The Wisconsin tobacco reporter. (Edgerton, Wis.) 1877-1950, 1917-06-29
Local Happenings

The Elgin price of butter is 36a
cents this week.
Henry Johnson transacted business
in Milwaukee and Chicago this week.
Miss Minnie. Isaacs of st. Paul is
visiting at the home of her parents
here.
Mrs. Eleanor Olson of Madison
spent Sunday at the Frank Hinkle
home.
"A pair of Kline plyers were lost.
Finder leave same at this office and
get reward.
w. A. Shelley came out from Mil
waukee to attend the funeral of An
drew Jensen.
Abel Naset, wife and daughter OF
Sparta were guests at the home OF r.
M Ellingson the fore part of the week.
Mr.. and Mrs. Bert Hoffman and
son of Rockford are visitors at the
home of Mr.. and Mrs. Clarence Bowen.
George Rea and wife had as over
Sunday guests Will Rea and wife and
the Misses Geneva and Viola Moore of
Mt. Vernon.
Mrs. Will Mcintosh and Mrs. Harry
Ash gave breakfast Monday morning
for Mrs. Ullrich of New York who is
visiting friends here.
DIR. Walker, wife and four children
of Riceville, Iowa, were guests at the
home of Fred Campbell and wife sew
eral days during the week.
Mrs. Purdy of Beloit and Miss
Margaret Kulein of Rockford were
guests at the G. G. Biederman home
the latter part of the week.
The Bethany Circle will be enter
tanned this week Thursday, June %, by
Mrs. William Wodell at the home of
her parents, Mr.. and Mrs. Andrew
Holland.
Fred Touton, who holds ,respon-
sible position on large tobacco planta-
ton in Porto Rico, is visiting at the
home of his parents in Albion during
his leave of absence.
Professor Dexter, who has charge
of the corn contests in this locality, is
busy inspecting the growing crops and
making suggestions to the growers. In
all about 100 acres have been inspected.
Mrs. P. Mcintyre, Mrs. John Con-
don and daughter were at GAINESVILLE
Friday to attend graduating exercises
of the county training school. Miss
Agnes Mcintyre and Miss Gertrude
Condor were members of the class.
&C. G.. Biederman, Jonathan Mars
den and M. H. Ford, each of. whom put
in considerable acreage of navy beans
devoted to beans in northern Dane
county the first of the week and inter-
;ewed growers regarding the crop.
They also contracted for bean har-
vesting machine
Miss Lillian Summerfeldt, daughter
of August Summerfeldt, and for three
years teacher in the MELVILLE school,
was married in GAINESVILLE Saturday
evening to Mr. Anderson of New Mexi-
co. They were married at the Lutheran
parsonage, and expect to leave soon for
their new home where the groom is
foreman of the round house at Gallup.
"A family gathering at the editors
home on Sunday was one of the pleas
ant features of the week. The children
were all home for the first time in sew
eral years-Mrs. D. F. He1dles and
daughter Katherine of Paonia, Colo,
Mr.. and Mrs. C. H. Mcintyre of Cedar
Rapids, Iowa, Mr.. and Mrs. Edward
Rankin and two children of North Yak
ina, WASH, Warren Coon of Milwau-
kee and Miss Helen Coon completed the
family circle.
Max Henderson and Richard Brown
were out from Chicago for week end
visit at their respective parental homes.
AhOy WClC accompanied Ny nlltCo LII ~oo-
kell of Key West, Florida The boys
are part of unit No. 9, A A. c., and
expect to be called to France at any
time for ambulance work. Their unit
has been recognized by the government
and they now have their uniforms and
are under pay. Harold Sutton, train
ing at the Great Lakes naval station,
.aas also home for an over Sunday visit.
Emil Yahnke, aged twenty-three,
unmarried, who resided with his par
ents at Sandy Sink, three miles west of
Milton Junction, was instantly killed by
bolt of lightning shortly after five
O'Clock Saturday morning when he
went to the pasture to drive the cows
up for the morning milking. A brother
who went in search for him found his