The Wisconsin tobacco reporter. (Edgerton, Wis.) 1877-1950, 1915-01-29

degrees below Thursday morning
Fred Campbell of Milton assisted
in waiting on customers at the big sale
at the Department store this week.
Regular meeting of w. r. c. will
be held Tuesday evening, Feb. 2. All
members are requested to be present.
The legislature has just passed a
law extending the time of payment OF
taxes to March 1st, if town boards and
city councils so decide.
Mrs. H. B. Knapp was at Mercy
hospital, GAINESVILLE, Wednesday to visit
Mrs. Haylock. She reports her condi-
ton fine and will be home Monday.
Will Hutson and Mrs. Martin Nelson,
patients there, are both doing nicely.
Evan Gress, an old resident of Full
ton, died at his home west of town on
Sunday as result of bad fall, break
ing his hip, few days ago, aged 81
years. Funeral services were held
from the home Wednesday. A more
extended obituary will be given next
week.
-Tellefson Bros. are moving into
their new place of business in the
Schmeling block formerly occupied by
Henry Johnson and Williams barber
shop. By remodeling, one large sales
room has been fitted up for first-class
furniture display and the Tellefson
Bros. will now be in shape to greet
their customers with complete line.
January and February are period
when the public looks through the
newspaper advertising with keen at
tention, observes an exchange. A great
many people have formed regular
habit of delaying purchases until this
time of year. They know that most
merchants will give unusually good
bargains in midwinter, to save carry
ing goods over until another year. A
merchant that does not get into line
and tell the public through the news
papers what he is doing at this time of
year will find his trade very slack. But
simple statement of the good values
that can be found in almost any enter
prising store will be read with eager
interest. The store will find that it is
doing an excellent business even at a
dull period.
Friday evening the Senior high
school basketball team of Edgerton
played the Senior high school team of
Madison. The Madison boys won the
game, the resulting score being 31-2O.
Preceding this game the Junior high
school team of Madison played the Ed
gerton Junior high school team, the
score being 1915 in favor of the Madi-
son quintet The Edgerton boys play
ed good game but the weight and ex-
cellent team work of the Madison five
was too much for the local boys. The
Edgerton five shows marked improve
ment over previous games and have the
material and the making of winning
team. The referee the Madison boys
brought with them was very fair in his
DECISIONS
The Lyric theater will start new
serial picture next Monday, Feb. 1st,
entitled Runaway Jane" The author
of this story is George Randolph Ches-
ter, we'll known as the author of Get
Rich-Quick Wallingford, and the pic
ture is produced by the Reliance Film
Co. This picture is the latest serial
released and was just started in Mil
waukee and other large cities last
week. 1t is in thirty reels and two
reels will be shown every Monday in
connection with a good comedy reel.
Besides being a story of love and ad-
venture, this picture brings out the
world old money question between nus
band and wife, and you should see the
answer to the question ''Why did Jane
run away" On Friday ''The House
on the Hill" will be shown. By seeing
this picture you will learn the fallacy
and foolishness of striving for social
eminence to the sacrifice of the greater
blessings of life.
The Culture Club celebrated it's an
nual gentlemen's night Monday even
ing at the home of Mr.. and Mrs. L. H.
Towne After delicious three-course
dinner, a program provided by the losing
side in recent attendance contest, was
given. 1t consisted of two solos sung in
her most pleasing and sympathetic man.
ner by Mrs. Wanamaker, two readings
by Mrs. Grub, who delighted her
hearers by her charming rendition of
Daddy Long Legs" and "The Little
God and Dicky." Both of these ladies
responded to the hearty applause by
bright encores. Following these num-
bers some of the 'losers" assisted by