The Wisconsin tobacco reporter. (Edgerton, Wis.) 1877-1950, 1916-09-08
Mrs. w. P. Cutlery is visiting


last Thursday, Aug. 81.
&C. II. Hitchcock moved his jewelry
store into the postoffice block Tuesday.
"A daughter was born to Mr.. and
Mrs. julius jacobson on Monday last.
Andrew Berry is back at his old
place of business. He found after try
ing it out that the job offered him at
the county asylum too combining.
Mrs. D. O. Stone of Reedsburg has
been guest at the home of her broth
er, F. A. Young, here during the week.
Mr.. Young and family motored to Wau
kesha Beach for a week end visit.
Arthur Cook, for many years
resident of this vicinity, died at the
county home Sunday, aged 68 years.
A brother Robert and two sisters sur
vive.
The corn crop is maturing nicely
since the recent rains and while the
WELD will be somewhat short of other
wears it promises to be of far better
quality than was hoped for a few weeks
ago.
Mr.. and Mrs. Lewis Touton, who
have been spending their vacation with
his parents in Albion, returned to Kan
sas City Saturday, where he is en-
ployed in one of the high schools of
that city.
Mrs. P. H. Donovan and her two
daughters, who have been spending the.
summer with her parents, Mr.. and Mrs.
w. H. Morrissey, returned to their
home in Albert Lea, Mimi, on Thurs
day last.
The Ladies society of the M. E.
church will hold special business
meeting in the church parlors on We'd
nesday afternoon, Sept. IL. All mem
bers are urged to be present. Supper
served from until Z.
Miss Mae Spencer went to Michi-
gan Saturday to look after business
matters on fruit ranch near st. Joe.
Her sister Gertrude accompanied her
as far as Chicago, then leaving for
Minneapolis to resume her school duties.
Wilbur Roybier of Milwaukee. who
was visiting at the Jenkins farm in
Sumner, suffered serious mishap Sun
day. He was horseback riding and was
thrown from the animal in such way
as to sustain bad fracture of both
bones of his ankle. DR.. Shearer took
him to the GAINESVILLE hospital to stay
until he is able to return to his home.
-Rockdale will have new Lutheran
church in place of the building struck
by lightning year ago and burned to
the ground Sunday the corner stone
for the new structure was laid with the
usual ceremonies, the pastor, Rev. John
Halverson, introducing the speakers,
who were Rev. j. A. o. Stub, pastor
of the. two Christ Lutheran congrega-
lions at Stoughton, and Rev. M. Borge
of the same place.
The remains of Christian Theo.
Knutson, aged AZ years, who was
killed in an accident in a mine at
Webb City, Mo-, arrived here for bur-
ial Wednesday. The deceased was
son of former resident of Edgerton,
L. Knutson, and half brother of Joe
Brown. Funeral services took place
from Tellefson's undertaking rooms
Thursday, conducted by the Masonic
fraternity He was a member of the
Sun Prairie lodge.
The post office safe refused to re-
spond to the usual combination Thurs
day morning in spite of vast amount
of coaxing, and Postmaster Hoen was
compelled to send to Chicago for an eX-
pert. The experienced safe breaker,
however, made quick work of his job.
By drilling a small hole through the
outer shell and inserting steel punch
the lock was driven off and the doors
swung open. 1t was then discovered
that one point on che combination had
changed itself through jolt in closing
the door.
Farmers in the milk producing ter
ritory are understood to ask for an av-
erage price Of So per hundred for their
milk during the six months following
October /. Officials of the Milk Pro-
ducers' association conferred with dele
gates and producers generally in Chi
cago last week, when it was agreed
that an advance above the prevailing
price year ago would be sought be-
cause of the high prices entering into
the dairy business, as well as the
scarcity of help and the apparent short
age of the corn crop.
Sunday morning Ben Hannem, en-
ployed on the farm of Alfred Thronson
on Albion Prairie, took Mr.. Thronson' s
liz P,,;ol- GOV apd with Harry nd (lar-