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Newspaper
Baraboo News
Location
Baraboo, Wisconsin, United States of America
Date
Dec 21, 1904
Page
10
Wednesday social notes report Mrs L Willet visiting Marshfield relatives while Rev Harrison accepts a parish in Albuquerque New Mexico. Many residents travel visit and illness shapes club meetings and court cases. marriages, robberies, and debt issues highlight a busy week in the community.
A vintage remedy note urges readers to keep Wee Vuurre Wine of Tar on hand for relief of coughs and colds. The advertisement emphasizes its use for common respiratory ailments.
Mrs E Bennett visited Nor walk yesterday Fred Peterson and wife travel to Milwaukee Dr E J Lawton of North Freedom was in the city Mrs P Foss spent yesterday at Elroy Mrs T W Goodsell left for Beloit Sheriff Corbin escorted Herman Kapelka to the Industrial school at Waukesha the youth about fourteen accused of stealing a goose from Albert Lehman He was found at Madison and brought to Baraboo for commitment sentenced to the school until age twenty one by Justice Halsted August Platt lost two horses by drowning on Baraboo river ice near his ice house horses worth about 300 coroner's jury in Weyauwega holds Wisconsin Central train crew responsible for Masters deaths recommends manslaughter charges against Engineer Samuel Day Conductor H W Wilson Supt A R Horn and C E Winters warrants likely to follow
Dr. J. W. Hamilton of San Francisco says he has sold Warner's White Wine Tar Syrup for years and calls it the best cough remedy he ever saw with no equal for asthma.
The article notes the smooth black hair of Japanese women as a chief beauty but states that hair invariably thins after age 30. It frames this as a natural beauty concern and hints at aging effects on hair.
In a telling court like tale a wife recalls a railway wreck where she and her husband survived a violent tumble. He checked on her then struck her to claim damages in a $500 suit revealing a harsh post accident dynamic. The account highlights presence of mind amid disaster and contentious settlement.
At last night’s city council meeting Mayor Marriott presided with all aldermen present except Woolford. Carrie Johnson was awarded 500 as full settlement for a 5,000 damage claim from a Lakestreet sidewalk injury. Bills were approved for various services and supplies, street paving reports were accepted, a special tax was ordered for paving abutting properties, and items regarding street extensions and electric lamp installation were reviewed. A fire ordinance was postponed to the next meeting.
The piece recalls two failed apocalyptic forecasts, Sept 16 1186 and 1524, none fulfilled. It notes a Libra planetary conjunction predicted catastrophe on the first date and a Pisces meeting prompting a private Noahs ark at Toulouse, while 1524 yielded drought instead.
An appeal promoting a yearly subscription to Tur Baragoo News for one dollar. The paper covers all Sauk Cog events and aims to be a memorable gift for residents and former residents, encouraging widespread home delivery throughout the county.
An analysis notes England would struggle to subsist if cut off from American imports. It observes Europe recognizes Britain stores only weeks of food, with reserves sometimes lasting mere days, highlighting vulnerability in supply lines.
In San Francisco about 15,000 Japanese residents send their children to public schools alongside white students. A movement seeks a separate school for Japs due to crowding and other reasons. Japs object to being placed on the same level as Chinese communities.
An old health note states scrofula is commonly inherited with most cases affecting pale weak children and many adults. It lists signs such as neck tumors abscesses skin eruptions inflamed eyelids sore ears rickets catarrh wasting and general debility.
An advertisement touts Hood's Sarsaparilla and Pills as a universal remedy with thousands of permanent cures. A testimonial from Mrs. J. H. Jones of Parker City Indiana claims her daughter recovered from scrofula after taking the product.
A pitched report states Japanese doctors offer wound dressings for 25 cents each capable of treating 500 men. They use finely powdered charcoal produced by slow straw burning in closed furnaces. Sachets containing the powder are applied to wounds and noted for antiseptic and absorbent properties aiding rapid recovery.
A famous salt mine dance was staged at Wieliczka where a large raft floated on an underground lake. About 300 people attended as torches illuminated the ceremony, creating a scene of splendor and impressiveness.
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