The Wisconsin tobacco reporter. (Edgerton, Wis.) 1877-1950, 1915-08-20

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Willard Carlson and sister Leora
are guests at Andrew Berry's this
| week.
Mr.. and Mrs. Eugene Painter
have taken their son to Waukesha
sanitarium.
Forty years ago Saturday, the 21st,
heavy frost ruined the corn and to-
bacco crops.
Mrs. F. w. Coon was called to Oak
Park, ILL.,, Wednesday by the illness of
her daughter.
Prof. F. O. Holt and family have
been visiting his sister in Minneapolis
during the week.
Mrs. Fannie Crandall of Chippewa
Falls is visiting her sister, Mrs. Henry
Brace in Fulton.
W. B. Wentworth, D. w. North
and VIM. Gardiner left Tuesday for
Montana on real estate business.
w. T. Pomeroy and wife were at
Madison the fore part of the week,
their daughter, Mrs. Miller, being sick.
The employees of the Electric
Light Co. joined the GAINESVILLE Electric
Co. employees in picnic at Yost
park Tuesday.
Mrs. Rogde and daughter of Eau
Claire and the Misses Subey of Slough
ton spent Tuesday at the home Of p.
B. Ellingson.
The Kvindeforening will meet in
the church Thursday, Aug. 26th, and
will be entertained by Mrs. Julius John
son and Mrs. Schultz.
-Robt. Maltpress, now employed as
teacher of manual training at the Wau-
kesha Industrial school, was an over
Sunday visitor Of relatives here.
There were 25 applicants that took
the civil service examination held at
the high school Friday for the two
carrier and one assistant positions in
the Edgerton postoffice.
After three postponements the Con-
gregational Sunday school held their
annual picnic Tuesday at Charley Bluff,
and the day proved much more pleasant
than the morning promised.
AT the Lyric Friday night ga
Daughter Of Strange Inheritance, " a
special Vitagraph feature will be
shown. Next Monday the 7th Install
ment of "The Diamond From the Sky"
will be shown.
Mrs. Wray Watson and daughter
Emily, Camilla Hanson, H. B. Knapp,
wife and son Hixon were entertained
at house party given by Mr.. Trace
Christensen at his Lake Kegonsa cot
tage the first of the week.
During the heavy rain last week
water flooded the gymnasium and man
ual training rooms of the Child high
school building, damaging the floors
that will require considerable expense
to repair. Too bad some provision had
not been made for such occurrences.
While in Chicago Tuesday, j. W.
Hanlon of the Lyric purchased a Pow
ers 6 A, motor driven picture machine.
This is one of the best on the market,
having taken grand prize at the Pan
anna exposition in San Francisco. 1t
will be installed and ready for use Fri
day evening.
There has been most abundant
crop Of mosquitoes Matched out during
the recent wet weather. Black swarms
of these hungry, sharp billed pests can
be raised from the thick, damp foliage
everywhere They are particularly an
noying to the unscreened homes as we'll
as pasturing live stock.
Mr.. and Mrs. John Harlin, Mr..
and Mrs. Charles Geisse and Miss Ag
ness Harlin of Fond da Lac were
guests of Father Harlin at st. Joseph's
parsonage during the week. Rev.
Harlin and his guests started to motor
to the Dells at Kilbourn Monday, but
encountered rain and bad roads on
reaching Prairie du Sac and they re-
turned.
Frank Hitchcock has received no
tice from the board of trustees of Rob-
ert's college, Constantinople, Turkey,
that conditions in the East are as yet
so unsettled that it is uncertain wheth-
er the college will open this year or
not The instructors are told to hold
themselves in readiness to return should
the war end within few months.
A most appreciative audience gath
cred at Culton Memorial hall on the
evening of August 10 to enjoy the pro-
gram of readings and song given by
Miss Gertrude Louise Spencer, assisted
by Miss Doris Clarke. Interspersed
with her dramatic readings, Miss