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Newspaper
Baraboo News
Location
Baraboo, Wisconsin, United States of America
Date
Dec 27, 1905
Page
6
Grant E. Owen of Neillsville Wisconsin reports a heater previously used to thaw a tank failed to remove ice after half a day. He installed the Grab Heater the Best and in a short time the tank was clear, fulfilling its advertised claims and more.
A. Shanks of Merrimack Wisconsin praises the C. H. Grub tank heater as wonderfully efficient. He states two fires per day keep water quite warm and claims it gives better satisfaction than any tank heater tried before.
E. D. Owen testifies the C. & Shub tank heater saves fuel and keeps ice out after one season use. He praises its superiority to all prior heaters and claims it performs beyond expectations.
A. E. Capener endorses the C. H. Grub tank heater praising its quick water warming, lower fuel use, and absence of sparks. He claims it outperforms others on the market and asserts safety.
N. C. Crawley of Baraboo Wisconsin reports that the C. H. Grub tank heater proved superior to all others after a severe test last winter. He claims it uses less wood, increases safety, and will pay for itself in one season through fuel savings.
All praise goes to the new tools described as valuable for farmers. The speaker notes they are all O K and highly recommended, claiming farmers will want them after seeing them in use.
Henry A. Hill touts the Grub heater as the best heating device for stock tanks. He notes the 12 by 40 ft barrel tanks heat efficiently with minimal fuel, delivering perfect satisfaction.
Edd O Coners of Reedsburg Wisconsin commends a tank heater as the best he has tried and encloses a bank draft as payment. He signs with his full name and hometown.
Miss Hattie Behrends leaves tomorrow for a week long holiday in Beloit. Lester Daniels returns home to Reedsburg after substituting at the post office for Miss Bessie Spring. Mrs. Elizabeth Gattiker arrives from Minnesota where she spent weeks with relatives. Miss Emma Ochsner, after months with sister Mrs. Grotoporst in Oregon, visits Baraboo friends for a week before heading back to Chicago.
Dr Bradbury Robinson returns home for the holidays from St Louis where he attends medical school and has recovered from his football injury. Rural mail service will suspend only on six holidays per Postmaster Cortelyou. Emma Gattiker returns from Chicago after cataloguing a library at Augustina hospital with about one thousand volumes. Dr Ochsner works as a surgeon there.
A Baraboo Wisconsin reader and her daughter testify that Dean's Kidney Pills cured years of backache and kidney pain. The ad notes Evenson's Pharmacy and Foster Milburn Co as makers and promotes Doan's Kidney Pills as the best remedy for kidney and backache issues.
A Chicago money lender funds a multi‑actor fraud using a land agent and book agent in a fake stock‑raising loan plot. The men canvass farmers, stage convincing cash and a counterfeit note, then switch for a genuine note while the backer in Chicago directs the operation. After temporary profits, the trio split gains.
Mrs Chatters voices frustration that her opinions are undervalued by Mr Chatters who replies that he values them highly yet criticizes their frequent sharing. Their exchange highlights tension over expression and control in their discourse.
Practical household advice warns against sweeping soot from carpet. It advises covering the soot with dry salt to absorb and lift it without staining, preventing marks or smears on the carpet.
In The World Today Perry Alden notes the East End's fixation on weddings and funerals and the morbid crowd fascination with a neighbor's death. A man mourns his wife and resists riding in the mourning coach with his mother in law but concedes, dreading a spoiled day.
An exchange quotes Diogenes seeking an honest man and Washington Star noting the joke in play. The wry line asks what happens when the find occurs, joking that discovering honesty would spoil the joke.
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