The Wisconsin tobacco reporter. (Edgerton, Wis.) 1877-1950, 1920-09-10
Russell Conn and MILFORD North re-

to Marshfield and other points in the
| northern part of the state. They have
been gone since last Friday.
The September term of the county
court, Judge Chas. L. Fifield presid-
ing, opened Wednesday with 228 cases
! on the calendar, said to be the longest
list for any term of this court.
Mrs. Joe Hruska and children, who
have been in Waterville, Argusville
and other places in southern Minnesota
visiting relatives since July 20, return
ed to their home here last week.
Mr.. Eugene Johnson of Minneapolis
spent the week end with his wife and
children at the home of Mrs. Johnson
mother, Mrs. Andrew Jensen. The
Johnsons left Monday for their home
in Minneapolis. E
Mrs. John Oberdick and children of
Horizon have been visiting at the home
of Mr.. and Mrs. HI. A. Handtke. Last
Sunday the two families motored to
Rockford. Mrs. Oberdick left for her
home one of the first days of the week.
1t makes interesting reading to Ed
gerton people that England is looking
for the day when the motor truck, and
trailer, of course, will supplant the
railroad as the means of transporta-
| ton.
| w. w. Hammond was the last to
take vacation at the Pringle Bros.
company. Mr. and Mrs. Hammond are
passing portion of the time Turing
| fish from lake waters in northern Wis
consin.
| Mr.. and Mrs. III. B. Barnson of
Minneapolis passed through Edgerton
in their big Winton last Monday on
their way to Milwaukee. They stopped
| to call on their old friends, Mr.. and
Mrs. Willard Doty.
The Ladies society of the Norwe-
| gian Lutheran church will be enter
tanned by Mesdames John Thoreson,
Victor Hartzheim, Nick Erdahl and
Will Symons Thursday this week. Ev-
eryone welcome.
Mr.. Andrew Berry spent last Sum-
day with his daughters in Edgerton.
He and his wife have joined the Gen.
trail Lutheran church here, and Mrs.
Berry entertained the Ladies society at
the church parlors last Monday.
| The state convention of the Serv-
ice Star Legion will be held at Oshkosh
Sept. 80 and Oct. l. The meeting place
is the guild hall of the Trinity Episco-
| pal church. The national convention
of the Legion is held in Des Moines,
Iowa, Sept. IA to II.
Miss Christine Miller of the Atwell-
Dallman Drug Co. has spent the last
three weeks visiting her sister at Sterl-
! ing, Kansas. She returned to Edger-
ton last Saturday. She says that the
| dry weather has wrought havoc with
the crops in that part of Kansas.
Mr.. and Mrs. Harlow Knapp spent
the last days of the past week in Mil
waukee They paid a visit to the big
fair Edgerton was we'll represented
on the grounds, and bid you welcome
at the gates. The Rock county exhib-
it's were credit to the county.
| Miss Genevieve Holcomb, who has
been visiting her mother, Mrs. Van
Ness Green, left Monday for Waco,
Texas, where she has accepted posi-
ton as director of physical culture in
the Y. W. C. A. there. On her way
she stopped off at Dallas and paid
| Charles Culton and family visit.
Labor day was observed in Edger-
ton by the closing of the factories and
the banks. Other businessiplaces closed
at noon. A number went to James
vile to see the big labor parade. The
Edgerton concert band was engaged to
play there during the day. The Wat
erloo celebration also drew some Ed
gerton people.
Robert Wilson, who during the
past five years has conducted success
full general grocery business, is having
closing out sale. He still has about
$4,000 worth of the general lines of
groceries which are going at very at
tractive prices. Mr.. Wilson has not
definitely decided what to do when his
sale is closed.
The picnic supper given last Satur-
day evening by the members of the
Culture club in honor of Mrs. Theo.
Clarke, who with her husband and son
have gone to live at Indianapolis, Ind,
was very enjoyable affair. The hus-
bands of the club members were in
vited and shared in the good things
prepared by the members. Mrs. Clarke
| ia a charter member of the Climb