Business Firms of Old Newport in Sauk County
Article lists early Newport residents and businesses from 1851 era, naming Jones, Marshall, Norris, Kendrick, Longley, Clark, Steele, and others. It catalogs hotels, mills, stores, trades, professions, a brewery, a postmaster, a ferry, schools, a church, and transportation links including the Enterprise steamer serving Galena and Newport.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Sauk County Historical Society
Newport
L. H. Palmer
Ambrose Jones
Delton
John Marshall
Edward Norris
Joseph Kendrick
Bill Sted
Pat O’ Hare
John Carbine
Henry Darrow
Col. Christie
Dr. Jenkins
Abner Longley
B. King
Thomas Connor
Baron von Steinwick
L. D. Markham
Abraham Vanderpool
Jacob Weber
Norman Stewart
Frank Stewart
Freeman Longley
Stage House of Steele Hotel
William Steele
Ed. Burhans
Charles Clark
Clark
Marshall & Nickerson
Chandler Clark
Starr, Smith & Lewis
King & Longley
Horace Bonface
Sylvan Smith
Edward Eaton
Dr. Cross
J. H. Barstow
Kingsbury
Dell Creek
Morrison
Rodwell
A. Jones
George W. Jenkins
Cross
Ashley
Dr. Jones
Temple
John N. Smith
J. P. Shults
William Gillespie
Mueller
Portage
Johnathan Bowman
George Washington Bailey
Golden Wedding of Hon and Mrs Hirschinger Observed
The fiftieth wedding anniversary of Hon and Mrs Charles Hirschinger was celebrated March 24 at their Broadway home with about 60 guests from the German M E church and community. Rev A C Berg offered a blessing, Herman Voll recalled old neighborhood days, W F Elske praised the couple, and gifts included a gold handled umbrella and a rolled gold clock. Louis and Mrs Hirschinger of Milwaukee attended with 50 yellow roses.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Charles Hirschinger
M. EK
Broadway
A. C. Berg
Herman Voll
W. F. Elske
M. E
Hirschinger
Louis Hirschinger
Milwaukee
Fairmount Park’s Grand Smith Memorial and Washington Statue
Joseph P. Drew recalls a Sunday drive through Fairmount Park noting its vast 3,353 acres the Wissahickon river and grand entrances. He highlights the Smith Memorial gift from Richard Smith 500000 cost and a panorama of statues including Grant Lincoln Meade McKinley Dr. Witherspoon Goethe and Washington’s monumental equestrian statue designed by Prof. Liemering unveiled 1897 by President McKinley.
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Baraboo
Joseph P. Drew
Fairmount Park
Fairmount
Schuylkill
General Reynolds
Pennsylvania
Richard Smith
Smith
Adirondacks
Wissahickon Creek
Manayunk
Laurel Hill
Dr. Kane
Grant
Lincoln
Rogers
General Meade
Calder
McKinley
Dr. Witherspoon
Princeton University
Goethe
Schuyler
Schubert
Philadelphia
Garfield
St. Gaudens
Jeanne d’Arc
Fremist
Religious Liberty
Jewish Society of Philadelphia
Ezekiel
Total Abstinence Fountain
Total Abstinence Society of Philadelphia
Moses
Bishop Carroll
Father Mathew
Charles Carroll
Commodore Barry
Tom O’shanter
Thom
Hudson Bay
Liemering
Berlin
Frederick the Great
Society of the Cincinnati
J.P. Drew
Non-Partisan Candidacy for Sauk County Judge
K F Dithmar announces for Sauk County Judge as a nonpartisan candidate in the April election. He pledges fair campaigning and to resign from his law firm if elected to devote full attention to county duties for the citizens and taxpayers.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Sauk County
K. F. Dithmar
Night on Bald Mountain Ends in Curing Neighbor
Benton of Fort Edward New York climbed Bald Mountain to visit a neighbor tormented by asthma. He used Dr King s New Discovery which soon relieved the neighbor and later cured the son s wife of a severe lung trouble. Claims it cures coughs colds croup hemorrhages sore lungs hay fever grip and whooping cough. Prices 50c and 1.00 with trial bottle free. Fisher Bros guarantee.
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Alex. Benton
Fort Edward
N. Y
Bald Mountain
Fisher Bros
Simplicity Gasoline Engine and Farm Implements Ad
Ed Gollmar promotes Simplicity Gasoline Engine and quick adjust corn planter. He advertises sulky plows manure spreaders and other farm machinery from Baraboo Wisconsin, promising savings and superior quality.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Gollmar
Third Avenue
Baraboo
Wis
Golden Wedding of Mr and Mrs Miles T Alverson
Mr and Mrs Miles T Alverson celebrated their golden wedding in Portage on Wednesday. He formerly taught in Columbia County, served as county treasurer, and later worked in a bank.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Miles T. Alverson
Portage
Columbia County
Bucklen Arnica Salve Proves A Family Healer
A lively sales plea touts Bucklen's Arnica Salve as a universal healer for burns cuts boils and aches. The message claims rapid relief for multiple family injuries and urges purchase from Fisher Bros.
Vanderhoof Opens Carpenter Shop in Clark South Dakota
E. R. Vanderhoof travels to Clark South Dakota to open the town’s main carpenter shop. He buys a 6 horsepower gasoline engine from C. H. Farnum to power his machinery in the new undertaking.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
E. R. Vanderhoof
Clark, S. D
C. H. Farnum
John Wiggins Recommended for North Freedom Postmaster
John Wiggins has been recommended for the North Freedom postmastership by a reliable authority to Congress member Kopp, according to sources.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
John Wiggins
Congressman Kopp
North Freedom
Local Society Notes and Events Mentioned
Friday Miss Pearl Graf vacationing with parents Mr. and Mrs. Henry Graf. Miss Gertrude Morse of Baraboo visiting Mr. and Mrs. W Morse. Mr. and Mrs. J. M. Adams visit Cleveland and Madison relatives. Ailey Peterson improving after long illness. George Seamans of Reedsburg visits E. C. Wiswall, former Baraboo superintendent. Mystic Workers card party winners listed. Widow of George Gibbons receives $1,000 life-insurance payout from disaster. Orpheum theatre floor raised for better show experience. Knights of Pythias hold Castle hall meeting with new members. Lodi and Reedsburg delegations attend. Risley Brothers add elevated rear floor at their store’s south section. Arbor and Bird Day list compiled by O. S. Rice and Cary. observed Friday May 7. Mayor Hull and family in Chicago for Robert Tarrant funeral and inventor’s contributions.
Towne Again Defeated in Assembly on Farmers Institutes Bill
The irrepressible S A Towne of Sauk County, a Democrat who helped elect Stephenson, was again turned down Tuesday morning. He spoke in defense of a bill on farmers institutes, but the Assembly killed the measure in direct violation of his wishes.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
S. A. Towne
Sauk County
Stephenson
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OWDER
Sauk
Adelphia
Baby
Johnnie
Manuie
Billie
South Dakota
Miss Pearl Graf
Mrs
Henry Graf
W. Morse
West Johnson Street
Gertrude Morse
Madison Journal
J. M. Adams
Cleveland
Madison
Engineer
H.J. Miller
Ailey Peterson
Soldiers Grove
George Seamans
Reedsburg
E. C. Wiswall
State Street
Seamans
Mystic Workers of the World
A. O. U. W. Hall
Miss Simons
William Marriott
Thomas O. Edwards
Arthur Johnson
George Gibbons
Michigan
North Freedom Journal
Orpheum Theatre
Knights of Pythias
Castle Hall
Lodi
Risley Brothers
O. 8
Rice
Cary
John H. Hull
Chicago
Towne
Harrow
American Plow Co
Fair Oaks Ave
Madison, Wis
The
Bank of
Herman Grotophorst
Charles W.whitman
J. van Orden
Edward P. Micfetridge
J.B. Donovan
Wisconsin
Mar
Riott Shoe Co
Marriott Shoe Co
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