent. The loss will fall on the
transportation company.
The third Republic truck brought
here has been sold to the Edgerton
Creamery Co. by the Edgerton Sales
Co. The creamery men are coming to
use gas trucks quite generally for gath
ering cream on country routes.
Henry Johnson and Weetman Dick
inson made trip up the Kickapoo val
lev and across to Viroqua the fore part
of the week. Mr.. Johnson established
several hail insurance agencies in Craw-
ford and Vernon counties during the
trip.
A shower was given for Miss Anne
liza Jensen at the home of Mrs. Ole
Akvik Many beautiful presents were
received and the evening was spent in
PLAYING games and music. About forty
were present. all wishing Miss Jensen
success for the future.
Tom Wileman had nice flock of
sheep pasturing along the creek north
of town until last Thursday night when
dogs fell afoul of them and killed or
manned slmost the entire flock. All of
which is further evidence that there is
too MANY worthless ours harbored about
town.
Milwaukee has been the best dump
ing ground for used automobiles since
the iitney craze started. Hundreds of
secondhand cars have been sent in
from the country and sold at good
round prices the past few weeks and
the farmer boys are buying new cars
instead.
Mrs. Orrin Pomeroy passed away
at the home of her daughter, Mrs. F.
P. Grove, Boulder, Colo, May oath. 1t
is expected that the funeral will take
place Friday p. m. at 1 O'Clock from
the home of her daughter, Mrs R. L.
Page, and lnterment in Fassett GEM
etery.
The invitations issued by the grad
uating class of this year indicate that
class night exercises will be held in the
assembly of the high school building.
Because the play, "The Kleptomaniac, .
cannot be staged on the small high
school rostrum, it will be necessary to
hold the exercises of class night at the
Majestic theater. The usual admission
of ten cents will be charged.