The Wisconsin tobacco reporter. (Edgerton, Wis.) 1877-1950, 1918-04-26
Local Happenings

in the Waukesha schools. was home for
a week end stay.
Henry johnson returned Saturday
evening from business trip to New
York and Philadelphia. 4
Russell Pyre and sister, Miss Hat
tie, Of Madison were guests at the
home of their mother here on Sunday.
A service: flag will be dedicated at
st. Johns German Lutheran church
next Sunday evening. Services at 7:3O
o'clock.
Miss Florence Hurd paid visit to
her home in Fulton for week end
stay, returning to her teaching at &C.
noa Sunday evening.
Mr.. Andrew Mcintosh was confined
to his home several days this week by
threatened attack of pneumonia but
is much improved at this writing.
j. W. Menhall has plans prepared
for a modern new residence to be erect
ed this season on lots purchased of
Wray Watson on the Albion road.
Mrs. Richard Brown was the re-
cipient of a silver shower Saturday
evening from some of her young friends.
The occasion was also her birthday.
Herman Stark, J. Simerson and
Herman Kravick left Sunday afternoon
for Toledo, Ohio, to drive home new
automobiles from the Overland factory.
William Schulz, wife and son are
removing from Oak Park, ILL.,, to Ed
gerton where Mr. Schulz has secured
employment in the Highway Trailer
factory.
There will be a special communica-
ton of Fulton Lodge No. SO, F. & A.
NJ, Friday, April 26, 1918, at 8 p. m.
Work in E. A. degree. Visiting broth
ers are invited.
Roger Mooney and Rollin Williams
have received notice to report at the
Great Lakes naval training station
May LIST, where their enlistment was
made few weeks ago.
Landlord Cutlery will give COM
plimentary banquet Saturday evening
to the fourteen Edgerton boys and
their sweethearts that have been called
into service of their country and leave
for camps soon.
Lieut.. Robert Mcintosh came home
from Camp Custer for an over Sunday
stay with his parents here. He has
been detailed to go to Fl. Sill for some
special instruction in regard to battery
work in school for officers instruc-
ton.
ID. w. North has negotiated the
sale of d. w. Clark's home on Main
street to Martin Mason at considera-
ton of So, 600; also the Harley Saund-
ers home in the western part of town
to w. H. Pomery, and the Henry
Stricken residence on Jensen street.
After the local option election in
Fort Atkinson last year a sign was
placed in August Hanson's saloon win
dow which read: ''The first day of July
will be the last of August" Now that
the city has voted the saloon in this
year, another sign reads: "The first
day of July will be the first of August. !"
Geo. Verify of Appleton, Wis, who
has spent the last twenty-five years in
China as missionary, was week end
guest of D. w. North. Mr.. Verify
was an old schoolmate of Mr.. and Mrs.
North in 1884 at Lawrence college. He
gave lecture to large audience at
the NJ E. church Sunday night on
China, illustrated with lantern slides.
The first district of Rock county
will furnish 80 select men called to
leave for Columbus Barracks Saturday,
May 4th Included in the list are the
following from Edgerton: Frank c.
Gokey, Lee G. Hanson, Francis Trick,
Rosa Mary, Thos, Dickinson, Albert
Flemsberg. Chas. Willie and John C.
Schumacher are also named as alter
mates. -. $3.50
Robert Rusch, a town of Albion
farmer, fell from a load of corn stalks
Saturday, striking upon the wagon
wheel in such manner as to fracture
a couple of vertebrae, causing paraly-
sis of his limbs. He was taken to
Mercy hospital by DR.. Cleary Monday
for an operation. The splintered bones
were chiseled off, relieving the pres
sure upon the spinal column and it is
believed.he has fair chance of recov-
cry,
The state, entomologist was in Ed
gerton this week to see if the outlawed
barberry. bush had been eliminated
from hedges about town. He found
several that must yet be uprooted. The
barberry' bush is called an outlaw
hush - The deadly wheat rllst accI1n1-