The Wisconsin tobacco reporter. (Edgerton, Wis.) 1877-1950, 1915-06-18

Miss Genevleve HOlcOmO Is VlSlC-
| ing friends at Lake Forest and Chicago
this week.
Henry Johnson looked in on the
doings of the legislature at Madison on
Wednesday.
Mrs. N. E. Nelson and younger
children spent few days of the week
at Kilbourn.
Gordon Holcomb of Chicago is Wis
iting at the home of his mother, Mrs.
Van Ness Green.
Prof Lamoreaux and family have
gone to their Michigan home for the
summer vacation.
Mr.. C. N. Edgerton of Aurora, ILL.,,
was calling upon old time friends here
a short time this week.
-Chas. Barnard, O. C. Colony and
Pete Libbey of Evansville transacted
business in Edgerton Wednesday.
Rev. Linnevold and family have
taken a cottage at Pleasant View and
Mrs. D. l. Wilson left Wednesday
for the east on an extended visit to her
daughter at White Plains, New York.
The morning service at the Luth
eran church will be in English next
Sunday and the evening service in
| Norwegian.
Home grown strawberries have ap-
peared on the market this week in suf-
fcient quantities to supply the local
consumption.
Rev. F. w Schoenfeld preached
at Cherokee, Iowa, on Sunday. Mrs.
| Schoenfeld accompanied him as far as
Mason City for brief visit.
Mrs. Frank Williams, Mrs. l..
Wood and Miss Lillian Vayette attend
ed the G. A. R. convention at Wausau
| this week, as representatives of the
| w. r. c.. of this city.
The Edgerton Chapter Eastern Star
will hold their last meeting before call
| ing off for the summer next Tuesday
| evening. There will be work and full
attendance of members is requested.
The country roads that have been
torn up for permanent Improvement
show sorry spectacle now after long
season of rainy weather. Travel on
these soft roads has put them into all
manner of impossible conditions. Au-
tomobiles will find stretches of such
roads in almost any direction they
travel now. 1t may be some weeks be-
fore long trips can be taken with any
comfort or pleasure.
"A vicious thunder storm that broke
about eight o'clock Saturday evening
caught a large number of country peo-
pie in town for two or three hours
while the storm passed. Sharp light
ming discharges accompanied the storm,
one of which shattered the chimney of
| Herman Bublitz's residence, followed
| the piping into the bath room, knock
ing plaster from the walls and other
wise damaging the house. The loss
was promptly adjusted by Henry John
son Monday.
In answer to an inquiry made by
District Attorney S. G. Dunwiddie,
States Attorney General Owens gave
an opinion that no appeal could be TAX
en- by the state over the decision of
Judge Maxfield in the case of the state
VS.. Rev. E. c. Carton. It was held
| that no appeal could be taken when the
magistrate had discharged the COM
plant against a defendant on a prelim-
mary examination This does not af-
| feet the appeal taken by William A.
Leighton on the payment of the costs
! in the case.
Advertising matter for the Travers-
| Wick Chautauqua, coming under the
auspices of the Federation of Women's
| Clubs, which will be held the first week
in July, is being posted about town this
week. Some of the attractions will be
found in this issue. The exercises will
| be held in a large tent erected on the
| school grounds, same as last year,
which proved the most accessible loca-
ton to be found in town. We trust
our readers will make their arrange
| ments to take advantage of the full
| weeks entertainment.
The Edgerton ball team had an easy
victory over the Stoughton Moose in
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9 to a. Errors were plentiful during
the game and coupled with some hard
luck the Stoughton team made rather
poor showing. Edgerton started the
scoring with a run in the second, made
two more in the fourth, three in the
fifth, two in the sixth, and the last in
| the ninth. Dunn's pitching was the