The Wisconsin tobacco reporter. (Edgerton, Wis.) 1877-1950, 1917-10-26
Local Happenings

Eugene Short of Beloit paid his
mother visit here on Sunday.
Miss Anita Tallard has been visit
ing her sister in Chicago during the
week.
The Elgin price of butter is AZ
cents, decline of II cents from last
week.
Mrs. Frank Pringle is back from
several weeks with her husband in
Montana.
Miss Mary Watson was down from
Stoughton to visit her parents over
Sunday.
Harry McChesney was an over
Sunday visitor at the home of his par
ents here.
Miss Florence Knight has returned
from an extended visit to Highland
Park, Ill.
Paul Coon was up from Chicago
for an over Sunday visit with relatives
in Edgerton.
Mrs. H. H. Moen went to Madison
Monday to attend the funeral of rel
ative, Mrs. Geo. Felt.
ATTY. Thos. E. Nolan and wife OF
GAINESVILLE were over Sunday guests at
the home of Paul N. Grub.
L. A. Anderson is moving his fam
" into their new modern home just
completed in Bentley Place this week.
&C. E. Shannon has returned from
Sayner where he has been supervising
the building of summer cottage on
Lost Lake.
Spencer Clark closed his sorghum
mill Saturday. The yield this season
from the cane has not been up to the
usual average.
John Schumacher, employed on L.
B. Earle's Red Cedar stock farm at
Rice Lake, paid visit to his home
people this week.
d. C. Page of Stoughton has &C
cepted position with the Standard
Oil Co. He expects to move his family
here the first of the month.
Several Camp Grant boys were up
for an over Sunday visit to home folks,
including Will Mcintosh, Paul Stark,
L. Rossebo and Ben Duman.
Walter MADDEN, employed as bag
gageman at the depot, went to MllWau-
kee Sunday for an examination as
brakeman on the Milwaukee line.
Miss Jessca North submitted to
surgical operation Friday at Mercy hos
pital, from which her friends will be
glad to know she is satisfactorily re-
covering.
"A new ffty-foot addition is being
built to the garage operated by the
Edgerton Motor Co., giving increased
.ilities for both repair work and
forage.
Harry Devine has been selected for
a position in the post office made va
cant by Ed McDonough, one of the
selected men for military service at
Camp Grant.
Sidney Green, son of Mr.. and Mrs.
r. C.. Green of Albion, has joined the
aviation corps, been examined and ac-
cepted as a student and waiting for as
signment for duty.
Some degenerate broke into the
chicken coop of /. G. Lutz Friday night
and made way with ten of his best
birds. Such thieving is becoming too
numerous, for several similar acts have
been reported in town or surrounding
country.
Gerald, seven year old son of Mr..
and Mrs Clarence Bowen, east Of town,
was quite severely bitten in the back
by neighbours dog Wednesday. AL
though the wound was very painful no
serious results are feared.
"A shipment of nearly 1000 ewes
from Big Timber, Mont, have been
topping the Chicago market on mature
sheep as they have been forwarded
from the feed yards here during the
week. Most of the car loads brought
an average of about $14 per head.
-Four inches of snow and slush fell
Monday night that called the snow
shovels into action again. For the
first snow of the season the mantle was
N unusually heavy one and is stern
reminder that winter is not so very far
away. But what has delayed our In
dian summer this year?
People VINO are planning to send
, Christmas presents to the soldiers at
the front are urged TO make shipment
no later than November 18th in order
to insure delivery on Christmas day.
Packages weighing twenty pounds can