The Wisconsin tobacco reporter. (Edgerton, Wis.) 1877-1950, 1918-08-02


navy, Wednesday p. M, saying: "Boat
torpedoed, lost everything, but safe. "
George Porath, who is located at
Camp Hancock, Georgia, writes that
the temperature registers 125 degrees
in the shade but that he likes the life
of a soldier.
An order issued this week cuts the
sugar ration from to 2 pounds per
month for each member of the family
which is hard lines just as the canning
season comes on.
Corporal William Lipke, Co. A,
1st Reg. Field Artillery, Fort Sill, Ok
lahoma, is on twenty-five day fur
Tough and is visiting his parents, Her
man Lypke and wife.
] Three new names have been added
to the Honor Roll by the enlistment in
the u. S. navy of Clifford Shaw, John
Leary and John Nichols. These future
sailors will depart for Great Lakes
next Monday morning via Madison.
Since there will be no church serv-
ices in the Congregational church dur
ing the month of August, Rev. Frank
T. Rhoad of the Fulton Congregational
church hereby extends cordial invita-
ton to the Edgerton church to worship
with them during this period.
Our soldier boys at Camp Grant
are coming home nearly every Satur-
day for an over Sunday stay. Our peo-
pie with autos who happen to be in
GAINESVILLE Saturday should make it a
point to give the boys lift and there
by gain a membership in the t"Ride
| With Me" club.
"A drop in temperature to close to
40 on one or two mornings the past
week is quite suggestive that the sum-
| mer has commenced to wane. Neither
the corn or tobacco crop is anywhere
| ready for frost, for month of warm
| weather is yet needed to make them
secure.
Seven of the select men sent to
| Camp Grant last week have returned
as physically unfit for active war serv-
| ice These are Fritz Amundson, Chas.
Bucknall, Louis Fessenden, Willis Mel
son. Fred Turner, Herman Nickel and
Frank Stricken. They are, however,
subject to call for other service.
-Pershing's Crusaders will be shown
at the Lyric theater for two days be-
ginning Thursday next This is the
government official war film taken by
signal corps photographers. Uncle Sam
is anxious to have you see this picture.
Matinee Immediately after the ball
game picnic day. Evening shows Ills
and 9 O'Clock. Prices: Children Csc;
adults 4Oc including war tax.
Stricken Bros. opened a grocery
store in their building on Front street
| Thursday of this week with fresh
new stock of all kinds. August Maves,
who has had several years experience
in the business, has taken position
with them as manager and this insures
the store being conducted on correct
principles. All goods marked in plain
figures and one price to all.
Our boys cover there" are making
good all their pledges. Tuesday, Ang.
9th, has been proclaimed by the gov
eminent Pershing Day and on that day
all those who have pledged themselves
to buy War Savings Stamps in the
month of August are asked by the gov
eminent to redeem their pledges, to in
crease their pledges and those who
have not as yet bought War Savings
Stamps to make pledge to buy them.
The attractions of the big James
vile fair, August Is to 16, will be found
displayed in another part of this paper.
| The management of the GAINESVILLE as
ISOLATION have always been able to pro-
duce one of the best fairs in this sec
ton of the state. The live stock ex-
hibits are second to the State fair only,
while the race program with one of the
finest tracks in the state attracts big
field of horses. Being the opening fair
of the season, the race men all gather
there to test out their horses, so good
| races are assured. That the shows
which are to be put on this year at the
fair are all to be of high class order is
evident after one looks over the list of
attractions. Every one of the shows
is of high class order and full of thrills
and amusement