The Wisconsin tobacco reporter. (Edgerton, Wis.) 1877-1950, 1918-08-23

pany from Chicago during the week.
Mrs. George L. Ogden visited with
friends at Franksville during the week.
Miss Emma Thompson passed the
first days of the week. at Camp Robin
son.
Miss Eleanor Shaw, who has been
visiting relatives in Rockford, returned
home last night.
w. T. Pomeroy and wife were the
guests of their daughter in Burlington
the first of the week.
No pavement dance Saturday night
but fine program is being prepared
for the week following, and then every
other Saturday night.
An enthusiastic Red Cross meeting
was held at the schoolhouse No. 5 on
Albion Prairie Tuesday evening. Prof.
Holt was the speaker for the occasion.
Five dollars day seems to be the
prevailing price for harvesting tobacco.
In extreme cases this figure is raised
little. 1t looks as though the crop
would all be properly shielded without
difficulty.
The Ladies Society Of the Nor
wegian Lutheran church will entertain
| at the church parlors Aug. goth, by.
Mesdames Robert Jensen, Gilbert Han
son, Elmer Haylock, Jacob johnson,
Peter Murkve. 2
The regular meeting of the W.. G.
T. U. has been postponed until Friday,
Aug. Both, at 3 O'Clock at the home of
Mrs. Henry Harvey. This is the last
| meeting before the county convention
| and a good attendance is desired.
Father Clement Sweeney Of Shell
don. Iowa, chaplain in the U. S. serv-
| ice, has been visiting at the home of
his uncle, G. E. Sweeney, here for a
few days. He wears the silver bar of a
lieutenant and is on his way to Vir-
ginia, expecting to be sent for overseas
| service soon.
Postmaster Hoen reports that the
sale of War Savings Stamps to this
community has reached total of
S68, 1888. "a and hundreds of pledges re-
main to be redeemed. All the pledges
made to purchase War Saving Stamps
will be checked before the pledge
| cards reach maturity.
| The Division of Four Minute Men
has extended it's work by creating a
Church Department. Pastors of all
denominations have been invited to en-
list as Four Minute Men, each to serve
his congregation only, by delivering the
government message to his congrega-
ton at the close of service.
On Tuesday James Ogden received
a wire from Mahlon stating that he
would not come home at present. After
arriving in this country ne received or
ders to report to Camp Devens, Aver,
Mass, as instructor in special training.
He hopes to secure furlough for a
visit home before returning to France.
All of our Four Minute Men have
been granted seven day furlough to
expire with the 18th inst. The cam
paign on the ''Where Did You Get
Your Facts, which deals with German
plots and propaganda, will begin on
Monday, August 26th, and will be
opened by Mr.. Peter Ellingson at the
Lyric Theatre, on that day.
The committee on conservation of
food of the local council of defense an
nounces that threshermen, in order to
save time, fuel and man power are
obliged by the rules to confne their
work by neighborhoods as much as
possible and when leaving it, not to
pass by a farmer in need of his SER
vices without threshing his grain.
-Weetman Dickinson returned from
visit to his son Will at Camp Han
cock, Ga, Tuesday evening. He re-
ports meeting Frank Pyre, Lowell
! Whittet, Henry Biessman and other
Edgerton boys at this camp and all
were we'll and in the pink of condition.
Barring the extreme heat of south
ern climate, the boys were we'll salts
fled with their surroundings but all
anxious to get into the war game across
| the sea.
After two postponements on ac-
count of rains, the MELVILLE Red Cross
held their social at the Clarke farm on
the river road Monday evening. Prof.
Holt was present and gave a spirited
talk and Geo. Blanchard distinguished
himself as auctioneer for various arti-
cles donated by farmers in the vicinity.
Two dozen eggs, sold over and over,
brought $500, an old horse given the
cause sold for $500, and so on until
the receipts amounted to above $4,000
and puts the MELVILLE branch Of the