The Wisconsin tobacco reporter. (Edgerton, Wis.) 1877-1950, 1920-05-21

will close on Decoration day, Monday,
May 81, at IL o'clock noon, and remain
closed for the balance of the day, ex-
cept the drug stores which will be open
after in the evening.
"A special inquiry on May l revealed
the fact that under present conditions
farmers in Wisconsin will be able to
plant only 95 per cent of the 1919 acre
age of potatoes and 70 per cent of the
1919 acreage Of beans.
Mr.. A. J. Cramer, representing the
state and U. S. government and also
the dairymen's association as super
visor of testing farm animals, was in
the city last Monday and Tuesday. His
headquarters are at Madison.
Mr.. o. Pomeroy of Gays Mills is in
the city, the guest of his brother, w.
T. Pomeroy. He says that the Kicka-
poo valley is pretty well cleaned up of
old tobacco. In his opinion the acreage
of this section is not going to be in
creased.
Mrs. Brockow entertained num-
her of guests at bridge Friday after
mood A delicious luncheon was served
at 5 o'clock. The table decorations
were "Ward roses" and candlesticks
tied with dainty ribbons. Mrs. c. R.
Bently won the prize.
The little Is months old son of Mr..
and Mrs. Peter Helgestad is at the
Lockwood hospital awaiting tine result
of swallowing an open safety pin. Ere
quent X-ray pictures mark the progress
of the pin and it is hoped an operation
will not be necessary.
Mr.. Roy Hopkins has family fire
brigade. It's his three youngsters who
last Saturday by climbing to the roof
with a garden hose checked an incip-
lent fire that, if it had not been for the
brave youngsters, might have caused
serious damage to the building.
"A dozen gentlemen from GAINESVILLE
will be at the Carlton to settle the
final scores of the past season of card
contests. The losing team puts up a
dinner as forfeit. The dinner was
served by the excellent Carlton kitchen
at IL o'clock last Tuesday evening.
Hand bills are out announcing a
meeting of the Farmers Non-partisan
League at Academy hall, Tuesday
evening, May 9th, at o'clock. The
speaker is National Speaker O. C..
Quale, in the hands of local commit
tee, who is arranging the meeting.
Mr.. J. P. Coon is in the city. He
is salesman for manufacturing con-
Germ with Headquarters in Joplin, Mo.
The house had business for him in Mil
waukee and Chicago, and he availed
himself of the opportunity of coming to
Edgerton to call on relatives and old
friends.
Frank Tousley of Oelwein, Iowa,
was in the city few days recently to
visit his mother and other relatives and
friends. He went on to Chicago to get
new car which he expects to drive to
his home in Iowa. He made pleasant
call at this office. His father was the
founder of The Reporter.
"A pretty wedding was celebrated
last Tuesday evening at the home of
Mr.. and Mrs. Ferd Kepp when their
daughter, Miss Efie Kepp, became the
bride of Fred Schoenfeldt. Only the
immediate families and intimate friends
of the contracting parties were pres
emit. Rev. J. C. Spilman officiated.
Miss Anne Stone, who during the
past two years has been bookkeeper at
the Heddles lumber Office in this city,
left for Wausau last Saturday to &C.
cept an Office position with the Wausau
Canning Co. Her home is at Rice Lake
and that is one of the reasons why she
decided to accept the offer of position
near her home.
Miss Emma Porath was honored
last Saturday evening by miscellane-
GUS shower given her by rs of her
friends at the home of Albert Schiefel-
bein. Good things to eat and drink
were served, afterwards cards and
dancing. Miss Porath is engaged to be
married to Alfred Kaltz of Harvard,
ILL.,, the wedding to take place at Ed
gerton June 8.
-Edgerton and Mr.. u. w. North
were honored by the Milwaukee Con-
sistory last week, in that MIR. North
was chosen for the position of histor-
ian of this years Consistory class,
numbering 248 men from all over the
state. Mr.. North will have large
amount of work in connection with
gathering the material for the volume,
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