The Wisconsin tobacco reporter. (Edgerton, Wis.) 1877-1950, 1916-02-18
Local Happenings

OF DQCCer THIS week.
Elmer Ebbott and family visited
relatives in Beloit over Sunday.
-Chas. Pratt left Friday on visit
TO Topeka and other points through the
west
C. A. Perry of Shawmut, Mont, is
visiting his daughter, Mrs. Alfred An
derson.
The H. S. Swift Post and w. R. c.
will hold their annual campfire March
18th.
Miss Jeanette Leach of Sun Prairie
was a guest of Miss Nora Farman over
Sunday.
Miss Beula Heddles of Madison
visited Edgerton friends few days
this week.
The dance announced at Indian
Ford for Feb. Is has been indefinitely
postponed.
Madison automobile dealers will
hold their fifth annual auto show on
Thursday and Friday, Feb. 24-25.
Miss Reva Young of Clear Lake,
Iowa, was guest of her aunt, Mrs.
Milo Collins, from Friday until Monday.
Mr.. and Mrs. r. P. Manard were
up from Oak Park, ILL.,, for an over
Sunday visit at the John Bowen home.
Rush Wentworth came down from
fou
days' visit with relatives here this
week.
Henry and Peter Anderson of AL
bion Prairie recently had their Jersey
herds tested and found them to be
clean.
John Hurd is getting material on
the ground for new modern residence
to be built on his Fulton farm for his
son Silas.
There are two hundred and seventy
taxpayers who have not yet settled
with the city treasurer. Are you one
of them?
"A card party to which all are in
vited will be given in 7. A. & b. hall
Friday evening of this week. A fee OF
ten cents will be charged.
DIR. Shearer accompanied Gerhard
Giese, son of Mr. and Mrs. Herman
Giese, to Mercy hospital for an opera
tion for appendicitis on Friday.
The establishment of the city de-
livery has caused an advance in the
cost of mailing letters for local deliv-
cry, two cents per oun ce being now the
charge.
I'm order to insure prompt and ac-
.curate delivery of all mail matter, it is
important that the name of the street
and the number of the residence be
given.
H. C. Henning, employed at the
lEdgerton Cigar company's shop, has
moved his family from Stoughton to
IEdgerton, having rented residence in
the second ward.
George Polla.I, who has been in
charge of the delivery for the High
Test Oil Co., will move to Iowa county
to take charge of farm owned by
Mrs. Pollard's family.
Relatives here are pleased to learn
of the birth of daughter on Friday to
Mr.. and Mrs. T. J. Hurd at Madison.
Mrs. Hurd was formerly Miss Charlotte
Skinner of this city.
Dean Swift was one of the FORUM
ate ones at the Rexall stores conven-
ton held in Milwaukee last week. From
a drawing of eight prizes he won one,
twenty-five dollars worth of toilet ar
ticles.
Letter carriers do not sell postage
stamps but they are authorized to re-
sceive letters for posting when making
delivery at residence. Letter car
riers are not permitted to receive let
tiers for posting without postage stamps
attached.
Next Sunday the morning service
at the Lutheran church will be con-
conducted in the Norwegian language.
At the evening service, which is in
English. the pastor will speak on the
''Origin and the History of the Apos-
ties Greed"
Mrs. S. L. Sizer of Milwaukee,
state lecturer of the w. C. T. u, gave
very interesting lecture in the M. E.
church Sunday evening to large au-
dience. Mrs. Steers subject was GA
New Patriotism" which made very
good impression on her audience.
Our high school basketball team
keeps right on adding to their winning
record. A return game played at
Reedsburg Saturday night brought an
other victory by score of 26 to Is.