The Wisconsin tobacco reporter. (Edgerton, Wis.) 1877-1950, 1916-08-18
Local Happenings


Lake Ripley Monday for couple weeks
outing.
-Elgin price of butter was boosted
a cent this week, making the market
293 cents.
Friday and Saturday promise to be
two good days at the Evansville fair
this week.
Miss Eeora Mabbett of Minneapo-
lis is spending her vacation at the home
of her mother here.
Miss Martha Judevine Of Baraboo
is visiting at the home of her aunt,
Mrs. D. D. Brown.
Herman Bublitz and daughter have
been spending the week with relatives
at Arlington Heights.
Geo. Sheffield came home from the
road to spend few days of the week
with his family here.
Mrs. D. w. Clark has been visit
ing relatives at her old home in Lam
caster during the week.
L. A. Cole, wife and daughter were
up from Beloit, guests Of Chief Spring
er and wife over Sunday.
Miss Mary Watson of Stoughton is
passing a weeks vacation at the home
of her parents, Wray Watson and wife.
Fred Wyman and wife and o. E.
Syler and wife of Madison attended the
funeral of Mrs. Frank Wyman here on
Sunday.
"A chilly wave waited from the
wheat fields of northwestern Canada
was with us for the first few days of
the week.
The Community Picnic August %
promises to be a large gathering of the
friends of Edgerton's business men.
All will be welcome.
Arthur Clarke and wife returned
Monday evening from three weeks
visit with relatives in Baltimore and
other points in the East.
Mrs. J. A. Jensen gave breakfast
in honor of her sisters, who are visiting
at her home, Tuesday morning. About
twenty guests were present. Miss
Clara Jensen was joint hostess.
Mrs. Gertrude Mccarthy left for
Colorado Springs Saturday on receipt
of news that her son Carlton had suf-
fered relapse and was again in the
hospital.
Mr.. Thos. Snow of Chittenango, N.
Y. and Mrs. John Snow of Rockport,
N. Y, were called here to attend the
funeral of their sister, Mrs. Frank
Wyman.
L. J. Dickinson and family expect
to leave Friday on vacation trip,
making an auto tour of Devils Lake,
the Dells and other points of interest
along the Wisconsin river.
Miss Eva White of River Falls is
visiting her sister, Mrs. J. A, Jensen,
here this week. Miss White has been
employed as teacher in the new normal
school at Eau Claire the coming year.
Mrs. Andrew Mcintosh and son
Will and Fred Smith, wife and son An
drew and Miss Edith Ogden left Sun
day morning on motor trip to Dyers-
Vile. Iowa, for a weeks visit among
relatives.
VIM. Gibbs and A. E. Taylor, en-
ployed by the government in making a
geographical survey of Rock county,
have been working out of Edgerton
during the week mapping survey of
the farming country.
The child disease, infantile paraly-
sis, is gaining quite foothold in the
state. Three cases have developed in
Sun Prairie, one death occurring. Some
thing like fifty cases have been report
ed to the state board of health.
The Edgerton ball team took a nice
trimming at the hands of the Palmyra
boys in a game at the North Main
street grounds here on Sunday in q
score of II to A. 1t was an off day for
the locals and they were outplayed al
every stage of the game.
Several residents of Albion attend
ed the hearing on the interurban rail
way matter before the railroad com
mission in Madison on Friday. The
petition of the Capital Interurban Co.
for certificate permitting it to build g
live from Madison to JanesvilIe
Carl Atwood of Albion sustained g
broken leg near the ankle in runaway
mixup while working with road gang
near that village Tuesday morning.
One of the teams started to run away
and bumped into team driven by At
wood, throwing him down, and one OF
the horses stepped on his leg.
Mr.. and Mrs. I. B. Earle returned