Social visits and gatherings noted in local week
Charles Latimer of Tomahawk and H D Keyes attended events in Milwaukee and a teachers' meeting. Valeria Larson of Kilbourn and Kath leen Fulmer hosted a cousin visit. Abe Redner visited his parents. Will Moss joined family from Minneapolis. Hollie Fulmer and family from Portage visited. Grace Sarrington visited Kilbourn. A fundraising social for the Episcopal Sabbath school was planned at G W Adams home with supper 10 cents. Alice Skinner of Westfield visited August Timme. Will Hahn and Miss Bunker from Reedsburg visited the Timmies. Miga Timme attended Wm Clark’s funeral in Baraboo.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Charles Latimer
Tomahawk
H. D. Keyes
State Teachers’ Association
Milwaukee
Valeria Larson
Kilbourn
Kathleen Fulmer
Abe Redner
St. Paul
John Redner
Will Moss
Minneapolis
Hollie Fulmer
Portage
Grace Sarrington
Episcopal
G. W. Adams
Alice Skinner
Westfield
August Timme
Merrimack Social Roundup Details Guests and Travel
Local Merrimack notes list Earl Cramer and Baraboo wife visiting his parents, plus guests from St. Paul Ontario and Chicago. Several Baraboo and Baraboo-area names appear, with trips to Lodi Madison Marshall Baraboo and Mendota. Christmas and holiday visits mark the week as families host relatives and plan Epworth League meetings.
The Diamond Cure For Consumption Reported In Paris
Paris reports a so called diamond cure for consumption and pneumonia praised by W. T. McGee of Venable Tenn. The testimonial cites a fifteen year cough cured by Dr Kings New Discovery for Consumption Coughs and Cols. Fisher Bros drug store sells it at 50 cents and 1.00 with a trial bottle free.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Paris
W. T. McGee
Venleer
Tenn
Dr. King
Fisher Bros
Daisy Winn Hosts Pleasant Party For Brother Wm Winn
Miss Daisy Winn gave a pleasant party in honor of her brother William Winn of Redwood Falls Minnesota last evening. Guests include Mr and Mrs Clifford Griffith Union Center Henry Griffith Illinois relatives with the Moon family. Revival services began Wednesday evening January 3 with Elinor Antoinette Patten and Louis Patten visiting St Cloud Minnesota. Mundhenke returned from holidays to Platteville and King Illinois.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Daisy Winn
Wm. Winn
Redwood Falls
Minn
Clifford Griffith
Union Center
Henry Griffith
Illinois
Elinor and
Antoinette Patten
Brother Louis
St. Cloud
B. Moon
Prin. Mundhenke
Platteville and
King
Ill
North Freedom New Year Community Notes and Visits
The North Freedom column records Christmas visits and family reunions across nearby towns including Wonewoc, Lodi, Mondovi, Baraboo, and Baraboo. It notes a lively runaway by Lange Knauss delivery team, Masons installing officers, and a baby born to the Grosinske family. John Barker’s creamery output is highlighted, as is the Illinois iron mines shipments. A G A R hall reunion hosted thirty three attendees.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Oulette
Michigan
Wm. Rice
Milwaukee
Lange-Knauss & Co
Masons
Charley Palmer
Baraboo
N. F. Wetmore
W. M
M. F. Gibson
S. W
J. T. Lawton
Treas
Geo. Davies
George Karstetter
S. D
Geo. Hackett
J. D
Bruce McCoy
Rob. Dickie
Fred Bartle
T. Fred
Will Lange
Hazle Green
Tim Hackett
John Hackett
Joel
Mich
Albert Grosinske
North Freedom
John Barker
River Side
Illinois Iron Mines
Grosinske
Lange
G. A. R. Hall
Woman Overcomes Suffering with Tar Remedy
Mrs. Carrie Askey of Cumberland Wyoming endured over a year of a sore throat and persistent coughing. After using Warner's White Wine of Tar she reports no more lost nights of sleep and urges others to try the remedy.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Carrie Askey
Cumberland
Wyo
Warner
Christmas Visits and Local Social Notes in Spring Green
Ben Dewey and family visited Mrs. Dewey's parents Mr. and Mrs. H. A. Schaffer from Gotham. W. M. Hathaway spent Christmas at Baraboo with his son Willard. Albert Duesler lost a horse last Saturday. Miss Clara Scopable of Mazamanie visited Mrs. W. C. Schwanke. A large crowd attended the Woodman dance last Wednesday. Mrs. S. A. Dodge and Mrs. J. F. Morrow are on the sick list. Bert Hood and family from Blue River spent Christmas with the McWIllions. C. B. Sherwood and wife hosted an Oyster supper for Congregational church benefit.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Mable Howell
Wonewoee
Hawley
Lodi
P. H. Gunnison
Bond
Mondovi
Northrup
Joe Douglas
Wonewee
Our Village
B. J. Cook
Dodgeville
John Hengstler
G. Hengstler
Bernard McNulty
Spring Green
J. Doneghy
Leslie Jones
Hillsboro
S. P. Ellas
Roy Ellas
Lena Griep
Baraboo
Eva Spahr
John Rumpf
Westfield
John Patterson
James Draper
Ben Dewey
Gotham
S. A. Dodge
J. F. Morrow
Bert Hood
Blue River
Wilson Ood
C. B. Sherwood
West Spring Green
Congregational Church
To Cure a Cold in One Day Offer
Laxative Bromo Quinine tablets promise to cure a cold in a day with a refund if it fails. Druggists stock and display E. W. Grove’s signature on each box, priced at 25 cents.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
E. W. Grove
Reedsburg New Year Roundup Notes Local Visits and Deaths
In Reedsburg on December 31 a roundup of city life records several visits and health notes. Esther Corsan and two Tomah sons visit friends while Mrs Geo Kelley longtime resident dies leaving a husband and two daughters. Miss Carrie Collins returns to Wausau duties after Christmas with parents. Mrs Walsh suffers bleeding poisoning from a finger sliver. Isaac Metcalf injured Saturday shows slow improvement. Fay Kinsley Elsie Craker enjoy vacations with parents. T W Collins improves after illness. Hazle Smith student at Stevens Point spends Christmas here. Chas Aton visits family. Mable Whitely from Prairie du Chien visits. Mr and Mrs Wm Tibbitts and Mildred go to Sparta over New Year then Galesville. B J Collins family spend New Years at North Freedom. Dr Walter Sheldon Minneapolis visits family. Henry Werthien and wife to occupy R P Outerbridge residence. M Bb A will install January 3 at their hall. Fred Goodell mourns loss of their baby.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Esther Corsan
Tomah
Geo. Kelley
Carrie Collins
Wausau
Walsh
Isaac Metcalf
Fay Kinsley
Elsie Craker
T. W. Collins
Henry Sigrist
West Side
Hazle Smith
Stevens Point
Chas Aton
Mable Whitely
Prairie du Chien
Our City
Wm. ‘Tibbitts
Mildred
Sparta
Galesville
B. J. Collins
North Freedom
Walter Sheldon
Minneapolis
Henry Werthien
R. P. Outerbridge
M. Bb. A
Fred Goodell
Local Social Roundup in Lime Ridge and Vicinity
A winter social week features a surprise party at William Shookman s home and visits by relatives and friends from Downing Colfax Minneapolis Reedsburg Marshfield LaCrosse Glenville North Freedom Plain Delton. Notables include Mr and Mrs F C Conklin and extended family hosting guests and travelers over the holidays.
Sandusky News Notes Local Sayings and Visits
Fred Krohn is very poorly. Lucy Bennett of Lime Ridge spent last week with her grandpa, Markham's. Arthur Powell plans to attend the cheese makers convention in Milwaukee this week. Mr. and Mrs. J. C. Sedgwick of Reedsburg spent Sunday at Ed. Sedgwick's. Thén Brandt lost a valuable cow last week. Ladies' Aid Society to meet with Mrs. Fred Reitman Thursday afternoon Jan. 4. Mr. and Mrs. Peter Constantine spent Sunday with Joe Weitzel and family near Plain.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Fred Krohn
Lucy Bennett
Lime Ridge
Markham
Arthur Powell
Milwaukee
J.c.sedgwick
Reedsburg
Ed. Sedgwick
Brandt
Ladies’ Aid Society
Fred Reitman
Peter Constantine
Joe Weitzel
Plain
West Allis visitors vacationing in Black Hawk
Mr and Mrs Theo Schubring and their young son from West Allis visited old friends in Black Hawk last week. Mrs Chas Schmalz is listed as sick and Ehrhard Accola is ill with lung trouble.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Theo, Schubring
Son
West Allis
Black Hawk
Chas. Schmalz
Ehrhard Accola
Officers Elected at Baraboo Mutual Insurance Meeting
Baraboo Farmers Mutual Insurance Co. reelected all officers at yesterday's meeting except director-at-large Geo. B. McGilvra, replaced by Franklin Johnson. The company holds 823 policies totaling 1,222,141 dollars. losses paid in 1905 amounted to 2,100.60 dollars.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Baraboo Farmers’ Mutual Insurance Co
Geo. B.mcgilvra
Franklin Johnson
Holiday Visitors and Local Residents Across County
Misses Mary and Emma Hanko attend Normal at Ostkosh and are home for holidays. Mell Newell visits from Spring Green for Christmas. Henry Pfiel arrives from Reedsburg. Herbert Pronga of Reedsburg visits his uncle Albert Brandt. Ed Staples of Sand Rock was in on business. Nina Bennett of Lime Ridge stayed with aunt Katie Powell. Mrs Schnroeder and Mr Krohn are both ill. Ed Markham family now has a home phone. Mrs Kate Lee and niece Hazel Phil lips of Reedsburg visit for holidays. Olive and Freda Reitman celebrate New Year with Cazenovia relatives. Gus Templin hosts a guest from Lodi.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Mary
Emma Hanko
Ostkosh
Mell Newell
Spring Green
Henry Pfiel
Reedsburg
Herbert Pronga
Albert Brandt
Ed. Staples
Sand Rock
Nina Bennett
Lime Ridge
Katie Powell
Tax Receiver Announces Schedule for Creenfield Town Taxes
William Montgomery Town Treasurer declares readiness to collect town taxes at home during weekdays and at F. E. Brewer's shoe store on Saturdays through January 31 1906 with location and timing details for taxpayers in Creenfield.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
F. E. Brewer
Wm. Montgomery
Town Treas
Furs and Hides Wanted by Bar Aboo Fur Store
Bar Aboo Fur Store offers 9 cents per pound for hides and up to 500 dollars for mink. Other furs and hides in proportion. G. A. Briggs advertises as the seller.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Baraboo
G. A. Briggs
Local Agent Advertises Virginia Land Contacts
Virginia inquirer urged to contact W. A. Odell, Baraboo, Wisconsin, as local agent for the Southern Land Co. Readily available for calls at 3rd Avenue office or 532 6th Ave residence, Madison block Fairchild.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Virginia
3Rd. Avenue
6Th Ave
Southern Land Co
Fairchild Block
Madison
Wis
For Sale by Rudolph Schirmacher
Advertises selling a home with six acres including sand and gravel pits and a milk route. Notes the sale is cheap as the owner plans to go to Germany. Signed Rudolph Schirmacher.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Germany
Rudolph Schirmacher
Annual Meeting of Sauk County Agricultural Society
The annual meeting of stock holders will be held at Ewing Hall on Tuesday January 9 1906 at 2 p m for the election of officers and other business. S A Pelton secretary.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
The
Sauk County Agricultural Society
Ewing Hall
Wanted Canvassers in Sauk and Adjacent Counties
Wanted at once canvassers in Sauk and adjoining counties steady position with cash weekly settlements our best men are earning 36 dollars and up per week Full particulars and splendid outfit free Western New York Nursery Co Rochester N Y Ye.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Sauk
Western New York Nursery Co
Rochester
Fairfield Taxes Campaign Sets Saturday Tax Runs
Town of Fairfield treasurer H S Porter declares weekly tax collection will proceed every Saturday through February, starting December 23, targeting Schneller's Baraboo shoe store as the first payment site.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
John Schneller
Baraboo
H. S. Porter
Fairfield
Baraboo Town Tax Collection Notice
Town Treasurer Paul Cahoon announces tax collection at E. G. Marriott's shoe store on Saturday December 23 and on Tuesdays Thursdays and Saturdays thereafter. Taxpayers urged to attend to pay assessments.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
E. G. Marriott’s
Paul Cahoon
Baraboo Farm Near City Limits For Quick Sale
For sale is the 80 acre A. G. Tuttle homestead with two houses barn and orchard just north of Baraboo city limits.Highly desirable property priced to move quickly. Terms available by applying to Franklin Johnson.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
A. G. Tuttle
Baraboo
Franklin Johnson
Anecdote Of Hay Admission To Illinois Bar
The late Secretary Hay recalled a Chicago test for his bar qualifications in 1865. A committee of lawyers ignored him until one asked how he would handle a client with a complex case. He answered he would seek a $50 retainer and ask the client to return next day, and he was admitted.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Hay
Atlantic
Paris
Legation
Illinois
Chicago
Flipperty Flap Question at International Sanitary Congress
A young layman asked Surgeon General Wyman about throat construction during a Washington meeting of the International Sanitary Congress. Wyman joked that the flipperty flap story would have more truth than the quack tale about two throat flaps, prompting laughter from attendees and a farmer’s interjection.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Washington
Wyman
General Wyman
Sale of New Jersey auctioned in early colonial era
An 1681 document notes New Jersey offered for sale for about 5000. An Earl of Bath letter to Lord Norbury describes the province as a country nearly as large as England, once belonging to the late George Carteret, now sold by auction as a manuscript item.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
New Jersey
Province of
Earl of Bath
Lord Norbury
England
George Carteret
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Rea Bros. & Co
Louisville
New York
Warren House
Rea
America
D. D. Rea
Deltor
Will Hahn
Miss Bunker
Otto Timmie
Miga Timme
Wm. Clark
U. S. Patent Office
Washington, D. C
Piso
Merrimack
Earl Cramer
Ed. Coates
J. A. Coates
Bennett
St. Paul, Minn
E. S. Quimby
M. T. Martin
Herbert Gross
Miss Wallace
Ontario
C. Flanders
Stanley Joslin
Hancock
H. T. Noyes
Meyers
J. K. Trussell
Mrs. C. Dennis
Fred Vanderhoof
Grant, Mich
Valeiga Roepp
M. J. Kindschi
W. W. Fuller
Mrs. Black
Marshall
Emma Black
John Roach
W. Donahue
Mike Taylor
Henry Barnsness
Norman Astle
Clara Astle
L. Parks
Mr. McCormick
Waterloo
R. Parkin
Schatuck
Robert Jones
Phoebe Haines
Tena Meikle
Agnes O’keefe
Willie Wood
Necedah
M. ‘I. Martin
Lillian Loos
Ed. Loos
Lee Utter
Nashota
Ruth Smith
Ella Devlin
Cresco
Iowa
Jessie Parks
T. Parks
G. L. Clark
John Heir
Birchwood
Chas. Odekirk
Alice Odekirk
Madson
Parker
William Shookman
Chas. Bible
Downing
E. McCarty
Nina Bohn
W. Bennett
Loren Kinney
Sam Lewis
Frank Conklin
LaCrosse
Nelly Bohn
Ruth Nuss
Marshfield
R. L
Sandusky
Hood
Creenfield
W. A. Odell
S. A. Pelton
Usdes Cre
H.W. CY Aed
Eee
C. W. Whitman, J. B. Donovan & Co
H. Evenson Fisher Bros
Sic
Bara
Jerry Scanlan Baraboo
Roser & Koch
George Wallaks
Park Street
N. H. Smith
Alesmen
Harvey Oil Co
Cleveland
Ohio
Second Ward
Koppke
East Water St
Jacob Millerd
Baraboo, Wis
Ouse
Eighth Avenue
Stanley Co
Ftek
Mrs.McLaren
Chapman
Manhattan
Mec
George F.black
Herifp
City Hall
Evans& Thomas
Baraboo Markets
Nees
EAU Regos Ieee
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