Vernon County censor. [volume] (Viroqua, Wis.) 1865-1955, 1916-11-15
LOCAL JoTTINGs
Real winter.

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conveaes on November q.
Henry Arnold and family moved
to this city from Manning.
For sore, sweaty feet use Bark
er's Anticeptic. All drug stores
Thomas Thompson is putting some
time in the country hulling clover.
Merchant r. o. Dahl was at St
Paul and Minneapolis on business.
People are cussing and discussing
the high cost of living mostly cuss,
ing.
! Cost of the Thanksgiving meal is
doubled. but we must all be thank ful
just the same
Opening of the city entertainment
and lecture course falls on Saturday,
November p.
Gloves, mitteus, wool socks. the
kind you want, at the right price at
NJ. j. Felix.
Mesdames Bekkedal, Slack and
Ed. Thorsgard were in the city from
Westby on Friday.
Mrs. Thorgerson is prepared to
of Christian church.
Sever Lavold and Selmer Moseng
are spending the month hunting in
northern Wisconsin
Frances Pennell who has been
very III since her return from the hos
Epitai is little better.
| Mr.. and Mrs. Nels E. Fortnev have
been in South Dakota for a week ,leav-
| ing home last Thursday.
| Fred Jensen, 1O-year-old boy of
Boscobel, was killed instantly while
playing with an old rusty revolver.
Pastor Stevens of the Congrega-
tional church and ]. NJ Bennett are
attending church convention at FL
roy.
Manager TAYLOR of the Coleman
Lumber Company, was in the city to
look over the new possession of his
concern.
Mrs. Finney, former resident OF
West Prairie. died in Chicago. She
was mother of Mrs. John Weber of
this city.
John O. jackson of Jefferson and
Tillman Peterson of Franklin depart
ed, Sunday, for Austin, Minnesota,
where they will enter an auto school.
Mr. and Mrs. Tennis Lavold are
proud to hear that they are grand
MIR. and Mrs. Charles Conway of
Wesby.
w. F. Fisher gave ''stag" party
at his home east of town. Will had
some substantial improvements in
dwelling and out-buildings to show his
| friends.
w f. Butt has dug and dried an
| other $50 pounds ginseng, planting
again to Golden Seal. Both roots are
up again in market nearly 81 per
pound
| Mrs. Susannah zimmerman died
at West Lima, aged 10 years. Her
maiden name was Poorman, coming
with that well-known family TO the
town of Union 55 years ago.
j. Willard Hall, Readstown bust
ness man, has accepted an agency for
the New York Life Insurance Com
pany. He starts in the new work at
Platteville. Success to him.
Mr.. and Mrs. N. d. McLees ar
rived home from North Dakota, where
they passed month with their daugh-
| ter, visited Geo. w. Heron and fam
lily and other former Vernonites.
Mrs. Julia Munyon, Mrs. George
Sawyer and son were in Lacrosse on
Thursday. Mrs. Sawyer sued for a
divorce from her husband. Judge Hig-
bee has the matter under Amusement.
| More honors for Viroqua youths.
This time Wade Harrington takes
the bun, having been chosen as plan
ist in the big Marquette university or
chestra in Milwaukee, where he is a
student.
-Mr.Sam E.Jerman is to quit farm
ing on West Prairie and re-engage
with the Nuzum Lumber Company as
manager of the ReadstOwn yard and
business. He was employed by Mr..
Nuzum in this city for nine years.
MIR and Mrs. r. d. Wakeman en-
tertained over last Sunday c. E. Wake
man and wife of st Lous. Vim. Wake
man and wife of jamestown, North
Dakota The gentlemen are both
railroad men, brothers of our towns
man.
Up to date little more than LOO
hunting licenses have been issued at
the court house, several hundred less
than usual. The work of issuing and
handling licenses has been done by
Ernest Costing. clerk of the court, in
absence of County Clerk Moore.
Whitestown officials and others
interested we're in the city on Friday
In Justice Pollard's court Prentice
Abbott sued the town for road work,
and he received judgment for s26
The town contended that Abbott had
failed to fulfill his contract
- On Friday, as smiling as you please,
DR. Schreiner chafed county seat
! friends ION the other side. =" Just 4
little disappointed he was however.
that he and his fellow democrats had
failed to carry the village against
! Hughes.
It is understood that Sam b. Lillis
viii he given a furlough during De-
cembcr so that he may return from
the south and look after his jewelry
business His government service has
been at great sacrifice to Sam, and it
has demonstrated his patriotism.
! Among the hunters from Hillsboro
( who went to the northren woods are
Geo. Lee. john Jim and Roy Hans
berry, L E. Gage, Gus WeinsteiD, Gus
I Kolb, Chas Staley, Herman Bohn, Fred
| Fitzpatrick, Jake and Asa Bessey, Asa
Dowden, VIM. Holfeldt, Thomas Spen-
Ger and son, RobJ Butcher.
Mrs. William Hayes was called to
| Chicago because of the serious illness
of her daughter, Mrs. Eunice Nell
Vile, who is in a hospital. She was
accompanied by Mrs. Ames. On re-
turn they brought Mrs Meiville's two