The Wisconsin tobacco reporter. (Edgerton, Wis.) 1877-1950, 1917-06-01
Fred Hutson and wife of GAINESVILLE
passed Memorial Day in Edgerton.


passed Memorial Day in Edgerton.
Rain followed by cold wave is
predicted for the latter days of the
week.
w. S. Heddles and daughter Beula
were down from Madison for Memorial
exercises.
Rev. Brandt took his Boy Scouts
out for hike and a nights camp at
Lake Koshkonong Tuesday.
-Embery Bowman came up from
Austin, ILL.,, for his annual Memorial
day visit and contribution of flowers.
joy riders who possessed little fear
of the law appropriated Speaker Whit
tets new Cadillac eight while it was
left at the east entrance of the state
house Friday evening. After burning
up tank of gas they deserted it red
hot on back street in Madison not
much worse for the pleasure jaunt.
The final graduating exercises of
the high school takes place at Assem-
bly, hall Thursday evening, May 31st.
The program consists of salutatory by
Norman Clarke, commencement ad-
dress by DR.. D. D. McLaurin of Madi-
son and valedictory by Ethel Morri-
son. Music by both the high school
glee club and orchestra and the class
song Twenty-seven diplomas will be
awarded.
"A broken axle on the truck of the
engine hauling the time freight, due
here at 80 O'Clock, Tuesday morning
derailed car and tore up nearly train
length of track just east Of the river
bridge and deranged traffic on the line
for several hours. BY noon, however,
the track was cleared and rails re-
placed so that business was resumed.
The morning mail was transferred
around the wreck by relief train sent
down from Madison.
"A big loyalty parade is being
planned at Cambridge for Tuesday,
June 9Th. 1t is expected that the Fit.
Atkinson company of the state militia
will give an exhibition drill upon the
school campus. After the parade Prof.
Craig of Fl. Atkinson will deliver an
address. A ball game for the high
school championship of the southern
portion of the state between Cambridge
and Waterloo will take place. All
proceeds will go to the Red Cross and
Y. M. G. A. army work. All roads
will lead to Cambridge on Tuesday next.
For the first time in many years
general rains over southern Wisconsin
prevented the usual outdoor exercises
on Memorial day. The programs ar
ranged for Edgerton at the cemeteries
were therefore dispensed with. De-
spite a steady rain that fell the entire
afternoon an audience that fairly filled
Majestic theater gathered, where the
program published week ago was
given. Commander w. j. Mckay of
Madison made the principal address.
The floral committee completed the
work of decorating the graves of de-
parted soldiers on Thursday morning.
1.-THE Seventh Sin" will be pre-
sented at The Lyric on Thursday. This
picture has an extraordinary cast, all
the stars which played in the other
sins are presented in this seven reel
drama, Shirley Mason, George LeGuere,
Nance O'Neil, Charlotte Walker, H. B.
Warner, Holbrook Blinn, Ann Muir
dock. No advance in price. Clara
Kimball Young, considered by many
as the loveliest woman on the screen
today, will be the attraction on Mon
day, where she will be seen in '|The
Dark Silence" Brady picture. 1t is
play in which Miss Young is first a
poor artist, and later a Red Cross
nurse, and she plays with all the
strength of expression which marked
her former successes and is the center
of a picture that will please all her
friends. Coming June IL, Mrs. Vernon
Castle, the best dressed woman in the
U. S. in ''Patria." =
That the closing exercises of our
public schools have warm place in the
hearts of the people of Edgerton was
abundantly evidenced by the attend
ance upon the Glass Play program at
Majestic theater Tuesday evening, for
the hall was crowded to standing room.
clicked Out of College, was the title
of an amusing farce comedy that fur
nished an opportunity for some quite
unusual talent which the graduating
class contained. The costuming was
so complete that even the relatives of
the characters could scarcely recognize
their own. The class poem, history,
prophecy will, etc., often the subject
for separate evening were interspers-
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