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The Lake Geneva Regional News from Lake Geneva, Wisconsin • 6

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fit PAGE SIX THE LAKE GENEVA-NEWS, THURSDAY, JAN. 17, 1924 Lyons Springfield 'patronize the news advertisers sin University, i The funeral of Louis Thompson was i held Friday morning at the home in Will Celebrate Anniversary NewsfYom Our Neighbors La Fayette. Interment was in Hickory Grove cemetery at Spring Prairie. Mr. Thompson was 38 years of age and died after an illness qf two weeks Three people had a narrow escape at the railroad crossing here one day last week.

Miss Grace Schinke was just starting for school with ber horsa and buggy as the motor car Delivering-'tibout .180 gallons 0lled by the section foreman, A. A. water a minute, the new 200 foot well Rfhe came down the track. Neither Mr. and Mrs.

Edgar Ap Wdeks, Lyons, will celebrate the fiftieth, anniversary of their marriage, Monday, January 21, and wilkkeSp open house on. that day. will be at home to all of their friends, from Cwo to five oclock in he afternoon, and from seven to nine oclock in the evening. with Wieumonia. He is survived WE DO WHAT FASHION COMMANDS PLAITING AND HEMSTITCHING MRS.

LUCY VOGT PHONE 192 233 Walworth Ave. Delavan, 1-10-4 his wife, who was7 Dorothy Brueser; two sons, LloypLand Glenn; his father, and one brbther, Aqdrew, who also lives in La Fayette. Hiss Lillian Heiden, Walworth, and Earl OConnell, Kenna, were married Friday afternoon by Judge Edward Morrissey, at the county court building. Mi ss Lulu Matheson went to Chicago last Thursday and Saturday, in company with her borther, A. E.

Matheson, Janesville, departed for winters visit at Cocoanut Grove, Fla. Matheson will remain only about two weeks. Mrs. C. P.

Greene departed last just completed by the city of Elkhorn is proving that the money spent in its construction was nothin ain. The cost of the well was approximately $3,000, and it was ordered drilled by the city council when a parked shortage was noticed in tife citys water supply, which was befog pumped from the two old or deep wells. The new well is similar to the one completed by the Wisconsin Butter Cheese company early last spring, the only difference being that the new well is drilled to a depth of about 200 feet while the local milk com i Special for Saturday Only i 1 1 week Wednesday for for panyj drilling extended to a depth a winters visit. of bAt 180 feet Mr. and Mrs.

Emil Rhoda depart; -Elkhorn Independent. 1 ed Saturday for Lakeland, where they visit Mrs. L. R. Whitmore party saw the other until the ast minute when the horse was pulled back just in time to prevent an accident.

Mr. Radtke and his son Frank were on the car. I Mrs. Will Schumacher was an Elkhorn caller Wednesday. Raymond Miller had business in Genoa Saturday.

Mrs. J. W. Pendergast visited her daughter. Mrs.

Robert Mathews, in Burlington last Saturday. Mr. and Mrs. George Johnson and daughter Clara attended a meeting of the Rebekah Lodge at Lake Geneva last Tuesday evening. Miss Johnson is pianist for the lodge.

Hgnrv Boyle and C. Petrie were business callers at Elkhorn last Wednesday. Word was received here from Elk-horn that Mr. and Mrs. Jost Petrie are the parents of a 9V2 pound baby boy, born last Tuesday.

Miss Marie Corcoran is working at the Bradley mill ate Lake Gene a. Mrs. A. Henry is keeping house for E. L.

Hicks at Elkhorn, while Mrs. Hicks is away on a visit relatives in Ohio. Will Gould has purchased Euick car. Mrs. Charles Folman, was a Burlington shopper Saturday.

Miss Ethel Schinke was home from Milwaukee over the week-end. George Johnson was a Lake Geneva caller one day last week. I. Patrick Pendergast was home from 10c Thin Blown Glass Tumblers 6c Each i Dairy farmers in the Chicago dis- after which they will go to Tampa trict are standing together as never for a winters sojourn. before in their fight for fair prices for Mrs.

Hattie Cameron of this city their product, it was said when over and Mrs. William Fountaine, of producers convened at the 1 i 3 Rolls Wax Paper 10c 1 i Sugar Creek, and Mrs. Edna Whit-J dairymens meeting held at Wood-more. East Troy, departed Monday stock All locals in McHenry county for Florida. Mrs.

Cameron Will visit I were represented at the meeting and Mrs. L. R. Whitmore at Lakeland, and the opera house was filled 'to capacity the balance of the party will go. to at the morning session, proving that Petersburg.

I the farmers are, in earnest in their The Woman Christian Temperance I fight for fair prices, umon met Friday afternoon at the Richmond home of Mrs. A. BBell. Mrs. Harold Leonards Variety Store Guaranteed Food Products Marquette, Milwaukee, over the weekend.

1 Onitz sang. Miss Marion Wales May-1 Discouraged over losses in gam ed two trombone solos with Miss Ruth I bling and mixed with an over indul Van Dyke at the piano; and Mrs. gence in intoxicating liquors is Grant Harrington read a paper on I thought to have been the direct causes How Citizens May Aid Enforcement leading up to the suicide of E. R. Mrs.

R. F. Skiff, presided. I Bartleman, 47, Sharon restaurant Tug History club met Monday eve-1 owner and popular business man of ning at the home of Mrs. R.

G. Hoff- I that village, who died by his own man. Mrs. Graff told ofi state socie- I hand near the Guinalda hotel on Dela-ues, and Mrs. A.

J. Johnson of the I van lake some time between Dec. 28 religious growth of Wisconsin. Next land Jan.8 Death was caused by a Monday evemng the club jwill hold a' 32 caliber revolver bullet which enter-6 clock supper after which Mrs. F.

ed the head just above the right ear. H. Eames and Mrs. Fred Schmidt will I Elkhorn Independent, give papers. I Harry Collins, 21 years old, was Sale of the former Wm.

Fitzer farm given a birthday party Saturday even- I of 80 acres south of Chemung village ing at his hotne on east Park street. I and four miles southwest of Harvard The Community Club met with Mrs. Ketchpaw last Thursday afternoon, and the reports of thefold officers were made, showing that the club had paid eachof the churches eighty -four dollars, and the same amount turned in to the Community fund. Installation of several new street lights is the subject for consideration. Mrs.

Mary Henry Dowd came Monday from Ladysmith for a two weeks visit with relatives and friends here. Mrs. Theodore Bartelson, Mrs, Perry Bartelson and little Betty Jeanne, all celebrated their birthdays at Grandpas" Raymond Miller went to Milwaukee on business Monday morning. The many friends of Mr. and.

Mrs. H.C. Olp, Roswell, N. M. are looking forward to a visit with then the latter part of this month.

By inspection of every item purchased for this store, and furtker through examination before it is used to fill your order, we are able to guarantee your satisfaction with the quality of the food products you purchase here. Hollis Henderson, Geneva, was giv-Jhas been reported. Andrew Nelson, en a surprise party Friday evening, I tenant farmer on the Trebes-Carlson at the home of his parents, Mr. and I farm midway between Union and Mrs. James Henderson, Guests were I Huntley, is the purchased.

The con-class mates in the Elkhorn high school sideration was $15,200, or $190' an and neighbors in Geneva. acre. The Misses Eleanor Weaver and I Harvard Herald. (Susanna Ridgway celebrated their 13th birthdays Saturday with a 1 Carl Philipp was aroused from his Mr. and Mrs.

Walter -Lasch and daughter Blanche spent Monday afternoon at Dwight Travis, at Lake Geneva. Miss Barabara Biwer visited friends and relatives at Waukesha, Jefferson and Janesville last week. E. A. Gehrand.

Frank Riggs, Harry Banker, Melvin Bresee, John Meadows and Frank Heck wele among 'those from here that attended the Agricultural meeting at Elkhorn last Wednesday. Frank John Rice, Albert George, and Robert Robers loaded pickles at Waterford last Tuesday. Misses Regina Dreesman and Lo-raine Hofner were Burlington visitors Wednesday Afternoon. Mijss Lucille fleck spent several days last week with Mrs. George Held.

Leonard Brickner, who underwent an operation 'at the F. F. Newell hospital at Burlington last Wednesday, is gaining nicely. Dr. O.

J. Wolf gram attended the Clinic at Milwaukee last week. Doric W. Forbes, Bloomfield, spent last Monday evening with Frank Car Tips Over Dr. G.

A. McLane had the misfortune of tipping over with his Gray Coupe while coming from Burlington last Friday morning. The car was somewhat damaged, but the doctor escaped with' a scratches and bruises. Miss Alvina Shinke is boarding with her aunt at Burlington. Mrs.

Frank Kutz apd children and Ed Beecher spent one day lastUweek at the Ross Beecher home. Ed Roberts shipped three cars of cattle last week. Henry Hofner, Town Treasurer, commenced taking in taxep at his plaice of business Jan. 10. He will be at Lake GenevKJam 16 and 28, at Springleld Jan.

25 and 30. pf the time at Lyons. The American Legion and Auxiliary met at the Hall last Thursday everting, Mrs, -'Edith Mitchell has been boarding Jn Elkhorn during the cold veather. Mr. pnd Mrs.

Alfred, Robers moved 4nto heir nw house last Thursday. Mrr Ft H. Gleason and Mr. and 3frs. V.

OLoopiis WSfS Burlington callers last ftfonday Miss Lauretta Heck dame home Sunday after working for Mrs. Henry DrecSIT.an at Burlington for several months. Dont forget to attend the Legion Dance Friday Night, Jan. 18, at the Lyons Hall. by the Harmony Four.

Three prizes will be given. Mr. and Mrs! G. F. Batschelet and Mips Anna C.

spent Sunday with J. and P. Heck. Mr. and Mrs.

John Rice, Mrs. James Grhdy and son Walter, -spent Sunday with Mr. and Mrs. George Rice. Mrs.

Josepb-Dreesman and daugV terj and Mr. and Mfs.Jde King and son Stanley Sunday with Henry Hofner and faAvily. W. G. Naille, Milwaukee, spent' the week-end with his family her 4 Missed Agnes and Margaret Robets, Lake Geneva, were Sunday visitors of Mr.

and Mrs. Herman Robers. Miss Alma Wuttke, Burlington, spent Sunday with her parents, Mr. and Mrs. August Wuttke.

Robert Huggins had the misfoftune pf tipping overj with the Ford while on his way to Burlington to work Saturday morning. He escaped un injured. 4 Trfihk Scheller ppent Saturday night with his daughter, Mrs. Arthur Winkler at Burlington. Mr.

and 7 Mrs. Arthur Winkler vis ited with Reuber, Winkler and family Mr. and Mrs. Emil, Rittman. spent Sunday afternoon with Eugene Ritt-nan and family at Springfield.

Wallace Stubbs, Milwaukee, spent Sunday with his father, C. H. Stubbs. Mrs. Frank Rittman, Mrs.

Joe Schaefer und -Theresa Robers attended the funeral of Mrs. Groschek at Chicago1 last week. A large number of youngs folks from here attended a party at Mr and Mrs. Frank Jochepi.s at Hales Corners Saturday night. Service Quality Price oclock dinner at the Weaver home, I first hour of beauty-sleep Sunday south of this city.

The afternoon was I night by someone pounding his devoted to bunco and other in-door door and shouting that his store was games. Ion fire. It was quite a shock, but he Miss Gladys Goodrich spent the I rushed to the store and found the de-woek-nd in Milwaukee with her sis-Jpartment on the job and the fire out, News, Classified Ads get results. ter, the chief damage being from water. Delavap Enterprise, Gaskell Grocery and Market Phones 84 and 85 737 Main Street -w-fc Rudolph B.

Cook received a mighty -a 1 1 yyy xr I fine 'hew years present in the shape of I VV lllldJLllO JLKXjr Ian appointment as assistant postmas-J I I ter of the Harvard postoffice, to sue-1 Mrs. William Davis has gone to I ceed Miss Elizabeth Sweeney, the an-1 i Milwaukee to take treatments for I nouncement being made the first of rheumatism. I the week by Postmaster B. F. Manly.

Mr. and Mrs. Gardner Baker re-1 The office carries a salary of $2,000:. mrrw 1 turned from, California during thel 'Harvard Independent. I I VARIETY STDIcF.

week having been visiting their son I I Surveyors Aider direction of the Highest Grade Toric I Maynard in Los Angeles. I Illinois state highway department Mrs. Gardner Baker has been very are ill withvquinsy since her' retum from.1 at Work making, a survey on state I California. I highway 23 between Harvard and Mrs. H.

V. Brumgard returned from I Marengo, which will be known as I a visit with relatives in Lincoln, Neb. route 23. I Bi-Focal, Two-Vision Glasses -Harvard Herald. Palmyra high school basket ball 5, 1 at i teams were defeated at the Williams.

Bay school gym on Friday evening, -j A rumor is going around that the both teams girls and boys, played in Chicago North Shore railroad contem-very fast games The Palmyra girlslPlates a bus service between Chicago $8.75 I PAY MORE? 'V were defeated in a score of 13 to 4 and Madison by way of Lake Geneva, i i ic I Elkhorn. Delavan. Beloit and Janes-I I in Elkhorn, Delavan, Beloit and and the boys game was 15 to 8 Janes-favor of Williams Bay. A lunch was I V1be. East Troy News.

MI Got Real Mad when I Lost My batting Hen, writes Mrs. Hanna N. J. "When I went into our Lam and found my best setter dead I got real mad. One package of Rat-Snap killed six big rats.

Poultry raisers should use Rat-Snap." Coraes in cakes, no mixing. No smelj from dead rats. Three sizes. Prices. 35c.

i5c. $1.25. Sold and guaranteed by HAMMERS LEYS DRUG STORE When they SIV Giving the Telephontk Life DR. NORMAN HOFFMAV Former Superintendent State Tuberculosis Sanitorium ASTHMA AND FEVER Reference Given 82 Wisconsin St-, Milwaukee, Wis. 11-15-7 MILWAUKEE served to playersf- and their coaches, by the home basket ball teams, Mrs.

Martin of the domestic science department assisting. A ski jump has been built at Stams Park near the Observatory during the past week and an invitation is extended to all those in the surrounding towns who would care' to enter the sport and practice up. The slide has been built by seyeral lof the local young men and they are hoping that it can be possible to hold ski race in the near future. All who care for the good sport of skiing and are interested can gather information by writing or calling up the committee which consists of C. Bjorge, Frank Walker, and J.

Jorgenson. There will be no charges for the use of the jump! Mrs. Lottie Waterbury has returned to her home here after nearly a year spent at the home of her sons in Minneapolis, Minn. Mr. and Mrs.

M. T. Peterson and 'John E. Anderson are receiving congratulations today for the safe manner in which they all escaped injury in the turning turtle of Mr. Andersons car on Southwicks'hill on Sunday when they were returning from church and weredescending the hill.

As they neared the bottom of the hill the front wheels left the track due to the icy road bed and almost without warning the car had turned up the hill and turned over in the ditch at the side of the road within, a few feof a deep creek, with the exception of 'one broken wheel and fender the par was not damaged badly William DeGroff has been very ill at his home in Florida but- is rapidly gaining strength The new fire truck hap been placed in the Hehne garage in which the school bus has been kept. 5 Gunard Piehl spent the week-end in Chicago. N. L. Seelye M.

General Surgeon, Eye, Ear, Nose, Throat, Glasses fitted. Harvard, III. At Jos. Jones residence, Lake Geneva, to 6 p. m.

herevex your thought goes your voice may go. You can talk across the continent, as if face to face. Your telephone is the latch to open for you any door in the land. There is the web of wires. The many switchboards.

The maze of apparatus. The millions of telephones. All are parts of a country-wide mechanism for far-speaking. Tjhe equipment has cost over two billion dollars, but more than'equipment is? needed. There must be the guardians of the wire3 to them vital with speech-carrying electrical currents.

Therc must be those yho watch the myriads of tiny switchboard lights and answer your commands. There mustNe Elkhorn jr The choir of the Congregational! church tf Delavan gave its Christ- mas cantata- Promise and Fulfill-; ment at union meeting at the Congreghtional church in this city Sunday evening. The songs were led by Miss Bannot, and Mrs. J. C.

Eckert presided at the organ. The Com-niUnity orchestra of this city played several numbers under direction of William Duff Merchant Tailor technicians of every sort to construct, repair i Carl Huffman icanlTgii fThs Americanrjpgion i and operate. Cleaning, Pressing and Repairing A quarter of a million men anTwtheA united to 'give nation-wide telephone se. With theiiy brains and hands, they make Bell System Over American Express Office J' boys of this cityre busily engaged in mod el -ing'TlieiD new home, the. former Methodist The old slanting floor has been removed is being replaced by a hard woodjfloor on the level.

The wiHs are being redecorated, and the steeple will be removed. Reynolds died at his borne sohth of this cityFriday afternoon after an illness weeks with.pneu-mbnia. Mr. Reynolds was 59 years iYoilw MOST COMPLETE, MOST CQNPREMEflSiyi. VBell System MOST BEHUT1FUL tage and has, 1 ived fo al worth county fall his Jife.

Heis survived 4 And All Directed Toward! exposition outside of i-Gostcf presentation vjICOOOCx oSstcf ochibits 3000.000 One PoKcy One System Univerwl Service BctterStrvice C. PHILIPP Landscape Gardener Engineer Phone Lake Geneva 303 Will solve your problems of 'new Layout or Re-modeling of Estate, grading, seeding, planting. Road Construction and Drainage, Water Features and Terrace work. Congregational Church At the Congregational church nqt Sunday evening an attractive program by the church Mission Circle, is' in prospect, on Present Day Japan. G.

C. Blakslee, Harry Everson, Mrs. Rockcnfcller and JGss Thomas to present a picture of" present conditions in the Island The time- of meeting is' -7 :30 p. m. Morning worship at the pastor will preach.

Sunday school at 11:45. Men and women are ijnvited to attend the adult classes led by Mrs. Parkhurst andtr. Judd. Si bjf his 5 wife, wfib was -Miss Augusta by four children, and three brothers, Henry, and James W.

a living within a radjus of three miles. The funeral at the heme Sundhy Afterpoon, with inter-mnt in the East Delavan cemetery. iGeorge Green, who has been visit-irt his mptherhere, during the past --few we wept. tp New London, Monday, where -he will like charge of a weekly newspaper. He.

is a graduate -of the school of journalism at Wiscon- ENTERTAINING dndfDUCTiaiAL -rou wLi-r- S522S: rvKr Cars, Ttor TKicks, Motor Bodies JPpemlQy-ZlM. TO 5 Wisconsin Telephone Company 5 La Is.

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