The Wisconsin tobacco reporter. (Edgerton, Wis.) 1877-1950, 1918-02-08
Local Happenings

Florence tlagg was a week emu
guest of her sister, Mrs. Monald Mac
Innes, at 7Stoughton.
Charles Langworthy and wife Of
GAINESVILLE were over Sunday visitors at
the home of his parents.
The record or the weather bureau
nearest this point shows that the snow
fall for j anuary exceeds four feet.
The Bethany Circle will be enter
tanned Feb. 7th at the home of Mrs. L..
A. Anderson. Everyone cordially in
-yited.
Mr.. Emil Somerfeldt, temporary
rural carrier on route a, has been pro-
NOTED as regular carrier on the same
route.
H. A. Herried attended the E. Fl:
Parker & Sons sale in GAINESVILLE last
Friday and brought home very nice
brood sow to be added to his establish
ed herd.
Whisper it lightly, that Wednesday
was the first day that it has thawed on
the sunny side of buildings since
Christmas.
The Young Peoples society of the
Norwegian Lutheran church will meet
Thursday evening, Feb. 18th, in the
church parlors.
Delays of railway trains are so fire.
quent nowadays that when one meets
its schedule it is the exception rather
than the rule.
There is an opening at the Tele-
phone office for bright girl who wants
to learn switchboard operating and act
as relief operator.
February already has started in to
hold up January's record for low tenn
peratures and if it continues to favor
zero as its standard we must be thank
full that it is the short month.
james Curran, high school student
and prominent in athletics, has been
seriously i'll with pneumonia during the
week, but is now well on the road to
recovery.
Mrs Ole Hauge was called to Chi
cago Tuesday to view new grand
daughter born to Mr.. and Mrs. Herman
Rummelhoff at 4848 West Barre Ave.
in that city Monday last.
The December order for 4-wheeled
trailers packed for oversee shipment
were loaded on four fiat cars and dis
patched Saturday. The car shortage
has delayed shipment up to this time.
"A telegram received here announc-
ed that the 128th Reg. w. N. G. broke
camp at Waco, Texas, Sunday for
some port of departure for oversee
service. Co. M, made up of Edgerton
and GAINESVILLE boys. is portion of this
regiment.
1T is not yet too late to secure your
ticket to the Firemen's ball and con-
cert next Monday evening, Feb. 18th.
The boys expect every citizen to show
their loyalty to this benefit. If you
don't dance, even the concert given by
the orchestra is worth your presence.
Elias Brandt, brother of Rev. M.
r. Brandt, and student at the univer-
sity, left Tuesday for Atlanta, Georgia,
where he will enter the U. S. service
in the aviation corps. He failed to
pass the physical examination as an
aviator, but will enlist as a ground man.
The public schools, churches, thea
ters, movies, clubs and dance halls at
GAINESVILLE have been ordered closed
during the week on account of fuel
shortage and the prevalence of small
pox. By the closing of public gather
ings it is thought the infection can be
stamped out.
The banner COW for the state of
Wisconsin for November, as shown by
the Cow Testing association records, is
owned in Walworth county by w. E.
Palmer of Geneva. She is a registered
Holstein and is four years old. She
produced in November 1859 pounds of
milk netting 1865 pounds of butter fat.
Sam and James Wlleman were call
ed to Tyndall, S. D., last week on in
formation of the serious illness of their
sister, Mrs. VIM. Abbott. The broth
ers, however, arrived there few hours
after her demise. The funeral SER
vices, we learn, were held on Monday
last.
IT. B. Earle purchased four brood
sows at the Duroc breeders sale at
GAINESVILLE Friday for the Edgerton In
vestment Co. and sent to their farm
near Milton Junction. As high as $400
was paid for some of the fancy stock
offered and a head brought close to
$1,000.
Lee Alder returned the fore part