The Wisconsin tobacco reporter. (Edgerton, Wis.) 1877-1950, 1916-10-27
lowell son Of Mr.. and Mrs. Henry

-IOWell son or Mr.. ana MRS. henry
| Thronson, suffered e broken shoulder
while at play on Monday.
The cemetery road is now open for
traffic and the travelling public will
4 greatly appreciate this fact.
Albert V. Johnson has sold his 30
acre farm in town of Porter to. Henry
Skar for $625O. Sale made through E.
M. Ladd's agency.
Mrs. Louise Pearce, Miss Kate
Guiiford and Miss Helen Coon visited
| Mrs. Ray Dean at Avalon Tuesday
evening, it being her birthday.
The Edgerton Cigar Co. is sending
out to its customers new automobile
map of Wisconsin, showing the i'm
proved highway routes of usual travel.
On the back of the map is given the
population of all cities and villages OF
the state and much other statistical
and useful information.
DIR. Jos. Johnson has sold his vet
erinarian practice to Clarence Otteson,
who has been practicing at New Glarus
since graduating from the Chicago Vet
Urinary college. DIR. Johnson has been
very successful while in practice here
but desires to retire to his farm re-
Gently purchased of d. P. Devine OF
Albion.
People passing along the alley
alongside of The Carlton hotel Sunday
i afternoon discovered smoke issuing
from the windows of the second story
of the Mawhinney market block and
sent in an alarm. The fremen found
no blaze but fire that had apparently
caught from basket of ashes had
eaten through the floor, which was ex-
tinguished by the chemicals, involving
only slight loss.
| Mr.. Adolph Gunderson, son of Os-
man Gunderson, former resident OF
Stoughton and this city, who was edu-
Gated for the ministry and sent as
missionary to interior Africa, is home
after four years spent among the ma
tives of that dark continent. He was
most of the time in Nigeria, British
possession, and the authorities have
been very successful in keeping order
among the natives, though often seri-
Gus measures were necessary to hold
the ignorant masses in subsection. Mr..
Gunderson has many interesting ex-
periences to relate of his stay IN this
partly civilized portion of the world.
| There is one farmer on the James
vile road in Fulton who has yet to
learn to distinguish between elbow
out" and a violation of his mo shoot
ing allowed signs. The story reaches
us that an automobile party of Albion
Prairie people were en- route to James
vile on a recent Sunday when elbow
OUT occurred with loud report. At
a nearby house the farmer was quietly
shaving when the explosion occurred
and, dropping his razor, he rushed into
the adjoining woods to apprehend the
hunter. After searching the woods in
vain he came upon the auto party re-
placing their tire when it dawned upon
him how nicely he had been fooled.
| "A wedding of considerable interest
to our readers took place at the home
of Mr.. and Mrs. H. S. McGiffin in
Sparta, Wis, at IL O'Clock, Monday,
Oct. oath, when their daughter, Miss
Wilma, was joined in marriage to Mr..
James Harper of Madison by Rev. II.
T. Hogan of the Congregational church.
Immediately after the ceremony we'd
ding breakfast was served and the
bride and groom left for brief honey
moon trip. They will be at home at
1888 East Gorham street, Madison, after
Dec. 1st Mr. Harper is local man
ager of the National Biscuit Co. in that
city. The bride was born in this city
and enjoys large circle of friends who
tender congratulations and best wishes.
Another automobile highway run
ming north and south across the state
is being mapped out by representatives
of the Meridian highway who were in
town during the week. This route will
be marked with large yellow band on
telephone posts with the letter NJ in
black. There will be about five mark
ers to the mile The route in this
vicinity will be from Beloit to Madison
and will include GAINESVILLE, Edgerton,
Stoughton and Mcfarland. Grand Rap
ids, Wausau, Merrill and Stevens Point
will be touched upon the route through
the state. The route as it passes
through the state of Illinois travels in
direct north and south line and in the
entire length of the state does not vary
to exceed eight miles east or west.
One of the largest social events