TWO FINGERS LOST In threshing accident at Sauk City
Henry Lueckens lost two fingers when his hand was torn in a threshing machine last Saturday. The report notes nearby activity with a stretched cable to Water street and the Karberg building telephone office. Community updates mention visitors and local events including a Twin City Band concert and a new parsonage completion.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Sauk City
Henry Lueckens
Water Street
Karberg
Lena Schmitz
Josie Mann
Madison
Twin City
Emma Wartzock
Stoughton
Herbert Sheel
St. Louis
Crusius
David Blumberg
Milwaukee
Geo. Brietenbach Sr
Miss. Kramer
Lieken
Fell From Load of Rye Injures Shoulder
Amanda Hale ton fell from a rye load on her shoulder last Thursday near Dellona and North Excelsior and was briefly unconscious. A physician said no bones were broken but she cannot use her right arm for several weeks.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Dellona
North Excelsior
Amanda Haleton
Charles Claridge
Normal
Wm. Claridge
Mary Shaffer
South Dakota
Family gathering at Hale home marked by extended kinship
An old time family gathering at Elmer Hale's Lime Ridge home on Sunday August 1 drew many relatives from Westfield Smith Hollow and nearby areas. Attendees included the Alexanders Wiles Willes Barkley Johnston and others with extended visits and a surprise 63rd birthday for John Seldon. News from Battle Creek reported Fred Gibson's improving condition.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Lime Ridge
Elmer Hale
Percy Alexander
Westfield
Abraham Wiles
John Willes
Smith Hollow
Elie Barkley
Will Johnston
Robert Johnston
Minnie Creek
Michigan
Fred Gibson
Frank Tyler
Albert Rotzell
Ruby Cone
Shockman
John Seldon
Carrie Nelson
O. G. Thompson
Greenfield Notes On Campships And Local Visits
Greenfield reports Platt Bros. are building four silos. Miss Mafeta Jones and a party camp at the lake, with Miss Hazel Jones visiting from Wednesday to Friday. Mrs. Hattie Bullard visits in the city. Helpers Union of Baraboo hosted by Mrs. L. A. Johnson on Wednesday. Mr. and Mrs. John Carter spend a few days on the farm. Mrs. Chas. Brandt and Evelyn Brandt spent Wednesday in the country. Susie and Bessie Rogers visiting Delton this week. A heavy rain is badly needed locally. Mrs. W. Montgomery visited her sister Mrs. N. H. Smith in Baraboo and stayed overnight.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Platt Bros
Mafeta Jones
Hazel Jones
Hattie Bullard
L. A. Johnson
Helpers Union of
Baraboo
John Carter
Chas. Brandt
Evelyn
Susie
Bessie Rogersare
Delton
W. Montgomery
N. H. Smith
W. Ryan
Miss West
Chilton
Arthur Bassett
Monroe Hunt
Louise Geshhneng
Maurice Cowles
Hilda Marquardt
Arthur Spencer
Maud Hunt
Dells
George McGilvra
A. L. Travis
Wm. Toole
John
Woodstock
Lll
Madison
Walter McCray
Reedsburg
The
Elms
Hendersohn
Eben Toole
Professor Moore
Pansy Heights
Prof
Trowbridge
Stella Lasure
Albert Watkins
Emma Squires
Martin Allwin
Sumpter
William
Fred Kunzelman
Lodde’s Mill
Wilbur D. Cahoon
W. D. Johnson
Blanche
Velma Bus
Merrimack Social Roundup Highlights Local Visits
Aug 9 notes show Miss Valeria Keepp and sister in law Mrs Rudolph Keepp visiting relatives, plus numerous travelers and guests from Baraboo Madison Lodi Reedsburg and Chicago. Community members attend church services, hostesses and stores provide ice cream, teachers selected for next year, and many locals travel to Trempealeau Devil's Lake and Durward's Glen.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Valeria Keepp
Rudolph Keopp
C. Keopp
Arthur Herr
Lodi
Emma
Louisa Shara
Iowa
Herr
F. Herr
Dr. Rundlett
Baraboo
Margaret
Mary Corcoran
Caledonia
Ill
Selma Gross
Jennie O’keefe
Madison
Bailey
Mazomanie
R. D. Wood
E. L. Anthony
North Dakota
Apker
Enderlin
N. Dakota
T. Roach
A. B. Squire
C. Loos
Okee
Reinhart
C. Parks
M. J. Kindschi
Miller
Bert Gross
Ellen
Chas. Kunce
Durward’s Glen
Ester Bontoft
Rockford, Ill
N. W. Haines
O. Gattwinkel
Edward Loos
James Hinaus
Jaffer
Pardeeville
Ladies’ Aid Society
Smith’s Store
S. J. Cramer
Carrie Dawson
Chicago
George
Edward
J. A. Coates
Hallie Claflin
Richard Barron
Edna Fuller
Flora B. Cooper
Lucy Thomas
B. M. Squires
Richland County
Muriel Wilkinson
Wonewoc
Ida Praetsch
Sumpter
Mary Morey
Montello
K. M. Pracia
M. E
C. Weinke
E. Vanderpool
O’kee
L. C. Halbman
Clara Haines
Devil’s Lake
Marion Heimlich
Joseph Premo
Reedsburg
Charles Parks
A. R. Pelnar
Skillet Creek Socials and Moves in Aug
Aug 2 social noted as W Cahoon family and friends visited Durwards gorge while Mrs Robinson and Nellie with the Winkler and Colquhoun sisters joined. Rodwell attended funeral of Mrs Armstrong of Delton. John Astle buys Mrs Walker’s home and will move this fall. Stella Ryan returns from Fern Dell camping. Mary Martin sews at home.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
W. Cahoon
Ivan
Ora
B. Robinson
Nellie
Winkler and Colquhoun
Durward’s Gorge
Joseph Rodwell
Robert
Wm. Walker
Second Avenue
Wm. Allwin
Prairie du Lac
Chas. Weisse
George Carpenter
Stella Ryan
Fern Dell
Mary Martin
MERRIMACE Social Notes Remain Busy in Madison Visits
Julius Hinds and family visited Madison on Friday while Edith Dennis of Portage stayed here as a guest recently. Numerous locals and visitors attended, with Mrs. Coates hosting friends and others traveling to Reedsburg Lodi and Baraboo for visits and events. Interment for Mrs. Mitchell (Noyes) was held at Oak Hill with local clergy officiating.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Adolph Heiser
Milwaukee
F. Warhanek
Grace B. Noyes
Madison
F. Noyes
8. B. Noyes
Reedsburg
Geo. Noyes
Grayce
W. H. Noyes
Winter
Wis
Thomas Mitchell
Howe Morton
Okee
Cora Mitchell
Noyes
Oak Hill Cemetery
Kundert
Prucia
Aug 11 Delton social notes and visits
Mrs. Joey Jones and daughter from Geneva Wisconsin visit Mrs. Caroline Jones. Elsie Hulbert and a gentleman friend from Reedsburg spend Sunday with the former. A local group attended the Dade Fish circus in Kilbourn. Fern Hayden returns from Bell Center Iowa for a visit with parents. Leslie and Ruby Goman of Baraboo visit grandparents. Mrs. Geo Winchester of Tracy Minnesota visits Anna Murray. Mr. and Mrs. Geo. Flickner and Mrs. Sanford leave for Seattle joining friends in Kilbourn and St. Paul. Mrs. Oscar Van Valkenburg and daughter from Chippewa Falls visit. Van Valkenburg to join in Kilbourn then Baraboo and Lodi. Gordon Watson announces another dancing party at Fern Dell with Warn orchestra. Mrs. Ben Clement hosts a party for Rose Ellen Alfore on her 82nd birthday. Mrs. Will Berry and two children from Blue Island Illinois return home after weeks with F. L. Hulbert.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Joey Jones
Geneva Je
Wis
Caroline Jones
Elsie Hulbert
Reedsburg
Dade Fish Circus
Kilbourn
Fern Hayden
Bell Center
Iowa
Leslie
Ruby Goman
Baraboo
Geo
van Valkenburg
Lodi
Gordon Watson
Fern Dell
Warn
Ben Clement
Rose Ellen Alfore
Will Berry
Blue Island
Ill
F. L. Hulbert
Maple Hill Notes: Visits and Snake Incident
Misses Elsie and Jane Walsh of Reedsburg visited family in Maple Hill. Miss Mabel Sullivan returned from Westfield to stay with her aunt Mrs. John Simon. Henry Gluth Albert Ritzenthaler and Roy Page joined Sunday at Devil's Lake. Mr. and Mrs John Simon and Mr. and Mrs Geo Brown of North Freedom were callers. Rodney Getchman found a large rattlesnake under a shocked bundle while shocking cats. he was not bitten.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Mabel Sullivan
Westfield
John Simon
Henry Gluth
Albert Ritzenthaler
Roy Page
Devil’s Lake
Geo. Brown
North Freedom
Rodney Getchman
Lyons Social Notes Include Departures and Visits
Miss Mary Sansum leaves for Janesville to visit her brother R. A. Sansum. Mrs Sprague and Hazel Foster return to Boyd Foster’s home after nearly a year in the west. Pearse Sansum and family camp at the lake this week while William Sansum fills his Roser Koch store position. W D Atwater and family return from the west. Mrs A E Britton and her father return from Delton after weeks camping.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Mary Sansum
Janesville
R. A. Sansum
Sprague
Hazel Foster
Boyd Foster
Pearse Sansum
William
Roser & Koch
W.D. Atwater
A. E. Britton
Delton
Mrs. Zimmerman Injured After Floor Board Breaks
A fall in an old house left Mrs. Zimmerman badly hurt on Saturday morning when a floor board gave way under her. A Loganville doctor was summoned to treat her injuries. A dance at Fern Dell was also scheduled for Saturday night.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Narrows Prairie
Fern Dell
Community Notes From Leland and Reedsburg Area
Miss Cora Sprecher of Reedsburg visited her brother Edwin for several days and left for Bara Boo to visit friends. A Gustav Hamsa dance for Herman Born drew a large crowd. Families including Guetzow Mielke Born and Buelow shared gatherings. Anna Buelow and Mildred Garske visited relatives in Reedsburg and with grandparents. Amos Sprecher returned home after two months with Edwin. Joe Amer and children left for Spring Green. Carl Mauman family moved back to Humbird.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Cora Sprecher
Reedsburg
Edwin
Baraboo
Gust Hamsa’s
Herman
A. Guetzow
R. Mielke
Henry Born
Anna Buelow
Merrimack Notables Take Rest Day in the Glen
Durward's Clen M. Kindschi and family joined other Merrimack residents for a day of rest in the Glen last Thursday. B. Robinson substitutes on route 5. George De Koeyer is on the sick list. Lily Dudley plans a Seattle trip with her sisters. Mr and Mrs Robert Marshall leave Wm Graves employment to reside in the old Towers homestead.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
M. Kindschi
Merrimack
Glen
B. Robinson
George de Koeyer
Lily Dudley
Seattle
Robert Marshall
Wm. Graves
Old Towers Homestead
West Spring Creek News Brief
Aug 10 reports Frank Letcher suffering a quinsy attack. Mrs Grace Hoffmeyer and her Madison children visited the Cass and Fos binder families last week.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Frank Letcher
Grace Hoffmeyer
Madison
Cass
Fosbinder
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Greenfield
Skillet Creek
Merrimace
Julius Hinds
Edith Dennis
Portage
Lucy Smith
L. Q. Smith
Hazeltine
W. Johnson
F. M. DuBois
Edgar Pigg
Harry
Nice
Doris Haines
Mary
Mable Devlin
Merrillan
L.C. Halbman
Elizabeth Johnson
Child
Dane
Mamie Odekirk
Eugene Odekirk
Trempealeau
Charles
Byron
Ida Schneider
Ableman
Anna Dobratz
Paul Wolf
Mendota, Wis
Maple Hill
Elsie and
Jane Walsh
LYONS
Leland
Durward
West Spring Creen
California
Beloit
Janesville Business Colleges
Janesville Business College
W. H. Williamson
Grammer
Ornam
Gregg
W. H. Or
C. B. Williamson
Beloit Business College
Beloit, Wis
B.N
Dode Fisk
Mammoth
Imm Roman Ballet
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