The Wisconsin tobacco reporter. (Edgerton, Wis.) 1877-1950, 1919-12-19
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of home baking at Tellefson's furniture
store Saturday afternoon.
The date selected by the Fire De-
partment for their Thirty fifth Annual
Ball is Tuesday evening, February 10.
Alvin Amundson and family left
last Monday for ST. Paul, Mimi, to call
on friends and spend some time with
relatives living there.
Regular meeting of the Eastern
Star on Tuesday evening, Dec. 25, at
7:30 sharp. Business of Importance
and full attendance desired.
Mrs. Ole Amundson and Mrs. HI.
A. Stanke left last Sunday for st. Paul
and points in North Dakota to visit rel
atives and friends during the Christ
mas season.
The returns of the special election
! in Dane county last Tuesday to deter
mine whether the county should be
bonded for $4,000, 600 for good roads
or not, show that the county went
nearly to ] against the bond issue.
Mr.. F. w. Schoenfeld has returned
from two weeks campaign in the
good roads movement in Waukesha
county. At the specia! election last
Tuesday the county carried $1,000, 900
bond issue for better roads in the
county by majority Of 100 votes
"A number of good women came to-
gether at the home of Mrs. Bake last
Tuesday to help her sew and otherwise
cheer her up after the experience
of the fire which destroyed the Bake
home few days ago. The misfortune
of the family has been met with gen.
eral and generous sympathy and help,
first by the near neighbors, and later
throughout the city.
The big evergreen placed at the in
tersection of Fulton and Henry streets
indicates that community Christmas
tree is to grace the holiday season this
year also. The practice of having these
celebrations as community affairs is
becoming more and more general
throughout the country. A committee
representing the Federated Women's
clubs met Saturday evening to make
plans for the community Christmas tree
celebration. Mrs. Fred Sherman pre-
sided. Mrs. A.. T. Shearer was chosen
to take charge of the celebration. The
program will be given in the high
school,
Il The state division of, rliarketsissued
an order to Wisconsin beet sugar men
last Friday to put on the market with
in FIVE days the sugar in storage or
otherwise withheld from the market.
Sugar stored before December 1st must
be thrown on the market by the 18th
| of this month. Violation of this order
| is punishable by $500 fine or imprison-
ment for 80 days. The order further
commands that no sugar manufacturer
or dealer shall sell to candy and soft
| drink factories during any week more
| than one tenth of the total amount sold
| during the week. 1t is also determined
that fair margin to the sugar manu-
facturer is ID cents above cost of pro-
| nuctiOn, / cent to the wholesaler and
an additional cents to the retailer.
The physical culture drill at the
nigh school gymnasium last Monday
| night gave the parents and friends of
the Edgerton public schools an oppor-
tunity to see what is the nature of the
physical training given the children in
| school. The seating capacity in the
balcony was tested to the last bench
! by an interested and delighted audi
| ence. The program opened with pro-
cessional of the whole school led by the
physical training teacher, Miss Roess-
Ter. The cobbler play was gone through
and then the first grade gave delight
full exhibit called Loo Bee Loo. The
second grade went through the school
gymnastic orders with seats. The. third
and fourth grades gave Norwegian
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in native costume, and the whole thing
was very pretty. The boxing exhibit
of the eighth grade wound up with a
| fine bout between Bardeen and Hop
kins. After this came the st. Swedish
Day order, whereupon there was a
special number under direction Of Miss
Pauline Dickinson, assistant in the kin
dergarten, in which the kindergarten
pupils appeared as a. concert band
under the direction of tiny four year
old bandmaster who welded the baton
with the skill Of veteran. The num-
Der was very effective and pleased the
audience immensely. The sophomore
| girls performed the Dance-F Fairy Snow
flakes in costume, and the fourth and
| fifth grades gave an exhibition Of gym
nastics without seats which showed ex-