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The Wisconsin tobacco reporter. (Edgerton, Wis.) 1877-1950, 1919-10-10

Invest in our 81 per cent farm
mortgages. They never depreciate in
value. Michaelson & Hughes Com
pany, Ladysmith, Wisconsin. 46tf
For SALE First mortgage farm
loans. Will net you 81 per cent inter-
est. Write for further information. 20
Michaelson & Hughes Company, Lady
smith, Wisconsin. 46tf
We offer for sale first farm mort
cages on improved farms that are rap
iply increasing in value. Will net you
81 per cent interest. Write US. Mich
aelson & Hughes Company, Ladysmith,
Wisconsin. 46tf
For SALE-7x9 Congoleum rug, rea-
sonable. Can be seen at I'D Grassman
home. do
Team of work horses, weight about
1906 lbs, for sale. Inquire of Horace
Pe&ss.. Att
The Wisconsin tobacco reporter. (Edgerton, Wis.) 1877-1950, 1919-10-10
Navy Baseball Team and Band al
Waterloo.

The United States Navy baseball
team and band Of 40 men will be at the
Firemen's Park, Waterloo, Wis, Sun
day afternoon, October IL. These men
have been making tour of the United
States, and they are supporting very
strong baseball team. A game has
been scheduled between the u. S. Navy
team and Whitewater, the penant win
ners of the Central League. The Navy
team has never been defeated and q
good game is promised. A concert by
the Navy band will be given during the
afternoon.
The Wisconsin tobacco reporter. (Edgerton, Wis.) 1877-1950, 1919-10-10
Common Council Proceedings.
Edgerton, Wis, Sept. %, 19l

Edgerton, Wis, Sept. 20, 1919.
Special meeting of the Common
Council, Mayor Leary presiding. Al
dermen present: Brown, Hopkins,
Wesenkdonk, Atwell, Dallman Stark.
The business of the meeting was
stated in the following notice sent to
each alderman:
There will be meeting of the Com
mon Council of the City of Edgerton,
in their regular meeting place, on Mon
day evening, Sept. 10Th, at seven thirty
p. M, for the purpose of taking such
action as is necessary in regard to the
purchase of park lands, the options on
which are now held by the City Of Ed
gerton. Signed,
JOS. j. Leary,
Mayor.
Aid. WesendOnk offered the follow
ing resolution and moved that it be
dopted:
Whereas, The question of purchasing
certain lands within the City of Edger-
ton for the purpose of park and public
grounds was submitted to a vote of the
electors and duly adopted by said vote;
and, whereas, the said lands are to be
paid for from the sale of bonds to the
amount of $4,000; and, whereas, the
options on said lands expire on October
first, 1919;
Now, therefore, be it resolved by the
Common Council, That the city pur-
chase said lands in accordance with the
terms of said options, and the mayor
and city clerk are hereby authorized
and instructed to proceed with the pur-
chase of said lands and pay the initial
lnstallment of ten per cent out of any
available funds in the city treasury;
and che mayor and city clerk are fur
Their instructed and authorized to exc
cute the bonds for the purchase and
Improvement of said lands on the part
of the city.
Roll call-Ayes 6.
On motion council adjourned.
HI. B. KNAPP, City Clerk.
The Wisconsin tobacco reporter. (Edgerton, Wis.) 1877-1950, 1919-10-10
Edgerton. 27: Cambridge. O.

Edgerton defeated Cambridge in a
good clean game by score of "a to O..
To put it in the words Of the Cambridge
coach. He said that, 81 never saw a
cleaner game between high school
elevens." We are proud of that state
ment and the boys are entitled to it
also From the side lines it was hard
to pick out the real stars, but from the
shining mass it was evidenced that
some shown more than others. Too
much credit can not be given to the
Cambridge eleven. They were clean,
aggressive, gentlemanly bunch of play
ers, and it is .Edgerton's wish to meet
them again. The line up for Edgerton
Saturday was as follows:
L. Drager, r. E. Scofeld, r. T.
Clarke, r. G.. Wood, C.
Gessert. l.. G.. Affeldt, L. T.
Ogden, L. E. Whitford, @.
Heller, r. III. Rossebo, F. B.
Murwin, L. III.
Rousch, Mcnamara, Barton, Curran,
Johnson, r. Drager.
The Wisconsin tobacco reporter. (Edgerton, Wis.) 1877-1950, 1919-10-10
Tobacco Notes.

Mr.. c. D. Barnard, leaf tobacco mer-
chant at Evansville, drove over last
Saturday and called on friends. The
big rain had fallen heavier around his
town than around Edgerton. Every
thing was flooded.
Mr.. w. j. Holman, of the cigar man
ufacturing firm of Hart & Murphy of
st. Paul, spent some days with Mr.. r.
A. Jensen of the firm of A. Jenson &
Son.
The Wisconsin tobacco reporter. (Edgerton, Wis.) 1877-1950, 1919-10-10

The first Filipino girl to enroll in
the University of Wisconsin is Mrs.
Ceirilio B. Perez who has come to Mad
ison this fall to join her husband, who
has been during the past year Philip
pine government student in the Wis
consin Library school. During the past
summer Mr.. and Mrs. Perez have been
lecturing in Ohio, Indiana and Michi-
gan. She speaks English f1uently, as
well as Spanish, French and German.
The Wisconsin tobacco reporter. (Edgerton, Wis.) 1877-1950, 1919-10-10
Congregational Church Notes.
C. L. ATKINS, PASTOR.

Sunday, Oct. IL, 1919.
Church school at 1000. Departments
for all ages.
Morning worship at HOO. Sermon
by the pastor; subject, Today's Phil
osophy." Music by the vested choir.
Christian Endeavor at 6:45. Leader,
Lorene Schoenfeld.
Evening service at 7:30. This will
be the first in the series on the Devel-
opment of Church Music. dealing with
Primitive and Jewish music. Tradi-
tional Hebrew music will be given by
the choir and on the organ.
The Wisconsin tobacco reporter. (Edgerton, Wis.) 1877-1950, 1919-10-10

For SALE Mahogany bookcases,
quartered oak rocker and Morris chair
bed, dresser and small chairs. -R. G,
Sheap, Fultonand Catlin SITS.
For SALE-Five acres good tobacco
land in the city of Edgerton. Good
house, new barn and shed room for
two acres. - E. M. Ladd, Edgerton,
Wisconsin. 40tf
For SALE-House and lot, right of
way to it from High street, 4 blocks
from depot Price 500. Margaret
Mooney. ats
The Wisconsin tobacco reporter. (Edgerton, Wis.) 1877-1950, 1919-10-10
Wanted. Cattle. hogs non

Wanted: Cattle, hogs, poultry and
hides, at market prices = Edgerton
Poultry Co., phone No. IS. 46tf
For SALE Purebred White Leghorn
cockerel, University stock. &C. C. At
wood, phone 315 F 81.
For ALE-Good small range. Phone
229 Red. N
The Wisconsin tobacco reporter. (Edgerton, Wis.) 1877-1950, 1919-10-10
An Easy Way to Make a Living.

Those who are unable to work, and
are dependent upon others for liveli-
hood, can become prosperous and IN
dependent by writing to the Hart In
formation Bureau, Oconto, Wis, for
instruction. 38t10
The Wisconsin tobacco reporter. (Edgerton, Wis.) 1877-1950, 1919-10-10

LOST-Between concert band stand
and George Rea's, breast pin marked
M. Valued as keepsake. Finder please
leave at Reporter Office l.
The Press., 1919-11-13
UNION

Wm. P. Marcy has returned to his winter home in Hartford. Mrs. H. G. Horton is to be care-taker for the Marcy homestead the coming winter.
 MT. and Mrs. Knowles entertained company from New York the past week.
 About fifty people gathered at the town hall Saturday evening to com plete the organization of Community club. The officers for the coming year were chosen as follows: Presi-
 dent, c. M. Heck; vice-presidents, Nelson B. Horton, Mrs. H. R. Howard {; secretary, Mrs. A. G. Knowles; treas plies long felt want in the town, especially along social lines, and really brings into action all public ac- tivities on a we'll organized basis, allowing the younger people to be- come a part in the growth and de- velopment of true community spirit One item very marked, that was in no wise a part of the meeting, but was made apparent in it's success, was the large volunteer membership subscrip- tion to the Red Cross. A. G. Knowles. the local chairman of the Red Cross
 had made plans to spend several days
 in covering the town in the work this year, but at the meeting of the club Saturday evening, nearly the whole population either sent or brought a
 membership dollar. The officers of the club have a we'll established repu- tation of being willing and able tc carry out successfully any reasonable
 undertaking, and the spirit in the
 membership behind them gives assur- ance of the slogan America, first
 last and all the time," with snap tC 1 the tail of the expression Do it now.
The Press., 1919-11-13
w. R. c. meeting next Wednesday.

Regular meeting of Baker chapter,
 o. B. S., next Wednesday at p. m. Sixteen ladies of the w. R. c. gave
 Mrs. William Whitaker birthday sur prise party Saturday evening The evening passed very pleasantly with music and refreshments. Mrs. Whit aker received several presents, includ- ing gold piece from the corps, Miss Mena Adams making the presentation speech.
 A horse, driven by William McVeigh,
 became frightened by an automobile near the Gillies home on West street.
 Sunday, and as a result MT. McVeigh
 was thrown from the team and cut about the face. When the horse be- came frightened it began to kick and caught it's leg on the crossbar and fell. MT. McVeigh's injuries are not tunate.
 The merchants and fruit dealers hereabouts are pretty we'll satisfied with the express service being car ried on daily between here and Spring field by the Gary trucks. Goods or dered in the morning are delivered in the afternoon. Each morning the driver of the truck, Jack Slavin, stops at the various stores to take orders for goods before leaving for Spring field. Up to a few weeks ago these trucks made the trip only three times A week
The Press., 1919-11-13

night school was opened last Tuesday
 and write the English language. This is practically the first step to be taken in helping these people to understand
 what Americanization means The
 school will be open on Monday, We'd nesday and Friday evenings beginning The school will be continued for 75 nights. Everyone who attends the full term will be presented a diploma
 signed by Governor Holcomb The schools will be conducted at the Dayle- vile and South Wilmington school houses. Mrs. Gahan will be the teach CT at Dayleville and Miss Buker at South Wilmington.
 Fire completely destroyed the old Morrison house last Saturday night. A call for help was sent to Rockville and Willimantic and both places sent apparatus. The fire started at 9 Cornell Green, Jr., who gave the alarm and with the assistance of many will ling hands helped to remove the house. hold goods to a place Of safety. One family lost about all their goods, being unable to enter the part of the house where the fire first was discovered There was no one home at the time the fire started. Those who were burned out wish to express their ap- preciation to all who assisted them in getting their goods to place ofsafety The Gardiner Hall house was some what in danger from the intense heat. Blankets were spread all along the side of the house and bucket brigade was formed which worked hard and kept the blankets we'll soaked with water. Men were also on the roof of the house with a stream of water from hn
The Press., 1919-11-13
HOLLAND

G. Percy Barber went on Monday to North Abbington, Mass, where he will remain for several weeks.
 Miss Hazel West gave very inter- esting report of the Sunday school convention held in Hartford last week.
 The Mission Study class of the Woman's Guild will meet Friday after noon at 3.30 at the home of Mrs. Sam uel Simpson.
 MT. and Mrs. l.. Ernest Hall and daughter, Miss Alice Hall, were week. end guests of MT. and Mrs. Archie Hall of Manchester.
 Peter Morgansen will sell his stock, farming tools and some household fur niture at auction at the Dobson place, near West Wilmington, on Friday at 10 a. m.
 Anyone wishing to make contribu- tions to the Roosevelt fund can do so by handing the money to anyone of the following: Rev. Wm. Barber, Dr. Samuel Simpson or Rev. B. F. Case. Elton Smith, son of MT. and Mrs. Charles Smith, cut off the end of his thumb on Sunday. Louis Gilman met with painful accident last week, breaking the bones of his nose and causing a severe hemorrhage. The youngest three classes of the Congregational Sunday school were entertained in the church parlors Sat urday afternoon by their respective teachers, Rev. B. F. Case, Mrs. B. F. Case and Miss Bertha M. Place. . The Study club committee met Mon day evening to make arrangements for the program. The following are the committee: Mrs. Wm. B. Ludlow, Mrs. Harry R. Bartlett, Mrs. Marian A. Baker, Mrs. I. Tilden Jewett, Mrs. L. Ernest Hall, Dr. Samuel Simpson, Rev. Wm. Barber, Rev. B. F. Case.
 A public meeting in the interest of schools was held Thursday evening in the Congregational church. Music was given by the school. A lesson in teaching, poem, was demonstrated by Miss Elizabeth Daily, and a history lesson on Wm. Penn was taught by Miss Marjorie Beebe. Superintendent Leon c. Staples gave an interesting address on "AmericaniZation," and Levi T. Garrison, state inspector of |,schoolS, spoke in an earnest manner on the need of the school nurse in Tol- land.
 The town is being thoroughly can vassed for the Red Cross. The fol- lowing are the solicitors in the differ ent parts of the town: Mrs. Emma Crandall and Miss Hattie Jewett, Grants Hill; Mrs. Ada Rhodes, sev-
 enth and ninth district; Miss Ruby Bowler, River district; Miss Mildred
 Carpenter, Buff Cap; Mrs. B. F. Case, Sugar Hill; Mrs. c. Hubbard West,
 Snipsic district; Mrs. Oscar A. Leon ard, White school district; Mrs. l. Til
 den Jewett, Miss Ethel Usher, Holland
 Street; Mrs. Abial L. Metcalf, Skung- amaug.
The Press., 1919-11-13
The Iaborer and Ills Hire,

Billy had been running errands for his mother, and to show her appre- citation she offered him a penny. Billy looked disgusted and, glancing into her face, he exclaimed: "Oh, be a sport, ma, and pay me what it's worthy"
The Press., 1919-11-13
HOME NEWS.
LOCAL NOTICES.

Matter under this head .2 cents line.
 -Wanted-Two men to assist with the increasing business on Saturday afternoons and evenings. Modern Toggery Shop, next to Savings bank.
Norwich bulletin., 1919-12-23
FEAR oFsX MELLOW FEVER
 HAS BEEN OVERCOME E


 New. York Dec. 92.-yellew fever will be wiped off the earth within five years, it9was asserted today by Dr. T. G. I,ystef chairman of the yellow fever commission which went to Peru and Ecuador in 1918, upon his arrival here from Havana on the steamer Els perasaza- Already the diseases has been eradicated from Central America he said, although it still rages in southern Mexico and portion of Brazil.
 !, The commission stamped out epi- denics efs the, fever in Salvador, Hon durast and. Nicaragut, .Dr. Lvster said /Hc warmly praised Dr Hideyo. No guchf, who. like himself, is connected With the Reckefefler Foundation, for aid in research work in the campaign in those countries. ss
 The Japanese physician was re- ported last month as Having sut ceede ed ir 1so.at1ng in GitayaaiIil thn micro or s,anlsln C: yellow few Dr. Lyster stated ,iat Dr. Nosucf, tad discov- e.ed s'' that +o. stpgomyia mosquiz ta "as tne enly means of 'sn smittine the disease.
 A serum to combat the fever had been used with excellent effect Dr. Lyster said. One instance he cited oi a complete cure was in the case oi the Mexican minister to Nicaragua.
Norwich bulletin., 1919-12-23

only country in Europe except Russia where the classes who elsewhere were on the side of law and order, were out of sympathy with the machinery of the goyeTnnent.sT ssgs',, rss7 rss7 7s
 Any attempt at secessions the pre-. mier announced, would he fought with the same determination. force and resolution as had been shown by the northern states in America.
 The premier said IL was proposed to establish self government over the whole of Ireland. and to create two parliaLHepts, enc in the north and one. In the south. Every opportunity would be given Ireland to establish unity if, she desired it. and . council would be established at the outset, selected by the two legssla lures, to form a con- meeting link between the two parts of the country.
 The two legislatures to be created in Ireland the premier said would be clothed with full constituent powers to create a single Irish legislature to dis charge all powers not specifically re- served to the imperial parliament.
 The premier said that the Irish con - tribution to the imperial services was estimated at e18,000.o00 annually.
 A joint equalization board would settle the rate of contribution for the
 
 capacity It was proposed to place z 100000 at the disposal of each of the parliaments to cover the initial ex- penditure.
 The representation of Ireland at Westminster, MT. Lloyd George am nounced would be reduced under the proposed measure to Remembers as in the act of 1914.
 Each of the two parliaments would have taxation powers equivalent to lithose of the state legislatures of the United States. The income tax and the excess profits and supertaXes wonld be levied .iinperially The Irish parliaments would control all local matters and all machinery for the maintenance of law and order except the higher judiciary and the army ana navy.
 The customs and excise services would be retained by the imperial par liament. the premier stated but when Ireland was united it would be open to the imperial parliament to consider whether United Ireland would have control of the customs.
 The premier said the bill would con tain clauses Drotectine the rights of minorities. The postal service would not be transferred he added. until there was single parliament in fre- land
 The government proposed to give the Irish government the advantage of all duties and taxes raised in excess of a fair contribution to the imperial ser vices and a free gift. in addition, to finance the development of the Irish parliament. the premier declared. It would rest with the Irish people themselves. said MT. Lloyd George whether they desired union. The con- sent of the British parliament would not be required and in order to offer a
Norwich bulletin., 1919-12-23
9OPER CENT OF PRISONERS BOLSHEv|STS

enee in Washington and to be the intimate of several senators. He started the Joliet. nL, prison inquiry intended to be the first of a national prison reform program.
 If the Gray Brother should come in here now and tell me to jump out of that window" Ia four story leap, .I'd do it at ence," confided the former ten-year inmate of Sing Sing. we all would trust him with our lives and, believe me, this Osborne prison inyes- tigation backed by him is going to be thorough job. The people outside haven't any idea of how belshevism is spreading in the prisons. A few days ago four Reds,' it was discovered by our men, actually had themselves cdhvicted so they could work behind the bars.
 "The Reds have their literature in the public libraries, some teachers in the public schools are sympathetic and for some time they have been distributing their doctrines in prisons, jails and warehouses to win over to their side the army of discoHtented malefaetors who have an allea4d grievance against society," The Gray Brotherhood is alive to their prepa- ganda, however, and is helping MT Osborne to abolish it. One, of the best ways to stop it is to greet con- victs lie human being instead of beasts and give them a chance to re- deem themselves. The state is breed ing anarchists by turning at large men and women who have been brutally treated and who leave prison with hearts filled with the desire for
Norwich bulletin., 1919-12-23

New York, Dec. 22.-Thomas Mott OEborne's nationwide campaign to @human!zo" the prisons of the United States, according 10 friend of Mir. Osborne who served ten years in Sing Sing, has for its real object the counteraeting of anarchy for he said, ''of 50A,ooo conviets, men and women. who annually emerge from American prisons. fully 90 per cent. of them are potential bolshevists.'
 | This man, a product of the New York ssums, who not only redeemed his own life but saved two younger brothers from criminal careers, all as the result of Osborne's work at Sing Sing. declared that American penal Institutions are being surreptidously flooded with radical literature, with leaflets of hope to the oppressed'' and that the secret movement to bol- sheyize the national prisons is being combatted from the inside.
 Supported by the efforts of 1Ss00O members of the Gray Brotherhood, an organisation of ex-convicts who made good" under the Osborne system known as the Mutual Welfare League. the former warden of Sing Sing. 1t was said, hopes to make pri- sen reform a plank in Sfie platform of one of the big political parties in the lnext presidential campaign. A lead Ing member of the first named body a wealthy ex-convict known only to the public mas the Gray Brother, was said to be financing Osborne. He is reputed to be man of great influ-
Norwich bulletin., 1919-12-23
TROUBLE GETTING COUNSEL
 FOR "OVERSHADoWiNG cRtME'

New York, Dec. 22.-Joseph NJ. Pros- kauer, the second lawyer appointed to serve as counsel to the extraordinary grand jury Investigating an tover- shadowing crime" today declined to accept the post.
 The jdry, after Investigating anar- 'chisfn an alleged traction conspiracy to raise fares. and the high cost of milk. several weeks ago. turned it's attei1ticn to the seonduct of various city and coliity offices and at that time served fetice it no longer would accept tie services of District Attor- ney, Swann,5 whose office is under in- vostigation.s
 Governor Smith then named George Gordon BaEtio tos succeed Afr. Swanr as tie juiy's counsel, but when this appointment met with opposition iron the jul ors, Mr. Battle withdrew. Al the request of the governor, MT Swann last wek named Mr. Pros kauer a special assistant. district at torney, Announcing. however, that hs
Norwich bulletin., 1919-12-23
-etaliation and revenge.

retaliation and revenge.
 Under the old system a kind hearted warden is engaged in making healthy burglars and porch climbers of first offenders. The prison expert ence did man no good and he had no conception of right and wrong, no sense. of responsibility to society. when he came out. With the Osborne method it Is different. As an illus tratfon, there are 1,600 former ex- convicts and members of the Welfare League in New York : city. All of them are making good Most of them are young and of the 1,6e0 more than 400 were in the army or navy during the war. They include former burg lars lbox mem and similar sO-called slick thieves.
 Since Mir. Osborne took charge of the naval prisons at Portsmouth, N. H., three years ago, he was instru- mental in returning 10000 former in mates. men made over in character, to the United States navy, enough to man three battleships. The pres ent crime wave in Chicago is due to bad prison treatment and the desire of ex-convicts to aEt even If it had not been for Osborne's administra- ion in New York prisons New York wou& be suffering from the same evil." :"
Norwich bulletin., 1919-12-23
CLAIMS HE MAS DOUBLE
 CROSSED BY POLITICIANS"

New York. Dec 222.--Eslexis' Georgian whose deportation yesterday on the Soviet Ark Ruford was prevented by habeas corpus proceedings brought in his behalf, was double erossed' by Minneapolis politicians who sought his ''eyile'' after they had agreed to let him alone if he would leave the city, Charles Recht. Georgians attor- ney, stated today
 Recht said that after Georgian had been arrested in Minneapolis for all legged seditious activities and. released on bail. these politicians approached him and agreed to have the charge withdrawn on condition that he leave that city forever. Georgian. who Recllt asserted, was a. constructive fadical," at once came to New York and, got a job on a Russian language paper. Then the Minneapolis "poliiticians'' pressed The old charge. and the order for his deDortation was obtained
 Georgian is a citizen of the republic of Georgia and has been in the United States for 90 years Recht said. In Minneapolis he conducted book store and published a newspaper called the New Times.