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Life in Viroqua from the Vernon County Censor:
JAN. 6, 1926
An unusually interesting and impressive service was held at the Methodist church last Sunday night when Irwin G. Paulson showed his stercoption [sic] reproductions of the great masterpieces of the Life of Christ. Each picture was illustrated with appropriate scripture read by Irwin, and a hymn sung by a quartette.
Local basket ball fans are rejoicing over the fact that the referee’s whistle will sound for the first time this season when the locals meet the fast Westby High School quintette on Friday of this week.
The spell of mild weather, mingled with rain and fog, extending over, Saturday, Sunday, and Monday, brought about an ideal condition of case weather and brought all the weed in this section into prime condition to be taken from the poles... The mild weather was followed by several inches of snow which, bourn on the wings of a strong wind from the northwest, has once more blocked up most of the ridge roads.
The city skating rink has been put in condition, and the youngsters are having a rollicking good time, enjoying the royal winter sport.
Another Christmas program passed and gone with the teacher still alive, and the children enjoying themselves hughly [sic]... Staley school.
Springville, January 4 – Our new merchants, Mr. Hughes & Son, are now installed in their new home and we extend them the glad hand of welcome... Mr. and Mrs. VanDyke, after spending so many years behind the counter here left for their new home near Bloomingdale.
Thursday night at the National Bank building, Gilbert of Sparta, checker expert, or a substitute, will play all checker players at once, who come to play, one player at each of 5 to 10 boards and a cigar will be given to each winner.
DEC. 30, 1925
Several inches of snow fell last Thursday, and a few brisk gales since have piled the ridges full so that only the valley roads are open to automobile travel, with the prospect of car transportation being pretty well tied up for the next three months.
The Ford garage with its tractor and Charlie’s Garage with a recently completed snowplow made an earnest effort to open some of the roads on Tuesday but their efforts came to naught when the plow proved unequal to the strain, and broke down, while trying to clear the road between here and Westby.
Genoa, December 28 – Several different radios have been demonstrated at the Grank [sic] Gillette home in the past two weeks... A lighting system is now being installed at the tobacco warehouse... Much cord wood is now being hauled to town to be shipped.
The Tobacco Pool received a telegram today advising it that the Federal Intermediate Credit Bank of St. Paul has approved the Pool’s application for a loan of one million dollars on the 1925 sorting tobacco... The Pool is proceeding rapidly with plans to commence sorting and packing a very fine 1925 crop and expects to start several warehouses within the next two weeks and all of its eighteen warehouses in the north and south will be in full swing very early in January.
Christmas night, with its wind and extreme cold, was certainly a beast of a night for a fire, and the shriek of the siren splitting the frosty air at 1:30 threw a chill into every heart – and mighty kindly thoughts for the laddies who have to face the music on nights like that. An overheated chimney at the Chris Kvale residence near the cemetery ignited an adjacent partition, but the blaze was extinguished with only chemical, and very little damage was done.