The Wisconsin tobacco reporter. (Edgerton, Wis.) 1877-1950, 1918-10-04
The fourth Liberty Loan drive

Sunday with their daughter at Stougn-
| ton.
-Gradon Clarke entered the S. A. T.
C. training course at Beloit college this
| week.
Miss Bernice Brown has been quite
seriously Ill the past week, requiring
| the services of q trained nurse.
Misses Eunice Nelson and Cecilia
! Barrett have resumed their studies at
the university for the coming year.
Mrs. A. S. Flagg has been guest
of her daughter, Mrs. Donald McInnes,
at WATERFOWL few days this week.
Lowell Whittet has been trans
ferred from Camp Hancock, Ga, to
Fort Worth, Texas. for ordnance duty.
Mr.. and Mrs. Cal Wanamaker re-
ioice over the arrival of their first born,
bright daughter, on Saturday evening
last.
Misses Ruth Birkenmeyer, Flor
ence Jack and Geneva Schoenfeld re-
sumo their studies at Beloit college this
week.
Miss Anna Hinkley returned to
Milwaukee Monday after visit at the
home of her sister, Mrs. w. F. Nab
bett.
"A full page ad on buying Liberty
L ID e L.
| other page. 1t was contributed by
Henry johnson.
T. B. Earle went to Chicago the
latter part of the week for treatment
at the Presbyterian hospital in that city
for few weeks.
DIR. Floyd Shearer of the medical
reserve stationed at Fort Riley, Kas.,
was home for an over Sunday stay,
having accompanied detachment of
troops to Camp Grant.
On October 81, the last Sunday in
the month, all clocks will be set back
an hour at O'Clock in the morning in
order to restore normal time, which
was altered under the daylight saving
plan, when clocks were set an hour
ahead.
Miss Florence Crissey has been ap-
pointed deputy county clerk by County
Clerk Howard Lee and she has entered
upon her new duties. Miss Crissey is
GAINESVILLE girl, but the past year she
has been living in Texas. She was ap-
pointed to succeed Mrs. Raymond Fal-
ter who resigned to take position
with the GAINESVILLE Machine Co.
The latest item of newspaper news
is the consolidation of the Whitewater
Gazette and Register, to be controlled
by Robt. Coe, a son of Ed D. Coe, who
edited the Register for many years.
This leaves but one paper in White
water which everybody will concede is
enough for any town under ten thou
sand people. The present war condi-
ditions are making it harder all the
time for country papers to survive.
The prevailing influenza has dis
rupted the telephone force severely
during the week. At one time only
three operators of the entire force had
escaped, which put tremendous
amount of work upon those remaining
| at the switchboard. Under these cir
cumstances the public is asked to limit
their calls to absolute necessities until
the operators are able to return to
their positions.
The sugar administration is now on
| a business basis. Each person is enti-
tied to two pounds per month. The
food administration at Madison knows
where all the sugar goes, even when it
is purchased from Montgomery, Ward
& Co. Last week several women from
the western part of the state were fined
$500 each for buying all they were
entitled to from their local stores and
then ordering extra from the Chicago
firm. One man at Waterloo who made
out his own certificate and had been in
the grocery business until short time
ago was invited to contribute three
dollars per pound for his excess.
"A new activity, community sing
ing, has been inaugurated by the Four
Minute Men. Community singing al
ready plays a great part in many patri-
otto gatherings and it will be the func-
ton and the pleasure of the Four Min
ute Men to extend this privilege to
audiences of the Lyric theater. That
this new and popular activity may be
carried out successfully, Four Minute
Singing Division has been created and
Local Chairman Hoen of the -Four Min
ute Men has appointed Mr.. H. M. Ray
mond as its chairman. Mr.. Raymond
will lead in community singing of patri-