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Newspaper
Baraboo News
Location
Baraboo, Wisconsin, United States of America
Date
Dec 26, 1906
Page
1
Judge E Ray Stevens of Madison spoke on divorce at a Congregational church gathering in Sauk County. He cited brutal assaults and desertion, urged stronger laws and better education, and warned that many divorces arise from hasty marriages and lax procedures.
In Annie Clement versus Christian Weidling the filing of an answer was allowed after paying 20 dollars and 4.80 dollars costs. Bert Collins’s request to be discharged from custody was denied. Ellen Conway versus School District No. 12 La Valle a ninety day stay of execution was granted.
Jury settles line fence dispute A Anderson vs Hueber with four questions. They answer Yes to boundary as determined by Scharnke and Yes to Hulbert survey accuracy. Damages set at Plaintiff 4 dollars and Defendant 20 dollars.
The Ladies Aid Society of the Congregational church chose officers for 1907: Mrs Wr. Duncan president, Mrs D A Lewis secretary, and Mrs Henry Marriott treasurer. Reports show a profitable year with successful ventures. A banquet followed the recent food sales contest, hosted by D A Lewis and Mrs G W Gehrand and guests enjoyed a bountiful dinner and toasts.
Ladies gathered at 701 Ash Street for an afternoon of sewing and friendly games. Prizes went to Mrs. H. M. Acott and Mrs. E. S. Brswell, with Miss Roat winning the emery ball prize, as music and holly decor framed the event.
From Morrisonville comes a tale of Hugh Ramsey a prominent farmer who notices signs of a hard winter. He quits chores and spends a week braking on a way freight between Portage and LaCrosse facing frigid nights and a gale with four hours spent on a moving car before returning home Tuesday morning to help at home.
Kilbourn Illustrated Events reports dam work has grown to a finish with a large force at work last week. About 150 men expected next week in two shifts, electric lights planned for night work, and rock tracks laid along the river bank opposite M O Neil's residence. Proposals to extend a similar track to the Broadway fill aim to complete the project at a fraction of prior costs. Village support grows, funding remains the main obstacle and borrowing is favored to finish the fill.
Skillet Creek Farmers Club reports strong attendance at the Peters Rumpf home meeting Saturday. L D Burteh Christler and Peter Rumpf spoke on growing beets as a safe money crop with favorable prices. Miss Myrtle Show Alma Rumpf performed a duet, Miss Alice Rumpf recited, and next meeting plans at Willis Ryans with New Year readings.
The document names R N of A Past Oracle Etta McDonald Oracle Kate Engleman Vic Oracle Millie Barnstow Recorder Ella C Page Receiver Sarah Archer Chancellor Georgia Young Marshal Frances Brown I Sentinel Louisa Watson and Manager for three years Alice Glazier outlining their duties in the organization.
Peter Buck and Edwin N. Marsh, both Baraboo natives since 1849, spent an hour in The News office recalling old times. Buck, a local farmer, has resided on a bluff-top valley home four miles southeast of the city for over 50 years.
A letter from Dr. De Beque, once a store owner in De Beque, Colorado, extols Western Colorado’s Grand River valley. He lauds the region’s land, water, timber, climate, and fruit success, urging wisconsin settlers to consider homesteading or relocation for health and honest work.
November births recorded for area families include sons and daughters of Deyhle Carey Cahoon Henman Harrison Wickers Bick Peck Gall Ham Kindschi Rich Kundert Peabody Gross Spaulding Snyder Dierken Daniels Excelsior Schuette Peck North Freedom Bernhardt Lohr Wallace and others in Baraboo Reedsburg Freedom Prairie du Lac Reedsburg Troy Honey Creek and Sumpter.
A December thirtieth event at a Ninth avenue home honors the Golden Wedding of Mr. and Mrs. Lewis Cowles. Guests recall a long marriage that began December 18 in Geneva Ohio, subsequent moves to Lodi and Sauk County, and four sons with two daughters joining the family. A burglarious party later disrupted the home but left guests well fed and in good spirits.
Praire du Lac resident Fred Alwin, famed antiquarian and maker of spurious artifacts, visited town yesterday and deposited several pieces with the local historical society and court house museum. His imitations are well regarded by experts, and some works already reside in the Smithsonian Institution. Though not honest in origin, he labels his pieces spurious and continues farming a prosperous rural property.
For the year ending October 31 Sauk County paid $262 in bounties on foxes and wolves. Foxes account for $236 and wolves $26, with a single $20 payment to James Nolan for wiping out a den of wolves. Each county must pay $10 per wolf scalp and may grant premiums for other pests, but Sauk has limited payouts to foxes and wolves.
N H Morley visits the village with a petition to release Phil Grubb by paying a fine in place of county jail confinement. The paper notes Phil is harmless when left alone and claims his enemies are brutal, framing self defense as a lawful right of citizens.
Officers were elected last night in the Blue Lodge of F. and A. M. with W. M. J. Briscoe and officers including W. S.-W. P. H. Gibbons J. W.-F. M. Stewart Treas.-J. Van Orden and Secty.-H. Koppke named.
Adelbert Barber, son of Brakeman Horace L Barber of Baraboo, died instantly last night at Lytles when he was crushed or thrown from a car amid engine movement and projecting timbers. An official inquiry in Chicago & Northwestern found neck fracture as the fatal injury. Barber had lived in Baraboo most of his life and planned to buy a Minnesota farm.
The Ringlings have acquired Hagenbeck’s troupe joining Forepaugh-Sells and their original circus. They now dominate the field, building wealth with a Baraboo home and a reputation for honor. The era of catch-penny acts fades as the circus gains prestige and seriousness.
Verne Diener and Lawrence Reynolds return home from Notre Dame University in South Bend Indiana. The two young men express strong affection for the institution and its community.
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