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Wisconsin Tobacco Reporter Edgerton, - Wisconsin. FRIDAY, OCTOBER 16,1908 CORRESPONDENCE West Porter Wm Lawrence ha3 gone to the Rose bud. Lydle Earle, who is attending school in Janesville, returned on Sunday. Wm Frusher is at Madison visiting with F F Frusher. O F Downey and wife of Dunkirk Sundayed at C W McCarthy’s. C W McCarthy attend?. 4 , the National ASof E convention in Milwaukee last week. i The Halverson dance Saturday even ing had a large crowd and all had a good time. Mrs Thos Stearns and son Loyd and May Stearns visited part of last week in Madison. There will be considerable clover hulled this autumn and the yield is one bushel per acre. A number of our people enjoyed the T A & B banquet at Edgerton last Fri day evening. The corn harvest is over and digging potatoes and husking and shredding corn is now on. Quite a number attended the Bryan rally in Cooksville Saturday evening. The proposition set forth would make a heaven of the U S. Jacob Furset and H Bounsdell have sold their ’OB tobacco to the U 6 Cigar Cos for more than 10c a pound. The Ladies Aid Society entertainment will be at the residence of T E Ford on Friday evening, Oct 16th. Good music and other amusements. Come everybody and have a fine time. West Porter Local A S of E will meet in the Lienau school house Friday even ing, Oct 16th, at 7 o’clock. Every farmer should attend the meeting and join the movement, as the only system to fix equitable prices is by organization. Bumner Rahybaum & Loga will begin shred ding next week. Geo Farman of Edgerton was at this place last Monday. Harold Babcock of Albion spent Sun dayVith J W Robbins. Wm Brill of Edgerton was at this place looking after tobacco. A moving picture show at the hall on Wednesday and Thursday evenings. The clover huller was in this vicinity last week and the seed is turning out good. Mr and Mrs Orval Bickle’s little boy is very sick. Dr McChesney of Edger ton is in attendance. A number from here attended the gathering at Herman Koosch’s east of Albion last Sunday. Walter Marsden put up a cement silo this summer and there is talk of a num ber being put up next summer. Thos Bickle and daughter Hazel and Mrs Ansley of Milton Junction spent Friday and Saturday with relatives in this place. Albion Prairie Miss Blenkinsopp spent Saturday with Miss Dahle at Stoughton. C H Tall and family spent Sunday with Frank Barton and family. Mr Thompson and family entertained friends from Madison last Sunday. Mrs Ann Hall and Mrs Wardle left Wednesday for California for the'winter. Mr and Mrs H Goodrich and son of Elkhorn are visiting relatives on the Prairie. Mr Geo Silvervvood Sr and Mrs Jens Naset and daughter are visiting relatives at Green Bay, Wis. Miss Pearl Richardson of Edgerton was the guest of Mrs Amos Bunting a few days last week. Mr and Mrs John Craig spent from Thursday to Sunday with Mr and Mrs Martin Fiona at Stoughton. Dr. Till Has a Rival. A dispatch to the daily papers states John Till, the plaster specialist, who has reopened his plaster shop at Almena, Barron county, has a rival. Octrve Clou tier, Till’s former manager at Somerset, at his farm retreat is putting on plasters, the genuine Till article, so he claims. But Till does not care. From Almena come rep rts that Till is rushed away beyond the capacity of himself and as sistants and that his books show 160 ap plicants for treatment daily. Life as We See It. “A Dangerous Friend” is a remarkable drama of every-day events and is further remarkable for the fact that it is excel lently handled by a splendid cast. Life as we see it about us every day, as we read it in the newspapers, as we meet it in our homes, is presented in a most fascinating style, it briugs forward the same questions and is on the same plan as “Paid in Full,” “The Servant in the House,” and the “Witching Hour,” and both author and actors deserve the good things which the theater goers are say ing about them. “A Dangerous Friend” will appear at Royal hall Wednesday evening, Oct. 21. Unclaimed Letters. Letters remaining uncalled for in the P. O. at Edgerton, for the week ending Oct. 16, 1908: Geo. A. Clark Maude Mae Emery Geo. Gal tits Cornelius Higgins Matt Ludwig Mike Reilly Dr. C. E. Perry Charley Allen M. K. Sundby Jacob Steinman Persons calling for any of the above named letters please say “advertised.” H. Mclnnes, P. M. ■ - —Miss Ena Berkey, piano instructor, will receive pupils at the home of Mrs. Geo. Doty every Friday and Saturday. 41tf T.A.PERJVY • ' • Cloaks Suits Furs The early purchase of ladies* coats and suits seems to be the most desirable* You always get the new and snappy styles, the best material and best workmanship* Later the best selbrs are out of the market* We are in a position NOW to show you all the new novelties in cloaks and suits* also FURS. Ali prices, all kinds* T. A. PE.RRY Several Hundred Men Engaged in the Meat Industry Assemble at Chicago. Rejoicing in the year’s cessation of “muck-raking” the American Meat Packers’ association opened its third annual convention in the Grand Pacific hotel at Chicago. Between JOO and 600 delegates, representing the proprietors and managers of plants from all over the country, were present when Prisedent James S. Agar called the meeting to order. He “took a whack” at the “muck-rakers” wlio, he said, attacked many things that exist ed only in their imagination. The new meat inspector law which was indors ed by the executive committee, which announced that it had defeated the Beveridge bill to place the cost of meat inspection on the packers. Editor George L. McCarthy, of the National Provisioner, enlarged upon the value of the packer to the farmer: “The intelligent, thinking farmer real izes what the modem packinghouse business means to him,” said McCar thy. “Others are sometimes led away by demagogic talk from knowledge of true coudi ions. Only a few years ago the farmer had either no market for his live stock, or it was an erratic one. or he was at the mercy of the slaugh terhouse buyer. Now he can ship liis animals to market, sell them on a mar ket basis, and get his money for them the same day.” ' < Two Men Drop 4,000 Feet. ! The International balloon race, which started Sunday near Berlin, from the suburb of Schmargendorf. was the occasion of a thrilling acci dent. two aeronauts from the United States having a miraculous escape from death. The balloon Conqueror, the only United States-built craft in the contest, having on board A. Holland Forbes, and Augustus Post, less than two minutes after the start, burst at an altitude of 4,000 feet. For 2,000 feet it shot down like a bullet and then the torn silk bag assumed the shape of a parachute, thus checking the rapidity of the descent. Coming close to the earth, however, the basket smashed into the roof of a house, but the two men escaped with but slight injuries. Famous Suit Ends Secretly. At Mineola, N. Y., a settlement with a clause binding both sides to absolute secrecy as to its terms ended the famous $2,000,000 suit of Daniel Leroy Dresser against the Mer cantile Trust company of New York, and a number of bankers as co-de fendants for losses claimed to have been sustained in purchasing and un derwriting through their alleged instru mentality stock of the United States Shpbuilding company. The suit has been pending for five years. Are You Going to Give a Halloween Party? ♦ If so, you will nked some Pumpkin Jack-o-Lanterns ror decorations, favors, prizes, etc. We have them at sc, 10c and 25c With goo-goo eyes, stub nose and fine open counte nance. Many of our HOLIDAY COODS are already in stock and a few early selections would help you out with your holiday purchases. M. B. FLETCHER, VICTO# Jr —Special sale of ladies, misses and juniors’ suits, most complete stock in Janesville, and our prices are always the lowest.—T. P. Burns, Janesville, Wis. 1 Call 32, Joe Conn’s, for your gro ceries. —Exceptional values in ladies, mens and children’s underwear and hosiery.— T. J\ Burns, Janesville, Wis. 46wl —Jae Conn’s telephone number at the store is changed to 32. - Babcock’s Clothing Store "Kuppenheimer” Overcoats and Raincoats Are you thinking of buying a rain coat? If so, before you buy call at our store and ask to see a “Kuppenheimer Watershed." That's the name of their rain coat and it means just what it says. They shed water and can be worn in a good hard rain with out wetting through. Theu too, they are just the thing for a light overcoat. Many people use them the year round. “Watershed” Coats are sls, sl6 and $lB Other makes Cravenette Coats $lO and sl2 Special value in a black thibet full lined rain coat in 42 and 52 in,, at - $15.00 WINTER OVERCOATS We have in all the new models “Kuppenheimers” make at - $15.00 to $25.00 Other makes from ------- $5.00 up ( Bardeen Sells B \ New Amlerol i Records. Plays 4 min. For Edison Machine. I Victor Records \ OUST IN. —A few good lots on Shannon’s add. to Edgerton can be bought while they last for SSO. Why pay four or five hufi dred? 30tf —Baled rye straw for sale by Jay Shaw. —House and lot on Mechanic street for sale. For further particulars inquire of E. Clement. —Telephone your grocery orders to Joe Conn, No. 32. Watch Repairing lllPWMfcl mm —■ jw'}- 1,/ closest attention to the careful, thorough repairing of watches brought to us* Our charges are never excessive, only sufficient to cover the cost of thorough work* We neither do unneces sary work nor charge for work we do not do* Don't wait un til your watch refuses to run before having it cleaned and freshly oiled* C. H. HITCHCOCK. Jeweler. WHILE THEY LAST ■ALL. NEW STOCK— Aluminum Napkin Rings, sold regularly at , QC Vases—a pretty lot—sold regularly at 15c IQ to 25c, oar special price • Japanese Baskets—all shapes and sizes, sold 1 Q Fire Proof Ware, sold regularly at 10c to IQ 15c. our special price • Japanese Assortment Mugs, Pitchers, Cups and Soucers, Plates, Sugar and Creamers, Oat Meals, Salt and Peppers IQ f/> Make Your Selection From Our Fine Line of Flower Pots. HANDTKE & McREYNOLDS. For Prompt Delivery Call No. 278. More good watches are ruined in the hands of in experienced workmen than in any other way* A watch is too costly an article to entrust to any one who may claim the title of watchmaker* During our many years in business we have always given the ♦ ♦