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Newspaper
Baraboo News
Location
Baraboo, Wisconsin, United States of America
Date
Aug 27, 1908
Page
9
In a brief note from editor H. E. Cole the Baraboo paper urges readers to cheer up as crickets sing of upcoming changes. The column mentions a primary ballot and suggests residents will navigate it with ease once teachers are gone.
Baraboo hosts a convergence of professors principals and pedagogues creating an educational air that underscores the towns academic emphasis and community scholarly profile.
The remark notes that after a victory rivals seek to find what lucky charm or rabbit’s foot influenced the opponent’s performance. It frames competition as a search for luck or superstition behind outcomes.
If all reports are true it will take the North Freedom disturbers some time to get all of the mud off their hands.
McGovern and McFetridge each present distinct platforms while urging all candidates to reveal their positions. The piece frames a broader call for openness in the campaign.
The returns from people bitten by worthless dogs continue to come in. Narrows Prairie furnishes an instance.
A keen local observer claims to forecast the winning horses for the September 1 dash. The public tone underscores the precincts and betting interest surrounding the race event.
Automobilists facing difficulties in Fairfield sands are urged to pause and observe how others pass a specific point, using the moment to rethink driving approach and safety practices.
A Baraboo girl with $450 ready to marry hopes to find a suitable young man. The message implies a match based on financial readiness and willingness to wed.
A terse report notes saloon closure at La Rue while wells show revival, suggesting economic shifts not tied to political actions. The item contrasts business downturn with resource rebound, framing a neutral local development observation.
A local resident finds comfort in knowing the town shop offers the finest flowers and fruits. The promise of quality eases the lonesome feeling during daily routines and errands.
The passage notes newspapers wield strong sway over public opinion, enough to affect a state candidate's ability to draw hundreds of listeners. It emphasizes the medium's reach in shaping political engagement and attendance at events.
Hillcrest Graphic Arts will print the Lafollette paper enabling Sauk County residents to obtain the printed numbers hot from the press. The arrangement highlights local production and timely access to the senator's material.
Afternoon arrivals will let passengers enjoy scenery without riding atop cars or inhaling smoke as the Chicago service debuts.
Local Baraboo riotous custom spreads as friends haul the couple in an ash cart while the town rings the fire bell to excite the populace. The scene reflects playful wedding revelry amid community shouts and laughter.
The report notes no betting odds or 10 to 1 offers on any Sauk County candidate, highlighting a calm political race with no clear frontrunners or betting action.
The Baraboo region faces a potential plant by Hillcrest Graphic Arts if no unusual inducements are offered, suggesting a cautious stance by local officials and residents as the project looms.
Baraboo attendees expected a temperance talk but heard arguments favoring strong drink, leaving the audience surprised and noting they will be wiser at future lectures.
A Baraboo resident reported losing 105 dollars while asleep. The accompanying woman, once seen with him, vanished with the money, prompting an investigation into the disappearance and financial loss.
An old Indian tradition is cited suggesting the chief aim of man relates to the scalp. The remark implies some voters may carry this mindset into the polls on the first day in September.
The writer notes that voters once faced a harder choice as politicians compiled the slate, suggesting voters endured more inconvenience and censorship of candidate selection in the old days.
A Portage cow that startled from radiating wheel parts of a buggy struck Caledonia man, who ran into her. The animal is to be pardoned for becoming excited, an event unlikely in her experience.
A Barahoo angler who hooked a large catch at Devil's Lake and the Delton man who landed a 15 pounder in the Wisconsin River plan to spend an evening together. The Delton man should be ready to listen for fresh tips from the ground.
A Baraboo angler retrieved a barbed prize from the Wisconsin river following a neck and neck chase with a pickerel and a tipped line. The fish broke the line and the ticket fell, drawing speculation about the angler’s possible influence from Baron Munchhausen.
Col David D Wardwell aged 80, cancer patient, dies under the same roof as his wife shown to suffer leprosy and insanity in Bisbee Arizona. A veteran of the Mexican and Civil Wars, he fled Los Angeles with his ailing wife seeking care and shelter. The neighborly bravery remains a somber memory of a harsh ending.
The race before the primary is friendly in Rock and Sauk counties while other areas see bitter contests. Personalities sparked harsh newspaper and street talk, but Sauk county retains a sunny tone with all candidates accepting outcomes cheerfully. Mud slinging is not politics.
The article denounces a race riot in Springfield Illinois with many deaths and injuries. It questions state compensation for lives taken and for troops deployed to defend the city while arguing against mob violence and the destruction of property including a business worth $20,000.
The piece argues the Springfield mob raid proves liquor venues invite crime and endanger communities. It urges public authorities to shutter vice zones and expel loafers and hoodlums, noting the high cost and broad lesson for citizens and governance.
A hall in Baraboo heard Hamilton deliver a talk on King Alcohol, prompting many attendees to leave as the speech diverged from expectations. A doggerel rhyme framed the scene, noting the crowd’s reaction and the speaker’s remarks.
Charles Lapham discovered an 1855 Milwaukee folder printed by Patton and Williams listing hotels eating houses public buildings and rail connections. It names the Milwaukee & Minnesota Milwaukee & Horicon Milwaukee & Chicago Detroit & Milwaukee and Milwaukee Watertown & Baraboo Valley lines.
A railway employee filed a report on a cow killed on the system. When asked about disposition of carcass he wrote Kini and gentle.
Tommy tells his father that he visited Willie Stout’s house for dinner and repeatedly declined extra help. Mrs. Stout kept asking if he had enough, and Tommy says he answered no several times.
Bert Walker claims Old Noah failed to seize a forty night window to wipe out the two mosquitos, leaving us to suffer. The Drexel Star quips at the missed opportunity and the ongoing nuisance.
An unknown exchange addresses the fisherman noting he rises early, disturbs the household, and faces a weary evening. It praises his preparations yet says he comes back smelling of strong drink and the truth is not in him.
A western railway official, not noted for looks, is told by a desk clerk that a man outside wants to see him. The boy describes the visitor as a “measly looking goat with red hair and squint eyes,” adding he initially mistook the caller for the official.
The Vicksburg siege eraDaily Citizen copy, printed on wall paper due to paper shortages, details rations and price abuses, notes General Grant dine in Vicksburg and capture of the city on July 4 1863, and ends with the wall paper edition as a curiosity.
Mr. and Mrs. Robert Koenig marked 25 years of marriage with a Wednesday August 19 celebration at their home near the city. Guests included Mr. and Mrs. Richard Willey and children of Shelby Iowa and other friends from Sauk City Honey Creek Merrimack Roxbury Bara Boo and more.
At the First Methodist Episcopal church official board meeting Rev. John Singleton Crowder was unanimously invited to stay for another year. Dr. Truesdale of Madison presided as members unanimously supported his continued pastorate despite an Iowa church offer. Crowder, who came from Indiana last year, will remain with the Baraboo congregation.
Tracy L. Peck, formerly a train dispatcher in Baraboo, died at his Martinez California home Thursday afternoon at three o'clock after a period of illness. He was about 45 and survived by a wife and three daughters Mabel, Lucile and Marguerite, his father F. N. Peck of Baraboo, three sisters Mrs. Charles Randall of Baraboo Mrs. T. A. Lawson of Oakland California Mrs. Lawrence Cash of North Yakima Washington and a brother Earl Peck of North Yakima Washington.
Ewald Heitkamp son of Mr and Mrs Fred Heitkamp Reedsburg and Miss Stella Harding Prairie du Chien wed in Houston Texas Sunday Heitkamp serves as head tailor for R M Chapman Clothing Co.
Elizabeth H. Martin of Chicago writes that Peruna cured her frontal headaches and nasal catarrh after a cold. She describes a bowel relief product Man-a-lin and notes Peruna tablets as an alternative form.
The Central Wisconsin Transit company filed articles of incorporation in the secretary of state office. The route runs from Kilbourn City through Adams county to Friendship then Wood county, ending at Grand Rapids, about sixty five miles. The group includes J J Burns C F Burns George H Campbell William Sweet and B Wintermute. Financing is by the St Paul road with connections at Kilbourn City and Grand Rapids.
T. G. Johnston received a forehead wound when a red hot iron struck him from under a hammer in the blacksmith shop at the mine. The injury bled heavily but he is recovering and thankful the blow was not more serious.
A brief advert for 25 photos priced at 25 cents each, offered in five positions with five photos per position. Promoter W. G. Smith lists the Reinking Building as the location for photo postal novelties.
A North Freedom Journal item notes a Baraboo woman claiming $450 in the bank and a desire to marry and quit the pickle factory. The piece questions who can blame her for choosing marriage and freedom from work at the factory.
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