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Newspaper
Baraboo News
Location
Baraboo, Wisconsin, United States of America
Date
Dec 22, 1910
Page
9
The column urges readers to shop via ads in The News and notes local records such as Postmaster Keyes of Madison leaving an estate worth 100000. It mentions Reedsburg’s population growth of 390 in ten years and hints at upcoming ordinances to affect local affairs. Mayor Bender is cited regarding handling opticless shouts in Baraboo.
Police report describes a man beaten on Park Street by a woman using a club in the dark and notes the assailant swore in strong language during the confrontation.
From an average man’s view Supervisor Hulbert might offer a Christmas recount. The discussion hints at revisiting population figures, suggesting a possible return to prior counts or a fresh tally.
A Delton man survived a shooting incident where a bullet passed through his hat, an event described with a light hint that he might now befriend a life insurance agent as a companion.
Record shows unusual pervasiveness of benzoate of soda in the domestic affairs of several families during the December term of the circuit court.
Nature makes the cures after all. Scott's Emulsion of Cod Liver Oil with hypophosphites strengthens nerves, feeds famished tissues, and enriches blood. Send the name of paper and this ad for Our Beauti Savings Bank and Child's Sketch Book. Each bank contains a Good Luck Penny. Scott & Bowne, 409 Pearl St., New York.
The piece notes Oakland California shifting to a commission form of government and suggests other cities may follow suit. It mentions Madison as a source of information and hints at a future public pleasure ground at Devils Lake park, with obstacles to overcome for a lasting project.
The article notes Dr. Grenfell calling former country a possible second Alaska and jokes about Guggenheim interest. A South Water Street man explains evergreens cost double this year due to Dietz's influence in the evergreen country. He adds supply remains local, and mentions a Christmas tree shortage in Wisconsin contrasted with southern mistletoe as a fallback.
The Supreme Court decides that jurors reading newspapers during trials do not violate constitutional rights. It notes newspapers are vital to informed citizens and that informed jurors still render verdicts under law. The St Louis Star is cited saying newspapers seek truth, while lawyers worry this procedure harms justice.
The Wisconsin Farmer notes an old Portage State Register tale of an eight inch diameter Fort Winnebago apple with a 24 inch circumference, grown in territorial times. It compares tariffs and asserts Wisconsin could surpass England’s big apple under protective tariffs.
An archival fragment items Baraboo features including City hall two banks green house six dentists one ice firm four bakers three wards seven hotels tin shop two theatres fur store four garages marine band three circuses creamery gunsmith linen mill two feed mills laundries book store twelve lawyers dye works fruit store nine aldermen two orchestras two drug lines water company coal firms water plant rural routes drug stores two auctioneers book binder stage routes pipe organs federal building shoe factory fortnigh tly club livery firms woolen mill physicians daily papers barber shops historical society Carnegie Library piano firms milk dealers stock buyers shoe dealers farm gate factory fishermen resident ministers pickle salting station farm implement firms secret societies policemen dry goods dealers merchant tailors public schools cement bridge open at both ends automobile fever long distance telephone company and more.
The advertisement states the product stops hair loss by destroying germs that cause the trouble. It claims after germs are destroyed nature restores the hair and scalp to a healthy condition. Made by the J. C. Ayer Co. Lowell Mass.
A long list records land transfers with buyers and sellers in Baraboo Franklin Sauk City and surrounding areas. The entries include Wm W Springer to Nettie Springer for land in Baraboo priced at 1 and multiple properties exchanged between August Steinke Fred G Kessler and others with sums ranging from 1 to 10500 dollars. Also noted are transfers in Reedsburg Freedom and Westfield among others and a literary aside mentioning sobriety and a church leadership change.
A Wisconsin writer presents Janet Jennings' The Blue and the Gray praising its veteran appeal and historical portraits of Grant Sherman Lee and Sheridan. James P. Whedon of Chicago offers A Day and Its Dreams with seventy five poems praised for beauty. Jenkin Lloyd Jones On the Firing Line is a temperance volume linking to sobriety and soul liberty.
John L. Fulkerson writes from Corning New York December 14 1910 praising the Baraboo Evening News. He reports mild weather low snow eight below zero temperatures and a gas fueled home. He describes Hawkes Glass works and his nephew a cutter. He notes visiting his brother constable A R Fulkerson and plans to visit Dr Lynn Fulkerson and Frances Van Duren in Ingleside New York before returning home.
Air flights on heavy machines and wireless telegrams mark progress while Dr Kings New Discovery is hailed as a universal cure for coughs colds and lung troubles. James M. Black of Asheville NC reports it cured an obstinate cough after other remedies failed. 50c and 1.00 trial bottle free. Fisher Bros guarantees.
Officers elected included George Andrews as V C W Caflisch as W A C H M Acott as C F E Lettergren as K B W Ritchie as E W W Albert as S J Ehbauer as physicians English Cahooa and Beech named among attendees
The state superintendent reports Sauk County will receive 24489.26 dollars from the school fund income. The distribution is outlined in the official notice.
Dr. David H Stern announces a twelve day treatment removing sugar and curing diabetes with no diet, claiming success in rheumatism and other chronic diseases. He says patients must visit his Chicago office for diagnosis then can be treated remotely. A booklet offer and warning against traveling agents are included.
In DeWitt Missouri Grandma Sanderson at over a century old credits Peruna with her good health and longevity. She writes of using Peruna during a severe winter illness and still taking a nightly dose. The ad praises Peruna as a tonic to cleanse and invigorate mucous membranes and notes tablets are available for those who object to liquids.
Wilbur Hanson known as Waupaca Hank, a laborer at the new yards, was thwarted by a practical joke when a man with a lit bulb tossed it beside him near the Sheridan hotel. Hanson fled in fear thinking someone aimed to harm him, reporting the incident this morning.
The Young People's Literary Society met at Al Wright's home on Mound Street last evening. A good crowd heard a debate on whether U S railroads should be government owned. Myron Dick and Miss Jeanette Proth ero spoke for the affirmative while Walter Lusby and Miss Seba Lusby spoke for the negative. Judges favored the affirmative. Paul Shew gave a humorous reading. Mrs Mulcahy Lyle Clark Miss Eva Watkins and Miss Gladys Getchell joined the society.
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