The Wisconsin tobacco reporter. (Edgerton, Wis.) 1877-1950, 1918-11-01
Local Happenings

covering from severe attack OF .pneu-
monia.
Mrs. Joe Hruska and children re-
turned Wednesday from ten weeks
visit among relatives in Dakota.
j. A. Dickerson and family return
ed to Portage Monday after few
days visit with Edgerton relatives.
Mrs. M. E. Titus and daughter left
for Chicago Tuesday for brief visit
before returning to Colorado Springs.
Elmer Parsons left Monday for
Camp Mcintosh on the Mexican border
after spending a furlough with his par
ents here.
Mr.. and Mrs. Frank Mcintosh
were called down from Viroqua to at
tend the funeral of Mr.. McIntosh's
mother.
Mr.. and Mrs Waiter Vickers leave
the latter part of the week for Califor-
MIA where they anticipate spending the
winter months.
Mrs. John Bowen departed We'd
nesday morning to join Mr.. Bowen at
Lynn Haven, Florida, where they will
spend the winter.
p. w. Palmer and wife have re-
turned from visit at La Crosse ready
to reopen the Lyric theater as soon as
the ban is lifted
"A good soaking rain. so much
needed by farmers to revive the past
ures and loosen the soil for blowing,
came Saturday night.
"A telegram from Harley Barnson
at Minneapolis announces the death OF
his sister Mabel which occurred in Cal
ifornia during the week.
-Rollie Williams and his friend, Earl
Whitney, were up from the Great
Lakes training station for an over Sum
day visit at the Williams home.
Donald Heddles of Paonia, Colo,
who is a student of the S. A. T. c. at
the university, visited at the home Of
his grandparents here over Sunday.
The ban is lifted, regular services
will be held at the Congregational
church. Topic for the morning,
Through the Valley of the Shadow. !"
Mr.. Howard Richardson and Mr..
Harold Boehm have enlisted with the
air service of the u. S. Military Estab-
Iishment and will soon be called to the
colors.
Mrs. Fred Gleave and daughter
left Saturday for Stephenson, Miss,
where Mr.. Gleave has position with
large lumber concern that operates a
saw mill.
-Sergt. Wallis P. Olson, son of Thos.
Olson. died of pneumonia in France,
Sept. &c, Is the information contained
in a dispatch to the parents from the
war department.
Afford Osterberg has bought the
Elmer Thronson farm in the town of
Albion, known as the Henry Coon
farm, 12O acres, at $225 per acre. Sale
made by C. E. Sweeney Real Estate
Agency.
Mrs. Fanny Girard visited her
brother, DR.. Fred Miller, at Wausau
during the week, whom she found re-
covering from an operation but will be
compelled to go to hospital soon for
another.
John Culton was called to Blythe
vile, Ark, the latter part of the week
by the illness of his brother, Charles
L., who is unable to look after the
gathering of large cotton crop grown
the past season.
A little four year old son of Mr..
and Mrs. Clarence Bowen accidentally
stuck a sharp pointed pairing knife
into his eye Tuesday. He was taken
to the GAINESVILLE hospital, but it was
found that the sight had been destroyed.
The patrollman on the Edgerton-
GAINESVILLE highway has done good JOB
of dragging the road the past week
but in doing so loosened up large
amount of small round stones that
ought to be removed to make finished
job.
The Tobacco Exchange Bank has
received handsomely engraved certi-
ficate from the Federal Reserve Bank
at Chicago for distinguished Finan-
cial Service in subscribing 100 per
cent of its quota on the series of treas
ury certificates.
Gladys Lucy Whaley died at the
home of her parents at Indian Ford,
Saturday, of influenza. She was four
teen years of age. Funeral services
were held Monday morning at 10 o'ciock
with Rev. Schoenfeld officiating. Burial
was made in Fassett cemetery.