The Wisconsin tobacco reporter. (Edgerton, Wis.) 1877-1950, 1916-03-03
Local Happenings

w. 4. GuCCefy went 10 CHiCdSo
Tuesday for brief business trip.
The Elgin price of butter was adj
vanced a cent and half this week.
H. M. Raymond has been a Mil.
waukee visitor few days this week.
Miss Hazel Schrode of Stoughton
spent the week end with Miss Pearl
Carey.
March was ushered in with biz
card having all the fierceness of the
proverbial lion.
Prof. F. H. Holt was one of the
judges in school debate at Lake Ge-
neva Friday evening.
W. w. Huxtable and wife of James
vile were over Sunday guests at the
W. E. Newman home.
Walton Pyre and his company in
1.-THE Stolen Necklace at Majestic
theater this evening.
Mrs. Mary Blank of Reedsburg has
been spending the week with her
daughter, Mrs. F. A. Young.
e. Thorne and family of GAINESVILLE
were guests of Mrs. Thorne's mother,
Mrs. Fannie Sutton, over Sunday.
Miss Nellie Bentley has been visit
ing friends at the state normal school
at Moorhead, Mimi, during the week.
Miss Doris Clarke has returned
from Parkston, N. D., where she was
employed in teaching for a few months
Mr.. and Mrs. w. S. Heddles of
niversary of Mrs. j. d. Spike on Mon
. day last.
F. E. Ash received four cans of
trout fry from the state fish hatchery
Saturday, which were deposited in
nearby streams.
Misses Beula Heddles and Florence
Bardeen were down from Madison to
attend the Firemen's ball Monday even
ing as guests of Miss Helen Coon.
The Norwegian Ladies Aid will
meet at the church Thursday, March
9th, and will be entertained by Mes
danes Ed Haugen and Nels Johnson.
Mrs Gertrude Mccarthy went to
Colorado Springs, Col, Tuesday, on
receipt of Information that her son
Carlton was i'll and in hospital in that
city.
Mr.. Ralph Peterson, formerly con-
nected with Slam Anderson's clothing
store at Stoughton, has accepted po-
sition with the new firm of Babcock &
Keller.
The Ladies Aid society of the NJ
E. church will not serve their Is cent
supper on Wednesday, March g. A
special business meeting will be held at
p. m.
Mrs. j. H. Merit, who has been
i'll at the home of her daughter, Mrs.
B. J. Springer, the past few weeks,
was taken to her home in Brodhead on
Thursday
Mrs. F. w. Coon departed We'd
nesday evening on an extended visit to
her daughters, Mrs. Edw. l. Rankin at
North Yakima, Wash, and Mrs. D. F.
Heddles at Paonia, Colo.
Geo. w. Sheffield, who conducted
dry goods store in the Doty block for
the past three years has made an as
signment to C. w. Birkenmeyer. If
the creditors approve of this selection
Mr.. Birkenmeyer will proceed to close
out the stock.
The morning service at the Luth-
eran church next Sunday will be in the
Norwegian language and the evening
service in English, when the pastor
will give the second address on the
Second Article of the Apostles Greed,
81 Believe in Jesus Christ, Our Lord "
Stock buyers from Sioux City, Ia,
have been working out of Edgerton for
a week or more, picking up full blood
and grade Holstein heifers for ship
ment out of the state. Between Is
and 100 head have been purchased to
be delivered at the feeding yards here
where live stock Inspector must pass
upon them before shipment.
john Maltpress, the oldest citizen
of Edgerton, celebrated his 93rd birth
day Thursday, Feb. Il, with the usual
family gathering his daughter Susan
prepares to entertain. Fifteen mem
bers of the family were present to ten
der their congratulations. Mr.. Malt
press still retains his faculties to an
unusual degree and is almost daily seen
on our streets.
Emergency war tax stamps total
ing $S3 were placed on deed in the
reeisCSr of deeds office The trans