Case of Terry Gaskell assault ends with clashes in Baraboo
In Baraboo circuit court the Edward M. Terry case against F N Gaskell R L Worth and Karl Stetter opened. Witnesses were excluded. Terry alleges Gaskell struck him and Miss Terry was struck by a whip during a scuffle on Lynn Avenue near the Edwards home. Worth was fined a dollar in Justice court. The defense claims Terry provoked the incident with vulgar remarks. Continued on second page.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Edward M. Terry
F. N. Gaskell
R. L. Worth
Karl Stetter
E. Ray Stevens
J. A. Malone
Bernadetta
City of
Baraboo
Lynn Avenue
Edward
H. H. Thomas
Grotophorst, Evans & Thomas
Mr. Gaskell
Mr. Bretter
Mesdames Gaskell
Worth
Mrs. Terry
Mr. Terry
Mrs. Gaskell
Mr. Stetter
Christmas Edition Wishes From The Newsroom
A humorous list imagines readers naming whimsical gifts for Christmas. Each entry pairs a person or role with an unlikely item, ranging from a flying machine to a stone pile and a goose stockade, ending with holiday wishes from The News editor.
Journal editor Joseph Seftenberg to stay in Sauk County
Joseph Seftenberg plans to continue publishing the North Freedom Journal and remains in Sauk County despite his name appearing atop the editorial column in the Boscobel Dial Enterprise. He will not be drawn away by opportunities elsewhere.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Joseph Seftenberg
North Freedom Journal
Boscobel Dial—Enterprise
Joseph
Sauk County
Death at Portage Claims Portage Resident
James Stewart an aged Portage resident died Friday while eating dinner at home authorities reported no foul play suspected.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
James Stewart
Portage
John Brown fifty years after his hanging burial site shown
H P Person of Reedsburg recalls John Brown and his grave near North Elba Essex county New York where Brown was buried after his execution. A rock tomb with a slab marks the site a house was built over it to protect it relics include a photo of Brown and his grave. Attendees at the funeral reportedly included Wendell Phillips and Horace Greeley with brief remarks by Greeley.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Elba
Essex County
New York
Brown
Person
John Brown
Wendell Phillips
Horace Greeley
Essex County Court House
Connecticut
North Elba
Kansas
Arsenal
Harper’s Ferry
First Permanent Resident Abe Wood at Baraboo
Abe Wood, a Kentuckian with Winnebago ties, is praised as Baraboo’s first permanent settler. The article notes his modest manner, frontier life, and role in local history, including a violent incident in Portage where he killed a Pawnee during a liquor dispute. The piece hints at Wood’s uncertain arrival date and origins.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Abe Wood
Abraham Wood
Baraboo
Civilization
Wood
Wisconsin
Kentucky
Illinois
Madison
Portage
Black Hawk
Ilinois
Madison Lakes
Sauk County
Baraboo City Hall and Local Businesses List
A long list notes Baraboo features including City hall two banks six dentists one ice firm four bakers three wards height hotels two theatres four garages one fur store three circuses two tin shops one linen mill one feed mill two laundries one creamery one gunsmith four coal firms three nurseries one book store two dye works one fruit store nine aldermen two orchestras and other institutions such as Kangaroo club ten physicians one water plant six rural routes five drug stores two auctioneers one book binder three drug lines two stage routes and a range of factories and services including lawyers, shoe and woolen mills, newspapers, churches, schools, wineries, railroad shops, and hundreds of residences and utilities.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Kangaroo Club
Business College
Federal
Churches
Historical Society
Lighted torch explodes engine injuring Walter Palmer in Portage
Walter Palmer of Portage escaped with burns after a gasoline tank on his wood sawing machine exploded as he thawed a frozen water pipe with a lighted torch. The blast threw him fourteen feet into a yard. Mrs. Elizabeth Shanks, Mrs. O. W. Cutting, and Mrs. E. E. Price aided, with Mrs. Cutting summoning the fire department and Dr. Bentley attending Palmer.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Walter Palmer
Elizabeth Shanks
East Emmett Street
Mr. Palmer
O. W. Cutting
Baraboo Valley Poultry Show Announces Premium List
The Baraboo Valley Poultry Association releases its premium list for the third annual show to be held January 11 12 13 and 14 in the Gollmar garage on Third Avenue. Secretary George W Hackett and H C Black aided distribution. Ky G Roberts named judge.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
George W. Hackett
Association
Hackett
H. C. Black
North Freedom
Black
Bar
Baraboo Valley Poultry Association
Gollmar
Third Avenue
Ky G. Roberts
Mrs Booker Returns Home After Serious Operation
R L Booker left Monday for Chicago to accompany his wife home from a hospital where she had undergone a serious operation. Friends are pleased she is now on the road to good health.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
R.L. Booker
Chicago
Also Mentioned on This Page
Terry
Gaskell
Testi
Emil Platt
Adam Lee
John Martin
George Dudley
Fred Hiller
A. Pelton
Clark House
Dr. Thompson
Harry Miller
Engineer French
Carl Duve
Justice Andre
Charles Wood
Clerk Wood
Harry Gorman
L. Luckow
Carl DuBois
Alderman Welk
C. A. Gonder
Charles Hirschinger
Fred Gollmar
E. G. Marriott
E. F. Dithmar
Sheriff Dryer
John Saare
Altpeter
Ozi Manning
Earth
Delton
Haley
Comet
Herman Welk
Charley Blow
Manager Murray
Paul Krueger
Devil's Lake
Wilbur Berkley
Karl Shilling
Frank Kaiser
George Steckenbauer
Briggsville
S. J. Hood
P. H. Gibbons
Oriel Philprick
R. W. Prothero
Frank Love
E. P. Dieter
Ward Shepard
Hick
Nelson Goodrich
LaValle
Peter McDonald, Jr
Effinger
Malone
Register Hudson
McFetridge
Humphrey
Briscoe
Cady—Waupun
Devils Lake
Hulbert
Seftenburg
E. Donahoe
Butterfield
O. L. Stinson
Bert DeKoeyer
Senator Pearson
Elkhorn
Kelley
B. B. Sturdevant
Burr Holloway
Fred Riegler
Fred Marquardt
John Shew
Ed. Parker
Orin Vietch
Leo Smith
Henry Voll
Arthur Hazen
Fin
The
News
H. P. Person
Reedsburg
H. P
North
Sauk County Historical Society
H. E Cole
Wallace Rowan
John T. de la Ronde
White Pawiee
Vane Blanc
Missouri
Platte
Pania
Pania Blanc
White Crow
E. S. Erswell
Wis
City Hall
Humane Cow Stanchion Works
Chicago & Northwestern
Chicago & Northwestern Railway
M. W. Palmer
Valley Poultry Association At
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