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Newspaper
Baraboo News
Location
Baraboo, Wisconsin, United States of America
Date
Aug 27, 1908
Page
3
We placed four hundred graduates in positions last year and project earnings over 350000 in the first year. The school reports 5826 graduates employed and nearly six million dollars in annual earnings. Send for catalogue and enroll now at Toland's.
Aug 22 highlights include Mrs E O Scharnke and Mildred visiting Baraboo with others. Reedsburg visitors Florence Richardson, Anna Corcoran, Anna Smythe and Milwaukee guest Lena Schutte are noted. Clara Risley’s music class held a recital at Hindes home with performances by Risley, Wiseman, Scharnke, Hindes and Smythe.
An old column touts Blood Bitters for health and Dean's Ointment curing itching piles with a testimonial from Hon. John R. Garrett. It warns harsh physics weaken bowels and promotes Dean's Regulats to ease constipation. It also endorses Dr Thomas Electric Oil for emergencies and pain relief.
Aug 26 Ebenezer Valley updates show Mr. and Mrs. Tunice Nelson of Gays Mills Wisconsin visiting Andrew Nelson's family. Richard Meyers loses a horse. C Christie visits Fairfield. Richard Lange of Beloit visits sister R Prine. Albert Jantz of Chicago visits M Putz family. James Dickie stays with Supt. Davies at Fern Dell. Levi Klagas hosts Chicago guests. Roy Spaulding's son ill. Hartvet children, visiting Nelson grandparents, return to Minneapolis next Thursday.
Mr and Mrs John Shew and Mrs Woll of Baraboo visited Glenville on Friday at the home of Mrs John Shew. The trip highlights a family gathering and local social activity.
Baraboo Wis set offer for Milwaukee Free Press readers to receive all campaign and news coverage for the rest of the year for one dollar. Send payments to The News Baraboo Wis before January 1 1909.
Fred Beaver, who has worked in an Illinois cheese factory three months, spent Wednesday with friend Oval Peck and has secured a cheese maker position at Lime Ridge. Also note local visits and work crews at nearby sites including Durward's Glen and Herman Meyer’s new house.
Albert Lehman and family along with F Lehman and family of Baraboo visited H Kamenzky in Pine Hollow Valley on Sunday. A dance at Herman Kamenzky’s occurred Saturday night. Miss Millie Voll of Baraboo and her mother visited in Pine Hollow Valley Sunday.
Aug 25 events note Mr and Mrs E H Hambur g and son Harold visited Baraboo friends from Saturday to Monday. Esther Schaeffer of Reedsburg spent Sunday with Amanda and Hilda Rose. John Hahn of Lake Mills stayed with the Halbersleben family Friday and Saturday. Tina Hameister and Edna Burkenmeyer visited Emma and Esther Halbersleben. Willie Fuhlbohm of Reedsburg visited relatives H Klagos. Esther Wilkens and Rinehart with Emma Therman called at Wm Rose home. The Halberslebens visited Z Hudson and Mrs Herman Wischoff of Reedsburg spent Friday with her sister Mrs Wm Rose.
Hiram Beardsley helps Morley Porter build a machine shed and corn crib. Mrs. Jesse Newell visits Amulchar MacMarlin’s family at Webster’s Prairie, returns Sunday. Claude Newell hosts a dancing party. Olive Thayer attends Training school in Reedsburg. Clara Harman of Baraboo visits sister Mrs. Hattie Higgins. Harman family returns home after visit. Ed Grass and family tour Portage sights Wednesday.
Aug 25 Loganville residents report social calls at Reedsburg and nearby communities. W. H. Ware and Fay spend Sunday with J. B. Seldon. P. H. Luhrsen returns from Reedsburg. Mrs. Carber and Mrs. Twist visit Miss Ware. A funeral for Mrs. D. B. Hulburt draws many locals. W. H. Ware attends Ole Swanson play in Reedsburg.
Sauk County readers find Durward's Glen among the area’s best outdoor spots. On Sunday a large crowd gathered for a Glen birthday dinner, with visitors including Mr. and Mrs. C F Kindschi and children of Baraboo and families such as the Bradleys McIntyres Roaches and Dwyer.
The column notes visits by Mrs. M. W. Bunnell of Omaha to relatives in Sumpter and nearby, while Mr. and Mrs. J. L. Hill sought ear specialist care in Madison and attended The Wild West Show. Frost fears rise among farmers as chilly nights persist and Lilah King visits her grandfather R. F. King. Bridge masons report completion of current projects.
The Ladies' Home club met with Mrs. X Reese on Thursday afternoon with about 20 attendees. Mr. and Mrs C E Kelley visited E L Montross Sunday. Alice Ellinwood visits with Mr. and Mrs Cottington for a week. Powell, Darrow, Fish and Kelley families enjoyed a Wisconsin Dells outing Saturday. Farmers await threshing machines in the neighborhood.
Arthur Reynolds becomes Delton's first car owner amid village record. Henry Sarrington led a large dam crew last week. Mrs. John Chaffee vacationed with Baraboo friends. Mrs Day Stanley of Baraboo visited sister Mrs Myrtle House. J L Hulbert and wife stayed with brother H H Hulbert in Baraboo. Bevelyn Bassett of West Baraboo visits Delton.
Aug 24 report shows Mr. and Mrs. Grant Dryer of Dellona staying with Stephen Premo from Friday to Sunday. Dryer is a sheriff candidate. Other social items include visits by Mabel Meisser of Baraboo to J P Kindschi, a Silver Medal contest at Merrimack, and various Baraboo Madison Lodi social mentions.
Aug 24 reports Emil Dreger of Madison visiting aunt Mrs C H Johnson. Eva Platt of North Freedom visits sister Mrs Wm Ramsey and Gusta and Ora Johnson. Mrs Dick and two daughters of Baraboo stay with Mrs 8 Coles. Edward Owen of Caledonia visits cousins Harry and Harley Jones. Mr Watson and family spend Sunday with Wm Jones. Mrs D Rogers visits daughter Mrs O F Edwards in Glenville. About forty attend the dance at Weirichs Friday. Bernice Glazier of Baraboo visits Ethel Jones.
In Woodlawn Wisconsin on August 24 Mr Stanton and his family two miles south are quarantined due to a small pox case. The illness is very light with the patient scarcely sick and the exposure source is unknown.
Aug 24 notes list illness improving Miss Rudel and new school term for Ida Lawrenz at Samuel Welsh district The Claridge sisters Simpson and Cone begin training school W F M Lee meets Sept 8 with box for Inhambane Africa Wright son of Mr and Mrs Corwith dies at nine Bas families receive sympathy visits from Howard Bass Delton visits Peterson family Jopp home visit mentions.
O J Phillipps and Mr and Mrs C A Reitman attended the Buffalo Bill show at Madison. Albert O Brandt couple celebrate a newborn son born Aug 22. Hattie McBrayer leaves for Lime Ridge then Reedsburg training school. Adolph Dickeman returns from Iowa. Lizzie Stombaugh lags in recovery. Wm Schwartz and Aug Machow hosted by JF Reitman. Stanley Webb departs for Chicago after a year with Barkleys. Dora Powell returns from Baraboo. Crossy party visits Grant Powell. Miss Margaret Coughlin visits Wm McCarty’s family. Mrs Frank Powell visits from Reedsburg. Hazel Phillipps returns from Devils Lake outing.
September begins the Toland School first term with three hundred young men and women starting the road to success. Are you one of them.
Mrs L E Davies and grandson began a walking trip to visit Madison. Rev J T Durward supervised monument site work at Glen Cottage. Jack Roach moved a near three hundred pound stone from Baraboo. Several visitors joined from Kansas City Thayer Portage Baraboo.
Charles Long and son visited last week. Many townsfolk including Misses Alta and LeNoir Courtier return from Madison. A baby girl arrived for Mr. and Mrs. Charles Briggs on Aug 17. Visitors come and go between La Valle, Baraboo, Reedsburg, Kendall, Jefferson, and nearby farms as neighbors visit relatives and friends.
Aug 22 reports Mrs Aug Marquardt of East Greenfield visiting her mother in law Mrs Marquardt. Mrs Kesler and daughter Miss Erma with Orriel Miller of Baraboo visited Mrs Steinke. Mrs J Roberts learned her cousin Mrs Wm Schutz of Westfield had a paralysis stroke and is serious. Mr and Mrs James D Roberts hosted a Chicago guest. The Roberta couple spend days with Westfield relatives. Charles Roberts of North Freedom visits James Roberts family.
Aug 22 notes show prosperity as Charley Porter builds a barn and Mr Brandt digs a well at Loomis farm. Cattle and sheep indicate well to do farmers. Mrs R B Maloney and Miss Fern Hackett visit Mrs Frank Getche. Hackett plans return to Oshkosh for teaching with higher pay.
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