The Wisconsin tobacco reporter. (Edgerton, Wis.) 1877-1950, 1921-07-01


Brothers Co. is in Chicago spending a
weeks vacation with friends.
Mrs. Priscilla Spike was week
end guest at the home of Mr.. and Mrs.
Thos. Young in Dunkirk.
Edward j. McDonough, student
at the u. W., is spending the summer
vacation on the road in the interest of
Chicago company.
Chief of Police Springer is attend
ing the Wisconsin Chief of Police con-
vention in Milwaukee.
Mrs. E. M. Ladd, who was operat-
ed upon for appendicitis at Madison
hospital, is recovering nicely.
e. S. Lamoreaux, who was athletic
coach in Edgerton, has been appointed
director of Fairgrounds at GAINESVILLE.
Among marriage licenses advertis-
ed last Saturday was that of Mrs. Ida
M. Wileman and John Rousell OF Ed
gerton.
Percy Palmer of the Rialto is this
week in Minneapolis attending the ma
tional convention of film theater own
ers. The convention lasts through the
! week.
Mr.. and Mrs. Howard Lee of James
vile spent last Sunday at the home OF
Mr.. and Mrs. Frank Pearson in this
city. Mrs. Pearson is daughter of
the Lees.
Mrs. Eldon Crandall and daughter
returned Monday evening from Battle
Creek, Mich, where they have been
visiting TIE past month with Mrs
CrandalPs parents.
Mr.. and Mrs. Geo. Doty returned
from their vacation last Thursday even
ing, and their daughter, Mrs. Richard
Brown, and grandson of Lacrosse came
with them to spend part of the summer
in Edgerton visiting relatives.
| Governor Blaine will be a speaker
at the Fourteenth of July picnic plan
ned to be held on the Albion Academy
campus by settlers of Norwegian de-
scent living in the Koshkonong neigh
borhoods. John Holtan of Stoughton
is chairman and C.. A. Hoen of Edger-
ton is secretary.
Miss Blanche Shumway left last
Saturday for Cedar Rapids, Iowa, to
attend summer school in art during the
next four weeks. She has been super
visor of arts in the public schools at
Waukegan during the past year, and
will return to the same position in the
| fall
Martin Staff of Albion Prairie de-
sires through The Reporter to thank
the Edgerton fire department, the Cam
bridge fire depar tment, and all neigh
bors and friends who so willingly and
efficiently assisted in saving what could
be saved in the disastrous fire which
visited his farm last Friday. The wind
mill, milk house and some supplies were
saved by the timely help.
The Junior Missionary class of the
Congregational church, chaperoned by
Miss Leo Thompson, is in camp at Lake
Ripley. Ten girls are made happy in
the camp. They are Margaret and
Mildred Nelson, Lola Hutson, Lorraine
Schoenfeld. Mary Mabbett, Leonore
Burdick, Ruth Farman, Edith Mae
Holt, Maxine MADDEN, Mary Carrier.
Last Monday evening the camp girls
invited ten boys for dinner, and the
evening was spent playing games. The
boys say that the girls gave them de-
/ lightful evening.
Several auto accidents have taken
place recently in the vicinity, none,
however, with serious results to those
occupying the cars. The day of the
Staff fire a Buick lost wheel against
the curbing at the intersection of Ran
dolph and Blaine streets; anoUher car
had a similar experience out on the
Hralrlo. rOuF cars were inSOlVSO IL
accidents near the Dates place north OF
Albion week ago Sunday. The drly-
ers are continually going at higher
speeds; 80 miles an hour seems to be
the pace now. 1t would be we'll not to
"step on her" quite so energetically.
| The big rain came Saturday anC
Sunday to relieve crops and people
after two weeks of the warmest June
weather experience in this part of Wis
consin. Pastures and fields needed the
rain quite badly. 1T came in, torrents
and with a strong wind Saturday. The
Sunday shower was heavy and soaked
the country in good shape. Standing
grain was fiattened out in many fields,
and some damage was done to roads
due to washing. No serious damage
has been reported. An unusual feature
of these rains, as far as Edgerton II