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Newspaper
Baraboo News
Location
Baraboo, Wisconsin, United States of America
Date
Dec 27, 1905
Page
10
An old warning advertises Dr Kilmer Swamp Root as a kidney remedy for back pain and urinary issues. It claims sediment indicates kidney trouble and promotes samples and a free book from Kilmer Co of Binghamton New York.
A compiled notice of real estate transfers detailing numerous transactions. Elias Luella Johanny to William Dressep for lots 11 and 12 in block 37 Sauk City. Flora Cahoon to Levi Cahoon. Baraboo subdivision transfers. Harman and Jahn acres in Greenfield. Stewart to Weise land in Winfield. Bohn to Riedel Lot 10 block 1 Lime Ridge. Rachel to Harman 60 acres in Greenfield. Moore to McFetridge and others in Baraboo. Coleman to Link Lot 18 Palisade Park. Steuber to Roick land in Merrimack. Roick to Gallus Sr land in Merrimack. Conley to Beaver in Franklin. Harris to Chaplin 200 acres in Delton. Kleebers to Gotz LaValle land. Bailie to Wenzel Prairie du Lac. Heffel to Simon in Excelsior. Many transfers involve farmland and town parcels with amounts listed.
Dec 19 updates show Mr and Mrs Otto Milbrook visiting from Madison staying with Geo and Lula Slater. Louise Moosean from Loreto stays with grandmother Mary Dickens for winter. New drug store opens in Leindorff’s building as Pearl Inman returns home from Walton teaching duties.
The notice promotes Hall's Catarrh Cure as an internal treatment for catarrh, claiming it cures via the blood and mucous surfaces and branding it as non quack medicine. It lists F. J. Cheney & Co of Toledo Ohio as proprietors and notes doctor testimonials and seven cent price, plus Hall's Family Pills for constipation.
To Correspondents. Be sure and send your items early for next week. Do not depend on the R. F. D. carrier as he will not make a trip next Monday.
Fisher Bros. and J B Donovan Co pledge refunds on a 50c bottle if it fails to cure coughs or colds and a 25c bottle if not satisfactory. The card asserts money-back promises for the product.
The Reading Hustler asks a riddle about Ann a 24 year old who eats a green apple in an orchard and develops colic. A contemporary suggests trying a number with a pun but notes the line is likely busy.
W. M. Sherman of Cushing Maine says a three month back and kidney pain sufferer was permanently cured by three bottles of Electric Bitters. He claims relief from malaria stomach and liver troubles and general debility. Fisher Bros. druggists guarantee the tonic at 50 cents.
December notes from Greenfield cover family visits and road improvements. Mr and Mrs H Witthuhn spent a week at Fox Lake with their son Carlie. Rudolph Wieland works on stone for a new barn basement. D Rogers builds a wall and hauls logs for a wagon shed and corn crib. Frank Ramsey uses D Rogers quarry stone for a barn basement in Fairfield. Fred Welk adds to his house with F Leyman. Emil Wieland returns home for vacation. Hoege district school closes for two weeks. Miss Frazier returns to La Valle. Mrs D Rogers returns to Bara Boo after summer with relatives in Spencer Iowa.
Local residents returned home for the holidays with a flurry of visits. Margaret Landis clerks in a new drug store while Lenoir Courtier and her niece Stella Courtier traveled to Madison for Christmas. Families including Hyslop, Thornton, Borchers, Pierce, Turner, Lawsha, Kitson, Healy, Greenhalgh, Wilkinson, and Coates noted travels from Madison, Chicago, La Crosse, Baraboo, Milwaukee, Onalaska, Bara boo, and St. Paul to be with relatives.
Miss Mary Draper fell on the ice injuring her elbow. Residents and visitors like J T Lawton Mable and others returned from trips to Mirror Lake Baraboo Randolph and Madison. Several families welcomed relatives and moved guests while students and staff traveled for holidays and schooling.
Hollie Fulmer and family of Portage spent Christmas with Mrs. Dr. A. Jones. Ethan Reynolds and family of Dellona visited their parents. Miss Lula Adams from Superior Normal School is home for holidays. Raymond Niles of Lake Geneva visits. several locals travel to Baraboo and Milwaukee.
Phillip Alexander returns home to Hazle Green for holidays after a few months away. Laura Hackett comes home from Whitewater for vacation. Mable Lawton joins the W R C. Walter Carpenter visits Barron. Bert Fisk and family travel from Elroy to see Albert and Mrs Fisk. Arthur Ahrensmeyer heads to Madison to see his parents. Dr Johnson travels to Milwaukee and back. Charley Fisk visits Valley Junction to see his daughter Mrs Bud Hackett. Freda Griep returns from Glenville for vacation. H C Koester and Frank Smith visit Louis Smith for Christmas.
December 25 local social notes report Miss Maeta Koball visiting Wm Lawrent and Ruggles family visiting Henry Thompson’s relatives. Wm Claridge family to spend Christmas at Reedsburg. Hollister’s Rocky Mountain Tea advertised with cure claim. Revival meetings at Free Methodist church with Drs Elder and Roberts leading services. Eddie Du Bois family moves to Lamberton farm.
SKILLET CREEK December 26 George Carpenter, who has been buying potatoes at Prairie du Lac, is at home to spend Christmas. Miss Louise Tuttle, teacher at Janesville Blind Institution, came home Saturday to spend Christmas with her mother and brother Glyde Tuttle.
Bevie Bassett attends Normal at Milwaukee and comes home for holidays. Henry Hill and family go to Barron and plan a Will Hill visit in Vernon. Mesdames Henry Wichern and Wm Wichern take children to Racine. Wm Wichern and Fred Roser attend the Chicago fat stock show. Miss Mable Johnstone of Reedsburg ends a school term with celebrations. Ed Bellows and wife plan a Minnesota holiday trip. Walter Pierce and Winifred Watkins visit La Valle. Young folks surprise Mrs Tuttle at her home.
Fairfield notes reveal Will Caflish and family visiting relatives on Monday and Tuesday. Mr. Flickner and family relocated from Webster's Prairie to the Koppke farm. Miss Katie Caflish returned to Iowa after four weeks with her parents, her brother Tony accompanying her to consider making a home there. Leech Creek Helpers Union plans a January 8 1906 meeting with Mrs E J Battles in Baraboo including a picnic dinner and open invitation.
Mrs. A. N. Young travels to Waukesha for Christmas with Mrs. Shepard. Grandma Hyres visits Lake Mills with her brother. Mrs. Vonsegger goes to Rockland to see her brother after thirty years and will stop at Mauston to visit her sister. Our school closed December 22 for two weeks. the teacher will go to Prairie du Sac.
A claim touts Warner's White Wine of Tar Syrup as a cure for La Crippe and Pneumonia. The advertisement asserts the remedy cures a case in 48 hours and relieves the following cough when taken thoroughly and in time.
Dr and Mrs N F Wetmore of North Freedom spent Christmas with Mr and Mrs V S Pease.
Mrs Cratsenberg welcomed about 35 neighbors and friends who arrived with filled baskets to celebrate her birthday. Games music and conversation filled the evening as guests enjoyed refreshments and wished her many more such birthdays. Miss Mae Waddell of Winfield visits home for a week and Miss Hazel Rowe of Ruck visits at Will Waddell's home.
Mrs. Frank Melcher returns home after visiting Janesville. Walter Edwards of Denver visits with aunt Mrs. James Hazen. Miss Minnie Starr leaves for two weeks in Sparta and Cataract. Beulah and Alice Thompson visit Milwaukee home folks. Mrs. Ed. Buehler travels to Reedsburg for Christmas. Mr. and Mrs. Mark Case to Reedsburg for Miss Margaret Wright’s visit. Mrs. and Mrs. A. L. Young host Fred Young visiting from Rochester. Mr. and Mrs. John Sims and others visit Gibbons family. A 30-car flour train from Gregory Cooks Co. of Superior passes Bara Boo en route to Eastern points. W. A. Odell attends business at Barren and Sauk County settlement work.
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