The Wisconsin tobacco reporter. (Edgerton, Wis.) 1877-1950, 1916-12-01

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to a young man in Iowa who is over
seven feet tall. They were size II,
What the cost was the deponent sayeth
not. # 0
The ladies' society of the German
Lutheran church give their annual fair
and supper at Academy hall on Tues
day, Dec. 5. The sale will begin at 3
D. M; supper at until all are served.
The public is cordially invited.
VIM. A. Brubaker of Chicago will
give an illustrated lecture on ''The
Liquor Problem" at the Congregational
church next Tuesday evening. He
will also show some interesting views
of the Grand Canon of the Colorado.
The Bethany Circle will hold their
annual bazaar Saturday, Dec. 9, in the
church parlors The fair opens at 3
o'clock and supper served from a
o'clock on. An assortment of Japanese
novelties will be offered for sale. 2t2
Mrs. C. S. Midtbon was very pleas.
antly surprised by the members OF the
Crochet Club at her home Thursday
evening in honor of her birthday. Re-
freshments were served and the even
ing was spent in social way. Mrs.
Midtbon was the recipient of very
pretty piece of hand painted china in
remembrance of the occasion. :...:.s
Word was received here Friday by
Mr.. and Mrs. August Blank Of the
death of the 16 year old daughter of
Mr.. and Mrs. VIM. Kanis. Elsie Kanis
was student at the Delavan teachers
institute. She is survived by her
parents and two brothers. The re-
mains were taken to Kenosha where
interment occurred Sunday.
Cow butter is getting to be one of
the luxuries of the day. The Elgin
price was boosted to AZ cents this week
and nobody knows where it will land
for the condensaries are offering 1925
per hundred for milk, while the demand
of the larger cities can hardly be sup
piled. Such prices were never before
realized by the dairy farmers.
When neighbors called at the home
of Mrs. Lawrence Bickle Wednesday
afternoon they found her and little
child on the floor unconscious. They
were taken to the home of her sister
and medical aid summoned and both
were soon revived Mrs. Bickle was
busy with her work about the house
during the afternoon and had no idea
that the gas fumes were escaping from
the coal stove.
AT the Norwegian Lutheran church
there will be Thanksgiving day SER
vice in English at 10 a. m. Sunday
morning there will be a service in Eng:
fish with communion. Subject. CEN
thusiastic Christians. The evening
service will be in Norwegian with a
sermon on Responsibility of Souls. f."
The Bethany Circle and the Ladies Aid
will give the annual fair and supper
Saturday, Dec. 9th.
An expectant public no doubt
awaits with interest the result of the
debate of the Websterian society Of
Albion Academy last week on most
timely question: Resolved that the
turkey has been of greater value to
humanity than the goose. Whatever
the judges may have decided, we vote
for the goose. Besides turkeys are
roosting mighty high this year.
The following item was pushed un-
der our office door with request to
publish: ''What's a school for? A
school is only good for to learn the
children to spend money. When they
can't furnish school books something
ought to be DONE" Surely something
ought to be done and we are going to
ask Prof. Holt about it, too. He ought
to know also what school is for.
-Whitewater is now using Kilbourn
dam electricity, says the Register. The
huge transformers that reduce the cur
rent of Is, 200 volts to 10 volts suitable
for commercial use are located at the
old plant. The machinery used up to
this time to make the local current will
be taken out and disposed of elsewhere.
Electric stoves have been put in there
to the number of 20 which gives White
water more stoves of that nature to
the population than any other city in
Wisconsin.
The postponed number of the lect-
ure course, Balmer's Kaffir Boys Con-
cert Co., which appeared at the Ma
jestic theater Monday night gave what
is quite generally conceded the most
satisfying entertainment heard in our
city in some years. The history which
Mr.. Balmer gave Of the people, Gus
toms, and civilizations of the inhabi-
fonts of tho dark continent u,ac ipfor