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Newspaper
Baraboo News
Location
Baraboo, Wisconsin, United States of America
Date
Aug 01, 1906
Page
8
Saturday social notes show Mr Bork visiting daughter in Reedsburg and Arno Brown visiting sisters in Madison. Many locals travel to Milwaukee Madison Waukesha and Lake Geneva. A Kendalls storm killed cattle, a Glendale barn burned, and a Baraboo man was shot in a charivari incident.
The text lists months across the globe noting harvests in various countries and regions from January through December, describing a continuous cycle of wheat harvests in places like Australia, Egypt, India, Mexico, the United States, Europe, and beyond, with seasonal spreads across continents.
Edison phonographs records and supplies advertised with August records newly arrived at The Shadow Town Co 409 Oak St. Open for listening and purchases.
Boats at the north end for fishing and pleasure riding. Live bait for fishermen. Launch runs to all parts of the lake. Public picnic grounds with free tables. Lunch soft drinks and cigars for sale.
An unidentified seller promotes five barrels of eight year old Crab Orchard whiskey direct from a government ware house. Two barrels have been bottled into pints by a government officer with stamps assuring purity and maturity for customers.
See The Optician. When in need of glasses call on C. L. Thompson, Optician. 409 Oak street, Baraboo, Wis. Stock or prescription lenses, prices reasonable, eyes tested free.
Advert suggests Gastrozone is a “guaranteed stomach cure” though not a cure all. It claims to contain no opiates alcohol narcotics or acids and is sold exclusively by J. B. Donovan & Co.
Bakery offers a full line of bread cakes and pies fresh daily. Ice cream in assorted flavors and colors available by brick or bulk. Call Lueth Bros at 107 142 4th Ave for orders.
Pansy Heights vendor William Toole announces pansy blossoms at fifty cents per hundred with delivery. Orders should be placed a day before desired delivery. customers may write or call to view the field and arrange purchase.
Travel summary advertises the Grand Trunk and Lehigh Valley Double Track Route via Niagara Falls from New York to Philadelphia with through trains and scenic views. Descriptive literature is offered free by Geo. W. Vaux at Grand Trunk Railway System Chicago headquarters.
Nickel Plate Road sells tickets from Chicago with two options a thirty day limit at one fare plus four dollars and a fifteen day limit at one fare plus two dollars. Sales start August 8 and 22 from Chicago. Information available from John Y. Callahan General Agent at 107 Adams Street and La Salle Street Station, the sole elevated loop depot.
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