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Newspaper
Baraboo News
Location
Baraboo, Wisconsin, United States of America
Date
Jan 10, 1906
Page
7
Miss Louise Pigg and relatives from Chicago Baraboo and local families spent New Year at Mrs. A E Dennis. Devlin and Kinfolk hosted relatives from Evansville and nearby towns. Multiple visits, travels, and school returns noted along with millinery fire loss for Miss Ella Devlin and various community events and meetings. Stores to close early starting Jan 8.
E G Wallace returns home to Hixton after weeks away. The Rural Route 1 post changes hands with Ernest Richards in charge. Dairyman Wm Hall travels to Sparta for stock. School farms resume after two week break. Idell Coleman and C H Gibeaut wed at M E parsonage. Mrs Mary Stansbury is sick. Irvin Sherman and wife return from Fort Atkinson. Frank Smith buys a new sawing outfit near Oak church. Young men buy cutters, town treasurer Herrewig to collect taxes Jan 11 and Feb 1 at Walton. Ira Gibbons moves to Marshfield for winter work. L Lee hosts a successful dance in Walton.
Mrs. E. H. Brunson of Dublin Georgia proclaims she remains active and wishes to stay young by using Electric Bitters. The tonic is claimed to cure dyspepsia liver trouble inflamed kidneys and chronic constipation with noticeable relief after a reasonable period. Fisher Bros druggists guarantee the remedy at 50 cents.
Mrs. Wm. J. Miller spent New Year at home in Wyocena and returned last Tuesday. Mrs. Ella Sanborn and daughters Edna and Eva visit town as she plans to move into the Sanborn house. Miss Mayme Groat, once at Chippewa Falls, visits home briefly. Ladies' Club met with Mrs. Christine Eder but stormy weather kept attendance light. Mrs. H. P. Apker visited Wonewoc. Irwin C. Coates and sister arrived to resume school duties. Flora Lawsha returned to Madison after New Year dinner at home.
The undersigned provide a refund on a 50c bottle of Green's Warranted Syrup of Tar if it fails to cure coughs or colds. A 25c bottle is also offered to prove satisfaction or money refunded, by Fisher Bros. J.B. Donovan & Co.
The infant child of Mr. and Mrs. August Reidel is quite ill with Dr. Hastings in attendance. Ben Brandt joined Herbert Pronga on a trip to Reedsburg Sunday. Florence Prouty returned to Burlington Saturday. Walter Constantine spent time with his parents returning from the Milwaukee Cheese Makers convention with Mrs. Blanche accompanying him to Plain to visit Mrs. Bernice Wagner. J E Ward and Arthur Powell attended the Milwaukee Cheese Makers' convention last week. Herman Geise Edwin Sprecher Barney Giese Misses Selma Annie Giese Alma Albers of Leland were guests of Miss Olive Reitman Sunday and returned with them to resume school at Leland. Miss Lois Frost spent a week at home from her school at Tuckertown.
Social items from White Mound recall Mr. and Mrs. Joseph Gillespie hosting a New Year gathering with Michael Rice and family, J L Connor and family, Mary Phalen, Dan Rice, Dan Phalen, and Frank Kaney. Community notices include Mary King’s death in Bear Valley and funeral at St. Patrick's Loreto. Also reported are deaths of Frank Coyne, school updates, and local visits.
B F Leek of Concord Kentucky says a twenty year sore on his upper lip caused agony and made eating painful until Bucklen Amica Salve cured it. The salve is recommended for burns cuts and wounds and is sold at Fisher Bros. drug store for 25 cents.
Local note updates from North Freedom on January 8 detail residents traveling to Virginia and Madison for studies and work. Visitors include Wilson Randall, Grace Carpenter, Frances Fullmer, Wm Voe, and Herman Smith. Families shared holidays in La Crosse, LaRue, Dodgeville, and Milwaukee area, with several residents returning to jobs or studies after New Year celebrations.
Advertising claim urging readers to use Hood's Sarsaparilla to cure rheumatism and related pains. Emphasizes brand name and assurance of obtaining the product.
Baraboo residents shared a festive week with visitors from Reedsburg and Merrimack. Wm. Shale guided a group to Ringling winter quarters while families gathered for suppers and the G A R and W R C officers were installed. Mrs. Carpenter, 79, returning cured from varicose ulcers, praised Dr Murry before his move to Tomah.
Mrs Carrie Askey of Cumberland Wyoming endured over a year of constant sore throat and a tickling cough. She used Warner’s White Wine of Tar and has not lost a night's sleep since, a recovery she attributes to the remedy.
Denzer and Schroeder of Loganville work for U C Clement. Paul Brillar visited Madison relatives. Paul Kuhman of Elgin Minnesota visits Prairie du Lac and family. Miss Barlen resumes teaching after vacation. Accola family visits Buffalo County. Willie Markett and Carrie Buelow spent New Year at Merrimac home. Annie Huber’s Denver and Sumpter friends surprised her in Sumpter with dancing and lunch. Miss Huber heads to Madison then Milwaukee and Chicago. Dances draw crowds at C Kulman’s Saturday.
A. M. Bruce of Farmville Virginia credits Bucklen's Arnica Salve with ending a twenty year battle against chronic piles and malignant sores. He says the remedy cured both conditions completely. The advert notes best uses for ulcers, cuts, burns and wounds and lists Fisher Bros. druggist selling it for 25 cents.
An advertisement extols Dr Kilmer s Swamp Root as a cure for diseased kidneys claiming it cleanses blood and supports all organs. It urges readers to try a sample by mail and to buy bottles from druggists, with Binghamton New York listed as the company address.
Miss Jessie Loomis and Arthur Reynolds, both of the village, were married at the bride’s parents’ home with Rev. Custer officiating. The event drew a host of friends and congratulations.
An old advertisement promises a one day cure for colds using Bromo Quinine tablets. Druggists refund money if it fails. The box bears E. W. Grove’s signature and is priced at 25 cents.
To the tax payers of Creenfield the town treasurer states he will receive the tax at home during the week and at F. E. Brewers shoe store on Saturdays through January 31 1906.
Mr E O Quigley returns to Madison after visiting P M Phillips family. Mrs Nora Parkinson spends Wednesday in the valley. Mrs J P Coyle and son from Pine Bluff Wisconsin visit William Keegan. Mr John Keegan returns to LaCrosse to resume teaching at Wisconsin Business College. Frank Coyne dies of pneumonia January 60 at home burial Loreto Tuesday. Mrs Mary King 77 dies at daughter Mary Fargen home to be buried Loreto Cemetery Tuesday. Dr M J Murray of Avoca visits relatives for holidays. Elizabeth McPhillips resumes teaching in Dist 3. A daughter born to Mr and Mrs John Dedrich.
Virginia residents interested in land opportunities should contact W. U. Odell, local agent for the Southern Land Co., at his Madison Wisconsin address Fairchild Block or call at 3rd Avenue and 532 6th Avenue residence to arrange a visit or call back.
Paul Cahoon town treasurer will collect town taxes at E G Marriotts shoe store on Saturday December 23 and on Tuesdays Thursdays and Saturdays thereafter. He invites taxpayers to attend for payment.
80 acre Tuttle homestead includes two houses barn and orchard just north of Baraboo city limits. Appealing terms offered by Franklin Johnson to secure a quick sale. Apply for details and price.
Edison phonographs from ten dollars and up with credit to responsible parties. Also moving picture machines and films available. Shadow Town Co located at 5th and Barker St Baraboo Wis tel 46.
G A Briggs advertises in Bara Boo Fur Store that despite a lower market buyers still pay 9 cents per pound for hides and up to 5 60 for mink with other furs and hides in proportion.
For sale a family steam laundry and entire operation offered cheaply if taken all at once. Inquiries should be made to Geo. Smith at 815 West Street.
Farmers urged to purchase first class stock from I. X. L. Fruit Farm offering hardy productive apple seedlings for root grafting and supplies of cherries grapes currants and gooseberries Stock limited orders urged with shows at Farmers institutes in Wonewoc Loganville and Plain Briggs Co taking orders I. X. L. A. D. Brown two miles southwest of the city
Classified notice states ads under Popular Wants may run up to three lines for 15 cents or two weeks for 25 cents. Local newspaper confirms pricing and placement options for readers seeking brief ad notices.
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