The Wisconsin tobacco reporter. (Edgerton, Wis.) 1877-1950, 1918-03-08


Ruth left Monday for Pensacola, Flor
ida, for few weeks stay.
The services at the German Luth-
eran church will be conducted in Eng
lish next Sunday evening at 7:SO o'clock.
The Bethany Circle will be enter
tanned at the home of Mrs. Andrew
Jensen on Thursday evening, March Z.
Harvey Raymond has been con-
fined to his home by severe attack OF
infammatory rheumatism since early
in the week.
Perry Wray Watson, son, and
Luther Morris, son-in-law of William
Watson, came up from Sesser, H., to
attend the funeral Wednesday.
In the last three weeks the ladies'
of the surgical dressing branch of the
Red Cross have made TIA dressings
and have used 900 yards of gauze in
less than three months.
"A civil service examination for
clerk and carrier will be held at the
postoffice in Edgerton March Is, 1918
Male applicants between Is and 45
years must be physically sound and of
weight not less than 125 pounds. APP
plication blanks and full information
can be secured of Earl Dickerson, Sec
rotary, at the postoffice.
Effective March Is, 1918, the limit
of weight on parcel post for delivery
in the first, second and third zones, has
been increased to 70 pounds, and so
pounds for parcels mailed for delivery
in all other zones. Parcels mailed to
the American Expeditionary Forces in
Europe must not exceed pounds in
weight. The postage rate remains as
heretofore.
The names of Robert r. Fessenden
and Joseph c. Mullowney have been
entered upon the roll of honor. Mr..
Fessenden left Monday for Camp
Grant, and will there be assigned to
his company. Mr.. Mullowney has en-
listed with the navy but has been CIV
en- furlough for an indefinite time or
until the congestion at the, Great Lakes
Naval Training Station is relieved.
The sale of war savings and thrift
stamps for the period ending Feb. 28th,
amounts to $4,000. The allotment for
this city amounts to $50, 900, for the
town of Albion $4,000, the town of
Fulton $4,000, the town of Porter
$4,000. The government proposes to
sell So, 600, 600, 900 in war saving stamps
which is approximately $40 for each
man, woman and child in the United
States.
Under the auspices of the Fedora
ton of Women's Clubs, Miss Abbie
Marriott, director of House and Com
mons at the University. gave very
interesting lecture upon food conser-
walton at Library Hall, Monday. Miss
Marriott has lately returned from
Washington. where she was assisting
Mr.. Hoover and was we'll fortified with
all the facts regarding the needs of
food conservation. She was favored
with most appreeiative audience.
"A party Of twenty from this local
ity organized by D. w. North for the
Southern Texas Land Co., left Tuesday
evening on pleasant excursion trip to
the lower Rio Grande valley in Texas,
having their own special train of Pull
mans and diners from Kansas City.
Those of the party starting from Ed
gerton were: D. L. Babcock and wife,
o. J. Painter and wife, Jud McCarthy
and wife, Ed Fox and wife, Thomas
Pierce, VIM. Schumacher and Jerry
Murphy. Mr.. North accompanied
them as far as Beloit.'
As the result of an accident at the
C. M. & st. P. round house in James,
vile Sunday night, Chas. L. Hallett,
John Davey and Fred E. Neve are III
the hospital suffering from severe
burns. While repairing an engine, in
some way the plug in the boiler came
out, allowing gallons of boiling water
to pour out. Hallett was drenched
with the water, his skin cooked, and he
is in serious condition. Davey and
Neve are not so badly burned. Hallett
was reared as boy at Indian Ford and
worked at the blacksmith trade in this
city for time.
Fred Strasberg has resigned his
position as janitor at the Child high
school building and Ole Houge has been
appointed his successor. Mr.. Strasberg
intends to remove his family to Madi-
son where he has secured employment
as assistant janitor in the University,
and left Wednesday morning to assume
his duties. He has held the position in
the schools here for over Is years and
the services have in all respects been
perfectly satisfactory. Fred is one of
those pains-takinp and careful men II,