The Wisconsin tobacco reporter. (Edgerton, Wis.) 1877-1950, 1918-09-27
Local happenings


quite number from here this week.
Miss Francis Bunker, teacher in
the schools at Avalon, was home over
Sunday.
Miss Clara Thompson was up from
Whitewater to pass Saturday and Sun
day with her parents.
Work on the High street bridge is
progressing rapidly and in few days
will be opened to public travel.
Mrs. Henry Ebbott and daughter
Mary passed the first days of the week
with relatives on Albion Prairie.
All the attorneys in the city were
busy for few days assisting in filling
out the missionaries of the registered
boys.
Mrs. Anna Davidson, after passing
few weeks with relatives here, re-
turned to her home in Joliet, ILL.,, last
Friday.
Roscoe Mcintosh and wife passed a
few days the latter part of the week
with the family of J. A. Dickerson in
Portage.
One thing is fairly sure, that there
will be no pensions for the people who
get sore throat telling how the war
ought to be run.
Miss Clara Jensen, who was called
home to attend the funeral of her
nephew, returned to Red Wing, Mimi,
Monday evening.
ALI arrangements should be made
at this time to buy your share of the
fourth Liberty Loan bonds. The drive
will commence in few days.
R. E. Acheson of Evansville has
been appointed county agricultural
agent to fill out the unexpired term of
L. A. Markham, who is in Russia.
-Serg. Mahlon Ogden, who was here
on two weeks furlough, departed
last Friday for Camp Devens, Mass,
to commence his duties as instructor.
Miss Blanche Shumway, who has
supervision of the drawing and writing
departments of the Waukesha public
schools, passed Sunday with her par
ents here.
The Ladies society of the Norwe-
gian Lutheran church will be entertain
ed at the church parlors Sept. 26th by
Mesdames Ole Jensen, Chas. Swenson,
Emil Denison and Rossebo. 2
Another autoless Sunday was very
generally observed in and about Edger-
ton, there being but few machines seen
on the streets and they were used
where necessity demanded.
p. Mccain received two letters
Sunday from his son Harry, saying that
he was back with his company. Harry
was wounded on the night of May 18th
and it is presumed he has been in the
hospital up to the time of writing these
letters.
Rev. F. w. Schoenfeld assisted in
the dedication of new Congregational
church at Park Falls on Sunday last.
The society had an Indebtedness of
$4,000 to raise at the dedication serv-
ices, which was oversubscribed to the
extent of $4,000.
F. H. Eames, editor of the Elkhorn
Independent for the past nineteen
years, died Tuesday morning, Sept. II.
He was born in 1872 at Spring Prairie,
and when a small boy went to Elkhorn,
which has always been his home. He
leaves his wife and two sons.
"A baby girl was born to Mr.. and
Mrs. Frank Bublitz at the home of
August Ratzlaff ST., Saturday, Septem-
Der 81, 1918. Grandpa and Grandma
Ratzlaff are more than proud of the
latest arrival Mr.. Bublitz. who lives
in Chicago, was not present at the time.
Lieut.. Charles Mcintosh arrived
home Saturday evening on twenty
one day furlough. He is from Camp
Zachary Taylor, Louisville, KY, and is
instructor in that camp. His furlough
of twenty-one days was on account of
sickness, having been in the hospital
for some time.
Mr.. and Mrs /. G. Lutz received a
letter Saturday from their son Kenneth
in France, saying that he had been
gassed and was at present in hospital
together with other boys of the COM
pany who had also been gassed. Don't
worry, mother" the letter said, "as 1
will write you later.
Clarence Johnson, who has had
charge of the Mennes barber shop in
the Pringle building the past year,
ended his labors there last Monday and
is passing the week with his parents in
Deerfeld. Next Monday he enters the
school of S. A. T. C.. at the university