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Newspaper
Baraboo News
Location
Baraboo, Wisconsin, United States of America
Date
Aug 19, 1909
Page
10
Aug 17 updates from Merrimack list residents traveling to Seattle for the World's Fair and Milwaukee guests staying with local families. Numerous mentions include Baraboo, Reedsburg, Madison, Fond du Lac and Chicago. A local basketball ice cream social is planned at Smith's building with a 7 pm game at the schoolhouse.
Aug 5 a boy born to Mr and Mrs Gust Templin. Nelson H Warren visited Baraboo with cousin Frank Mendenhall. Jennie Warren improving from illness. Mrs Elmer Hale and relatives vacationed in Baraboo then planned return to Plattville. Harvest near end and threshing machines active. George Warren hosted visitors including Herbert Smith family. Ruby Cone returned to Reedsburg. Mrs John Smith visited daughter Mrs Henry Hainstock. Dance at Loues Friday urged attendance. Mrs Wm Reotzoll spent time with daughter Mrs Herbert Smith.
Aug 16 report from Narrows Prairie notes Mr and Mrs August Meyer visited relatives near Reedsburg. Wm Zantke hosted Klitzke families. Gollmar Bos show in Reedsburg drew many locals. Births include a Frambs boy Aug 8 and two Dettman grandchildren in Ableman. Henry Frome ing welcomed a son Sunday night.
Community brief listing visits and events across North Dellona and Lyndon. Families including the Scotts Eakins Murray Gunderman Vasey and Vickers are mentioned with visits to Lyndon and Reedsburg fair. The L A society, Ladies Aid, and Sunday school picnic are noted with invitations and past week activities.
Mr and Mrs Wm Nold were surprised by Nold’s brother from Nelson during a Sunday visit. Jennewein’s young daughter was ill with a cold last week. Mrs James McCready returned home to Spring Green after visiting her parents and brought along H Marquardt’s infant son. Fred Schubring and John Kraft returned from a two week Colorado trip. Alma and Susie Barlen attended the Reedsburg teachers’ institute this week.
Lyons residents share visits and travels as the community notes several relatives and friends. Andrew Patrick and wife return from Rockford Illinois after a month away. County Treasurer C M Dubois and wife attend a Ferndell dance and visit Walter Dubois in Excelsior.
Aug 16. Alvin Cooper joined James Campbell of Spring Green on a three weeks tour through the Dakotas and western points. Jas Shuland Jr. owns an automobile. Mrs. George Williams of Chicago visits sister Mrs. Patrick Walsh. Mrs. Louisa Schoenmann and daughter Ruth of Madison visit mother Mrs. Julia Diehl in Harrisburg and brother John Diehl in Plain. Zaphier Brecht prepares to erect a new house on Plain lots. His son Frank has purchased the farm.
Prof. C W Smith becomes Columbia County superintendent succeeding D C Cushman who moves to head the county farm.
Hillpoint Aug 3 Aug Goetske has begun building his new house. Scott Knoll of Valparaiso Ind is a guest at F Kolimeys home. Mrs Amanda Morgan is spending a few days in Reedsburg as the guest of J T Bates and family and other friends.
An ice cream social and musical event will be hosted at the Fairfield home of Miss Leila Harrison on Thursday evening August 24. All are invited to attend.
Clay Lyons Whitmore has returned home from Delton following a weeklong visit with D. A. Reynolds.
Local residents ferry to nearby towns and events with several trips to Chippewa Falls and Sparta. Visitors include Miss Simonton Wendt from Watertown and N B Greaves of Henrietta. families host relatives and attend fairs and shows while others visit workplaces and seek medical care in Chicago.
Westfield August notes Anna Patterson of North Freedom spent a few days with her sister Mrs John Rumpf. Nearby residents attend Reedburg fair. Mrs James Waddel is very sick with dropsy. Camp meeting begins August 20 at Meyers grave. Mrs Adolf Braun hosts her Honey Creek sister. Frank Schanke visits Waddel home. John Rumpf hosts gathering. Elske preaches at German M E church. Newell Rumpf from South Bend visited relatives last week.
Advertised by Fisher Bros. drug store and cited by Lafayette and Peoria residents, Root Juice is praised for easing indigestion constipation and nervy irritability. Ex governor's sister and local residents claim notable health gains after using the remedy.
Aug 16 notes list residents and visitors at the Reedsburg fair. Franklin Winnie and family, Everett Starck of South Bend, and the Rumpf household are among those mentioned. Several trips to Reedsburg, travel by auto, and Sunday visits to local homes reflect community ties and upcoming weddings.
Miss Louise Goremiller of Milwaukee visits friends here. Harry Peck on water wagon for Lass and Shreve threshing outfit. Oliver Reese to teach District 6 next year for forty five dollars monthly, up ten dollars. Mrs William Kramer and Charles Genge of Lone Rock Mills visit Frank Cass. Oliver Reese Burton Peck and Ward Reese attend annual teachers institute at Reedsburg.
Aug 16 report notes one of the heaviest rainstorms in the area last Friday night, damaging roads and bridges. Frank Smith plans to start threshing this week. Miss Syble Voorhes of Holcomb Wisconsin and Miss Lily Smith visit relatives. Charles Good and wife visit Walton. John Moll and wife visit Thead Moll's. Many locals attend the circus at Reedsburg Monday.
The Aug 16 M. E. church ladies fair drew strong attendance and sold nearly all items, clearing more than 100 dollars. Miss Helen Brandt returned to Wausau, Miss Colbert from Chicago visits. Mrs. Carrie Tollaksen came home from North Dakota. Miss Grace Clough returns from California for a two month visit.
Mrs. Wm. Bartenbach returned from Belvidere after a two week visit with her daughter Mrs. Wm. Feltman and family. Mrs. E. Volz hosted the Lutheran sewing circle. Ed. Fredericks is on the sick list. G. Kranz visited Reedsburg. Mrs. Henry Geissler of North Freedom visited with old friends. Mrs. Henry Vertein and son Harry visited relatives in Black Hawk. Grace Maggie Finder and Emma Bartenbach attend institute at Reedsburg.
Herman Smith moved his drilling machine from the Charles Bender place in Pine Hollow Valley, shifting equipment at the rural site.
Winfield on August 16 reports Miss Marie Powell and Henry Du Bois slowly improving from typhoid fever. A surprise party honored Mrs. Inez Chandler’s birthday Wednesday. S. A. Pelton and family visited relatives here last week. The Ladies Home club meets Thursday with Mrs. K. Reese. Gollmar Bros. circus drew a well attended crowd Monday evening. Reedsburg fair noted in the week. Mr. and Mrs. J. D. Fuller spent Sunday with Wilbur Douglass at Ableman.
Miss Alice G Conger returns to Janesville after two weeks visiting friends in Prairie Du Sac. Will Grenzo of Juda Wis. spends several days here. Families of P B Conger and E A Graft return from Devil's Lake outing. Joseph Moore leaves for New Jersey due to sister in law illness. Roland Ragatz visits aunt Mrs Geo Kindschi in Madison. C J Meyer visits daughter in Madison. Louise Bailey Ethel Shull attend teacher's institute. Vera McCoy visits grandparents in Madison. A G Baldwin family camping at Ferry Bluff. Ralph Stoddard Nelson Ploetz visit E Wiswali in Madison.
Aug. 16 report says Mrs. Carl Priebe whose skull was crushed unloading hay last week is somewhat improved and hopeful for recovery. Her son Herman Priebe and family of Wabeno Wis. were notified. Other local visits include Bernhard Giese and family Sauk Prairie, Aug. Giese, E. L. Sprecher and Amos attended Reedsburg fair and visited L. A. Sprecher's home.
Herman Voss celebrated a birthday in Maple Hill as Stanley Hayes reported a missing family horse from Sunday. Hayes normally drives the horse to North Freedom for his harness shop. Mrs E J Rooney and her son Arthur visited friends in Maple Hill.
Aug 16 entries report James Lee back at duties as postmaster. Rev and Mrs Orin Hutchins and Malinda Hutchins visited from Iowa. Friday night rain aided farmers. Will Hall attended the Reedsburg fair Thursday.
H J Sebranke owner of the Logan ville Roller Mill announces the mill is ready for grinding and seeks public and farming community patronage. Arthur Schultz has left for Dakota with the Stackhouse Brothers of Bara boo.
Local notes report a cost sale at Mrs. Ware's millinery shop and a crowded Harvest dance with Warn's orchestra from Baraboo providing the music. Several townspeople including the Baumgarten sisters and Agnes Schluter are mentioned in visits and outings around Reedsburg and Madison events.
Mr and Mrs Fred Senn and children from Havre Kansas visited John Schiess and family. Mrs Senn is Schiess sister. Mrs Wm Schulz of Eau Claire arrived to visit her aging parents Mr and Mrs Wm Nold Sr. Zion church youths hosted an ice cream social on Vincent Schneller lawn last Friday evening.
A historical notice promotes the Nugent Sanitarium offering scientific treatment for alcoholic and drug addictions, nervous diseases and rheumatism. It emphasizes inebriety as a disease, highlights modern buildings and grounds, complete bath and electrical departments, and notes establishment in 1900 with a request to write for a booklet.
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