Letter from Dixie Wayne County Prices in the South
A St Petersburg correspondent writes from a four room cottage near Tampa Bay about the high cost of living in the South. He notes cheap local produce but expensive northern goods, the good climate, and visitors’ sympathy for a hospitalized son. He describes G A R and Confederate veterans meeting, lingering bitterness among women, and debates Reconstruction era loyalties, with reflections on Lincoln and Grant.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
St. Petersburg
Fla
J. W. Hargrave
Congregational Church
Baraboo
Robert
Uncle Sam
South
Gen. Grant
Appomattox
Grant
Gen. Lee
Lincoln
Wisconsin
Inter Se Adds 10 Park Fund
The Inter Se club voted to give $10 to the State Park fund from proceeds of a February 12 entertainment at the A. O. U. W. hall. A program featured Mrs. Battles, a Churchill life paper by Mrs. Briscoe read by Mrs. Davis, and a review of the Crossing by Mrs. Frank Clark. Next meeting with Miss Humphrey on March 5.
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Inter Se
Battles
Humphrey
Railway Exonerates Company in Wisconsin Train Death
The coroner's inquest in Okee Wisconsin found no blame on the railway company for Martha Twaddell's death after being struck by cars. Her remains were moved to Yuba Richland county with ten relatives, correcting earlier reports of Sauk county and seven children.
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Okee
Wis
Martha Twaddell
A HOLE IN THE TROPICS
A diagram reveals a Belize home owned by Curt Hildebrandt and a German consul. The house is built for sea breezes with broad verandas and spacious rooms on multiple floors. The article notes frequent rain and compares Belize to Wisconsin in rainfall.
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Central America
Belize
British Honduras
Curt Hildebrandt
Josie HK. Page
Baraboo
N. W. Roundhouse Damage From Misplaced Door
Night engine dispatcher George Madden backed locomotive 899 into the Chicago and Northwestern roundhouse causing a door between stalls to give way and part of the west wall masonry to crack. The post and door were knocked out and repairs have begun.
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Chicago & Northwestern
George Madden
Madden
Janesville Gazette
Weighing of Mail Begins on Baraboo Run
Beginning yesterday a weighmaster accompanies every railway mail clerk at Baraboo to weigh the mails and determine average revenues for the railway companies. The government considers reducing pay per pound. Dispatches from Washington indicate the weighing will last three months, with six month blanks suggesting a possible extension.
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Baraboo
Washington
Mrs Commander's The American Idea book features American family ideals
Mrs Lydia Kingsmill Commander publishes The American Idea through Barnes New York City. The work argues whether the nation’s small family ideal points to race death by action or to race development. It is praised as authoritative and engaging with substantial evidence from mothers and fathers nationwide.
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Lydia Kingsmill Commander
A. 8
Barnes & Co
New York City
Commander
Free Congregational Society
Puzzling Problems Before Stat Ions
State legislature debate covers Frear civil service exemption for Nagler. Milwaukee George school board bill shifts to ward elections. Devil's lake state park purchase. Upper Mississippi improvement. Insurance and university investigation committee funds. O'Conor salary boost. Olin bill condemning land for drives. Work school for the blind Milwaukee. Milwaukee butcher licensing and patent medicine bills.
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Secretary of State
Frear
Civil Service Commission
Civil Service Law
James L. O’connor
Insurance Investigating
Olin
Pleasure Drive Association
Milwaukee
Butchers
Strenuous Time at Ringling 3 Quarters Afield
Ringlingville buzzes with riders trainers and animal quarters at full tilt as Ringling Bros prepares for the 1907 season. George Levasseur strongman recovers from a sprained ankle and will train for new feats amid added horses mules and felines as opening approaches.
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Ringling
Ringlingville
Ringling Bros
George Levasseur
New York City
Levasseur
Narrow Escape From Death By Snow Plow Incident
Geo. Miner day yardmaster narrowly escaped being hit by a moving train in Harvard. He stepped in front of the engine carrying a snow plow and was thrown onto the plow. He saved himself by gripping the smooth rail with his hand as the train slid four car lengths before stopping. Injuries limited to a strained hip and ankle and bruises, expected to mend in a week.
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Geo. Miner
George
Mr. Miner
Miner
Harvard Herald
Deer Population Seen Rising in Wisconsin
Marinette official J W Kelley notes deer numbers have grown over the past decade or more due to tighter laws and protection. He recalls a past era when camping hunters supplied markets in Milwaukee and Chicago, often killing over a hundred deer yearly, now limited by licensing and tagging rules, with railroads refusing untagged shipments.
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Wisconsin
J. W. Kelley
Marinette
Milwaukee
Chicago
Death in Lodi claims J. E. Mandeville and spousal deathbed
J E Mandeville died yesterday afternoon in Lodi Wisconsin and his wife lies at the point of death. He was a New York State native about 71 years old and long-time Lodi resident. His wife’s maiden name was Ellen Flint.
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Lodi
Wis
J. E. Mandeville
Mr. Mandeville
New York State
Ellen Flint
Loyd James Jackson
Walton
Black River Falls
W. M. Church
F. Decker
Death on South Side Miss Capener Dies at Home
Miss Sarah Ann Capener dies at 6 15 am at her mother's South Side home after long illness. She was nearly eighteen and is mourned by her mother Mae Capener and three brothers. Funeral at St Joseph's Church Monday at 9 in the morning.
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South Side
Sarah Ann Capener
Mae Capener
Miss Capener
St.,Joseph’s Church
Kathrine Gugel
Reedsburg
St. Peter’s Lutheran Church
Aug. Rohrlack
Henry Gugel
William Gugel
Minnesota
Casper Accola Sr
Prairie du Sac
Neenah
Wis
Charles Kloepel
Lawson Canal
Menasha
Kloepier
Twentieth Century Club Supports Man Mound Fund
The Twentieth Century Club spent Thursday with Arthur Pinero and Henry Arthur Jones reading quotes from Second Mrs Tanqueray and The Case of Rebellious Susan. A $10 contribution to the Man Mound fund was voted. Next meeting set for one week later at an undecided location.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Twentieth Century Club
Arthur W. Pinero
Henry Arthur Jones
Tanqueray
Susan
Man Mound Fund
Quite a Mix-up at the First Ward Schoolyard
At noon Wm. Terry, west of town, was driving a market steer past the first ward schoolhouse when the steer spooked by students plunged and toppled Terry. The wagon overturned, horses ran away, leaving Terry, the steer, and the wreck in the street. No serious injuries reported. the wagon suffered extensive damage.
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First Ward
Mr. Terry
Horse kick injures Raymond Morter near Okee Wisconsin
Raymond Morter, a young man living about a mile south of Okee, suffered severe injuries from a horse kick while harnessing the animal. Several ribs were fractured and his shoulder badly bruised in the incident reported on February 21.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Okee, Wis
Raymond Morter
Offer for Free Garden Seeds Ends March 381 1907
Advertises free garden and flower seed by sending list and dollar with a note that the offer expires after March 381 1907. Urges readers to see the offer in another column for details.
Notable Deaths and Local Accidents Across Reedsburg Area
Stray notes report multiple deaths in Reedsburg and nearby towns including Henry Loss 75, Alonzo Thurle, Henry Holton 47, Loyd James Jackson 6, and Kathrine Gugel 68. Local injuries include Wm. Gerks with broken collarbone and two rib injuries, and Wm. Meilke with facial injuries from a fall.
Free seed offer ends after March 31 1907
An advertisement promises a free garden or flower seed offer with delivery, noting the seed free after March 31, 1907. The wording implies a limited time promotion and urges readers to view details in another column.
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Charles H. Lee
Florida
Gether
State Park
Tropics
New Orleans
Madison Democrat
N. W. Roundhouse
Free Congregational
Sarah Capener
Count Your
John Wilkes
Lippencott
Sunny Sam
Groucher
Sammy
Grouch
Peach
DIF
Henry Loss
That City
Alonzo Thurle
The
Baptist Church
J. T. Sharman
Henry Holton
Dellona
Garrity
Herman Gregory
Ideal Poultry and Stock Farm
Oshkosh
Wm. Gerks
Ableman
Wm. Meilke
Village Board of
Senator Pearson
Assemblyman
Cahoon
J. S. Tripp
Robert Buerki
M. A. Devitt
Magnus Swenson
Wisconsin River
George Nold
Black Hawk
Noa
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