Sauk County Courthouse Adapts To Modern Needs In Baraboo
The new Sauk County courthouse, completed around 1905, features a 29 by 42 foot grand room, two committee rooms, upper floor offices, and a full basement with coal vaults. It showcases dark oak finish, concrete floors on fireproof arches, monolith basement flooring, and Johnson Service Co heating. Architects Clas and contractor McCarthy led a modern, well-financed project admired for its finish, with corner stones and a copper time capsule containing local notices and a range of newspapers.
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Johnson Service Co
Board of Supervisors
John M. True
Baraboo
C. A. Clark
Reedsburg
E. M. Davies
Spring Green
W. O. Cannon
Woodland
Henry Grotophorst
Honey Creek
A. C. Clas
Milwaukee
T. J. McCarthy
Madison
Sauk County
Lancaster
la Crosse
Merrill
Antigo
Sparta
August Ockerhauser
County Board of Supervisors
Jury Drawn for September Circuit Court Term
Jury commissioners selected jurors for the September term across many towns including Bear Creek Troy Spring Green Franklin Sauk City Baraboo Reedsburg Prairie du Sac and Ironton with names such as Benjamin Olesen Geo McCready Amos Mercer T Walsh Louis Birgen Jacob Hill Henry Behnke and others Township wards noted in several listings.
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Baraboo Democrat
Baraboo News
Baraboo Republic
Reedsburg Times
Reedsburg Free Press
la Valle Leader
North Freedom Journal
Prairie du Sac News
Sauk City Presse
Spring Green News
Lone Rock Review
Milwaukee Free Press
Milwaukee Sentinel
Madison Journal
Baraboo
County Board
Benjamin O. Olesen
Bear Creek
Geo. W. McCready
Troy
Amos J. Mercer
Spring Green
T. Walsh
Franklin
Louis Birgen
Honey Creek
Jacob Hill
Sumpter
Henry Behnke
Excelsior
Charles Becker
Sauk City
S. P. Searle
Delton
J. H. Luce
Fairfield
P. H. Gibbons
Ist
Ward
Simon Cobleigh
Noah Mortimer
Woodland
M. C. Moore
Prairie du Lac
Fred Pobjoy
J. P. Luther
Frank McKune
Edward Kinamen
Ironton
George Hawkins
J. O’connors
Reedsburg
G. T. Kellogg
Greenfield
Mark Schell
Pr. du Sac
James Curry
Baraboolst
A. L. Bunker
Woodland Town
Chas. Schlingbaum
Ford Effinger
Frank Shults
John Talbot
James Carpenter
Contributions to Sauk County Historical Society
A list of donations to the Sauk County Historical Society includes A H Pratt gifting a wheat flail an old cradle candle moulds a tong and a shovel holder from his father pioneer citizen P Pratt Baraboo. Other items come from W H Elke Paul A Seifert John Koch Edward Terry W H Hatch Jane O Rourke G Cooper Aaron Teel L Reynolds John Erickson M Reuland F H Getchell and E V Alexander among others. The gifts cover tools weapons coins a wooden spoon and various artifacts reflecting local history and early life in Baraboo Dellona Prairie du Sac and surrounding areas.
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Sauk County
Belmont
Iowa County
Paul A. Seifert
Gotham
Wis
John Koch
Prairie du Sac
James Christian
Edward Terry
Baraboo
Colorado
W. H. Hatch
Second Avenue
Jane O’rourke
Linn Street
Ireland
G. Cooper
Dellona
John Erickson
Norway
M. Reuland
Indiana
F. H. Getchell
Sixth Avenue
O. L. Glazier
United States
Massachusetts
Local Historical Society Sees Notable Gifts and Loans
Abraham Simonds of Prairie du Lac donates a spinning wheel copper coffee pot a handmade axe brass candlestick hay knife a pair of ox shoes and a tallow dip lamp. M J Tyler and Joseph Johnson also contribute artifacts including a vault key needle ore shoe hammer and Linn avenue find. Leonard Case and H E Cole donate more items from Indiana Quebec and Montreal.
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Fred Alwin
Prairie du Lac
Teel
M. J. Tyler
Joseph Johnson
Court House
Lake Superior
Linn Avenue
Baraboo
Emmet Terry
Leonard Case
H. E. Cole
Indiana
Quebec
Davenport
The
Historical Society of Montreal
Laugh And Crow Fat. A Fun Color Comic Section Review
The Sunday Record-HERALD highlights a vibrant color comic section to lift moods and banish the blues. It promises entertaining features in the Sunday issue and a magazine with contributions from celebrated authors and artists.
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Sunday Record-Herald
Taz Sunday Record-Herald
Aurey Wood Spends Day with Parents on Walnut Hill
Aurey Wood spent one day last week with his parents on Walnut Hill, sharing time together away from routine duties. The brief family outing highlighted a simple weekend pause in their schedule.
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Aurey Wood
Walnut Hill
Spavin Liniment Advertised by Fisher Bros in Baraboo Wis
English Spavin Liniment claims to remove lumps, spavins, curbs, splints, sweeney, ring bone, swollen throats and coughs from horses. Promises savings of $50 per bottle and is touted as the most wonderful blemish cure. Baraboo Wisconsin druggists Fisher Bros endorse it.
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Fisher Bros
Baraboo
Wis
Very Low Rates to Chattanooga on Northwestern Line
Ex excursion tickets sold September 15 to 17 for Regimental Reunion and Anniversary Battle of Chickamauga with favorable return limits. Apply to Chicago and North Western agents in Ray.
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North-Western
Chickamauga
Chicago& North-Western Ray
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A.C. Clas
Ferry& Clas
Frank Stevens
C. J. Jorgensen
Peter Schmidt & Company
Fred Brewer
Richland Center
Johnson Fire Proof Company
Chicago
Anderson & Company of
Brown & Company of
Hoffman & Company of
Otto Schadde & Company
Charles Bender
Circuit Court
G. W. Hass
Henry Roewers
Westfield
P. Kerrigan
Jacob Meyer
Bert Cramer
Istward
Wm. Hutter
Charles Spencer
Town
H E Stone
Coounty Board
Henry Behanke
Sauk County Historical Society
Sauk
Elijah Lane
E. V. Alexander
J. F. Alexander
L. C. Slye
Dr. L. QC. Slye
Bennington
Vermont
Eva Alexander
Society
Boston
New York
Abraham Simonds
Chas. Hirschinger
City of
WM. Halberslaben
A.G Petit
Sauk County Board
J. T. Donaghey
North Freed
S.S.S
Swift Specific CO
Atlanta
A. J. Gemmill
Chattanoo
N.W
St. Paul & Oak. Pass
St. Paul Limited
Minn
St. P’l Mail
St. Paul Mail
Caledonia
A. M
St. P
Minnesota Mail
St. Paul & Minn
Duluth Limited
St Paul Pass
tDaily
St. Paul
Winona
J. F. Sneathen
R. H. Clark
Third ST
Lueth Bros
4Th Ave
Wellington
Virgil H. Cady
Wiscongsin
Dithmar & Carrow, Atttorney AT Law
Baraboo, Wis
Thuerer Bros
D.D.S
Hovurs
New York Tribune
National Magazine
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