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Newspaper
Baraboo News
Location
Baraboo, Wisconsin, United States of America
Date
Dec 16, 1909
Page
4
An advertisement extols Swamp Root as a leading kidney remedy able to prevent kidney related illnesses and related bladder and urinary problems. It claims prevention of heart disease and other fatal conditions by treating kidneys and offers free sample bottle and booklet from Dr Kilmer and Co.
A wagon carrying wood driven by Douglas Bindley broke a pin on its tongue on a hill north of the city. The team bolted dragging the whipple-trees and the wagon teetered on a high bank. Bindley abandoned the wagon and pursued. one horse fell near Eleventh Street but both horses were stopped and the wagon repaired so he could continue.
A county clerk notice warns several corporations in Sauk and neighboring towns that failure to file annual reports by January 1 will result in loss of corporate rights. Firms listed include M. J. Griffiths Co Baraboo Howland Johnson Co Reedsburg North Freedom Land Co North Freedom Woodman's Investment Co North Freedom Lumber & Produce Co North Freedom Sauk City Lodge No 62 Ancient Order United Workman Sauk City.
The first issue under managers O. L. Stinson and Joseph Seftenberg features ten pages with improved displays. I. Stinson of Baraboo reports a fine outlook for Boscobel, and extra advertising helped expand the paper to a full issue.
The ad touts Scott's Emulsion as the original and best for 35 years, labeling imitators as inferior. It compares thickness to heavy cream and urges buyers to dilute only themselves, while promoting a Savings Bank and Child's Sketch-Book offer with a Good Luck Penny.
Fire discovered in the upper portion of Mrs. Julius Latotzka's residence near Skillet Creek on the West Sank highway. Origin unknown but thought from a defective flue. Total loss with light insurance. neighbors helped save other farm buildings. Latotzka had died three years ago. two sons and a daughter at home and another daughter employed at Larson Shoe factory.
A list of land transfers shows numerous sales across Delton Reedsburg Baraboo Westfield and surrounding towns. Buyers pay amounts from 1 to 9000 dollars with many properties in Delton Westfield Reedsburg and Baraboo.
At yesterday's library board meeting a duplicate library was approved for Third Ward School. It will house fifty juvenile books from the main library for distribution to school children. Routine business occupied the rest of the session.
Louis Lachman a Milwaukee mail carrier died on Sunday morning in Milwaukee. He attended the state convention at Baraboo last summer. Deceased was aged 55 and leaves a wife.
Christmas shoppers can find hand painted verse cards and panels at Miss Alice Kent’s studio at Oak and Sixth streets. Her work features roses, old colonial trays, hand colored photos, belts, mirrors and novelty items with verse cards, selling briskly to locals and Chicago patrons like Marshall Field. Kent plans show rooms in the city next year.
Thursday in Baraboo several residents travel for business and family. Otto Lee begins work in Beloit switch yards while Henry Rooney returns from Beloit foundry. Miss Elvina Windus heads home to Birchwood after visits to Baraboo and Portage. The town hosts meetings at the Y M C A and WCTU with a small crowd, and a bleak weather pattern disrupts rail service.
Edward Schnell and Miss Helen Manderscheid, both of Fond du Lac, wed Monday evening at the parsonage of the German Lutheran church by Rev. Henry Mueller. Attendants were August Bartz and Miss Emma Mueller. The groom is a cousin of Mrs. Mueller and the couple departed today for their Fond du Lac home.
The Goude family expresses heartfelt gratitude to friends and neighbors for kindness during their loss. They also thank railroad men for their care of the departed brother and family. Mrs. R. E. Goude, Perle Goude, Marguerite Goude.
Mrs. A L Alley of Beals Maine says after using ten bottles of Dr King’s New Discovery for coughs colds and lung trouble she found it the best medicine. It gives immediate relief and quick cure for bronchitis asthma hemorrhage croup la grippe sore throat and chest pain. 50 cents and 1 00 trial bottle free guaranteed by Fisher Bros.
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