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Life in Viroqua from the Vernon County Censor:
OCT. 13, 1926
The Nottingham School District will dedicate their new school building on Wednesday evening October 20, 1926. They will hold a Novelty Social, we mean that each lady bring some comical, inexpensive article, wrapped ready for auction and lunch for two. Good speaking and singing will be provided. Coffee and lunch will be served.
Readstown, October 11 – Work on improvements on the Methodist Church commenced last Monday. The church is to be raised, a new wall built and the basement will later be fitted up for a kitchen and furnace room... David Smith was obliged to close his school last week while he was at home with the mumps.
Bath salts at 50¢. O.E. Davis’ Drug Store.
The 1926 fair was “the straw that broke the camel’s back” and the officers of the Viola Fair Association have admitted that it is next to impossible to conduct a fair and make it a paying proposition, especially when the weather is bad... The attendance was the smallest it has been for years... The receipts fell far short of paying the obligations of the fair... So the officers have to call a special meeting of the stockholders to see if they are willing to offer the grounds to the village of Viola for a park. – Viola News.
Orlo Staley and his airplane took a nose dive Saturday afternoon after a flight over the village. The accident happened at the Warnick farm three miles east of Hillsboro which Orlo has been using as a landing field. Something went wrong with one of the wings...and in landing it struck a fence and turned over landing on its nose. Orlo was only slightly injured...but the plane was put out of commission until new parts can be secured. Hillsboro Sentry.
OCT. 6, 1926
The 70th Vernon County Agricultural exhibition was certainly pulled off under difficulties, bad weather being in the saddle practically all the way... Although the attendance was but little better than half of former years, yet even this was remarkable in view of the bad weather. Thursday’s crowd was especially gratifying for such a miserable day... Why couldn’t the frost have held off until after the fair. The fine flower beds around the grounds would have been very beautiful had they been speared by the weather...
All during the fair, Viroqua’s fire truck stood near the gate. It was not on exhibition, even though it attracted its share of attention for sure, but performing double service – ready for fire call from either the grounds or the city.
The Viroqua Shoe Store, H.D. Williams & Co., has added new mahogany pedestals, trimmed in gold, to their display window which makes a wonderful improvement... It has a metropolitan air...
The Federal officers not satisfied with the results of their recent raid for booze in DeSoto, decided to try again and the first of the week swooped down on the Corner Café and made a diligent search of the premises... Nothing appearing to the optical, the sleuth appealed to the olfactory, and like the well trained bloodhound, soon caught a scent that led to a pile of rubbish where they unearthed a bottle of such excellent home brew that they decided to retain it for their own. No arrests. – De Soto Argus.
Now is the time to think about winter underwear. You can’t be healthy and be cold. Guard against sickness by using our warm underwear, for every member of the family. Surenson & Thompson. The Farmers Store.