The Wisconsin tobacco reporter. (Edgerton, Wis.) 1877-1950, 1919-01-31

Dr. and MRS. Meyers were IN Chl-
lcago Monday and Tuesday attending
the Chicago College of Dental Surgery
clinic.
Mr.. and Mrs. Fred Campbell re
ceived a letter this week from their
son Charles, which stated that he was
wounded on Nov. 5th and has since
been in hospitals in France and is now
on the way to recovery.
Andrew Mcintosh, DR.. McChesney,
D. w. North, Henry Johnson, Bert
Page and Robt. Livick were guests of
one of the Parkway Masonic chapters
R. A. M. in Chicago Saturday evening.
A banquet was served to about 1900.
F. w. Jensen, for the past few
years secretary of the Edgerton Credit
association before its merging into the
Chamber of Commerce, mas accepted a
position of secretary of the Chamber
of Commerce at Manhattan, Kansas, a
city of 1900, and will move his family
to that city in the near future.
Arthur Kravick sold his 100 acre
farm in the town of Christiana to Wal
ter Carpenter for $4,000; Charles and
John White sold their 439 aare farm in
the town of Porter to D. ID. Brown,
Charles Tall and Nels E. Nelson for
$5O,585. Sales made by E. M. Laid
Real Estate Agency.
The next basketball game of the
season will be played at the gym Fri
day night, when the locals will meet
the team from the University High
school of Madison. There will be two
teams here from Madison and two
games will be played. The first game
will start promptly at o'clock. The
visiting teams are exceptionally strong
and fast.
The war department does not de-
sire to discharge any soldier who can
not secure civil employment and any
soldier who is about to be mustered out
of military service may, upon written
request, remain in the service until
such time as he can secure civil en-
ployment The fact that he requests
to remain in the army temporarily does
not in any way compel him to remain
for long period of time against his
will.
PIT. Harry Mccain. who was among
the first enlisted boys to go out with
the Edgerton platoon, came home from
the hospital at Camp Grant on brief
stay this week. He was not only
wounded in an early engagement in
France, but sustained a severe shell
shock as well. After being treated at
the French hospitals, he was invaded
home and sent to Camp Grant. He is
looking fine and hopes soon to receive
his discharge.
The Oldest resident cannot recall
January as mild as the present one. At
no time during the month has the tenn
perature reached the zero mark. The
snow has entirely left us, the frost
came out of the ground and much of
the time early spring weather prevail
ed. No ice has been harvested so far
in southern Wisconsin, the streams are
free and still waters of the inland lakes
have scarcely a six inch covering. I'm
less zero weather comes shortly the ice
dealers will surely be short in their
supplies.
L. A. Anderson, general agent of
the Scandal Life ms. Co., attended the
annual meeting of the agency force of
the company which was held at the
home Office in Chicago on Jan. 81, "a
and %. The name Scandal Life has
been misleading in this that it often
created an impression that it is for
eign company. The company adopted
a new name at the annual meeting of
the policy holders. Mutual trust, mean
ing trust one another, was thought
very suitable name for purely mu
tual life insurance company, so the
name of the company is now Mutual
Trust Life Insurance Company.
The Educational Club met Monday
evening at the home of Mrs. S. F.
Smith. After a short business meet
ing, Mrs. Rea, assisted by Mrs. Whit
tet, took up the program, giving talks
on early southern winters with read
ings from Thomas Nelson Pages
''Marse Chan" Meeting adjourned to
meet with MRS. Rea Monday evening,
Feb. 3rd.