The Wisconsin tobacco reporter. (Edgerton, Wis.) 1877-1950, 1919-02-07
Local Happenings


nesday on business.
Harry Bucknall has been confined
to mis- home by illness during the week.
The w. C. T. u. will serve chick
en- pie supper at the M. E. church Feb.
IL.
Miss Blanche Attlesey was taken
to Mercy hospital Saturday for an OPP
GRAFTON.
Miss Esther Bardeen of Madison
passed Sunday at the home of her par
ents here.
Melvin Shaw recently discharged
from service, has gone to Chicago to
engage in business.
Eugene Flarity has been trans
ferred from the Great Lakes training
station to Gulf Port, Miss.
Miss Rose Morrissey was out from
Milwaukee for an over Sunday visit
at tn. home of her parents.
Henry Morrissey, wife and son
were out from Milwaukee for an over
Sunday stay with relatives.
Tuesday, Feb. 11th-remember the
date-W. C. T. U. chicken-pie supper
at Methodist church. Price Soc.
The Bethany Circle will be enter
tanned at the home Of Miss Hilda Ros-
sebo, Friday evening, Feb. 9Th. 2
The Federation Of Women's Clubs
will serve cafeteria supper at Library
hall, Wednesday evening, Feb. IS. 2
Owners of stock horses have been
notified that all stallion licenses must
be renewed before April LIST, 1919.
News has been received from She
boygan of the arrival of son born TO
Rev. and Mrs. Marvin r. Brandt early
in the week.
"A suddenn drop in temperature
near the zero mark the first few days
of the week was welcomed on the part
Of the ice dealers.
Harvey Brown Of MELVILLE broke
has arm while cranking his car before
starting for the Edgerton high school
Thursday morning.
The name Of Frederick Manthie Of
Edgerton appears in the list of serious
~ wounded. just made public by the
war department. on Monday. e
Out Of 24.ooO subscribers to the
Rock county war chest fund there are
but Is delinquents in the entire county.
IA of which live in GAINESVILLE.
Mrs. E. L. Shepard and daughter
Janette, who have been visiting with
relatives here, left for their new home
at Brandon, Wis, on Monday.
Frank Kellogg and Tom Wileman
have sold their 160 acre farm in the
town of Porter to Henry Thomson at
500 per acre. Sale made by C. E.
Sweeney Real Estate Agency.
The safe of the Thompson & Hoel
milk depot at Stoughton was cracked
Sunday night and $170 mostly silver
and change taken. Entrance was gain
ed through the door used in receiving
milk.
The Young Peoples Society Of the
Norwegian Lutheran church will meet
at the home of Miss Mollie Harrison
Friday evening, Feb. 9Th, and will be
entertained by Miss Mollie Harrison
and Hilda Bjornstad.
Jonathan Msrsden, local stock buy
er, is testing out the experiment of
fattening few cars of light hogs on a
ration of growing barley and oil cake,
fed in self-feeders. The pigs are quar-
tered at the feeding yards where they
have access to running water and are
apparently taking on flesh about as
rapidly as on q corn ration.
While switch engine was spot
ting some cars on the feeding yards
81 ling Thursday, one of the cars left
the rails and crashed into the elevator,
knocking its supporting timbers out
and dumped Its contents, some three
cars of screenings, onto the ground.
The accident is liable to cost somebody
several hundred dollars to repair the
damage.
The Edgerton Chamber of Com
merce is conducting the Near East or
Armenian relief drive and solicitors ap-
pointed are meeting with quite prompt
response from our citizens. In four
warehouses visited $l10 was secured
very cheerfully. The quota assigned
to Edgerton is $1,000 and there is no
doubt we will go over the top as our
city has done in all other patriotic and
charitable movements
LIN renewing her subscription to The
Reporter, Mrs. j. r. Reimers, former
ly Mary L. Grow, writes from Frank