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Newspaper
Baraboo News
Location
Baraboo, Wisconsin, United States of America
Date
Dec 30, 1909
Page
6
Local residents travel to Kendall Madison Milwaukee and Chicago for Christmas and New Year gatherings. Visitors include Mrs T J Moran Miss Ida Leubke and many families from Baraboo take part in dinners, repairs, and neighborhood outings while shopping incidents and a Christmas fence-trespass case draw town attention.
Miss Gertrude Denison a longtime Baraboo public schools laborer died unexpectedly at 7:15 this morning at her Third avenue home. Heart disease caused her death after a brief period of frail health. she had recently worked as a substitute. Her sister Miss Maria Dennison was present and summoned help. The family had relocated from Newport to Sauk Prairie and then Baraboo years ago.
The article recalls holiday misadventures by cheerful crowds and a moving picture man busy during Christmas. A man sits in snow selling soles for passersby while others tumble down a hill bridge and bruise themselves in the storm. A rowdy parade on Oak Street mars public decorum amid harsh winter conditions.
A vintage advertisement extols Bucklen’s Arnica Salve as supreme for cuts burns sores and many ailments. It also touts Hollister’s Rocky Mountain Tea as the best health builder, urging purchase from Fisher Bros and J.B. Donovan & Co with prices listed.
The New York Herald quotes a joke where a pessimist admits a change of view after claiming the world is a bubble and a fall from an air ship is invoked as the reason. A servant recounts a brief dialogue with the mistress about callers and their response.
A New York Herald snippet describes a birthday party with a fine cake and candles noted as exceptionally tasty. The tone reflects lighthearted social coverage from a past edition.
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