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Newspaper
Baraboo News
Location
Baraboo, Wisconsin, United States of America
Date
Dec 14, 1904
Page
10
A Baraboo audience heard a master lecturer discuss tragic idealism thriving in literature. The talk linked Job, The Scarlet Letter, and King Lear to timeless forces shaping fate and human resolve, praising literature’s power beyond mere sustenance.
A collage of society notes: visits across Lodi Madison Janesville and Milwaukee. illnesses and moves. a leap year party in the MWA hall. a funeral in Troy. a charity sale at Webster and Porters. a move to 722 Mound Street. Christmas gift sale at Evenson's Pharmacy. and a new Eastern Star chapter organized at Prairie du Lac with a banquet and local attendance.
At a regular Baraboo Aerie No 615 meeting the Fraternal Order of Eagles adopted resolutions mourning the death of brother Frank Bender after a short illness. They extol his honesty and faith, express sympathy to his family, drape the charter in mourning for thirty days, and order copies sent to the family and published in The Evening News and The Baraboo Republic. Signed by O R Fairbanks, W H Beaver, and H Kasiska.
Sylvester Houston of Oklahoma City left 130000 dollars to his nephew on the condition the nephew serves at least three years in the United States army and attains noncommissioned officer rank. The discharge certificate must read honest and faithful character and excellent service. The testator said such service would prepare him for proper disposal of his lifetime accumulation.
Inspect Our Holiday Stock and explore low prices and wide variety at Evenson's Pharmacy 504 Oak Street. Visit to familiarize yourself with the offers and mark your notice of the festive selections.
Farmers urged to obtain sleigh shoes from the Bara Boo Foundry highlighting a local supplier and the product for field work and winter tasks.
Funeral services for Frank Bender, who died of heart failure and pneumonia at age 45, were held December 6 at his home. Rev. Mueller led the German Lutheran rites as Eagles lodge pallbearers from Baraboo and nearby towns attended. Bender, born in Baraboo, worked in Dakota before owning the Bender House since 1890. He leaves a wife, two children, a brother Adolph Bender of Leland, and a sister Mrs J Junk of Baraboo.
To all who assisted during the brief illness of our daughter and sister Mrs Nellie Langdon we extend heartfelt thanks and gratitude for the help and many floral gifts at her burial The kindness of the officials of the C and N W Ry has our special thanks from Mrs T M Washburn Mr W A Field and family Mr L W Field and family
Poetic remembrance laments Nellie Langdon who died November 20 1904 and speaks of her unchanged beauty in paradise. The verse calls for patience as mourners recall her departed face and the Lord reddens her grace in the afterlife.
Thursday Mrs. E Erickson visits Lodi while R Henderson and wife see friends in Galena. Mr and Mrs Henry Gotschika return from Joliet and Mrs H H VanVranken heads to Chicago then Michigan. A coffee at Mrs Avery’s for First Mr church benefits. News arrives of Mrs Rebecca Atkinson’s sudden death in Ukiah California. W A Warren reports pleasing trips to Idaho and Portland. Small child Frank Kirchstein of Merrimack scalded severely with no hope of recovery. A train tale features a witty lawyer claiming travel on his beauty. Grace Clendenin custody dispute looms as habeas corpus case heads to court December 10.
C S Blanchett plans a trip to visit his daughter Mrs Hayt. Albert Lee and Lizzie G Wilson of Merrimack obtain marriage licenses. Mrs L W Sandberg and daughter Josie visit friends in Lodi. Mrs J Luder hosts a church benefit coffee. Mrs J O Stomner visits Rev Haugstad in Lodi. John Tealton of Loyd Wis visits his father, a Ringlingville cook. Eastern Star members travel to Sauk City for a lodge tonight. Henry Sorge and son sell creamery plants near Elroy. Lena Rickert and Leda Dweily return to Chicago after visiting Miss Clava datscher. Miss P M Schultz, daughter of Mike Schultz Baraboo, marries Aug Bucholz in Milwaukee on Dec 3. Mrs Edward Ekelsant visits Milwaukee relatives in city. W A Andersen of Loyd Wis visits the Griggs home. Reedsburg Lumber and Fuel Co purchases Morgan Co for about 25000. A dynamite blast in the Illinois mine injures four workers, John Outeler most severely with brain concussion and chin wound. he recovers under Dr Johnson’s care.
The piece notes that dyspepsia means a weak stomach not a bad cook and recommends Hood's Sarsaparilla to give vigor, restore tone, cure dyspepsia, and revive appetite for a pleasant meal. It cautions against blaming cooks for digestive distress at Christmas.
Mrs H Watson travels to Necedah for a period. Mrs C Heiden and Mrs Oswald visit Madison. Jne M Kelley in Portage on legal business. Mrs G Roberts spends the day in Kendalls. Miss Mayme Cummings goes to Harvard for a few days. Miss Meata Shulte visits Mrs Wareham in Ableman. Mrs Tom Moran and daughter visit relatives in Kendalls. Ida Barkenhagen of North Freedom visits in the city. Sheet music copies available at Chas Wild Music House. Sarah E Page arrives from Chicago to visit Mrs E P Lewis. N S Norton returns from the east after three months with relatives. Mrs M H Mould hosts a ladies afternoon in honor of her daughter Clara. A one legged tramp steals a hat at Fred Vorlop store, arraigned before Justice Shelden and sentenced to thirty days in county jail.
Readers advised that constant financial or family troubles cause distress and bodily illness. Green's August Flower is promoted as a remedy to tone the liver, stimulate the kidneys, and restore vitality. Trial bottle 25c, regular 75c, at Everson's Pharmacy.
The Chicago Record Heral d highlights its unparalleled news service combining independent facilities with complete wires from the New York Herald and New York World and the Associated Press. It notes its news columns are enhanced by popular features, placing the paper among the nation’s great newspapers.
Description of Japanese rice farming shows a peasant tiller plowing knee deep in flooded paddies irrigated by ditch water. Fields are terraced with a treadmill pump system allowing water to flow from upper to lower patches, reusing the supply and maintaining necessary six inch flood depth for strong root growth.
A folded untrimmed first state of J. S. Smith's Reynolds portrait of Lady Catherine Pelham Clinton was received by Christie, London auctioneers, with a note and return stamps. It sold at auction for a sum described as valuable though the owner once valued it at only a few shillings.
An advertorial claim promotes Dr Miles Nervine as a nerve food and medicine to restore vitality for tired nervous individuals. It cites Otto Kolb of Evansville Indiana and asserts rapid improvement after three doses and a week of treatment with a money back guarantee from Miles Medical Co.
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