The Wisconsin tobacco reporter. (Edgerton, Wis.) 1877-1950, 1915-10-08
Mr.. and Mrs. w. G. Atwell have

to Milwaukee and passed last week
with friends in that city.
L. NJ Souders of Chicago, with the
Empire Line, was an over Sunday Wis
itor with Edgerton friends.
August Ratzlaff was in Chicago
Tuesday buying new goods for Ratzlaff
Bros. store.
w. F. Mabbeat and Walter Vickers
are transacting business in Montana
this week.
The City Federation of Women's
Clubs will hold their first meeting Fri
dav, Oct. 18th. 1872
Mrs. B. j. Springer and mother,
Mrs. Merritt, were with relatives in
Madison Wednesday.
Miss Emily Watson attended the
dance and banquet of the O. F. A.
club in Stoughton Monday evening.
Mrs. II. L. Bardeen returned to
her home in Darlington Tuesday after
a visit at the Will Bardeen home here.
1t will be Bradley" week at the
G. w. Sheffield and Babcock stores,
Oct. to 16. Bradley makes the sweat
ers and these concerns sell them.
Geo. w. Blanchard and family re-
turned from Stevens Point Wednesday
evening, where Mrs. Blanchard and
son have been visiting for few weeks.
The corn crop has now reached
stage where farmers are quite gener-
ally filling their silos. Very little of it
in this vicinity has yet been touched by
the frost.
The first meeting of the New Cen
tury Club, social and business ses-
sion, was held at the home of Miss
Wilma Hurd in Fulton Monday with
community supper.
The morning service at the Luth-
eran church will be in English with
holy communion. The evening service
is in the Norwegian language with a
sermon on the second commandment.
Miss Shirley Shumway was the re-
cipient of miscellaneous shower given
by company of twenty or more of her
friends Monday evening at her home on
Rollin street. A o'clock supper was
served followed by an evening at cards.
Mrs. A. H. Clarke, Mrs. Alfred
Anderson, Mrs. C. Wanamaker and
Miss Wilma Hurd are attending the
state convention of Woman's Clubs
that convened at Lacrosse on Wednes-
day, as representative of the Fedora
ton of this city.
AT the meeting of the council Mon
day evening an ordinance was adopted
regulating the passing of tractor ma
chimes upon paved streets. On several
different occasions our paved streets
have been damaged by heavy machines
having spiked wheels, and the council
considered it time to call halt.
"A bankers convention, comprising
the sixth district, having a membership
of over 100, will be held in Edgerton,
Oct. 10Th. The officials of the local
banks which have the arrangements in
hand for the meeting consist of An
drew Jensen, L. J. Dickinson. c.. G.
Biederman and Adolph Jensen of the
Tobacco Exchange, and Geo. w. Doty,
c.. H. Babcock, Oscar Olson and ] F.
Hruska of the First National. A pro-
gram of addresses on subjects pertain
ing to the banking business and some
social entertainment is under consid-
Grafton that will be announced later.
Judgment of 81, 900 each and costs
against four insurance companies, the
Security of New Haven, Conn.,, the
Westchester Fire and the Farmers
Fire of York, Penn, and the Central
Manufacturers Mutual of West Vert,
Ohio, have been awarded the Indian
Ford Electric Co. in the circuit court
of Rock county by Clerk of Court J.
Earle. Some months ago fire totally
destroyed the electric power house and
equipment at the Ford. Agents of the
insurance companies adjusted the loss
in June. Since that time the concerns
have been delinquent in payment of
the loss and the action was begun to
secure payment.
Many towns are liable to be called
on to pay big fine for not having
large lettered signs on the many cross
roads 1t is different now from what
it used to be before the autos came.
One thousand strangers pass through
the small towns now where there used
to be dozen. The sign laws are very
strict and some of the tourists are be-
ginning to show a little nervousness
about the lack of signs in many towns.
Some of these auto people are apt to
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