The Wisconsin tobacco reporter. (Edgerton, Wis.) 1877-1950, 1917-08-17
Local Happenings


father here.
Robert Maltpress and wife Of Wau-
kesha visited among relatives here dur
ing the week.
Mrs. Angie Roethe entertained a
company of lady friends for Mrs. c. l..
Culton on Saturday.
George Rea and Chas. Dunn are
assisting at the entrance gates at the
GAINESVILLE fair this week.
John Lang and wife came up from
Harvard, ILL.,, to attend the community
picnic and visit among Edgerton friends.
Mr.. and Mrs. Henry Onsgard of
Aberdeen, Mimi, have been visiting at
the home of his parents during the
week.
Alice and Mary Leary accompanied
their cousin, Margaret Reynolds, to her
home in Madison Monday for few
days. visit.
MIR. and Mrs. T. P. Casey of Chi
cago are guests at the home of Mayor
Conway while attending the GAINESVILLE
fair this week.
The Highway Trailer Co. is making
a display of its trailers and their USE
fulness to farmers at the GAINESVILLE
fair this week.
George Sheffield is moving his fam
lily to Chicago this week. Adolph
Michales, a cigar maker, is also NOV
ing his family to that city.
Butter was put up cents pound
in Elgin Saturday without sale being
made. Offers of S9a cents and no TAX
ers fixed the market price.
Rev. L. A. Parr of Davenport, Ia,
will occupy the pulpit of the Congre-
gational church again Sunday, as Rev.
Brandt is away on his vacation.
Norman E. Brokow of international
Falls, Mimi, joined his family here the
latter part of the week, who are visit
ing Mrs. Brokow's father, D. W..
North.
Misses Louise Jensen, Molly Har-
rison, Emma Akvik, Hilda and Nora
Bjornstad left Monday for few days
outing at Kilbourn and the Dells of the
Wisconsin.
Miss Olga Hanson of the Depart
ment store has gone on months vaca-
ton, visiting friends in Montana and
will take trip through Yellowstone
Park before returning.
-Hilmar Voigt and wife had as
guests last week Mr.. and Mrs. McCul-
lom of Galesburg, ILL.,, and Mr.. and
Mrs. .Krickenberg of Colfax, Ill. They
returned home Saturday.
Mr.. and Mrs. A. D. Wolfe returned
rom their trip through the Glasier
Park Tuesday morning. Mrs. FL. A.
keenan, of Stoughton joined them for a
visit at the home of her mother, Mrs.
D. !. Wilson, here on Tuesday. s
m. E. Titus has purchased an inter
est in drug firm at Colorado Springs
and leaves in few days for that city
to take charge of the business. His
family, however, will remain here for
the present and his drug store in Ed
gerton will be conducted under the
management of Mr.. Dodge, his present
pharmacist.
Mr.. and Mrs. VIM. L. Tower, who
are spending the summer at Fort At
kinson, were guests at The Carlton
during the week while Mrs. Tower,
formerly Olive Watson, a daughter of
B. F. Watson, who for six years con-
Quoted the Commercial hotel here, was
visiting among friends and acquaint-
ances in Edgerton.
The annual basket picnic and re-
union of the Soldiers and Sailors As
ISOLATION of Southern Wisconsin will be
held at Palmyra on Thursday, August
%, in the beautiful grove at Spring
Lake. Want to meet every old soldier
and his family. Come and bring your
lunch. Autos will be at the depot to
take you to the park.
Robert Mcintosh was awarded a
commission as first lieutenant of heavy
artillery in the assignment made at the
first officers training camp at Fort
Sheridan on Friday. Three other Ed
gerton roys were admitted to the sec.
ond officers training camp, who are to
report at Fort Sheridan August 9th.
These are Chas. Mcintosh. Andrew F.
Thorson and Alex Ely.
The announcement has just beer
made of the marriage of Miss Gretchen
Tallard and VIM. Rasmussen of Slough.
ton, which took place in Chicago or
Dec. z last. The secret has been sc
we'll kept that not even their parents
knew of it until the selective draft
made necessary the disclosing of the
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