The Wisconsin tobacco reporter. (Edgerton, Wis.) 1877-1950, 1916-05-19
Local Happenings

-Thos. Madden returned to his home
in Montana on Friday.
Special meeting of Fulton Lodge
No. SO on Friday evening, May &c.
Frank Barrett returned to his claim
in Montana, near Broadview, Saturday
The Elgin price of butter slid down
a couple cents more this week, 80 cents
being the price.
Mrs. John Dimmick and babe of
Beloit are spending the week with Ed
.gerton relatives.
Miss Clara Lintvedt came down
from Madison to pass the week end
with her mother.
Miss Nellie Bentley returned Tues
day evening from ten days visit at
Grinnell, Iowa.
Harry S. Sloan, Milwaukee attor-
ney, paid brief visit to his Edgerton
friends Tuesday afternoon.
Mrs. Will Brown of St. Paul, Mimi,
is visiting at the home of her brother,
Allen Whey, on West Fulton street.
"A chimney fire at the old Skinner
homestead Thursday noon caused an
unnecessary call for the department.
There are 116 water bills yet I'M
paid. If you are one of them, please
call on city treasurer and settle same.
Geo. Rea and wife went to Milwau-
kee Monday, when Mrs. Rea will sub
NIT to an operation at hospital there.
Miss Jessie Black and Miss Ruth
Hopkins of Fond du Lac were guests
of Mr.. and Mrs. NJ E. Titus over Sun
day.
"A car load of beef cattle fed on the
J. D. Pratt farm in Fulton was shipped
to the Chicago market Wednesday
evening.
james Pollard and wife have gone
to Hollandale for an indefinite stay
with their son George upon farm near
that village.
Mr. and Mrs. Geo. Blanchard were
called to Stevens Point the first of the
week by the death OF Mrs. Blanchard 8
grandmother.
The Norwegian Ladies Aid will be
entertained by Mrs. M. Mason and Mrs.
John Marks in the church parlors on
Thursday, May 25th. z
&C. H. Hitchcock was an over Sun
day visitor of his son at Rockford, ac-
companying Mrs. Hitchcock home from
weeks stay there.
Misses Lucille and Kathleen Culton
returned from the South Sunday even
ing, where the former has been teach
ing music the present school year.
Friends here have been Informed
of the arrival of bright, new hoy
baby at the home of Mr.. and Mrs. Geo.
Pollard at Hollandale on the 18th inst.
Uncle Sam is in need of soldier
for his army. Young men, desiring to
enlist in the United States army will
be placed in communication with re-
cruiting officer through Postmaster
Hoen. tt
The friends of Carlton Mccarthy,
who has been i'll for several months at
Colorado Springs, will be pleased to
learn that he is improving as we'll as
could be reasonably expected after an
operation.
A northwest wind brought chilli
ness from the snow covered plains OF
the Dakotas that made furnace fires
and winter wraps a necessity for few
days this week.
Every farmer should plant patch
of sorghum this year. The price OF
sugar is now higher than for severa
years at this date and sweetening is
likely to remain high for the year. ANY
surplus of sorghum, therefore, is sure
to bring, nice profit.
The Lyric will show Son Friday
WASTED Lives "a Vitagraph three
part feature with Leo Delaney anC
Julia Swayne Gordon in the leading
parts. On Monday Robert Warwick il
1.-THE Dollar Mark in five parts, ;
feature that will please everyone.
The town boards of Albion anC
.Christiana met here Monday to let ;
contract for rebuilding bridge on the
town line east of the Hillside creamery
"A new bridge was built there less thar
two years ago but one of the butments
was undermined by the spring freshet
requiring quite extensive repairs.
"A very cordial invitation has beer
extended to the members of Edgertol
Chapter No. 6S o. E. S. to spend so
cial evening with the Cambridge Chap
ter No. 1l9, at Cambridge, Thursday
evening, May 25th, at o'clock. Al