The Wisconsin tobacco reporter. (Edgerton, Wis.) 1877-1950, 1918-05-31
Jesse Wood died in Albion We'd


| bridge over Saunders creek at the
crossing near the pumping station.
Trace Christensen and family and
Miss Mary Watson were down from
| Stoughton to pass Sunday with rela-
| tives here.
| Herman Bublitz received three new
| tables this week for the pool and bill
lard rooms he will open in his present
location after July 1st.
Milton Howard, one time engaged
| in the hardware business with his
brother in Edgerton, now living in st.
Paul, was calling upon acquaintance
| here Wednesday.
Ray Ford, employed as brakeman
on the Milwaukee road, had arranged
| to leave Saturday to join the American
| railway forces in France, but the i'll
ness of his father may call for a post
| ponement of his plans.
Miss Nora Farman was hostess at
| a miscellaneous shower given IN honor
Of Miss Katherine Nichols. The guests
| were composed largely Of the teachers
| in our public schools, who were served
a O'Clock dinner. Miss Nichols was
the recipient of many pretty and use
full gifts.
The postoffice department will
| withhold from the mails all ordinary,
| insured and C.. O. D. parcels which are
addressed to soldiers, but which are
| not specifically addressed to company
| and regiment or other military unit. 1t
| is absolutely necessary to give spe-
| cific address in order that soldiers mail
| may reach them.
In response to the call for aid for
| the tornado stricken village of Lone
| Rock, subscription was circulated by
| Mayor Leary and 1925 was sent to G.
A. Gunderson, chairman of the relief
committee at that place, on Wednes-
! dag. We understand that towns with
in radius of fifty miles of Lone Rock
| have literally responded.
W. C.. Lemke, eldest son Of Albert
| Lemke, will be united in marriage to
Miss Anna Hayes in Chicago, June l,
| 1918. The ceremony will be performed
in the early morning and the couple
will come to Edgerton and reception
will be held at the Lemke home in the
town of Fulton w. c. Lemke is a
| fireman on the Northwestern road and
will reside in Chicago.
Rice and Mud lakes north of town
seem to be the most popular fishing
| places this season. Both lakes are
alive with good sized bullheads, which
at this time of year are very good eat
| ing. There seems to be no limit to the
number inexperienced anglers even can
| pull out of these waters and fishermen
are driving miles daily to place where
| luck is always good.
The new plan for patrolling the
Trunk Line highways is already prov
| ing it's usefulness. The Edgerton-
GAINESVILLE road was never in as fine
condition as at the present time and
| shows improvement after every drag
cling. The section from GAINESVILLE to
the cement road in Edgerton is in
| charge of GAINESVILLE man who covers
the road every few days with truck,
| hauling a scraper that rounds up the
center, fills the depressions and keeps
the graveled road in splendid shape.
The following named young men
departed for GAINESVILLE Saturday, there
to entrain the following Monday for
Camp Grant: August Trettin, William
Becker and Paul E. Sweeney. Thomas
Flarity left for Milwaukee Saturday to
leave on Monday with the Milwaukee
contingent for Camp Grant. Benjamin
Hippo, George Haugen, Helmer Chris
tianson, Oscar J. Hippo, Leon Calder
and Albert Plue joined the Madison
contingent Sunday and departed for
! Camp Grant on Monday. Percy Roemer
will leave for Camp Grant on Saturday,
| June 1st.
The Dallmann Drug Co. have COM
| pleted the transfer of their business to
w. G. Atwell during the week. Geo.
Dallman, who has been manager of the
company since its organization, expects
| soon to be called into service of his
country, which certainty prompted the
owners to sell the business to an ex-
perienced drug man, so Mr.. Atwell i'm
proved the opportunity of getting back
into the trade again. The new owner
needs no introduction to our readers
for he conducted the business on the
same corner several years before the
| erection of the new block. He is fully
acquainted with the needs of the trade
Of +bic community and will he OIad fo