The Wisconsin tobacco reporter. (Edgerton, Wis.) 1877-1950, 1918-03-15
Local Happenings

home with an attack of the grip.
Geo. Dallmann has been confined
to his home by illness for few days.
F. Lohmair shipped in car of
work horses from the west this week.
Mrs. F. w. Coon passed Sunday
with her daughter and son in Chicago.
Miss Olga Hanson, of the Depart
ment store, was in Chicago for few
days this week.
"A train load of sheep from Montana
arrived at the feeding yards the latter
part of the week.
Mrs. w. McChesney and Mrs. A.
w. Bentley were guests of Madison
friends on Friday.
The Bethany Circle will be enter
tanned on March 21st by Miss Grefthen
at the parsonage. 17t2
james and M. E. Conway at
tended the funeral of an uncle in James
vile Wednesday.
Our high school basketball team
will take part in the tournament at
Milton next week.
Miss Marie Thorpe, a neice of John
Copley, was taken to Mercy hospital
for an operation Wednesday.
Michael Bowen, who died at James
vile Monday, was an uncle Of the Con-
way family in this city.
james Lawler of Sioux Falls, S.
D., visited among relatives in Edger-
ton portion of the week.
Rev. F. w. Schoenfeld, wife and
daughter returned Thursday from a
months visit in California.
Howard Wentworth of Winona,
Mimi, spent few days of the week at
the home of his mother here.
Mr.. Sanford Onsgard has enlisted
in the U. S. army and will leave on
Monday next to join the colors.
w. E. Newman and wife have re-
turned from winters Istay in Califor-
MIA and th::relatIves in Iowa.
Roy Nicholson of Canton, Ohio,
visited at the home of his mother here
for few days during the week.
Mrs. Albert RAIDER and daughter
were week end visitors at the home of
Mrs. RAIDERS parents in.Evansville.
John Thronson has rented his farm
in Albion and has removed his family
to the Fred Gleaves house in this city.
Mrs. John Henderson visited at the
home of her daughter, Mrs. Fred
Gleaves, at Orfordville over the week
end.
Several local democrats were in
GAINESVILLE Wednesday to greet Jos.
Davies, their candidate for U. S. SEN
ator.
The ground is nearly bare of snow
and ice again and there are numerous
indications that spring will soon be
here.
Miss Hoen's class in domestic SCI
ence were given instruction on the cut
ting of meats at the Peters market
Monday.
The Young Peoples society of the
Norwegian Lutheran church will meet
in the church parlors at 7:30 p. m. on
March IA.
The town of Porter caucus for the
nomination of town officers will be held
at the Wilder school house Tuesday
afternoon, March 10th.
Miss Mae Spencer, who has been
spending the greater portion of the
winter with her sister at Fargo, N. D.,
returned home Friday.
IN. A. Nelson, with the E. R. Hard
ing Co., sewer contractors, working at
Madison, ILL.,, was week end visitor
with his family here.
Helen, the daughter of DR.. and
Mrs. F. S. Smith, was operated on at
the general hospital in Madison for ap-
pendicitis from which she is improving
satisfactorily.
Papa George Stricken now, if you
please A nice little girl was born to
Mr.. and Mrs. George Stricken at the
hospital in Stoughton, Sunday, March
10, 1918. Both mother and babe are
doing nicely.
Atty. Paul N. Grub returned Mon
day from two weeks business trip in
the South. While away he visited his
brother at the aviation camp near
Houston, Texas, one of the largest in
the country. Mrs. Grubb and son re-
turned with him after visit with rela-
tives at Oak Park, Ill.
The quantity of corn on Wisconsin
farms March is the lowest in years,
according to report just issued. The
percentage of merchantable quality
produced in 1917 is estimated at 10 per
cent of the total as compared with 65