The Wisconsin tobacco reporter. (Edgerton, Wis.) 1877-1950, 1918-08-23
Local Happenings

in North Dakota.
Miss Florence Hurd entertained
company of lady friends at her Fulton
home Friday evening.
Lieut.. Andrew Thoreson left Mon
day for Camp Dix where he has been
assigned as instructor
Mrs. C. E. Shannon departed for
Sayner, Wis, on Friday to remain dur
ing the hay fever season.
%. C. Moen has sold his residence
on Swift street to G. H. Hanson, pos
session to be given soon.
Mrs. VIM. Beaton went to Chicago
the latter part of the week for an ex-
tended visit with relatives.
Mr.. and Mrs Donald McInnes were
over from Watertown for week end
stay with Edgerton relatives.
Mrs. w. E. Newman returned Sun
day morning from a two weeks visit
with relatives at Stockport, Iowa.
Miss Helen Coon and Miss Leo
Thompson passed couple days the
early part of the week in Chicago.
The Bethany Circle will be enter
tanned by Miss Clara Jensen at her
home, Thursday evening, Aug. 20. 2
Mr.. and Mrs. Arthur Warner ex-
pect to return to Montana shortly where
he has secured position as assistant
cashier in bank.
Miss Mile Pyre of Madison and
Miss Nettie of Pittsburgh were guests
at the home of their aunt, Mrs. James
Pyre, short time during the week.
Hon. H. A. Cooper announces that
he will address meeting at Royal hall
on the congressional issues of the cam
paign on Friday evening, August 23rd.
"A letter from John Strasberg to
his parents from hospital in France
tells of a wound in the knee received
in action and that he was fairly on the
road to recovery.
Herman Rucks unloaded a Case
threshing machine at this station the
latter part of the week. A tractor
purchased last spring will furnish the
power for the outfit.
Miss Josephine Burns was rendered
shower Friday evening. A progress
sive luncheon was served. The first
course was served at the home of Miss
Bessie McInnes, the second at the home
of Miss Nettie Conn and the third at
the home of Miss Florence Flagg.
Lieut.. Lyle Cannon and his bride,
Josephine Tallard, have gone to Birn-
amwood for visit to his parents. Mr..
Cannon has just completed his course
at the officers training school at Camp
Grant and given ten days furlough
before being sent to his appointment.
The closing of Camp Grant to Wis.,
itors for time has stopped the almost
endless stream of automobiles headed
toward that cantonment. 1t is antici-
pated the Blackhawk division will be
moved out for oversee service before
the public will be admitted again.
The local Red Cross gets an unex-
pected gift of 500, the result of a
wager made in March last when Jona-
than Marsden bet with G. G. Bieder-
man that the war would be over and
peace declared by July 1st. Jonathan
came across and c. G. passed the check
over to the Red Cross.
The Highway Trailer baseball team
was beaten by the Hardware aggrega-
ton in a game at the Driving Park
Sunday afternoon in score Of to L.
The local boys played close game up
to the fatal seventh when they went to
pieces Next Sunday they play the
business mems team, proceeds to go to
the Red Cross.
Next Sunday the members of the
Edgerton band have arranged to go Co
the Stone farm and assist Gus Young
harvest his tobacco crop. Mr.. Young
has been in the hospital for several
weeks and still unable to work so the
band boys with a commendable spirit
have decided to give their fellow mem
Der lift. He and his father-in-law
have ten acre crop now ready for the
sheds.
The report received here of the Sc
rious wounding of Harold Amundson,
noted in last weeks paper, appears to
be unfounded. In letter to his moth
er, Mrs g. Amundson, Harold writes
he was sent to the hospital but not
from injuries received on the fighting
line. His company had orders to go
over the top and while climbing out of
shell hole be was gassed and stricken
with hemorrEage and later sent to
the hospital with the wounded. He
writes he is back again in the ranks of