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Newspaper
Baraboo News
Location
Baraboo, Wisconsin, United States of America
Date
Dec 20, 1905
Page
10
A man named Roper was struck by a circular saw while sawing wood in Westfield last Friday and died Friday night. He left behind an invalid wife and three small children.
The edition lists gifts and shop specials at Fisher's and Charles Wild Music House, with Waterman pens, cigars, pipes, pianos and organs. It notes visits by residents to Madison Milwaukee and Chicago, illness and recoveries, plus a Johns Hopkins style array of social calls, parties, and a six o clock dinner for a golden wedding anniversary.
Martha A Brown born in New York in 1836 died Wednesday December 13 at 9 A M at her daughter’s home in Baraboo after a two month illness from a complication of diseases. She came to Wisconsin 56 years ago, lived in Fairfield then Delton, and with her daughter Mrs J H Kramer in Baraboo for the last three years. She joined Christ’s Church and was baptized by Rev Putman 35 years ago.
A simple device uses two plugs to heat water for feed pigs. Cold water enters the lower hole, heats, rises, and exits the upper opening, generating circulation to warm the tank water.
A device placed in the stock tank provides a hot water port between hot and cold water. It keeps the tank warmer for pig feeding, reduces fuel use, and speeds operations. If it fails to meet expectations, contact the agent for quick relief.
Dek Roberts of Portage Wisconsin reports a strong test of a twelve foot diameter tank heater. He fired it January 10 1905 from six pm to 8 30 am and found coal bed left and ice on the tank melted. He notes cold blustery conditions and that the heater is a fuel and time saver with the heat directed against wind.
I am using the H. Grub Tank Heater and find it perfectly satisfactory. I am doing the work with one-third of the wood and no danger of fire. I recommend the heater to anyone as a first class heater. Yours truly Herman Koepp R FE D No 2 Baraboo Wis
W H Prentice of Baraboo Wisconsin reports the Grub Tank Heater as a great success. He cites fuel savings safety of fire and easy icing as reasons it is worth more than a dozen of the old kind.
Lizzie Fischer of Baraboo Wisconsin petitions to determine heirs and rights in Anton Fischer deceased who died February 28 1889 intestate leaving lands in Sauk County Wisconsin The court orders hearing at Baraboo City Hall on the first Tuesday of February 1906 with notices to be published in the Baraboo News for three weeks before the hearing filed December 19 1905 by County Judge W T Kelsey and attorney A R Smith
North Western Line offers excursion tickets at reduced rates for students and teachers on presentation of proper certificates from educational institutions. For dates, sale limits, and other details, contact Chicago and North Western Railway agents.
Sausage sale notes Jones' Dairy Farm sausages offered in one pound bricks at 20c per pound with deliveries received Thursdays at The Stanley Co's location.
The Browns and their relatives express sincere gratitude to friends and neighbors for care during illness and death. They thank singers and those who sent flowers for Erastus Brown and family. Signed by Mr. and Mrs. Miner Brown and son Ray others listed.
Mr and Mrs George Ritzenthaler and family thank friends neighbors and all who helped during the death of their daughter and sister Mable. They also thank everyone for the flowers and floral designs received.
A large Skillet Creek Farmers Club gathering at the Rodwell home featured excellent music, potato cultivation discussion by F. Minnich, and readings by Mrs. Dora Cowles. The next meeting will be January 6 at J. Martiny’s with County Superintendent Snyder, plus a corn judging talk by W. A. Toole.
Robert Schellenberger declares he will not be responsible for any debts contracted by his wife Mary Schellenberger who has left his home. Dated December 16, 1905.
Readers may drop items in the box at the stairs foot for publication. sign your game to show good faith. Doubtful notices will be refused though reliable scraps of news are welcomed.
The writer describes crops like pears peaches and Irish potatoes valued at 95 cents a bushel and notes winter plowing continues. He reports a Sunday marsh fire in Caledonia burning six hundred acres across Gonton Schultz Rice German association Schmidt Spellman marshes, destroying thirty tons of Spellman hay and risking farm buildings before neighbors halted the blaze. The blaze, initially blamed on hunters, is now thought to have been started by a farmer burning marshes. Expected Christmas return.
For Christmas, authentic photogravures and etchings from the world’s greatest masterpieces offered for a short time at greatly reduced prices. An estate sale by America’s greatest High Art Publishers makes samples available by request and prompt attention at your house.
One subscriber praises The Evening News for its entertaining content and ads. The message argues a reliable paper gains family affection and buying influence, urging merchants to use the paper to reach shoppers during the fall and winter trade harvest.
John Alexander Dowie, before his voyage to a Mexican colony, praised Wall Street honesty. He cited a story of two tramps in a railroad station where one returns a dropped purse, while the other mocks honesty as prudent only when a policeman is near. The tale frames finance with a satirical moral.
The New York World mocks a Hall of Fame method for omitting Allan Poe while honoring Lowell and Whittier. It notes Poe’s flaws and sectional tastes shaping enduring fame. The Philadelphia Bulletin quotes a zoo keeper on living without drinking citing animal examples. A British ship voyage from San Francisco to Tacoma is slowed to a record thirty five days. Mrs Howie rises as a Jersey cattle authority after Milwaukee society leadership.
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