The Wisconsin tobacco reporter. (Edgerton, Wis.) 1877-1950, 1918-10-25

Miss Ada Davis went to Madison
Thursday to accept clerical position
in the University.
Mrs. H. B. Knapp passed Wednes-
day with her sister, Mrs. Trace Chris
tenson, at Stoughton.
The Tobacco Exchange Bank will
be closed on Friday afternoon on ac-
count of the funeral of Director Alex
White.
w. G. Atwell and wife motored to
Stevens Point for short visit the lat
ter part of the week, returning Tues
day evening.
Mrs. Henry Aiken and her daugh-
ter, Mrs. Graver, departed Wednesday
evening for the East, expecting to
spend the winter in New York City.
Observers say that since the lid
was lifted on gasolineless Sundays
every one seems to speed up as if
trying to make up for lost time.
Next Sunday ends the daylight
saving" season. You can now set your
clocks back an hour before retiring
Saturday night and when you wake up
you are back on the old schedule.
Mr.. and Mrs Frank Williams and
daughter of Viroqua motored here Sat
urday for visit to their other daugh-
ter, Mrs. Earl MacInnis, teacher in our
public schools. Mrs. MacInnis return
ed with them Monday.
Carl Bublitz met with painful &C
cident Thursday morning at his home
west of town while operating thresh-
ing machine. In some manner his arm
was caught in one of the belts and
fractured.
The war department is pretty tardy
about reporting casualties. Two or
three families in Edgerton have re-
ceived kilograms telling of injuries to
their sons during the week which oc-
Cured so long ago that the boys have
written all about it and probably dis
charged from the hospital before this.
Now that the Fourth Liberty Loan
campaign has been fought and won, we
will again give our attention to the
War Savings Stamps by redeeming our
pledges to buy them. War Savings
Stamps are better than money because
they earn money. Buy a War Savings
Stamp today.
Mrs. A. S. Flagg received a letter
from her son John Tuesday, who is
with Co. M, 128th regiment, 32d divis-
ion, the first news in over seven weeks.
He removed much anxiety by stating
that so far he had escaped without a
scratch, after being on the front line
almost continuously of late.
One of the largest consignments of
sheep and lambs ever made to the Chi
cago market from the Edgerton feed
ing yards was loaded out Sunday, con-
sisting of a full train load of As double
deck cars. They came off the western
ranges and were held here about a
week on grazing pastures near town.
Please send clothing, especially
stockings, underwear, boys coats,
pants 10 to Is years, to Anderson &
Farman's clothing store for relief Of
sufferers from forest fires. If you
have only one article please send it as
clothing is scarce and needed at once.
BY order of Woman's Com. of the
State Defense Council.
Everybody is confident the worst is
over with the epidemic of influenza so
far as local conditions are concerned.
Our physicians report they have no re-
cent severe cases under treatment and
think the disease has about worked it.
self out in this community. The state
board of health recommends caution in
lifting the ban on public gatherings,
but the local board believes we can
safely take off the lid soon, probably
some time next week.
-Nissen P. Stenjem, formerly clerk
of the Dane county circuit court, was
found dead in the street near his home
in Madison at an early hour Tuesday
morning. The cause of his death is a
mystery yet to be solved, though it is
thought he was killed by speeding
automobile for his skull was fractured,
the right thigh was broken, compound
fracture of the right arm and mark
over the right leg, indicating that a
wheel had passed over his body. He
was seen about the city until late
hour the night before. Mr.. Stenjem
was in Edgerton Sunday to attend the
funeral of Mrs. Ellingson, he being a
relative of the Ellingsons of this city.
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