The Wisconsin tobacco reporter. (Edgerton, Wis.) 1877-1950, 1917-08-31

the owners call at this office.
Miss Amanda Munson was an over
Sunday guest of Miss Ada Davis.
"A gents coat price make) picked
up on Swift street can be had at Harry
Bucknall's.
Mrs. Roger Watson returned Tues
day from the northern part of the state
where she has been passing the sum-
mer.
Mrs. White and Miss Carrier of
Chicago have been spending part of
their vacation at Grant L. Chamber
lain's.
Miss Margaret Chamberlain has
been spending a week of her vacation
at her home in Indian Ford. She re-
turned to Fort Atkinson Sunday even
ing.
Ed Peterspiloted Gov. E. L. Philip
and Speaker Whittet to place where
the fish were biting at the Indian Ford
dam Wednesday evening.
Herman Hemingway and wife OF
Jefferson, Mrs. E. C. Hager and son
Carl of Galesville, Wis, were guests
at the home of HI. B. Knapp and wife
Friday.
Mayor j. M. Conway has sold his
year old pacing stallion, Peter Cupid,
by Peter the Great, which he has been
training this season, to the Gutterstein
Bros. of Milwaukee.
The services next Sunday at the
Norwegian church in Norwegian at
7:3O by Rev. Halverson of Koshkonong.
A welcome extended to all. Sunday
school at 10 o'clock. No meeting of
the Ladies Society this week.
DIR. Alfred Henderson and family
of Mandan, N. D., have been visiting
among relatives in this locality during
the week. The DIR. reports that he has
established an excellent practice at
Mandan and that the crop prospects
are good in that part of the Dakotas.
ID. w. North was at Battle Creek,
Mich, the latter part of the week Wis
iting his son, Herschel North, a men,
Der of the engineering corps of the
Michigan N G. Herschel accompanied
his father home and the family are
camping at the Hatch cottage on Rock
river during his furlough.
Win Dillon, Thos. Westlake's pac-
ing stallion with record of 2:13a, won
$500 purse at the Portage fair last
week. The horse is entered in the fair
races at Madison this week and won a
$500 purse in straight heats. Before
the season is over is quite likely to
earn a nice bit of money for his owner.
The Dane county council of defense
has arranged for patriotic rally at
Albion, Thursday evening, Aug. 80, at
8 p. m. The program is made up of
short instructive talks by speakers of
prominence, with music enough to
make the affair entertaining. The
committee are holding similar meetings
all over the county.
-Threshing of small grain is well
under way in all localities and the dry
weather has been great help in secur-
ing both the grain and straw uncolored.
Oats and barley are yielding unusually
we'll, rs bushels to the acre of oats not
uncommon. Barley is also well filled
anG threshing 80 to 40 bushels. Where
wheat is raised it has turned out well.
The Congregational Ladies Society
will meet at the church Wednesday..af-
ternoon, Sept. 5, at three o'clock. 1t
is requested that all ladies attending
this church be present, whether regu-
lar members of the society or not, with
suggestions for work the coming year.
Do not leave it for a few but come
ready and willing to take part in the
work that this society must do in sup
port of the church.
Mr. Edward Sommerfeldt, rural
mail carrier for the past 16 years, has
resigned his position owing to i'll health.
Mr.. Sommerfeldt has proven faith
full, loyal and efficient public servant
and will be greatly missed by those
whom he served with mail for so many
years. To fill the vacancy, Postmaster
Hoen has appointed Mr.. Emil Sommer-
feldt, substitute rural carrier, as tenn
porary rural mail carrier, to serve as
such until permanent appointment is
made
Relatives in Edgerton learn with
pleasure that Paul Cody Bentley, son
of MIR. and Mrs. Fred w. Bentley of
Chicago, member of the American
ambulance field service in France,
which has been several times cited for
bravery, has received the war cross.
The decoration came for courage and
bravery displayed in rescuing wounded