Our Iron Fields Prophesy at Baraboo 1920
S A Pelton of the Fortnightly club presents a two part paper on Baraboo iron fields. He traces early ore finds in Sauk county and 1887 shipments from North Freedom, describes drilling and option records, and closes with a 1920 Baraboo forecast including a four story hotel church and mining company offices. The talk notes red water, Ringling winter quarters, and a June 1920 census.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
James H. Hill
S. A. Pelton
Sauk County
Irenton
Potsdam
Kilbourn
Lone Rock
North Freedom
Pelton
W. G. LaRue
Freedom Township
Freedom
Baraboo
Greenfield
Fairfield
Caledonia
Westfield
Register of Deeds Office
Ash Street
New Presbyterian Church
Eas
White Hors
Fair Grounds
R.R
Eighth
Elizabeth Streets
Warren Estate
Milwaukee & Eastern
Illinois Central
Ringling Bros
Ringlings
Broadway
Second Avenue
Canon
Ten Thousand Club
Christmas memories of plum puddings and old days
George B. Gibbons recalls Christmas as a boy in New York state. He describes riding up a hill with an ox team to view a country church lit up like a blaze and enjoying plum pudding roast beef and mince pies. He notes similar festive memories in Baraboo later in life.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
George B. Gibbons
New York State
Baraboo
Preparing for Christmas By Kate Kellogg Baraboo
A poetical meditation on Christmas preparations and the gaiety of children. Maidens sew gifts for family while ribbons, laces, and stockings evoke holiday bustle. Santa Claus will reward the kids as gifts are found in their stockings.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Mamma
Papa
Sue
Passenger Engine Kills Baraboo Man Crossing Track
Adolph Hiller aged sixty five of Baraboo died instantly when struck by passenger engine No. 501 as he walked near Walnut street crossing. A drunken man near the crossing drew the flagman away from warning duties. Hiller, a German veteran and longtime machinist for the Chicago and Northwestern, leaves a widow and eleven children. Funeral announced later.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Adolph Hiller
Baraboo
Walnut Street Crossing
Hiller
Pozen
Germany
Howeve
Bremen
America
Chicago & Northwestern Railroad
Madison
Julia Hiller
Edward Hiller
Duluth
Minn
James Hiller
Eveleth
Fred Hiller
Charles Hiller
Missouri Valley
Iowa
George Hiller
William Hiller
Minnie Williams
Emma True
Bertha Havalleck
Kilbourn
Wis
Mabel Hiller
Baraboo Brakeman Injured in Winona Yard Accident
Orrin Vietch, a Baraboo brakeman, was caught in draw bars in Winona yards between eight and nine Tuesday evening. He is hospitalized with a severely crushed arm but no bones broken and no amputation expected. Mrs Orrin Vietch and Orvil Vietch visited from Winona hospital yesterday.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Orrin Vietch
Baraboo
Winona
Orvil Vietch
Trip Through Canadian Rockies Lecture Tour
Rev Goddard urged Western travelers to tour Canada by way of the Canadian Pacific. The stere opticon presentation traced St Johnsburg New Brunswick to Quebec Montreal and the Northwest farms then the Canadian Rockies. The journey ended at Puget Sound salmon fisheries with a modest crowd but strong lecture merit.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Goddard
Canadian Pacific
St. Johnsburg
New Brunswick
Quebec
Montreal
Canadian Northwest
Canadian Rockies
Pacific Seaboard
Puget Sound
Spavin Liniment Claim Offers Large Savings
English Spavin Liniment removes hard or soft lumps and blemishes from horses and treats blood spavins curbs splints sweeney ring bone and sprains. Save $50 by using one bottle. Sold by Fisher Bros druggists.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Fisher Bros
Narrow escape near freight depot saves man in La Valle
Editor Showers of the Leader and City Marshal Dixon aided a drunken man named Wm. Schultz who lay face down across the rails near the freight depot. They moved him to safety and placed him in the city jail to sober up before another switch engine passed.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Editor Showers
Leader
Marshal Dixon
Showers
Dixon
New Great South American Kidney Cure Promises Fast Relief
Distressing kidney and bladder disease relief claimed in six hours by the New Great South American Kidney Cure. The ad asserts prompt relief for bladder, kidneys, and back pain in both genders, with immediate reduction of water retention. Sold by Fisher Bros. Druggists.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Fisher Bros
Gift of Boston Tangerines From Florida Arrives in Baraboo
Mr. and Mrs. G. W. Burdick received a box of Boston tangerines from D. D. Doane of Geneva Orange County Florida. Doane, a former Baraboo resident, grew the fruit on his ranch and shared a sample with The News. The fruit is described as delicious with a deeper color and higher flavor than a standard orange.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
G. W. Burdick
D. D. Doane
Geneva
Orange County
Florida
Doan
Baraboo
Christmas Week Notes From Stoughton and Nearby
Friday Mr A A Hull is at Stoughton taking treatments. Ed Alexander moved from Vine Street to the Linen Mills where he is employed. Chas Bender and daughter of Baraboo visited his son Carl Bender of Freeport. Miss Hattie Wickus returned to Baraboo from Mattoon Ill where she visited relatives. Miss Maude Munroe, teaching in Berlin, will return tonight for the holidays. The social by the Christian Endeavor of the Pres Ch will be postponed indefinitely.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Alexander
Vine Street
Chas Bender
Baraboo
Carl Bender
Freeport
Wisconsin
Anti Diuretic Drug Promoted by Fisher Bros Druggists
An old advertisement touts a $100 worth anti diuretic by Fisher Bros for bed wetting in children. It claims immediate relief and promotes the product as beneficial for both young and old, sold by the druggists.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
E. D Tchon
Fisher Bros
Holiday visits and local notices fill Baraboo page
Milwaukee Miss Bevie Hackett and several relatives are announced visiting at home for the holidays. Notices report agents helping in the Express office, stamps campaigns to stamp out tuberculosis, horticulture notes from Illinois, and circus updates including Tomah elephant injuries and new Ringling Brothers arrivals.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Ringling Brothers
New York
Africa
Lane's Family Medicine Restores Faded Beauty
An advertisement claims Lane's Tea can preserve beauty and restore rosy cheeks. It urges women to use Lane's Family Medicine to regain youthful appearance and notes availability from all dealers at 25 cents.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Lane
Advertising programs for major circuses secured
Joseph Mayer has closed contracts with Ringling Bros to publish advertising programs for Barnum Bailey Forepaugh Sells and Ringling Bros shows next season.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Joseph Mayer
Ringling Bros
Barnum & Bailey, Forepaugh-Sells
Variety
Caterer Chas. Kohl Soon Tied to Barnum & Bailey Tour
Chas. Kohl is rumored to be the caterer for Barnum & Bailey next season. He previously belonged to the Kline & Kohl catering firm, which served the show for several seasons including a Germany tour. Kohl then ran a hotel in Poughkeepsie while Kline managed the Park hotel in Erie, Pennsylvania.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Chas. Kohl
Kohl
Kline & Kohl
Germany
Poughkeepsie
Mr. Kline
Park Hotel
Erie
Variety
Free $2.50 Neuropathic Cure Offer From Dr Miles
Ad promotes a free trial of Dr Miles' Neuropathic Treatments for nervous system and related ailments. It claims 25 years of study and three times higher success, with a complete prep package and a free book. Readers are invited to write with disease details to receive the $2.50 treatment and guidance from Dr Franklin Miles at Elkhart Indiana.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Miles
A. McLean
Neola
Lona
Jeanette Adv
Sandusky
L. M. Simmons
Lamb
Ilils
Joseph Wisler
Peru
Ind
Franklin Miles
Dept. N
Main St
Elkhart
Also Mentioned on This Page
MR. Pelton
WM. R. Burkhardt
Rawling St
Washington D. H
Kate Kellogg
Flagman
Baraboo Man
Rev. Goddard
LA Valle
A. A. Hull
Stoughton
Perfection
Japan
Standard Oil Company (Incorporated
Bevie Hackett
Milwaukee
Mrs
J. L. Hackett
Thomas Rodwell
O. W. Falconer
Pardeeville
Carl Stimpson
Mr. McDuffy
Annice Richardson
Baraboo High School
Los Angeles
August Hintz
Bert Hintz
Willie Hintz
Edward Hisdalek
Grace
Chicago
Hoppe
M. F. Foley
Illinois Horticultural Society
Champlain
Illinois
Horticultural Society
Jonathan
Ben Davis
Foley
Cyrus M. McCormick
Tomah
Franklin Miles NM. D
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