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Local Happenings —John Dickerson went to Chicago on business Friday. - Elizabeth Ellingson and M ary Young spent Saturday in Janesville. -Mrs. W. G. Atwell left Monday for the “Spa/’ Waukesha, to receive medi cal treatment. Mr. and Mrs. Leon Ellingson of Janesvalle spent Sunday with E. B. Ellingson and family. —Mr. I. Hager of Janesville spent Sunday with his twin daughters at the P. C. Brown home. —Mrs. G. M. UndefhillfleavesFriday of this week for a visit with relatives and friends in the east. —The W. C. T. U. will meet this week Friday at 3 o,clock at the home of Mrs. Wm. Gifford. —Mr. M. Rosendahl. who has been in Milwaukee several days on business, returned Friday evening. —Helen Dickinson of Madison U. W. spent the week end with her parents, Mr. and Mrs. L. J. Dickinson. —Regina Mohr spent Sunday at her parental home here. ■ She is attending training school in Janesville. —P. F. King of Portlond, Oregon, has been a guest at the home of his cousin, A. K. Hain and family. Miss Helen Schumacher treated ten of her friends to a sleigh-ride party with Miss Roessler as chaperon. —Miss Elizabeth Rosenkrans left Sunday for Oconomowoc after spending a week at the L. H. Towne home. —Clarence Hitchcock of Rockford, 111., visited his parents, Mr. and Mrs. Chas. Hitchcock, several days of last week. —The Misses Mollie and Emma Har rison entertained a number of friends Friday evening at cards. Refreshments were served. —Clarence Bunting is now occupying the residence property which he re cently purchased from James Whittet on Doty street. —The first dancing party of the Loyal Legion will be given Tuesday evening. An orchestra from Janes ville will furnish music. —Mrs. Andrew Jenson and daughter Clara left Wednesday for Los Angeles, Cal., where they will spend several weeks visiting and sightseeing. Mrs. E. T. Coqlter and Miss Ja nette Shepard, who have been guests of Miss Leo Thompson for a week, re turned to Brandon, Wis., Friday. —The K. of P. lodge will give a lance Tuesday evening, Jan. 27 in Academy hall. Thompson’s orchestra of Madison will the furnish music and everybody is invited. —The Ladies society of the Congre gationalVchurch will meet next week Wednesday, January 28, at 3 o’clock at the home of Mrs. Rev. Schoenfeld. Supper will be served. —Several ladies of the W. C. T. U. met at the home of Mrs. Helga Moen Sauurday and tied a comforter and pre sented it to the Krueger family in Al bion, who were recently burned out. —The Edgerton post of the American Legion has taken possession of its new. hall, and plans are being made by the entertainment committee for a series of receptions and dances. The number now enrolled is 125. —The Royal Neighbors will meet on Thursday evening of this week. A large attendance is desired as plans for the following year and matters of in terest relative to the school of instruc tion will be discussed. Meeting called promptly at eight o’clock. —About twenty young lady friends gave Miss Elizabeth Bublitz a happy surprise Sunday afternoon when they called at her some to celebrate the anniversary of her birthdry. Refresh ments were served and a pleasant time had by those present. —The Ladies society of the Norwe gian Lutheran church will be enter tained by Mesdames John Linaas, E. M. Ladd, Oscar Hanson and Henry Thronson Thursday evening, Jan. 22. t is the Ist annual missionary meet ing and a program will be rendered. —A benefit game and card party will be given by the Monday club, in Culton Memorial hall on Wednesday, Jan. 28, 2:30 to sp. m. A small ad mission fee will be charged. The mon ey to be used for war orphans and Armenian relief. An invitation is extended to all. —One of the snappiest games of basketball ever played in Edgerton was played last Friday night when our team played the Mt. Horeb team. The Mt. Horeb team was coached by Mr. Lewis, a former teacher and basketball coach in our high school. The Edgerton team was defeated by the very close score of 23 to 21. —Sergeant Ernest Wood, U. S. A., formerly first lieutenant in Cos. M, has been detailed on special duty as in structor for the Wisconsin National Guard. Sergeant Wood has been tem porarily assigned to assist in the or ganization of the new unit of the guard in Janesville. He commenced recruit ing activities this week. Sergeant Wood was assigned to old Cos. M when Major E. N. Caldwell was detailed to com mand it. He is known to all Rock county service men. Mr. Herman Stark is attending the auto show at Milwaukee this week. —Atty. Geo. Blanchard returned on Sunday from a business trip upstate. —Miss O’Mally of Janesville spent Sunday at the home of Mrs. M. Con way. Miss Hazel Shannon of Stoughton is visiting her aunt, Mrs. Wallace Bentley. —Miss Geneva Schoenfeld of the U. W., Madison, spent the week end with her parents. —Norman Edwards and Murwin John son spent Sunday at the home of Dr. and Mrs. Hyland- ,•> Miss Hannah Anderson of Stough ton is visiting at the home of Dr. and Mrs. McChesney. —Cecilia Barrett returned to Madison Monday after spending the week end at her parental home here. —The A. C. Dallman borne in the third ward, now owned by Wm. Venske, will be occupied by August Waldo. Mr. C. W. Birkenmeyer and daugh ter Margaret spent Sunday with Mrs. Birkenmeyer at Mercy hospital, Janes ville. —The 34th annual ball of the Edger ton Fire Department will be held in Academy hall Tuesday, February 10th. We'll tell you more later. —A new and artistic sign adorns the front of the Highway Trailer company’s building on West Fulton. It is in gold letters across the entire front. —James Mclntyre and wife rejoice over, the arrival at their home Thurs day, Jan. 15, 1920, of an 11 pound baby boy. Mother and babe both doing well. Mrs. E. E. Haylock and daughter, Miss Eva, were guests of Mrs. Bush in Milwaukee the first few days of the week. Mrs. Bush is a sister of Mrs. Haylock. —Dr. and Mrs. O. Otteson spent a portion of last week in Madison, the Dr. attending the State Veterinarian convention and Mrs. Otteson visiting friends. —There will be a joint installation of the officers of Masonic lodge No. 69 F. A. M. and O. E. S. No. 63 on Thurs day, Jan. 22. Refreshments will be served. Miss Delia McChesney, who has been visiting for six months in New York state and Vermont, returned last Thursday to make her home with Dr. and Mrs. McChesney. —At the Lockwood hospital Monday morning a baby daughter was born to Mr. and Mrs. Fred Ratzlaff; and Wed nesday morning a girl baby was born to Mr. and Mrs. John Scofield of Por ter. —Postponed annual meeting of the Edgerton Chamber of Commerce will be held in the Child high school Friday evening at 8 o’clock, Jan. 23, All mem bers are requested to be present in person or by proxy. The appointment of D. W. North by Mayor J, J. Leary to the office of Justice of the Peace was made and confirmed by the council Monday even ing. The efficiency of Mr. North to fill this office was clearly demonstrated during his previous service and nearly all will agree that the appointment i9 of the right man in the right place. Philomathean club met at the home of Mrs. Ed. Grassman Monday evening. Mrs. Rosenberry of Madison gave an interesting talk on “Making Americans.” Each member invited two friends. Delicious refreshments were served at eight-thirty, as Mrs. Rosenberry returned to Madison on the nine-thirty train. A miscellaneous shower was given last Saturday evening by Mrs. Richard Brown and Miss Aileen Mclntosh at the home of Mrs. George Doty in honor of Miss Mary Barrett. About thirty young ladies were present and Miss Barrett was the recipient of many arti cles that will be useful in her house keeping life. The evening hours were most pleasantly passed. —Julius Bublitz gave a house warm ing party Friday evening at his home three miles west of town. Mr. Bublitz has recently finished the construction of a large and handsome home and in vited a large number of his friends to be his guests. More than 100 people were present. Cards and dancing were enjoyed by the guests. A bounteous supper was served at midnight. —A leap year party was held at the Nordby home in Porter on Friday, Jan. 16th. About fifty friends were pres ent. Music dancing were the feat ures of the evening. The boys proved themselves very good entertainers. During the evening they served re freshments. Everyone present reports a very good time and say that the boys are royal entertainers. —Only four days after the death of her husband, Mrs. A. C. Dallman passed away at her home in the third ward, Saturday, Jan. 17, 1920. Mrs. Dallman was past 78 years of age and together with the shock of her hus band’s death hastened her demise. Funeral services were held from St. John's church Tuesday afternoon, con ducted by Rev. Spilman, and inter ment was made in Fassett cemetery. Mrs. Dallman was a kind and loving mother and always held in high esteem by friends and neighbors. The family have the sympathy of all in their be reavement. —The Reporter editor is still con fined at home on account of illness. —The common council has extended the time for payment of taxes without penalty to March Ist. —Wm. Schrub has taken out the long bar in his pool rooms and added more new tables. The new bar is in con formity with the law. —The clothing firm of Pearson & Jagoditch has arranged to hold a Jan uary economy specials sale. This sale starts Friday, Jan. 23, and closes Sat urday, Jan. 31. Large circulars have been sent out and a full page ad. in this issue will inform you as to the op portunity for savings on your pur chases. Read the ad. carefully and re member the dates. —Pringle Bros. Cos. have this week sent out large circulars announcing their 14th annual clearing sale which commences Monday, Jan. 26, and con tinues for three days, closing Wednes day night, Jan. 28. A summary of some of the reductions in price may be found in their large ad. in this issue. Special prices on many lines carried by this firm have been made for this sale, and purchasers will do well to get post ed on the price of goods they need. A family gathering was held at the home of Mr. and Mrs. George W. Doty the first day of the week in honor of the 44th anniversary of their wedding day and also the BSth anniversary of the birthday of Grandma Bintliff. All the children of the family were present to enjoy the pleasures of celebrating these two memorable events. May the President of the First National bank, his estimable wife and her mother live to enjoy like occasions for many more years is the wish of The Reporter and their many friends. —Our local contractor, Lee Alder, has received quite an amount of favor able advertising on his method of han dling materials for concrete paving. The* Engineering News-Record gave one page of its recent issue to Mr. Alder’s method, and since the publication of this issue he has received many letters regarding same. This method was brought to the attention of the En gineering News-Record by our city en gineer, W. F. Reichardt, who is much pleased that both the city of Edgerton and Mr. Alder received such favorable advertising in the engineering journals. —Wm. Stevens, who was knocked down by a team on the corner near the Weetman Dickinson warehouse the early part of last week and had a rib broken and severely bruised, is still confined to his bed. When the accident occurred Mr. Stevens little thought that he was seriously hurt, but a few days later a physician was called, and upon an X-ray examination it was as certained that a rib was broken. Mr. Stevens is in his 82nd year and because of his advanced age recovery is neces sarily slow. The party owning the rig which ran into him is yet unknown, Al though there were witnesses to the ac cident. —At a meeting of the Service Star at the library hall last week it yvas formally decided that the Edgerton chapter raise $50,000 for a memorial hospital. It was also decided that a campaign to raise this amount should be started at once. For this purpose a hospital fund committee was elected to direct the drive. The members of this committee are Mrs. T. B. Earle, chair man, Mrs. Paul Goede, Mrs. Mike Schmidt, Mrs. Wm. Flarity, Mrs. An drew Mclntosh and Miss Clara Jenson. The cause is of a nature to appeal to the sympathy and interest of all Ed gerton citizens and the committee should have no difficulty in going over the top in this matter. —Ten scholarships of fifty dollars each are to be given ex-service men who wish to take a course in secondary or vocational school including business college and the short course in agricul ture at Madison. This is to be given by the War Work Council of the Young Men’s Christian Associations to Rock county men residing outside the limits of Janesville and Beloit on recommend ation of the Educational Service com mittee of the Rock County Y. M. C. A. Applications may be made to any mem ber of the following committee: Glen McArthur, Evansville, chairman; F. O. Holt, Edgerton; A. E. Whitford, Mil ton; Warren Latta, Clinton; J. K. Ar not, Janesville, secretary. —At the regular meeting of the W. R. C. held Jan. 20, 1920, a 6:30 supper was served to G. A. R. comrades, their wives and members. Installation of officers followed, namely: Pres., Mrs. Mabel Drake; Senior Vice, Mrs. Maud Bady; Junior Vice, Mrs. Clara Doty; Secretary, Mrs. Onnie Sherman; Treas urer, Miss Mabel Brown; Chaplain, Mrs. Catherine Carrier; Cond., Miss Mary Ebbott; Asst. Cond., Mrs. Mabel Wileraan; Guard, Mrs. Margaret Mad den; Asst. Guard, Mrs. Jessie Dahl man; Pat. Inst., Mrs. Lizzie Williams; Press Cor., Miss Nellie Williams; Musi cian, Mi9s Frances Carrier; Ist C. 8., Mrs. Bessie Maltpress. 2nd C. 8., Mrs. Hazel Smith; 3rd C. 8., Mrs. Zena Pal mer; 4th C. 8., Mrs. Anna Lyon. Mr. A. B. Campbell read an article on the new pension law and our duty in help ing along that line; also gave an inter esting talk on experiences in war and how much we owe of gratitude to the few remaining ir, our G. A. R. order. —A large crowd attended the meet ing of the Congregational Men’s club at the home of Mr. and Mrs. James Menhall last Friday evening. The ad dress was given by Mr. Kleist, sales manager of the Continental Axle com pany, who chose for his topic “Ancient Religions and Modern Christianity.” He introduced his talk by saying that he did not speak as a theologian or as an orator, but as a man who has trav eled a weary road in a search and be lieved he had found it. Asa young man he discovered that he could not adhere to the doctrines to which bis parents gave allegiance. He went down the depths to atheism, but was still more unsatisfied. Through study and wide reading, the research of a man who wants to know, he has come to believe Christianity the final religion and the solution of our difficulties. Mr. Kleist reviewed the doctrines Buddhism and Confucianism and spoke briefly of the religion of pagan Rome. He point ed out that the Nirvana of the Buddh ists and the “Heaven” of Confucius were in their essence thoroughly self ish, which is the exact opposite of es sential Christianity. Mr. Kleist frank ly confessed that he did not know how the numerous denominations were go ing to resolve their difficulties and ad mitted that he did not believe that the ritual and “trappings” of churches were able to make any one a Christian, but concluded as he began, by saying that because it taught Brotherhood and Universal Fraternity, therefore Chris tianity would endure. The address was received with absorbed attention and everyone was impressed with Mr. Kleist’s sincerity, no less his study. Married. PHILPOT-BARRETT. At 9 o’clock on Monday morning the wedding of Mary Barrett, daughter of Mrs. W. Barrett of this city, and Mr. Seward Philpot, son of Mr. and Mrs. L. J. Philpot of Marmoth, S. I)., took place at St. Joseph’s parsonage, the Rev. Father Harlin officiating. They were attended by Mr. and Mrs. Chas. Bunker. Mrs. Bunker is a sister of the bride. After the wedding a break fast was served to the immediate fam ily at the Barrett home. After a trip to Minneapolis they will make their home in Marmoth, S. D. The out of town guests were the sis ters of the bride, Rose from the St. Mary’s hospital of Milwaukee and Ce celia from the U. W. at Madison. Obituary. MRS. W. H. MORRISSEY. Miss Delia Commons was born in Pittsfield, Mass., Aug. 19, 1856. When eight years of age she came west with her parents who settled near Edgerton. She received her education in the Ed gerton public schools, and on Jan. 28, 1875, was married to W. H. Morrissey. Mr. and Mrs. Morrissey went to Colo rado to live, staying for seven years, when they returned to Edgerton. They then built the house on West Fulton street where they resided until Oct. 22, 1919, when Mr. Morrissey died. Mrs. Morrissey has been afflicted with a very severe type of rheumatism for 20 years and has been practically help less for the past 10 years, yet she pos sessed a shrewd intellect to the last, was well read and could discuss all the questions of the day with an under standing which was astounding. Her quick wit, clever sallies and good humor could be excelled by none, and her gen ial disposition won for her a host of friends who were always glad to be in her presence. She made her home one of cheerfulness and kindness, all na ture,delighted her, flowers and birds being her particular hobbies. During her 20 years of suffering she was never known to complain, but bore her cross most bravely. Since Mr. Morrissey’s death she has failed in health quite rapidly and when pneumonia developed last week her overtaxed strength could not battle the disease, so she lived only a few days. Mrs. Morrissey died on Saturday, Jan. 17th, at 10 o’clock in the morning. Be sides the wide circle of friends who will mourn her loss, she leaves five daughters —Mrs. P. H. Donoyan, Albert Lea, Minn., Misses Mary and Rose Morrissey of Racine, Miss Alice Mor rissey of Oshkosh, Miss Jessie Morris sey of this city, and one son, Henry Morrissey of Milwaukee. She also leaves three grandchildren, five sisters and two brothers. The funeral was held at St. Joseph’s church Monday morning at 10 o’clock, interment being made in St. Joseph’s cemetery. The pallbearers were the Messrs. Henry Johnson, William Brad ley, B. C. Willson, James Conway, Chas. Sweeney and Thos. Westlake. * •. Norwegian Lutheran Church. E. A. GREFTHEN, PASTOR. Services in English next Sunday evening at 7:30. Sunday school as usual at 10:00. Next Sunday morning the pastor preaches in Rev. Siljan’s church at Madison. On this account there will be no morning service in the local church. Sunday, Feb. Ist. adjourned business meetingafter the services. ♦♦♦ Tobacco Notes. Julius Lichenstein of New York and Morris Stern of Dayton, Ohio, were here during the week looking after in terests of the American Sumatra Cos. Impressions of the feet You can be mistaken in the friends you make, your head sometimes misleads you; in other words you are fooled; you get the wrong im pression. You can’t fool your feet that way—you can try it but they will cry out; you cannot fool them or give them a wrong impression. Fitting feet is our business in our shoe de partment; when you come here for shoes, we do not merely sell you a pair of shoes—we fit your feet. As an instance of our fitting service we have a dark brown leather shoe, wide toe last, that we carry in 6 widths. That means we can show 6 different size 8 shoes; it means we can fit your feet. Next time you want a pair of shoes come in and let us fit you to a pair, if we can’t fit your foot, you can’t buy shoes here, we’re not selling shoes merely—we’re fitting feet. Anderson & Farman Cos. * . * The Home of Hart Schaffner & Marx Clothes SPECIALS AT CONN’S Stuffed Olives 18 to 35c Green Olives 18 to 40c Ripe Olives 15 to 40c 1 gallon Ripe Olives $1.75 Sweet Pickles .• 15 to 40c Mixed Pickles 15 to 40c Mustard Pickles : 20c Dill Pickles, jar 20c Dill Pickles, doz 18c Jelly, glass 15c Orange Marmalade, glass 18c Catsup 15 to 35c Relish, jar.., 20c Honey, jar 45 and 50c Maple Syrup, bottle 45c 2 cans Asparagus ifor 25c J. W. CONN Phones 32 and 58 Edgerton, Wisconsin, HOSIERY ARE YOU GETTING YOUR MONEY’S WORTH? Children's Black Hose Our many friends tell us ' they wear like iron. 25c and 35c Women’s Black Hose Cotton 20c Mercerized 39c Fleeced 45c Cut down your high cost of Hosiery. These values will show you the way. BORGNIS - Edgerton The Home of Things That Are New Men’s Black Hose A good honest weight for every day use 25c Infant’s Hose Cotton and wool Black and white 25c, 29c, 35c