Oliver Iron Mining to Restart Operations Near North Freedom
Oliver Iron Mining plans a large scale restart on land southwest of North Freedom with permanent buildings, steel boiler and engine houses, and a new town. Ore will be brought to surface by railway ships, crushed, and sent to Gary furnaces, with a 355 foot shaft and new power plant. The project includes 30 cottages, electric lighting, a three million gallon pump, and a one mile track to connect the Illinois mine. The venture, a U S Steel subsidiary, entails a quarter million dollar outlay and 99 year leases for farms and mineral rights. Officials D G Kerr W J Olcott J H McLean J H Hearding visited North Freedom.
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Oliver Iron Mining Company
North Freedom
Theebener House
Gary
Illinois
Seeley Creek
Iroquois Mining Company
Irronquois
Oliver Mining Company
Oliver Folks
Chicago & Northwestern
LaRue
Oliver Company
Iroquois
Ableman
Baraboo
Sauk County
Sauk County Land & Mining Company
Herman
United States Steel
Manthey
Gall
Kowalke
Lang
Rice
Carpenter
Petzke
Voeck
Hackett
Dickie
Grosinske
Iroquois Iron Co
D. G. Kerr
United States Steel Corporation
New York
W. J. Olcott
Oliver Iron Mining Co
Duluth
Minn
J. H. McLean
J. H. Hearding
Ringlings Show In Denver Draws Immense Crowds
The Ringlings show opened on July 26 at the edge of Denver, Colorado, drawing huge afternoon and evening crowds. Streetcar lines helped transport attendees without issues while Sells Floto failed to block the event. Denver lacks a $500 license money, and the show plans to move on to the coast.
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Ringlings
Corporation of Denver
Col
Denver
Colorado
Barnum & Bailey Circus Dazzles Madison Audience
Barnum and Bailey, owned by the Ringling Brothers of Baraboo, drew many locals to Madison on Wednesday. Attendees arrived by train and auto mobile. rain hit some after crossing the Wisconsin river at Sauk City. Return by moonlight was clear. tents were filled in both shows. Vendors seized a pause to tally sales as Chicago and Northwestern officials oversaw train service.
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Barnum & Bailey Show
Ringling Brothers
Baraboo
Madison
Wisconsin River
Sauk City
Chicago & Northwestern
Des Moines Veteran Alfred Stroud Dies Survived by Family
Alfred Stroud a Sherman’s march to the sea veteran and member of the 12th Wisconsin died in Des Moines last week. He leaves a brother Justin of Peculiar Missouri a sister Mrs C B Curtis of Fort Atkinson a half brother S F Seaborn of Janesville and two sisters Mrs H Newell of Des Moines and Mrs E Dano of Hood River Oregon.
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Alfred Stroud
Sherman
Des Moines
Wisconsin
Justin
Peculiar
C. B. Curtis
Fort Atkinson
S. F. Seaborn
Janesville
H. Newell
E. Dano
Hood River
Ore
Overcome by Heat Claims Life of Mrs Armstrong at Mirrorlake
Mrs. Armstrong of Sac City Iowa died of heart disease attributed to excessive heat at Delton on Thursday evening. Accompanied by her husband she stayed in the Benton cottage at Mirrorlake for two weeks. The body was embalmed and taken to Iowa for burial. She leaves a husband and an only daughter, plus a sister Mrs Mary Gibson of Delton.
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Armstrong
Sac City
Iowa
Delton
Theodore Steele
Escape of Insane Prisoner From Reedsburg County Farm
Willard Newell who was taken to the county farm at Reedsburg in 1903 fled custody last Thursday and has not been seen since. He formerly lived in Lyons and Baraboo officers are alerted to locate him.
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Willard Newell
Reedsburg
Lyons
Baraboo
Crowd fills grounds for Terry's Uncle Tom's Cabin show
Immense Thursday crowd at the show grounds east of the city packed the tent. Ticket lines moved as hundreds shuffled to the wagon while the entire performance drew high praise for stage work and strong voices. Little Eva and Uncle Tom led a first class ensemble with natural plantation scenes and successful humorous interludes. They show in Wonewoc tonight.
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Terry
Tom
Eva
Uncle Tom
Wonewoc
Cattle Thieves Terrorize Caledonia Area
Caledonia sees cattle thefts with George Staudenmayer as principal victim. Seven head vanished from a pasture seven miles southwest of town, echoing a similar last year incident of seven cattle taken in the night, per the Portage Register.
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Caledonia
George Staudenmayer
Portage Register
Funeral of Mrs Mitchell in Reedsburg
Mrs. Thomas Mitchell, daughter of Mr. and Mrs. S. B. Noyes, died in Reedsburg after 24 hours of illness. Born in Baraboo, 23 years old, she married Thomas Mitchell in 1904 and formerly resided at LaRue. Her husband was away in Arkansas at the time of her death.
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Thomas Mitchell
Reedsburg
S. B. Noyes
Baraboo
Cora Noyes
LaRue
Arkansas
Oat Crop Shortage in Sauk County Due to Dry Weather
Long dry spell and hot weather have left Sauk county oats crop short across most areas. In many spots grain did not fill or is light, signaling continued high feed prices.
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Sauk County
Middle West
Ohio River
Creamery Project Touting Town Growth in Williamsburg
A writer from Virginia describes erecting a creamery for the Williamsburg cooperative creamery, noting land prices from 10 to 100 dollars per acre, a long growing season, and profitable dairying. The piece mentions local institutions, market prices for farm goods, and an anecdote about farm life and a runaway wagon near Casey's Corner.
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Williamsburg
Mrs Duncan Visits Daughter in Barron
Mrs. Josephine Duncan is visiting her daughter Mrs. Jackson McGuann in Barron.
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Josephine Duncan
Mrs
Jackson McGuann
Barron
University boy assailed by Billy Sunday
Revivalist Billy Sunday denounces the modern university youth as a smoking, lazy, pretentious figure. He mocks a wealthy student strutting with a pistol and wearing rolled varsity pants and a hat worn backward, calling him a “stinking son of a millionaire.”
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Billy Sunday
Blood hound succumbs to heat after shooting
A bloodhound of Terry's Uncle Tom's Cabin was overcome by extreme heat on Thursday and could not be saved. W. H. Smith shot the animal after it weakened from the heat.
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Terry
Tom
W. H. Smith
Burglar Alarm Sounds At Baraboo Bank
At about 5 o clock today the Baraboo bank burglar alarm rang through a hot dry morning until J. Van Orden opened the doors and the circuit was cut. A vault contact likely tripped by a falling object or conductor. The vault mechanism shows exact fault location for alarm reset.
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Baraboo Bank
J. van Orden
Professor Drew to Move to Bloomington Indiana
Prof. David A. Drew and family will relocate to Bloomington Indiana in about five weeks. He has accepted a mathematics instructor position at the state university there. Drew previously led Lyons school and later taught in Baraboo High School before moving to Lyons. He also taught in Arizona before Lyons.
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David A. Drew
Bloomington
Ind
Drew
State University
Lyons School
Baraboo
Arizona
Lyons
Baraboo Bandmaster Joins Great Combined Shows
Professor Weldon long associated with Ringling’s bands this season leads two fifteent man ensembles for Dode Fisk’s Great Combined Shows Music for the daily 12 30 grand street parade during the engagement in Baraboo Friday Aug 13 under Elk Lodge auspices.
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Professor Weldon
Ringling
Mode Fisk
United States
Dode Fisk
Elk’’ Lodge
Man Loses Eyes In Factory Incident and Seeks Justice
Herbert Coolidge, now blind and insane, has been committed to the Mendota asylum after receiving a total of 27 000 in awards from La Crosse street railway and a La Crosse factory for eye injuries. The latest 10 000 payout follows the loss of his remaining eye and alcohol is blamed for his condition.
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Herbert Coolidge
Mendota Asylum
la Crosse
Beggs Contract Powers Kilbourn Dam and Milwaukee Line
Engineer H P Broughton discusses Beggs contract as the Kilbourn dam nears completion. The plant now outputs 8000 horsepower, with extensions planned to 16000. transmission line to Watertown covers 70 miles and 420 miles of wire across 720 galvanized towers. The dam spans 325 feet wide, 47 feet high, with 30 feet water depth, built to withstand ice and floods over two years. The Southern Wisconsin Power Co plan attracts national engineers and positions Wisconsin among high tension leaders.
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H. P. Broughton
Kilbourn
Beggs
D. W. Mead
Milwaukee
Wellman, Seaver, Morgan Company
Cleveland, O
Southern Wisconsin Power Company
Watertown
United States
California Gas & Electric Co
Washington Water Power Co
Guanajuanto Electric Power Co
Los Angeles Edisor Coeces
Hercules Power
Southern Wisconsin Power Co
Wisconsin
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Insense
William and Mary’s College
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