The Wisconsin tobacco reporter. (Edgerton, Wis.) 1877-1950, 1920-10-22

er, Mrs. HuIlet Hutson, curing the
week.
George E. Ogden of Racine spent
Sunday with his folks in the city. Mr..
Ogden is with the Hamilton Beach
electric works at Racine.
Mr.. and Mrs. Ernest Baugh of Bal
timore have spent few days visiting
at the home of Mrs. Arthur Clarke.
They left for their home last Monday.
Mrs. Will Hutson enjoyed visit
with two nieces, Mrs. Gilmour and
family of Grumpy Center, Iowa, and
Mr.. and Mrs. Jones of Rockford, ILL.,,
this week.
The City Federation of Women's
clubs will hold a reception for the
teachers at the high school gym We'd
nesday evening, Oct. II, at 7:3O. All
are cordially invited.
The Ladies society of the Norwe-
gian Lutheran church will be enter
tanned by Mesdames Thos. Gorder, John
Davis, Odin Severson and Nels john
son, Thursday, Oct. 28th.
The hearings ordered by Attorney
General Blaine to determine fair price
on coal to Wisconsin consumers are to
open the latter part of this week.
There will be nearly three million in
terested auditors.
The Ladies society of the Congre-
gational church will meet with Mrs.
Marvin Marsden, Wednesday, Oct. II,
at p. m. Mrs. Dean Swift, Mrs.
Chas. Spike, Mrs. E. M. Ladd and Mrs.
Marsden will serve supper.
Hon. w. v. Silverthorn, Demo-
cratic candidate for secretary of state,
will address the voters on the political
issues of the day at Academy hall, Ed
gerton, Friday evening, Oct. %, at 8
o'clock. In case of suitable weather
the meeting will be held at corner of
Jenson's warehouse. Everyone. invited.
Miss Jennie Coxhead of Albany, N.
Y, cousin of Mrs. w. S. Brown, was
in the city the first part of the week
visiting at the home of Mrs. Brown.
She is sister in an Episcopal hospital
in Albany and known there as Sister
Elizabeth. She has visited brother
at Yankton, S. D., and another brother
at Rockford, ILL.,
Emma Langworthy, Lorraine Dick
inson, Chester Peters, Carl Rousch and
Clifford Shaw, students at Lawrence
college, Appleton, spent the week end
at their homes here. Stanley and
Lowell Slagg, Clarence Mcintosh, Edw.
Leary and Edwin Hubbell were home
from the u. W., also Herbert Murwin
and Rollie Williams.
About twenty-five lady friends sur
prised Mrs. Ole E. Jensen Monday
evening when they assembled at her
home. 1t was the anniversary of Mrs.
Jenson's birthday and an evening of
much pleasure was passed. A light
luncheon was served and silver coins
presented to Mrs. Jensen as remem-
brance of the occasion.
The death at Stoughton of John
Bjoin, Ga years old, removes one of the
we'll known men in Dane county. He
passed away week ago Wednesday
and was buried from Christ church last
Saturday, Rev. o. S. Reigstad officiat-
ing. He was son of the old pioneers,
Halvor and Anne Bjoin, who settled in
Dane county in the early forties of last
century.
The North agency reports the sale
of the Fred North farm to Louie Vile
man for a consideration of $50, 900. The
sale carries all of the personal prop
erty, stock. machinery and such, the
only reservations being the household
effects and IA acres of tobacco in the
shed. They also report the sale of the
McCraney farm of IS acres to Galen
Pierce for SD, OOO.
The cigar shops in GAINESVILLE, ac-
cording to the Gazette, turn out 900, 600
cigars annually. For GAINESVILLE, that
is furnishing some smokes. The Ed
gerton Cigar Co. alone delivers to the
smoking trade 9SS, 72S cigars annually.
The first eight months of this year the
company turned out $50, $50. And be it
said that the best smokes in the state
come from Edgerton.
Nearly 20 per cent increase in the
states high school enrolment is re-
ported to the office of Superintendent
C. P. Cary. Mr.. Cary declares this
enrolment the largest in the states
history. The Increase, according to
Mr.. Cary, is due to several reasons,
chief among them being that men who
served in the war have realized that it
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