The Wisconsin tobacco reporter. (Edgerton, Wis.) 1877-1950, 1915-06-25
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part of the week.
Rev. julius Marks of Madison will
occupy the pulpit at the Congregational
church Sunday morning and evening.
Mr.. and Mrs. L. E. Gettle were
down from Madison Wednesday to at
tend the funeral of Mrs. Geo. Haylock.
The Monday club picnicked at
Clarke's cottage and the w. c. T. U.
at Scott Hatch's cottage on Rock
river Thursday.
The Sunday school classes of Miss
May Pyre and Miss Myrtle Barton en-
joyed picnic at the Maltpress cottage
on Rock river Tuesday.
The Hubbell warehouse closed on
! Tuesday for the season and the last of
the ten young ladies who came down
from Chippewa Falls for employment
have returned to their homes.
"A son was born to Mr.. and Mrs.
Theo. Carey and daughter to Mr..
and Mrs. Henry Stricken on the 10Th;
also a son to Mr.. and Mrs. Morton
Pierce in Sumner on the 23rd.
The Eastern Star will hold their
annual picnic at Clarke's cottage on
Rock river on Thursday, July LIST.
Conveyances can be arranged for
! through Dr. Holton or r. L. Mcintosh.
On Friday evening an Essanay,
'The Dear Old Girl, F" featuring Francis
Bushman, is booked at the Lyric. On
Monday another of the Famous Play
ers productions, ''The Port of Missing
Men," is TO be shown
Mr.. and Mrs. j A. Naset of AL
bion, who have been visiting at Sparta,
were joined there Monday by Mrs. Rem
Spike and Mrs. Priscilla Spike of this
city, and the party proceeded to Roch-
ester, Mimi, to consult the Mayo Bros.
Invitations have been issued for
the marriage of Miss Evaline Post,
daughter of Mr. and Mrs. VIM. Post
of Fulton, to Rev. Lewis A. Stark of
Waupun, to take place at the home of
the brides parents, Wednesday even
ing, June 30, at 8 o'clock.
Christian Raasch, father Of Mrs.
VIM. Isaacs of this city and Mrs. Aug
ust Schmeling, died at the home of his
daughter, Mrs. Schmeling, on the Hub
bell farm in the town Of GAINESVILLE on
Sunday evening Of bronchial pneu-
monia, aged SO years. The remains
were taken to Oconomowoc Wednesday
morning for burial.
w. T. Pomeroy & Co. have been
notified that they have been awarded
gold medal for display of leaf tobacco
made at the San Francisco-Panama eX-
position. However, there seems to be
a string tied to the awards of gold
medals by the exposition authorities.
The parties receiving the awards are
expected to furnish the gold that goes
into the medals.
Keep in mind that July 5th is the
date for the opening of Chautauqua
week in Edgerton. The Travers- Wick
Co. is the same management that pro-
vided an excellent entertainment a
year ago and the program for this sea-
son is guaranteed to be equally as sat
isfactory. The sale of tickets is in the
hands of the City Federation of Wom
| ems Clubs, from whom season tickets
should be secured early. The season
tickets are transferable and saving
can be made by purchasing admissions
/ for the whole course.
| Farmers Due to Lose in the FOOtville
Crash
! The attorneys for the creditors OF
the Footville and the Valencia Milk
Condensing companies have made an
| investigation of the books and affairs
of the companies and find that the total
assets of the two companies will reach
a quarter of million, while the liabil-
tiles are more than $4,000, the liabil-
tiles Of the Footville company alone
being more than $91, 000 A sale has
been ordered of the plants, and it is
likely that heavy loss will be sustain
ed with the prospects that creditors,
mostly farmers who were forced to
wait for their milk checks, will receive
but small per cent of their claims,
and that after long drawn out court
proceedings. Doubtless some other
milk company will purchase the plant
and continue it's operation. There are
several such companies doing legiti-
mate business who would be glad to
secure the plant and place it on sound
basis. The facts of the mismanage-
ment indicate that the promoters will