The Wisconsin tobacco reporter. (Edgerton, Wis.) 1877-1950, 1918-12-27
Local Happenings

Miss Mary Conway is home for the
holidays from West Bend.
"A Happy New Year is the wish Of
The Reporter to all it's subscribers.
The public schools are closed for
the usual holiday vacation until Jan. 6.
Miss Lila Clifford came home from
Canton, ILL.,, for the holiday vacation.
Clarence Devine is home from an
Ohio camp on vacation over the holt
days.
Robert Maltpress of Rockford was
a week end visitor with Edgerton rela-
lives.
Trace Christensen and wife were
down from Stoughton on Sunday to
visit relatives.
John Leary of the Great Lakes
aaval training station has been home
On holiday leave.
Eugene Flarity was home from the
Great Lakes training station for the
Christmas holiday.
W. w. Huxtable and wife of James
vile were over Sunday guests OF Mr..
and Mrs. w. E. Newman.
Mrs. Henry Ogden and Mrs. Julia
Fuller of Fort Atkinson spent Christ
mas with Mr.. and Mrs. Geo. Ogden.
Lieut.. Andrew Thoreson returned
home Saturday from Camp Dix, N.
z, having been released. from service.
M. L. Carrier has been in Louis
vile, KY, during the week on business
connected with the Highway Trailer Co.
The Highway Trailer Co. has hung
cut in front of their new building a
handsome service flag upon which are
IA names.
Miss Clara Stevens came from the
east Friday to spend the holiday vaca-
ton with her parents, Mr.. and Mrs.
VIM. Stevens.
Miss Frances Nichols, teaching at
st. Paul, and Miss Mona at Sheboygan,
are spending the Christmas week at
their home here.
Lowell Whittet was granted fur
dough- from Fl. Sill, and met his par
ents in Chicago Saturday. He will be
home during the holiday season.
Milton high school basket ball team
met defeat at the hands of the Edger-
ton highs Friday afternoon at the
Child gym by a score of Ia to 26.
An explosion in the condensery at
North Prairie Saturday resulted in the
injury of one man and the breaking of
all the windows on one side Of the
building.
Miss Sadie Hall who has been
teaching school in Minnesota, returned
to her home on Albion Prairie last
week, as her school was turned into a
hospital for influenza victims.
In all probability at the next regu-
lar meeting of the common council the
streets to be improved the coming sea-
son will be designated and advertising
of same will start soon thereafter.
Otto Maves arrived home Saturday
evening from Camp Devens, Aver,
Mass. Otto is with the heavy artillery
and has been awarded honors for
craftsmanship. He is on seven day
furlough.
Lieut.. Warren Coon arrived home
from Ft. Sill, Okla, Thursday evening,
where he has been attending the school
of fire. He has received his discharge
from service and expects to resume his
former position with the Travellers ms.
Co. at Milwaukee after Jan. 1st
Harold Amundson, from Denver
hospital where he was sent after being
invalided back from overseas service,
is home on furlough for the holidays.
He is the young soldier who was taken
with hemorrhage while going over
the top, which led to the erroneous re-
port of the war department that he had
been seriously wounded some months
ago.
-Congressman-electJ James G. Mon
ahan has sold The Darlington Republi.
can Journal to M. P. Peavy, who has
been connected with The Chronicle fol
more than 20 years and sewers his con-
nection with that company to purchase
Mr.. Monahan's paper. Mr.. Peavy ex.
poets to take over control of The Jour.
nal about Jan. 20. Mr.. Monahan has
been editor and proprietor of The
Journal thirty-five years.
You have often heard the question
asked: ''How many people does il
take to make crowd?" Well, over al
Elkhorn they have solved the riddle
and six folks congregated in one room
constitute crowd and what's more NJ
greater number than that are per