County Treasurer Candidate James A Carroll A Farm Owner
County Treasurer James A Carroll, a Sauk County Republican, is a farmer who owns his farm forty one years and has served as school clerk, highway superintendent, and twice town treasurer. He pledges courteous, business like conduct if elected. James H Hill seeks Republican Clerk of Court nomination for Sept 1, 1908 primary. 52 Ho Wood also announces for County Clerk nomination.
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James A. Carroll
Excelsior
Carroll
Sauk County
James H. Hill
Renomination bid for Assemblyman Cahoon in Baraboo
Assemblyman Wilber Cahoon of Baraboo seeks renomination in the upcoming primary for the second assembly district. A longtime legislator, Cahoon is described as consistently voting on the right side on major measures and asks for voter support at the September 1 primary.
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Wilber Cahoon
Baraboo
Delton Social Notes Update Visitors and Local Event
Miss Fay and Dolores Brown of Kilbourn visit cousin Ada Steele in Delton for weeks. Louise Meyer of Chicago visits old friends. A dancing party at Assembly hall last Saturday with music by Dr. Treadwill. Mrs. Otto Timme returns from Rock County. Lois Fowler visits grandfather AS P. Frazier. Edie Clement of Kilbourn visits Aunt Annie Brauner. Mildred Timme returns to Westfield after three weeks in Delton.
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Louise Meyer
Chicago
Delton
Assembly Hall
Treadwill
Kilbourn
Otto Timme
Rock County
Lois Fowler
AS. P. Frazier
Edie Clement
Annie Brauner
Mildred Timme
Westfield
Big Attendance at Institute Workshop at County High School
More than 150 students register for institute work led by Superintendent G W Davies and instructors from Batteville and Reedsburg. The list of enrollees includes Faye Blanchard LaValle Irene Elmer Hustler Frances Powers Prairie du Sac and many others from Baraboo Reedsburg Plain North Freedom and surrounding towns.
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G. W. Davies
State Institute
O. J. Schuster
Batteville
Faye Blanchard
Ronton
Mary Lawrence
LaValle
Irene Elmer
Hustler
Frances E. Powers
Prairie du Sac
E. Pearl Babington
Pearl Sealion
Plain
Oliver B. Reese
Spring Green
Wallace McPherson
Frederick N. Tyler
Ironton
June Darrenouge
Reedsburg
Dena Shde
Kilbourn
Theresa Flynn
Ruth B. Harvey
Baraboo
Elizabeth Attridge
Bessie M. Smith
Merrimack
Clara Haines
Mary Gibson
Cathryn McCarthy
Hazel Morley
Theresa Horkan
Hilda Meyer
Pearl Graf
Irene Weidman
Mareta M. Jones
Martha Metzke
Eva Bb. Chase
North Freedom
Majina N. Walker
Delton
Elsie Hulbert
Ella Rischmueller
Carrie Nelson
Lillian J. Newell
Catherine Schrom
Mabel Scott
Mayme McPhillips
Sandusky
Nellie A. Horkan
Hulda Sweet
Frieda Ferber
Eleanor Weidman
Louise EK. Weber
Howard H. Barker
Louise Gardner
Rose Kollmeyer
Lime Ridge
Elizabeth Fisher
Loganville
Elizabeth Colvin
Leta H. Bernhard
Eliza Anderson
Anna Donahue
Mary C. Donahue
Lula L. Washburn
Marie Sibert
Della F. Gerks
Grace E
Galesville
Lottie Bellows
John Munnicke
Mildred Lamberton
Janie Dempsey
Metta Kinney
Grace Morse
Eva Colyer
Ableman
Maude Vickers
Ida C. Pretsch
Prairie du Lac
Myrtle M. Kramer
Kate Waddell
Dora Powell
W. H.schellenberger
Burton L. Peck
Mildred C. Timlin
Cora Robson
Anna C. Tyler
Marie E. Newell
Merry E. Hanke
Will Frazier
Lida Homberger
Sauk City
Anna Lang
Georgia Lawrence
E. Vera Powell
Libbie King
Clara Schweppe
Elsa M. Gasser
Mabel Huntley
Ellen N. Wood
Sarah Sweeney
Belle Holt
Elda B. Sprecher
Edna R. Pearson
Ruby Brooks
Katherine Dixon
Margaret Sansum
Evalyn Smith
Stina Nelson
Myrtle Higgins
Lizzie E. Johnston
Bessie Hale
Adeline Keller
Anna McPhillips
Ethel Coates
Margaret Hannon
Mae L. Horkan
Linda E. Barry
Estella J. Barry
Lydia Platt
Helen B.templin
Louis E. Schreiber
Leona Steffens
la Valle
Belle C. Smith
Minnie Schreiber
Agnes Schluter
Irma M. Bernhard
Dora E. Hill
Arma Cooke
Myrtle Clingman
Grace K. Finder
Tena Manthey
Irma Stounds
Elizabeth Griffin
Ida Schneider
Elsie Getchell
Martha Retzloff
Roscoe Hutchins
Walton
Mary E. Green
Oswald Seidensticker
Chicago
Edna Amesbury
Jennie Koons
Bertha Stowe
Carrie Gillespie
Why I Want Go To The Assembly For A State Park
A candidate argues for a Devil's Lake state park and an electric Madison to Prairie du Lac route. He pledges state aid for roads and favors reform of primary election law and the 1906 veterinary statute. He supports liquor control, initiative and referendum, higher university outreach, fair public utility treatment, and a fair contest with Cahoon and Mather.
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Devil’s Lake
Madison
Prairie du Lac
Baraboo
Delton
Kilbourn
Assembly
Cahoon
Mather
Local families visit Newport and Kilbourn this Friday
Pine Creek residents Mr. and Mrs. Paul Cahoon and family join Mr. and Mrs. Chas Spencer and others for a Friday outing to Newport and Kilbourn. Miss Elsa Marquardt of Sumpter is staying several weeks with her cousin Mr. and Mrs. R. O. Marquardt.
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Paul Cahoon
Chas. Spencer
Messrs. Hardy
Arthur and
Clarence Spencer
Ed. Bellows
Reynolds Marquardt
Newport
Kilbourn
Elsa Marquardt
Sumpter
R. O. Marquardt
Local Couples Attend Fair and Lake Trips
Aug 18 saw Mr and Mrs Roy Steel travel to Reedsburg for the fair. Mr and Mrs Clarence Simons and a Milwaukee guest spent a day at Devil's Lake. Mr and Mrs C J Jackson of Michigan and Mr and Mrs Adelbert Rose of Racine were hosted by Mr and Mrs A B Shults and toured the Dells during their visit.
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Roy Steel
Reedsburg
Clarence Simons
Milwaukee
Devil’s Lake
C. J. Jackson
Mich
Adelbert Rose
Racine
A. 8. Shults
Delis
Portage Hosts Columbia County Fair and Homecoming
The Columbia county fair and homecoming unfold September 1 to 4 in Portage with rider races relays acrobatics and a grand parade planned. The first Portage home-comers reunion meets at the Armory September 1 with speeches and a formal reception by local ladies. All home comers enter the fair free on September 4 with civic groups invited to join the parade and brass bands in attendance.
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Columbia County
Portage
Armory
Prairie Du Sac Notes Weather and Local Happenings
In Prairie Du Sac Aug 18 rains bring relief for crops with hopes for half a crop corn and late potatoes improved plowing. Oats are good quality. J Meisser Jr house and Presbyterian Church near completion. W A Powers considers a cement plant to manufacture blocks bricks and complete house materials.
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J. Meisser Jr
Presbyterian Church
G. C. Powers
Delton Delona
Reedsburg
C. Bretsch
Baraboo
W. A. Powers
Toole Couple Plans Wisconsin Horticultural Meeting
Mr J and Mrs William Toole will attend the state meeting of the Wisconsin Horticultural Society at Sturgeon Bay on Wednesday and Thursday August 26 and 27. Prizes are offered and an attractive program provided with sightseeing and a steamboat ride from Milwaukee at reduced rates. Mr Toole can receive information or a booklet by Secretary Frederick Cranefield of Madison.
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William Toole
Wisconsin Horticultural Society
Sturgeon Bay
Milwaukee
Toole
Frederick Cranefield
Madison
A Ton of Honey Shipped to Milwaukee This Week
H. W. Savage shipped a ton of honey to Milwaukee saying the season was excellent for workers and one swarm yielded 218 pounds. Genevieve Gorst arrived from Mendota to visit Baraboo friends. A remedy for sunburn on sale at Evenson's Pharmacy. W F Hagen and Alfred Anchor caught a 15 pound pickerel in the Wisconsin river near Newport. A large Baraboo river turtle was shown and sent to Milwaukees Paul Hagen.
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H. W. Savage
Milwaukee
Genevieve Gorst
Mendota
W.F. Hagen
Alfred Anchor
Wisconsin River
Newport
Mr. Hagen
Paul Hagen
Rae Trapp
Baraboo
David Jones
Greenfield
W. W. Terwilliger
Michigan
Devil’s Lake
Kilbourn
Kate Waddell
Harriet Tucker Walker
Ottumway
Iowa
Henry Tucker
East Street
Major Hackett for Sheriff in Republican primary
North Freedom resident Major N. B. Hackett seeks the Republican nomination for Sauk County sheriff in the September 1 primary. He cites his experience and executive ability and asks supporters to vote for him, praising opponents as strong men and urging a favorable mark.
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Tive
N. B. Hackett
James H Mastin Candidate for Reedburg Register of Deeds
James H Mastin of Reedburg is presented as the Republican candidate for Register of Deeds. The endorsement argues the office's high importance to all voters due to its role in real estate transfers and asserts Mastin is well qualified and will serve with satisfaction if nominated and elected.
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Mastin
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Dolores Brown
Ada. Steele
Poe
A.W. Ghase
Eveneson
The
Pine Creek
Evenson’s
Womans
Eac
Crisi
Bradfield Regulator CO
Atlanta
Major Hackett
Major
James H. Mastin
MR. Mastin
Marriott Shoe CO
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