The Wisconsin tobacco reporter. (Edgerton, Wis.) 1877-1950, 1918-03-29
Services at the German church are

evening English services at 7:30; Easter
Monday at 10 a. m. Communion at all
these services except Easter Monday.
The first thing to do on Easter
Sunday is to set your clocks ahead one
hour in order to conform to the new
daylight schedule adopted by congress
for the next seven months. The change
in railway trains occurs at 2 a. m. Sun
day morning.
The most important spring election
in some years takes place next Tues
day, April 2nd 1t is the duty of every
red blooded American who believes in
sustaining the government in these try
ing times to get out and show his col
ors on that day.
-Ex-Gov. Hanley of Indiana gave a
rousing address at Royal hall Wednes-
day evening primarily in the interests
of temperance, but breathing Of patri-
otism throughout. The high school
orchestra gave selections and four
minute speech of Stanley Slagg pre-
ceeded the address. A responsive
audience was present.
One of the recent stormy Sundays
someone appropriated Joel Thompson's
overcoat from his livery barn, leaving
no trace that detective might follow.
Joel says the fellow will be forgiven if
he will return the $45 of war saving
stamps that was in the coat and he is
welcome to keep the coat as well as a
dozen of eggs that were in the pockets.
Relatives here have been informed
of the death by accident of Harold At
tlesey, son of Geo. Attlesey of Chip
pewa county, who formerly resided
here. The young man was killed in a
saw mill near there. He was one of
the men accepted in the selective draft
and expected to be called in a fewsdays.
The Municipal Appliance Company
of Wisconsin was incorporated March
18th for $4,000 for the manufacture
and installation of the Standard Traffic
Post, patents held by Howard Master
son of Butte, Mont. The officers of
this concern are: E. III. Staehling,
president; T. B. Earle, vice president;
A. T. Earle, secretary-treasurer. The
company will locate in Madison, Wis.
The Edgerton Telephone Co. is
steadily getting its lines in working or
der aggiri after repairing the damage
from the recent sleet storm. The toll
lines reaching north are mostly re-
paired and those into Fulton and Porter
will soon be in use. 1t has been no
small job to replace over 100 poles with
tangled wires. The repair gang that
have been working on the A. 7. & I.
lines in this vicinity for over two weeks
departed Tuesday.
Miss Florence Hawkins of this city
has received notice of the death of her
nephew, Frederick Peyden of Mineral
Point, who died in training camp in
Texas on Monday. No particulars were
given, but it is known that Peyden suf-
fered fractured knee when that mem
Der was crushed under heavy load
some time ago. The body was shipped
to Mineral Point for burial Miss Han
kins attended the funeral.
The Royal Neighbors gave fare
we'll party at their lodge rooms We'd
nesday night in honor of five Of the
members who are soon to move away
from Edgerton. The evening was spent
socially and light refreshments were
served. The guests of honor were
Mrs w. F. Learn, who has moved on
to farm west of the city, Mrs. H.
Learn and Mrs. Frank Schmelling, who
will soon move to South Dakota, and
Mrs. J. A. Dickerson, who will soon
move to Portage.
The fire department was called to
the home of VIM. Schrub Monday noon
where blaze occasioned by the heat
ing of turpentlne took fire. Mrs.
Schrub was melting dish of rosin and
turpentine over gasoline stove when
it burst into flames and threatened to
become quite serious affair. She
quickly smothered the fire but burned
her hands, arm and face quite badly in
SO doing. The damage to the home
was largely confined to smoke that
filled the living rooms.
&C. E. Shannon has penchant for
resort property. Not content with
owning some fine lake front on Lost
Lake near Sayner, he has recently pur-
chased the Pelican Lake Wild Wood
Farm, located on the southwest shore
of Pelican lake in Oneida county. This
farm has one hundred rods of lake
front, and has all of the original tim.
Der and is one of the most beautiful
spots in northern Wisconsin. Mr.. Shan
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