The Wisconsin tobacco reporter. (Edgerton, Wis.) 1877-1950, 1918-03-22
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purchased farm tractor.
Mrs. E. C. Tallard has been visit
ing her daughters in Chicago this week.
Mrs. Frank Omen of Stoughton
spent Monday with Edgerton friends.
M. E. Conway left Tuesday on
two or three weeks trip to California.
Mrs. Viola Thorpe of Footville has
been visiting her daughter, Mrs. Henry
Harvey.
Mrs. Geo. Grub of Mansion was
week end guest at the home of her son,
Atty. Grub.
Mrs. Roy Dean and little daughter.
of Avalon were guests at the editors
home on Sunday.
Mrs. George Pomeroy had the mis-
fortune to fall and sustain broken
ankle one day this week.
-Thos. McKibbin. a son-in-law of
w. F. Painter of this city, died at
Poynette on Sunday last in his 10th
year.
Mrs. Alfred Anderson and Mrs. E.
S. Hatch attended a meeting of the
County Council of Defense at James
vile Monday.
Telephone connections with Albion
and the rural lines north were resumed
yesterday after being out of service
nearly two weeks.
Lamont Langworthy was able to
get down town to vote Tuesday, after
being confined to his home with pneu-
monia for few weeks.
The engine hauling the 11:O8 Chi
cago-Madison train broke both con-
Meeting arms as it was leaving this
station Monday, holding the train here
until an extra engine could be sent
from Madison.
"A social evening will be held at
the K. of P. lodge Monday evening,
March Is. Refreshments will be serv-
3D. This meeting will be farewell
party to J. A. Dickerson, and all mem
bers of the order are requested to be
present.
"A large amount of poles, wire and
other material have been received here
during the week to repair the damage
to the Wisconsin and the A. T. & Z.
Co. telephone lines by the late storm.
Several hundred poles have had to be
replaced.
AT the special senatorial primary
held on Tuesday $50 votes were cast,
of which Irvine L. Lenroot, republican
loyalty candidate, received 142, Chas.
Thompson 118, J. E. Davies, democrat,
II, Chas. Mccarthy Is and Victor Ber-
ger, socialist. a.
The following compose the confirm
alton class of the German Lutheran
church on Sunday, March Oath: Anita
Bartz, Anna Giese, Loretta Handtke,
Meta Rusch, Bertha Schieldt, Viola
Schoenfeldt, Hilda Loeck, Ida Maves,
George Teubert, VIM. Giese, Albert
Lempke, Harold Trettin, Harold Heller,
L. Kleimenhagen, Drexel Ratzlaff, Ar
mold Gessert, Martin RucksI Herbert
Becker, Harold Rucks.
The Edgerton band had arranged a
surprise and supper for John Dicker-
son, ,one of their members who is soon
to leave town, Tuesday evening, and
after reaching his home found that
Jack was in the country adjusting to-
bacco contracts and had not returned.
While the table was set and the crowd
waiting the telephone rang, for Jack
was calling his wife to inform her that
he had missed the last train at Madi-
son, so the band gave him an impro-
vised concert over the wire and the
party was held even though the host
was absent.
Warren Coon, instructor at the ord
nance school at the Northwestern uni
versity at Evanston, ILL.,, was week
end visitor at the home of his parents
here. This ordnance school is under
the direct supervision of the govern
ment. Lieut.. R. G. Weldon has two
ordnance sergeants, H. C. Duffield Of
the WATERFOWL, Mass, arsenal and F.
Warren Coon of the San Antonio arse
nal, to aid him in the instruction. The
men who will take the course were Sc
lected from $50 applicants. All are
volunteers and all have had previous
military experience. At the end of six
weeks the men will be sent to arsenals,
but will not receive commissions until
they have had more practical expert
ence in handling ordnance stores.
AS the Thursday evening passenger
train was rounding the curve this side
of the railway bridge, Richard Boesel
was thrown from the vestibule head
long into Saunders Creek, which at
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