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Newspaper
Baraboo News
Location
Baraboo, Wisconsin, United States of America
Date
Dec 06, 1905
Page
11
Dr Rea Reported Curing Patients Across Wisconsin and Dakotas
A list of patients attributed to Dr. Rea shows cures for kidney and nervous trouble, rheumatism, paralysis, eye problems, and digestion across towns in Wisconsin, Minnesota, North Dakota, and beyond. Names include Ben Taylor Durand Chriss Nelson Fred Morgan Mrs H M Lake Martin Johnson Geo Kothlow Joe Polley Emma Knight Edna Hans Bert Walsingham Oscar Morks Wm F Myer Oscar Halstein Mike Curren E C Brimmer Mrs C S Howard Mrs T L Quandrall S M Moore Fred L Bicker N G Olson O H Larson among others with varied ailments noted as cured after Dr. Rea's treatment.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Rea
H. M. Lake
Wheeler
Wis
Martin Johnson
Knapp
Geo. Kothlow
Menominee
Joe Polley
Emma Knight
Edna Hans
Baldwin
Bert Walsingham
Ellsworth
Oscar Morks
Superior St
Duluth
Minn
Wm. F. Myer
Dexter
Oscar Halstein
Fargo
N. D
Mr. Halstein
Mike Curren
Minto
E. C. Brimmer
Nourse St
St. Anthony Park
C.S. Howard
Edgerton
T. L. Quandrall
Mekinock
S. M. Moore
Gladstone
N. CG. Olson
East Grand Forks
Big Knee
O.H. Larson
Bue
Dr Rea cures chronic diseases across multiple states
Advertises Dr Rea as leading expert for consumption cancer skin and blood diseases with testimonials from Minneapolis Tribune and patients in Minnesota Wisconsin and North Dakota. Details his upcoming travel schedule with consultations and examinations priced at 100 dollars and locations in Oconto Beyer House Milwaukee and Madison among others.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Emma Geving
McIntosh
Minn
W.H. Nulph
Wyndmere
N. D
Charles Grondysee
Slayton
Dr. Doran
Rea
Christ Erickson
Teastrike
Gust Horton
Tenstrike
Ole Bredeson
Wheaton
Albert Johnson
Crookston
John Hegg
Northomne
Minneapolis Tribune
Dr. Rea
Oconto
Wis
Beyer House
Joe Wis
Central Hotel
Cero
Sheboygan
Milwaukee
Plankinton
Dodgeville
Grand Hotel
Mon- Oe
Ric and Center
Park Hotel
Madison
Baraboo
Warren
Elroy
Trestrial
Sparta
Ida House
Minneapolis
Boston Block
Her Modest Wish at Roslyn School Board Meeting
Mrs. Clarence H. Mackay, new Roslyn school board member, welcomed her election with a modest, reflective speech. She warned against greed, likening ambition to a child’s birthday wish and recalling a tale of a girl choosing a doll, saying she would take twins.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Clarence H. Mackay
Roslyn
L. L
Reversing Things and a Morning Kiss
They finish breakfast and the woman of the future heads downtown while her husband rises. He hugs her and professes deep love. She retorts with playful sarcasm asking if the gesture means a new hat or trousers as a joke.
A Crying Rack
A humorous exchange about a home built merry-go-round in the backyard and its effect on laundry during wash day. The dialogue highlights domestic amusement and the speaker’s irony about clothes behaving oddly on wash day.
The First Dyspeptic Joke in Sunday School
A boy jokes about Moses and two tablets after his father takes two dyspepsia tablets. The father muses on whether Moses was the first to suffer dyspepsia as the teacher had mentioned two tablets from God.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Tommy
Moses
Talisman Taylor Faces Indian Bias Question in Murder Case
In a northern California town a supposed murder involving an Indian is debated as prejudice tests jurors. Talisman Taylor on the stand denies harm by Indians except that his mother was killed by an Indian, while authorities investigate the disinterred body for signs of violence.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Talisman
California
Talisman Taylor
Taylor
Name game at Montreal ends in scrambled order
A joke recaps a chain of names at Montreal offices where Ham Egg Bacon Brown all cross paths. A caller asks for Canadian Pacific officials and a clerk mishears Bacon as bacon, prompting the switchboard to route the line away from the hash-house nickname toward the proper office.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Montreal
Canadian Pacific
Ham
Egg
Bacon
Brown
Hhissat
Central
North Freedom Neighbor News and Reunions
In North Freedom on December 4, residents share visits from Baraboo and LaCrosse, moves and arrivals, highway to homes, and community events. The G A R and W R K C plan a December bean banquet, and the John Fuller G A R elects officers.
Dying of Famine Compared to Consumption Cure Claim
A testimonial from William Myers of Cearfoss Md contrasts famine torments with consumption pain and touts Dr King's New Discovery as a quick cure. The ad claims relief for coughs colds sore throat bronchitis and prevention of pneumonia. Fisher Bros drug store sells bottles at 50 cents and 1.00 with a free trial bottle offered.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Wm. Myers
Cearfoss
Dr. King
Fisher Bros
Physical Benefit Through Simple Muscle Exercises
The text notes that contracting and relaxing muscles during walking or sitting yields great benefits. It emphasizes improved grip as a key outcome from these simple movements and suggests accessibility for daily activity.
Local Folks Visit and Share Thanksgiving News
Ableman reports Miss Addie Lange of Reedsburg spent Thanksgiving with relatives here. Miss Minnie Luckensmier from North Freedom visited her father H. Luckensmier. Mrs Eugene Scharnke and daughter Mildred vacationed in Baraboo. Mrs D B Smythe visited Reedsburg. Eva Collier spent Saturday at Reedsburg with Nellie O Connor. Mrs Louie Goedecke is listed as sick. George P Stocker of Madison visited local friends.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Addie Lange
Reedsburg
Minnie Luckensmier
North Freedom
H. Luckensmier
Eugene Scharnke
Mildred
Baraboo
D. B. Smythe
Eva Collier
Nellie O’connor
Louie Goedecke
Geo. P. Stocker
Madison
Thanksgiving Visitors and Local News In Ironton
IRONTON December 4 lists Thanksgiving guests including Mr. and Mrs. Martin Comfort of Madison and others from Duluth Merrimac Milwaukee La Valle. JA Blakeslee returns from camping with two deer. Mrs. J R Fitzgerald has been quite ill.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Martin Comfort
Madison
Robert Granshaw
Duluth
Fred Tyler
Merrimac
George Ballentine
Milwaukee
P. Milbauer
Son
la Valle
JA. J. Blakeslee
Mrs. J. R. Fitzgerald
Local Notices and Thanksgiving Visits Across Town
Deltor, U S Revenue Officer Burlingame visited the village last Saturday. Misses Elsie and Lida Hulbert spent Thanksgiving with friends at LaValle. Miss Nettie Slye of Manston is ill at her cousin Archie Murray's home. Ellis Murray ill at his mother's home. Miss Cora Timme teaching in Beloit spent Thanksgiving at home. Timmes received another carload of wheat at their mill last Tuesday. Fred and Frank Ayers at Baraboo high school spent Thanksgiving at home. John Timme running a flouring mill at Port Washington spent Thanksgiving at home. Gov Flickner's dwelling on his farm completed, attending to his store here. Miss Grace Sarrington spent Thanksgiving with friends in Poynette.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
U.S. Revenue
Burlingame
Elsie
Lida Hulbert
LaValle
Nettie Slye
Manston
Archie Murray
Ellis Murray
John Murray
Cora Timme
Beloit
Baraboo
John Timme
Port Washington
Gov
Flickner
Grace Sarrington
Poynette
Lyons Social Roundup Tells of Thanksgiving Visits
Lyons residents report Thanksgiving gatherings and visits across area homes. Families including W Knapp Shaw Wilcox Patrick Sansum Goode Black Tinkham Douglas Pearson DuBois and others shared meals and games with relatives in Appleton Reedsburg North Freedom Glenville and nearby locales.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
W. Knapp
John Shaw
Charles
Frank Wilcox
Appleton
Walter Patrick
Madison
Jerry Southard
Jessie Black
Reedsburg
David Sansum
William Goode
Salisbury
George Tinkham
J. N. Douglas
North Freedom
S. Pearson
Glenville
Lewis Edward
Excalsior
C. DuBois
Electric Bitters Cured Kidney Trouble Says Maine Man
Ww. M. Sherman of Cushing Maine states he suffered three months from kidney inflammation and back pains. He credits Electric Bitters with a complete cure and recommends it to sufferers. The product is sold by Fisher Bros. at 50 cents and is claimed to relieve malaria stomach liver complaints and general debility.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
M. Sherman
Cushing
Fisher Bros
Beloit Social Notes Highlight Local Visits and New Piano
Ed Watkins and wife returned home in Beloit Sunday. Miss Mable Johnstone came back from Chicago Monday morning. Thanksgiving guests included A. Watkins, Astle and Hill, W. Cowles, and Alf Rich. W. Cahoon and family visited Paul Cahoon for Thanksgiving. Elsie Zantow owns a fine new piano.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Ed. Watkins
Beloit
Mable Johnstone
Chicago
A. Watkins
Astle & Hill
W. Cowles
Alf. Rich
W. Cahoon
Paul Cahoon
Elsie Zantow
Englishwomen read lighter fiction says London writer
A Standard of London writer claims English women have grown intellectually poorer over 50 to 60 years, judging by their current taste for light literature. He contrasts modern reading with grandmothers who read Scott and history. he cites Freeman, Froude, Carlyle, and Stubbs as examples of past serious reading.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Standard of London
Scott
Freeman, Froude
Carlyle
Stubbs
Magnesite Discoveries Near Malelane and Kaapmuiden
In the Malelane and Kaapmuiden area near Lourenço Marques a vast magnesite belt is described with veins over 10 feet thick. The Salt Creek hill stands as a single deposit about 2000 by 200 and 300 feet high. An engineer estimates the site holds over a million tons and its topography allows low-cost quarrying.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Malelane
Kaapmuiden
Lourenco Marquis
South Africa
Salt Creek
Individual Drinking Cups Warned In School Health Notice
An educational journal urges individual drinking cups for students to prevent disease. It warns that communal cups spread germs when the sick share a cup and states children must bring their own cup to drink at school.
Pigeons Carry Message Wands Found in Bennington Birds
At the Murray Hotel Omaha cook found a metal wand on pigeons labeled U. S. carrier pigeon and another marked U. S. 8 Bennington. The birds from Bennington had come with others from Sioux City and appeared to have been in cold storage for some time.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Murray Hotel
Omaha
U. S
Emperor in Rain Delayed by Ailing Bed Rest
Emperor Francis Joseph of Austria attended army maneuvers and endured three hours in a drenching rain before falling ill. Doctors ordered him to bed for two or three days as a result of the cold.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Emperor Francis Joseph of
Austria
His Idea of Tourists by Burton Holmes in Yellowstone
Renowned traveler Burton Holmes recalls an amusing Yellowstone trip illustrating locals distinction between tourists and business travelers. A man on muleback blocks the road at a sharp turn and spends nearly an hour answering questions before asking whether the visitors are traveling or merely sightseeing.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Burton Holmes
Yellowstone Park
Government
Mr. Holmes
Confinement Kills Indians In McNiel’s Island Prison
Warden O P Haligan warns that twelve of fifteen long term Alaska Indian and Eskimo prisoners at McNiel’s Island Puget Sound die within a year or less due to hereditary tuberculosis aggravated by confinement. The piece contrasts grim medical prognosis with a reflective poem on mortality.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
United States Penitentiary
McNiel’s Island
Puget Sound
O. P. Haligan
Longevity Highlight: Zweck Brothers Across America
Three brothers Mathias George and John Zweck of Beaver Dam Wisconsin and Pittsburg Pennsylvania total 251 years in age John 87 George 83 Mathias 81 natives of Germany now U S residents for 54 years all married with children and grandchildren living.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Mathias
George Zweck
Beaver Dam
Wis
John Zweck
Pittsburg
John
George
Germany
United States
Pensions to Confederates in Texas Set at $1 Million
Texas officials plan to spend 900000 in 1906 and 1907 to pension Confederate veterans plus 154538 for support of confederate names, outlining total appropriation for veteran and related support.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Texas
Bishop McVicker Describes Large Rhode Island Family
Rhode Island bishop recounts hiring a house for himself and his equally large sister. When asked if his family was large the bishop answers that it is very large but not numerous.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Bishop McVicker
Rhode Island
Timbered 240 Acre Land in Taylor Co Wis for Sale
240 acres of land mostly heavy timber with some meadow and 4 acres partly improved. Can be bought in 80 acre lots. For particulars write or call J. E. Martin Interwald Taylor Co Wis.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
J. E. Martin Interwald
Taylor Co
Wis
Jersey Bulls For Sale In Dellona Wisconsin
Three registered Jersey bulls for sale one year old and two yearlings. Full particulars and terms available at the farm one-half mile north of the Butterfield school house in Dellona or at Reedsburg Wis R F D 1 box 66.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Butterfield School House
Dellona
Reedsburg
Wis
Local Notes From Fairfield and Nearby Towns
Jimmie LaMar returned to Montana with Frank Herron as escort. The Wisconsin River ice is flowing after a deep cold snap. Allen Beardsley operates his feed mill at full capacity. F Wilder of Baraboo dined at F P Getchell's for Thanksgiving. Frank Carlish now runs a cream wagon. Revival meetings continue at Peck's Corners.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Jimmie LaMar
Montana
Frank Herron
Wisconsin
Allen Beardsley
F. Wilder
Baraboo
F. P. Getchell
Frank Carlish
Peck’s Corners
Baraboo Offers Free Sallac Bottle From Krupp Remedy Co
Baraboo merchants announce a free trial bottle of Sallac from Krupp Remedy Co to readers. The claim touts cures for uric acid related diseases including rheumatism kidney and bladder issues stomach and female diseases and catarrh, with a mail request address in Chicago and local seller Fisher Bros. Baraboo.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Krupp Remedy Co
Lunt Ave
Chicago
Fisher Bros
Baraboo
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N. M. Burt
Eunice Crane
Grace Carpenter
LaCrosse
Ed. Schulenberg
Hayward
Gust Borkenhagen
Wilbur Douglas
Dummer
Floyd Hewitt
LaCrosse Business College
William Brandt
Missouri
George Hackett Sr
Money Creek
Minnesota
Douglas Brothers
James
Mr. Howe
LaRue
Verge Douglas
George Douglas
John Barker
Matthew Patterson
Chas. Davidson
Wausau
Freda Griep
Stella Roser
Clarence Cook
Powell
Gust Jacobs
Lodi
Roy
Henry Cowles
Homer
Eugene Bonnall
White
Wonewoe
E. J. Lawton
Minnie Woll
Carl Lange
W. RK. C
Ben Brown
Mel
H. Dickie
Hackett
F. H. Smith
John Fuller
Ableman
Ironton
Deltor
LYONS
Skillet Creek
Heavenly Land
Chicago Manufacturing House
Bae Aves
Jerry Sc
OMD
East Street
Lady's Own Frinntt
Rudolph Sommers
Water Street
Jos
A. Alexander
BarabooWis
Rk. K. Ce
W.T. Moyse
C. H. Farnum
Care Thearaboo News
Cremence A
Elm Street
Walnut Street
Oscar Altpeter
Warren House
G. A. Marquardt
Jersey Bulls
A. B. Ellis
Fairfield
Baraboo Markets
National RA Y Training School
Flinneapolis
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