The Wisconsin tobacco reporter. (Edgerton, Wis.) 1877-1950, 1920-04-30


his home on account of illness.
Miss Ruby Berry was operated on
for appendicitis last Wednesday morn
ing at hospital in Madison.
The Voigt-B Barton delivery service
has been bought by Carl Kepp and
Chas. Stricken. Possession to be given
Monday, May 3.
Transfers of the following proper
ties are reported: The Hammond home
on Rollin street to Shaw and Wright;
the Ed. Moore place on Henry street
to Herbert Goede, and the Ruel Rob-
erts house on Rollin street, reported to
be sold to Frank Gress. Prices re-
spectively, $500, $4,000 and $4250.
-Forty-five years in the same BUSH
ness is the record of Harry Ash, who
closed his career as harnessmaker and
merchant last week. Mr.. Ash has sold
his business, but does not propose to
retire just change of business, the
new field giving him more of the out
\
to make Edgerton their home.
| Mrs. Frank Geske received an an
nouncement the first of the week of
the marriage of her sister, Miss Alyce
Maher, to John B. Connors of Omaha,
Neb. The couple were married Feb.
26th, but this is the first word that has
been received from them. Miss Maher
has many friends in Edgerton who wish
her much happiness.
"A miscellaneous shower was given
Miss Marie Willie at the home of her
mother, Mrs. August Willie, last Tues
day evening by 80 young lady friends.
Refreshments were served, and the
evening was spent at cards and other
games. Miss Willie is engaged to mar
nv Harvey Davis, one of the partners
in the Edgerton Electrical Appliance
Co., a rising firm in its line of business.
Douglas Wood met with an auto
accident last Friday. He and Scott
Hatch were pushing Scott's car to
start it when the engine picked up sud-
denly; Douglas tried to jump but slip
ped and fell, the hind wheels passing
over his body. He was unconscious
| for few minutes. A small cash was
cut over his left eye and one of his
teeth broken. Wood had just returned
to school after nearly two months alb
sence caused by serious illness with
pneumonia.
The new noxious weeds law, which
the legislature directed the state de-
partment of agriculture to enforce, has
some drastic provisions. Among others
| it provides that any town chairman,
village president or mayor OF city
who shall neglect or refuse to appoint
one or more commissioners of noxious
weeds, and to make report to the state
department of agriculture as required
| by Section 148Oa of the Statutes shall
| forfeit not less than $50 and not more
than $780,. The appointment OF weed
commissioners must be reported not
later than May 10Th.
Burial services were held last We'd
nesday afternoon from the Norwegian
Lutheran church for Mrs. Henry HON.
men of Stoughton. She died suddenly
| last Sunday after becoming mother for
the first time. The child lives. Mrs.
Hommen was born in Norway "a years
ago. She came to this country several
years ago, living near Utica, where
| her mother, Mrs. Lund, and brothers
still live. When she was married
few years ago, she and her husband
moved to Stoughton. She has sister,
Mrs. Ole Amundson, on the Stone
farm. Rev. Grefthen officiated at the
funeral services, and the body was laid
to rest in the Jensen cemetery.
The representatives of the women's
clubs from the first Wisconsin district
held convention in Whitewater April
q and %. The Edgerton federation
was represented by large delegation.
Among the delegates were: From the
Culture club = Mesdames Henderson,
Towne, Roethe, L. w. Dickinson, I. B.
Earle; from the New Century club
Mesdames Alfred Anderson and A. I.
Sbearer; from the Monday club Mes
danes C. F. Mabbett and Chas. Bent
ley: from the Educational club-Mes-
danes Marvin Marsden, Steve Madden,
Joe Hruska, Chas. Spike; from the
Progressive Study club Mesdames W.
Bussey, Percy Palmer; from the Mar
quette club-Mrs. Fred Sherman, pres
ident of the Edgerton federation; from
the Philomathean club-Mrs. Robert
Wilson.
Mr.. P. A. PETIT, who has bought
the harness business of Harry Ash, is
in the city putting his shop in the old
Clarke furniture building on Albion st.