Social notes from the Dells and area visitors
Mrs E H James and Miss Heritage spent yesterday at the Dells. Victor Mistele of the South Side entertains his father of Tomah. Families from Hillsboro Sauk Kilbourn Janesville Black River Falls Belvidere and Chicago visit locally. Henry Quimby kills a rattlesnake near Messenger Shore. Capt Charles Fritz and Miss Rogers stay at the Sherman home. Walter Palmer returns from Minneapolis after G A R encampment. Ethel and Mamie Haines plan Chicago departure with relatives.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Charles Fritz
Chicago
Miss Rogers
Sherman
E. E. Haines
Ethel
Mamie Haines
Baraboo News Notes and Dam Speculation
Local social notices list visits from residents and guests including Mrs Ed Hallihan in Rushford and Miss Beulah Bailey in Milwaukee. Notes on workers, mills, a street roller stuck in court house park sand and talks of a Baraboo dam project with surveys and power contracts in nearby cities.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Court House Park
Baraboo
Kilbourn
Madison
Milwaukee
Old Baraboo Reminds Community Life at Court House
The old brick court house in the park hosted church festivals mass meetings and trials and even a 1862 1863 Unitarian festival featuring original song by A N Kellogg sung by Mr and Mrs Bowen and Mrs Peck. The lines praise Wisconsin Baraboo its factories mills schools and gardens and fondly note local firemen and youth playing and the hill north of Baraboo where loved ones rest.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Annie E. Burt
Baraboo
A. N. Kellogg
Nelson Bowen
H A. Peck
Peck
Burt
Old Court House
Mr. Kellogg
Baraboo Area Social Roundup and Local News
Baraboo letters report visitors from Madison Reedsburg LaCrosse Oregon and Beloit. Local scenes include a social dinner at the Wild residence a breach of promise suit involving Thos Wilson and Mabel Summers ties to Okee and Devil's Lake train emergency gifts to W R Wood for quick action saving lives.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Thos. K. Wilson
Volga
Mabel Summers
Okee
Inez Robinson
Madison
Baraboo
Wilson
Miss Robinson
Johnson
Lodi
W.R. Wood
Omaha Road
Hau Claire
Wood
Editors praise contributors for special issue art and descriptions
The News credits Robert Koch of Chicago for water color sketches of old courthouses, W. M. McFetridge of Baraboo for pen and ink drawings, architect A. C. Clas of Milwaukee for exterior and interior views and descriptions, and Hon. J. M. True plus others for aiding the special issue.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Robert Koch
Chicago
W. M.mcfetridge
Baraboo
A. C. Clas
Milwaukee
J. M. True
Baraboo Woman Seeks Deserted Husband With Ringling Circus
Aurora Illinois report says Mrs Alma Condon of Baraboo Wisconsin searched for her husband John Condon who she claims deserted her and their child to follow Ringling Bros circus. She has pursued him since the show left its winter quarters.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Aurora, Ill
Alma Condon
Baraboo
Wis
John Condon
Obituary notices for Jessie M Chamberlin and G Andross
Mrs Jessie M Chamberlin died at her Chicago home on Aug 14 at 8 am. Services at 5 pm Wednesday and burial at Belvidere, Illinois, Thursday. G Andross died at his Lyons home on Thursday at 3 15 pm aged 82. Born in Vermont, he lived in Delton since 1857 before moving to Lyons ten years ago. Survived by wife, son Charles E, daughter Mrs J B Shumway. funeral Saturday 10 am at the house, interment Delton.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Jessie M. Chamberlin
Daniel W. Chamberlin
Chicago
Locust St
Belvidere
Ill
G. Andross
Lyons
Bright
Vermont
Delton
Chas. E
J. B. Shumway
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Uneeda Biscuit
National Biscuit Company
E. H. James
Victor Mistele
South Side
Tomah
Mrs. Frank Herfort and Sons
Hillsboro
Adolph Platt and Son
Sauk
Mrs. M. Nippert
C. A. Stanton
Janesville
Eugene Brewster
the Lake
M. J. Flanigan
Mrs. Driscoll
Lena
Josephine Sandberg
Christ Anderson
Henry Quimby
Messenger Shore
Walter Palmer
Minneapolis
L. G. Hamilton
Miss Heritage
I. J. Laird
James
Madison Hospital
Ed. Hallihan
Rushford, Minnesota
H. K. Dillenbeck
Portage
Beulah Bailey
Cora Sprecher
T. A. Fletcher
L. H. Palmer
Tomona Jackson
Dane
City
Mark Case
Reedsburg
Fern Dell
Arthur Morris
M. J. Murphy
St. Paul
Fred Roesen
St. Louis
Mrs
Thomas Rodwell
J. A. Deckham
W. E. Schmitt
G. H. Schmitt
Jerry Phillips
Providence
Rhode Island
H. R. Ryan
W. A. Vrooman
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Colorado
Manchester
Wisconsin
Noble
Old Baraboo
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A. E. Burt
W. C. Hill
J. E. Witwen
Harry Thornton
Register of Deeds
Frank van Vleet
George Wylie
Columbia County
Mrs. A. Hasset
Mrs. G. Orton
LaCrosse
Mr. Orton
Margie Burke
Lillian Loos
Frieds
Oregon
Christ Lousche
George Page
J. W. Shepard
Rose
Oregon, Wis
E. C. Wiswall
J. P. Witwen
Mable Sprecher
Spring Green
Amy Langdon
Neenah
Lena Link
Lydia Platt
Algoma
Gretta Koch
Leon F. Downie
W. P. Brown
Ohio
John Osler
Boston
Evenson’s
Will Cobden
Mrs. Chas. Clark
W. D. Bartlett
Oak Street
E. O. Holden
Marble Works
Marvin Blake and Son
Beloit
Mrs. C. M. Blake
C. E. Hallisey
Dan Chamberlain
Belvidere, Ill
Will Young
George Patterson
Erna
Frieda Aaron
M. Schneider
Cassie Mc
Caskey
Tillie Mc Caskey
Alderman J. R. Hofstatter
Fred Arnold
Elroy
Elmer Arner
Charley Sherman
George Arner
Ed. Genske
Ed. Benke
Spooner
Wm. Gust
Eau Claire
Major
Corwin Barstow
Wm. Marquette
J. G. Seidel
Warrens
O. E. Whitcomb
Virgil
Margaret
Charles Wild
Wild Home
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Ableman
George B. Gibbons
Sauk County
Scott
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Pearl Street
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