The Wisconsin tobacco reporter. (Edgerton, Wis.) 1877-1950, 1916-06-23
Local Happenings

ftiful this year.
j. w. Conn and family passed Sum
day at the home of his boyhood in Juda.
The Elgin price of butter is half
cent decline this week, 28a cents is the
figure.
Mrs. M. e. Conway visited her sis
ter, Mrs. A. Metz, at Rockford over
the week end.
Atty. Geo.HW. Blanchard attended
a reunion of his university class at
Madison on Tuesday.
Prof. F. O. Holt and family have
been spending the week with Mrs.
Hollis relatives in Sun Prairie.
Mrs. E. r. Nichols of Viroqua has
been visiting her parents, Mr.. and Mrs.
J.. %. Henderson, here during the week.
w. Haylock and family were up
from Beloit for short visit with rela-
tives, returning home Sunday after
noon,
Miss Meta Clifford, who has been
teaching in Elk City, Oklahoma, the
past year, is home for the summer
vacation.
Edwin Stricken left Wednesday for
Beloit where he will enter into partner
ship with Mark Shackleton in the
painting business.
Mr.. and Mrs. VIM. Hooton are
spending the greater portion of the
week at Delavan in attendance upon
the big home coming.
ID. w. North has been appointed
as special deputy to the industrial COM
mission with authority to issue child
labor permits in this city.
The Norwegian Ladies Aid will be
entertained in the church parlors June
% by Mrs. Robert Jensen, Mrs. Harley
Jenson and Mrs. Fred Maves. 2
Mr.. and Mrs. Henry Onsgard of
Aberdeen, S. D., are visiting relatives
in this city. Mr.. Onsgard is connected
with the state normal school at Aber
deem.
MIR. and Mrs. Earl Langworthy and
Mr.. and Mrs. Dix Griffin of Milwaukee
were guests at Harry Ash's over the
week end, returning by auto Monday
afternoon.
Miss Ruth Williams of Boscobel and
Miss Kathryn Sharp of Gary, ILL.,, were
guests of Miss Lucille Culton, their
school friend at the university, for
few days this week.
Mark Shackleton's family effects
were moved to Beloit Tuesday where
Mr.. S. is now engaged in business. On
Saturday evening their friends rendered
them farewell party.
Last week the clerk of Camp 440,
Modern Woodmen of America, received
draft for So, 900 in settlement of life
insurance carried by the late Geo. M.
Underhill, which was paid to the bene-
fciary
Mrs. Frank Wyman submitted to
serious operation at Mercy hospital in
GAINESVILLE on Thursday of last week
and her condition since is such as to
cause much uneasiness on the part of
many friends.
There will be initiatory work at
the regular meeting of the 0. E. S.
No. 60 on Tuesday evening, June 9th,
and large attendance is desired. A
program will be given and refresh
ments served.
Fire broke out in the M. E. church
at Delavan about midnight Sunday,
which was discovered by Rev. T. w.
North, pastor. The building was flood
ed with water and damaged to the ex-
tent of about $1,000.
Mr.. H. S. Wick of Des Moines,
Iowa, who with Mr.. Travers direct the
Travers-Wick Chautauqua, was Wis
Titor in Edgerton from Saturday until
Monday looking after some of the de-
tails of the entertainment which is to
come to our city the first week in July.
The second runaway of the week
occurred Monday morning when horse
driven by an employee of Max Swerd-
loft came tearing through town, tipped
over a rig containing lady on Front
street and wound up in the alley back
of Swerdloff's store with a smashed
wagon.
-Chas. N. Edgerton of Aurora, Ill.,,
was calling upon old friends here the
fore part of the week. For several
years he has been employed as en-
gineer on the Burlington road and his
run now is pulling the fast mailssfrom
Chicago to Savanna, making only one
stop between terminals.
Over $50 dinners were served by