The Wisconsin tobacco reporter. (Edgerton, Wis.) 1877-1950, 1917-06-15
Up. Coon and Miss Florence Flagg


j. w. Menhall has been in the East
during the week hurrying up orders for
material needed by the Highway Trailer
| Co.
Henry Johnson's insurance agency
has received notice of IL tornado and
two lightning losses since the recent
storms.
Lightning struck large oak tree
| in front of NJ L. Carriers residence
and stripped the bark nearly its entire
! length Tuesday night.
"A rainfall of nearly three inches
| accompanied an electric storm Tuesday
| night which filled the water courses
and overfowed much low land in this
section.
Mr.. Clement Cunningham of Pom
tiac, Mich, and Miss Helen Smith of
Madison, were over-Sunday visitors at
| the home of Mr.. and Mrs. M. H. Cum
| ningham.
"A marriage license was secured
Tuesday by James Hepburn Jr. and
Elsie lehman, both of Edgerton; also
in Dane county by Harry Armit of this
city and Miss Tillie Williams of Albion.
The Auxiliary to the City Council
| of Defense had their second meeting
Monday evening in Library hall to form
more definite plans for food conserva-
| ton, home economics and Red Cross
work. All ladies in the community are
earnestly requested to do all they can
along these lines.
While engaged in transporting
| lumber between the two buildings at
the Highway Trailer Co., Tuesday,
Date Ogden was accidentally knocked
off the bridge and into the creek. He
| fell upon rocks and sustained a broken
arm and some quite serious bruises.
w. G. Waite, train dispatcher at
| the Northwestern station in GAINESVILLE,
came near losing his life during the
electric storm Tuesday night when
lightning came in over the wires and
through the key he was working. He
was knocked senseless by the shock
and did not recover consciousness for
| hours afterward. The physicians called
! made use of pulmonator to bring him
! to. Mr.. Waite is a son-in-law of Mr..
and Mrs. P. C. Brown of this city.
AT the meeting of the county board
| of supervisors at the court house on
Monday, fund of 300 was appropri-
ated for the work of the county defense
| committee. A strict accounting of all
funds paid out by the defense council
| will be kept and a report made to the
| county board. The supervisors also
| appropriated $4,000 for the purpose Of
making extensive repeirs at the county
asylum and hospital, which will be done
| under the direction of the building
| committee.
| "A slight change in train schedules
went into effect Sunday. The early
east bound Milwaukee train is set Is
minutes earlier and now departs from
this station at 6:34 o'clock. The de-
parture of Sunday trains from both
Chicago and Milwaukee is changed, the
former leaving Chicago at 5:55 p. m.
instead of 6:05, and from Milwaukee at
4:25, connecting at the Milton Junction
| Y. Under the new arrangement it will
be difficult for people on this division to
see Sunday ball games in either city
| and reach home the same evening. The
| morning west bound Janesville-Mc-
| Gregor train is set s minutes earlier
| and now leaves at $40 instead of 8:18.
| 1t seems to be somewhat uncertain
when Co. M and the Edgerton platoon
| will be called to Camp Douglas for
| training. The federal government is
not yet able to supply arms, clothing
| and other equipment, nor can fix date
when it can be issued. Adjt. Gen.
Holway offers to equip the troops pro-
vid1ng Uncle Sam foots the bills, and
| the matter is still in controversy be-
tween the departments. sAdjt. Holway
says he hoped to begin training of the
| Wisconsin national guardsmen before
! July 1st so they would not go to Texas
unprepared. Orders have been issued
for the eleventh division of the U. S.
army, consisting of two regiments of
Wisconsin and Michigan national
guards, to train either at Waco, Hous-
ton or ElRaso, Texas. eff we don't
mobilize them at Camp Douglas by the
18th of July, it will be entirely up to
the army as that is the date set when
thew are to be taken into federal SER
vice." said Gen. Holway.
When Human Driftwood," the
"Brady" production with Robert War
wick and Francis Nelson is shown on
the screen at the Lyric Thursday Ito
nite) the patrons will be treated to a