The Wisconsin tobacco reporter. (Edgerton, Wis.) 1877-1950, 1918-08-16
SERGEANT Mahlon OGDEN wired his


Sergeant Mahlon Ogden wired his
parents that he was in this country
and would be home shortly.
DIR. w. w. Morrison returned on
Tuesday from attending clinic at the
Mayo hospital at Rochester, Mimi.
Prof. R. A Lewis of Mt Horeb
was caller upon Edgerton friends
here the latter part of the week.
Miss Leora Mabbett is spending
her vacation at the home of her mother
here. She has resigned her position as
librarian at Minneapolis which she has
held for several years past.
"A dispatch received by John Thore-
son, Wednesday, tells of the arrival at
New York of his son, Lieut. Andrew
Thoreson, from the battle front in
France. He arrived home Wednesday
evening and reports that on Monday
next he will leave for Camp Dix as in
structor for few months.
wegian Lutheran church class of eight
young people were confirmed by Rev.
E. A. Grefthen. The confrmants were:
Gordon Voog, Edwin Olson, Gladys
Larson, Edward Edwardson, Amanda
Gilbertson, Esther Haugen, Rosetta
Danielson and Viola Harrison.
Lieut. Leon Ellingson left We'd
nesday for Camp Pike, Little Rock,
Ark, where he has been assigned
an instructor in bayonet prac-
tice During his stay here on a week s
furlough he has been busy calling upon
mothers of Co. NJ boys, delivering a
message he had brought from across
the sea.
Rural carriers are to receive in
creased pay dating from July 1st. A
carrier travelling "a miles or more will
receive $1,000 year; less than "a miles,
S1152. Extra allowances are made for
horses and automobiles. The boys who
have such hard time delivering mail
during sunshine, storm and severe win
ters are to be congratulated on their
good fortune. They are certainly en-
titled to some consideration.
Frank Willard of Johnstown, who
was employed with the Wileman road
gang working in the vicinity Of New
vile, was severely burned Thursday
morning with hot water. Willard was
in the act of preparing meal and had
placed syrup can full of water on the
stove to heat. The cover of the pail
was on tight and steam accumulated in
the pail and as he was about to remove
the pail from the stove it exploded,
throwing the hot water over the ex-
posed parts of his body.
The sweltering heat of the early
days of the week eliminated in smash
ing electric storms that covered most
of the southern portion of the state
Tuesday afternoon and evening. The
rainfall was sufficient to thoroughly
soak the soil to good depth and came in
the nick of time to prove of inestimable
value to corn and tobacco. Lightning
caused considerable damage in the
track of the storm, killing live stock
and setting farm fires. Scattering hail
fell in several localities but hardly Sc
we're enough to cause much injury to
the tobacco fields.
Mrs. C. E. Sweeney's little daugh-
ter Marion, having been told that her
mother never had birtheay party, de-
cided to rectify the omission. She
saved up her pennies in order to buy
ice cream which she considered was the
chief necessity and invited her relatives
and near neighbors to come in Friday
afternoon and help celebrate. The
house was beautifully decorated with
golden glow, gladioli and nasturtiums,
and Mrs. Sweeney was presented with
many gifts as mementos of the happy
day. She pronounced it the most en-
joyable birthday of her life, especially
as no one inquired too closely regard
ing it's number All agreed that little
Miss Sweeney was an ideal hostess.