Fairfield Helpers Union Meeting and Local News
July 8 note lists the Fairfield Helpers Union meeting Mrs Robt Malloy on Wednesday July 15. Also mentions Mrs O Hoege marketing first honey of the season. Kate Hoyt of Mendota college visits Miss Lizzie Attridge and spoke at Fairfield A C church Tuesday evening.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Fairfield Helpers Union
Robt. Malloy
O. Hoege
Kate Hoyt
Mendota College
Lizzie Attridge
Fairfield A. C
Edwards sisters return home after visit
Vera and Viva Edwards returned to their Glenville home Saturday after a week with their grandparents. Mrs. B Coles and Mrs. D Rogers visited Mrs. Atwater in Lyons Sunday. Wm. Montgomery had a raising Tuesday.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Vera
Viva Edwards
Glenville
Coles
D. Rogers
Prairie du Sac Social News for July Fourth Weekend
Prairie du Sac notes show Mr. and Mrs. W. H. Dietrich of Madison visiting, Mr. and Mrs. H. K. Fey and their son from Mazomanie staying over the Fourth, L. A. Cooper a Chicago University student returning home, and Mrs. S. H. Buenler of Milwaukee visiting Dr. and Mrs. J. W. Buehler.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
W. H. Dietrich
Madison
H. KE. Fey
Mazomanie
L. A. Cooper
Chicago University
S. H. Buenler
Milwaukee
J. W. Buehler
Beloit visitors among Greenfield gatherings noted
July 13 Misses Meta and Hannah Washow of Beloit visit cousin Wm Lange in Greenfield. Mr and Mrs Theodore Kramer tour Frank Heir's home in Merrimack Sunday. Herman Schultz and Eddie Granes were visiting in Greenfield over Sunday.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Meta
Hannah Washow
Beloit
Wm. Lange
Greenfield
Theodore Kramer
Frank Heir
Merrimack
Herman Schultz
Eddie Granes
July Fourth Visits From Ableman Residents
Ableman residents and families spent the Fourth of July with relatives in Chicago Milwaukee La Crosse Sandusky Ohio and Beloit. Remarks note Mrs Aug Steinhorst and grandson Otto Gall visiting Beloit and Mrs Geo Meyer with children visiting Reedsburg. George P Stocker of Madison visited friends here.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Wm.Breitzke
Chicago
R. Kramp
Milwaukee
H. Liesenfeldt
la Crosse
Wm. Bartenbach
Sandusky
Ohio
Aug. Steinhorst
Otto Gall
Beloit
Aug. Yeech
Geo. Meyer
Local News Briefs From LA VALLE
Mr and Mrs Richard Harrison and daughter of Wenatchee Washington visit friends in the area. Herman Tordoff on vacation from Waukegan Illinois. Ed Kitson and family from Madison visit friends. Mrs Hyslop and Mrs Lee shop in Reedsburg. Exilda Hackett from North Freedom visits Grace Paddock. Ruth Apker and Esther Lince of Baraboo visit Gladys Apker. Grace and Benjamin Paddock visit Baraboo. Mrs Lane J Well and daughter of Medford visit Emily Pearson. Mrs Sawyer of the Wisconsin Library Commission visits the local library. School meeting approves adding another grade, extending two years of high school work.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Richard Harrison
Wenatchee
Wash
Herman Tordoff
Waukegan
Iil
Ed. Kitson
Madison
Wm. Hyslop
George Lee
Reedsburg
Exilda
Hackett
North Freedom
Grace Paddock
Ruth Apker
Esther Lince
Baraboo
Gladys Apker
Grace
Benjamin Paddock
Baraiboo
Lane J.well
Medford
Wis
Emily Pearson
Sawyer
Wisconsin Library Commission
North Freedom Social Roundup July notes happenings
Local residents list visits and travels across Baraboo Reedsburg and Baraboo area. Mentioned are Mrs L Smith returning from Baraboo, Rev and Mrs Bearmore departing for New Jersey, Mrs Quick accompanying them, families visiting relatives, social events like an ice cream social raising 16.35, W R C initiating four members, births and illnesses, and several traveling relatives from Missouri Brooklyn and Lone Rock visiting Baraboo area.
Twin girls born to Mr and Mrs Frank Stando in Reedsburg
In Reedsburg on Sunday July 12, birth of twin girls to Mr. and Mrs. Frank Stando. Mother and babies healthy. Local social notes mention Mrs. Charles Kester improving and various residents traveling or visiting, with Camp Douglas, La Crosse and Oshkosh referenced.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Frank Stando
Charles Kester
S. A. Collins
Ashland
Madison
Rosien
Nancy Brady
Dillon Pease
Galena
A. Sanders
la Crosse
Oulie Schonenberg
Baraboo
Wolley
Company B
Camp Douglas
Hugh Wise
Wm. Wise
F. Moore
Hillsboro
Wm. Burdick
Manston
Black Hawk Social Notes Highlight Local Visits
July visits showcase Madison and Sauk City guests in Black Hawk. Henry Mellentine and daughter from Madison spent time with relatives. Sauk City visitors welcomed Mrs Chas Jennewein and others. A son arrived for Julius Guskow. Doctor remains weak per Mrs A Fritsche from Chicago. West Allis resident Theodore Schubring visited his brother Fred. Beulah Ott and Fern Brown visited Barlen and Jaeger families. John Jennewein family received a new organ.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Henry Mellentine
Madison
Black Hawk
H. Guhl
Hidessen
Fisher
J. Dresen
Sauk City
Chas. Jennewein
Julius Guskow
A. Fritsche
Chicago
Theodore Schubring
West Allis
Fred Schubring
Beulah Ott
Fern Brown
Barlen
Jaeger
John Jennewein
Local Notes From Reedsburg and Nearby Towns
Born to Dr and Mrs Fowler a daughter on July seventh 1908. Rosa Sparks returned home in Reedsburg after a visit with Mrs Trumpf and daughters. Anton Beck clerked in Betk and Nachreiners store. Walter Constantine has cheese boxes delivered. Emma Breehtle home from Spring Green for a few days. Rev Father Vadder treated for rheumatism in Prairie du Chien hospital. Mary Heubsch died July 6 1008 after long consumption. Rev Fr Max Ruprech of Loretta read the requiem high mass. Kate Bauer visiting aunt Gusta Schwartz in Spring Green. Preliminary contest set for Friday night July 17 1908. Beulah Ott and Madison niece visited aunt Mrs Reuschlein from Wednesday to Sunday. Lieutenant George Woerth of Prairie du Lac, telephone repairman, fixed the local station and orders run smoothly.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Mary Heubsch
Max Ruprechter
Loretta
Kate Bauer
Gusta Schwartz
Spring Green
Beulah Ott
Madison
Reuschlein
George Woerth
Prairie du Lac
Open access to berry fields balked by fences and fees
A Fairfield party touring a distant blueberry field reports scant pickings as landowners restrict access. Open entry costs twenty five cents per person and barbwire fences deter many would be pickers. Rye harvest begins with W McFarland and Nelson Teel cutting. Warren Juyce vacations at Newport while Marguerite Newell seeks eye treatment in Milwaukee.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Claude Newell
J.H. Luce and
Warren and
Lawrence
W. McFarland
Nelson Teel
Warren Juyce
Newport
Marguerite Newell
Milwaukee
Baraboo Guests And Local Church Notices
North Fairfield residents hosted visits from James Anchor and wife in Baraboo. Cora Lewis and brother Howard of Milwaukee visited their uncle and aunt LP Lewis. Mrs John Wilson improves at Kilbourn home. Emil Englebretson of Newport visited the Lewis couple. Joe Lewis’s sister and family from Baraboo were entertained. Dora Englebreston from Kilbourn visited the Lewis home then Baraboo. Alfred Sittionson was in Kilbourn. Rev ES Crowder of Baraboo preached in Peck's Corners M E church. Rev Wilder of Worthington Minnesota visits R J Martiny.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
James Anchor
Baraboo
Cora Lewis
Howard
Milwaukee
LP. Lewis
John Wilson
Kilbourn
Emil Englebretson
Newport
L.P. Lewis
Joe Lewis
Dora Englebreston
Lewis
Alfred Sittionson
ES. Crowder
M.E. Church
M. Ek
Peck’s Corners
Wilder
Worthington, Minn
R. J. Martiny
Sauk City Notes and Visits July Updates
In Sauk City on July 18 Mr and Mrs Alex Ferber of Milwaukee visit relatives. John Just died at the Henry Luckens home from throat trouble. Alex Noli and niece Miss Ella Gottschalk of St Louis spend summer here. The canning factory runs day and night. Harold Clement returned to Made ton. Joseph Huebsh went to Plain Tuesday for his grandchild’s funeral. George Meyer and family of Keil visited relatives. Miss Cora Grass returned to Madison after a month with her parents here.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Alex Ferber
Milwaukee
John Just
Henry Luckens
Alex Noli
Ella Gottschalk
St. Louis
Harold Clement
Middleton
Joseph Huebsh
George Meyer
Keil
Cora Grass
Madison
Greenfield Youth Stricken by Heat Improves
Roy Palmer son of Mr and Mrs L H Palmer in Greenfield was prostrated by the heat Monday. By Monday night his condition was serious but he has greatly improved.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Roy Palmer
L. H. Palmer
Greenfield
Local Notes From Fairfield and Baraboo
July letters reveal Captain and Mrs J Anchor visiting son Alfred. Oprah Englebretson of Kilbourn visits Fairfield and Baraboo. Frank Bentley greeting townspeople. Farmers finish marsh hay harvest while salt used to control chicken mites noted as effective. Mrs John Wilson improving from illness. Mrs J H Luce tea host with grandma Atkinson.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
John Wilson
Fairfield
J. H. Luce
Grandma Atkinson
Happy Hollow Socials and Visits Highlight Week
July activities show Mr and Mrs Elmer and children with Ernest Gibson family. Fred Gibson visited Walter P Phillips. Rotzell hosts youths. Mrs F Nelson visits Otto Thomp son. Amanda Templin ill with Dr Edwards care. Berry-pickers’ voices heard in August Smidke woods. Stina and Carrie Nelson return to Spring Green. Spencer Smith visitor from Reedsburg. Sam Hudson family called Joe Smith home.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Elmer
Ernest Gibson
Fred Gibson
Walter P. Phillips
Albert
Ida Rotzell
F. Nelson
Spring Green
Otto Thompson
Amanda Templin
Dr. Edwards
Reedsburg
Smidke
Miss Stina
Carrie Nelson
Spencer Smith
Sam Hudson
Joe Smith
Prairie du Sac backs cisterns for school fire protection
In Prairie du Sac the village voted a $200 expenditure to provide cisterns for the school building to aid fire protection. Frank A. Kendall of Prairie du Sac has been elected official editor of the National Amateur Press Association at its Milwaukee convention last week. Death notices include John Just of Sauk City who died July 7 at 61, born in Switzerland and later moving to Sauk City, with a large survivor list. Also, Anna Elizabeth Brecht widow of the late Rev J Je Brecht of Prairie du Sac died July 3 at 90 years, with no children and several step-relatives listed.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Prairie du Sac
Frank A. Kendall
A. 0. Kendall
National ‘Amateur Press Association
Milwaukee
John Just
Sauk’ City
Switzerland
Watertown
Sauk City
George
Sank City
Chris
Prairie du. Sac
Peter
Bernard
St. Paul and
Mary
Janesville
Anna Elizabeth
Brecht
Peter Wechserlburg
Henry von Alten
Brooklyn
Henry Brecht
Kiowa
Colorado
J. J. Ochsner
Woman in Durward's Glen Knife Accident
Mabel Schawatz fell in the cellar at Durward's Glen on July 13 while carrying a knife, cutting her hand badly.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Durward’s Glen
Mabel Schawatz
Reisz Couple Return From Wedding Trip
Mr and Mrs A Ch Reisz return from their wedding trip to Milwaukee and Chicago where they were greeted by many friends and shown courtesies. For the present they will reside at the home of Mr and Mrs E Ryan on Sixth avenue.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
A. Ch. Reisz
Milwaukee
Chicago
E. Ryan
Sixth Avenue
Return from the Tropics Visit Kilbourn Residents Describe Banana Boat Project
Mr. and Mrs. C. W. Eggleston visit Kilbourn and Sauk County relatives after aiding a Monte Vista Transportation venture in Porto Cortez. A 181 foot mahogany banana boat, costing about $25,000, with ice plant and electric lights, will haul fruit from inland plantations to Porto Cortez, then to ships. Capt. F. M. Pulver serves as general manager as crews load barges upriver and tow downstream. The Egglestons report heat relief on the coast, bring parrots and monkeys for friends, and plan a two month return, staying with relatives R. L. Glazier and Mrs. F. H. Geichell.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
C. W. Eggleston
Kilbourn
Sauk County
Porto Cortez
Eggleston
Monte Vista Transportation Company
F. M. Pulver
Tennesee
Miss Julia
Dame
Fooled Their Friends at Baraboo Civil Wedding
Judge Andre, Baraboo’s popular marrying justice, united Louis Block of Sumptertown and Miss Emilia Alwin of Prairie du Sac in a simple civil ceremony at two o clock. The couple, eloping from friends preparing a larger wedding, will reside on a farm in Sumpter town.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Judge Andre
Gem City
Louis Block
Sumptertown
Emilia Alwin
Prairie du Sac
Baraboo
Sumpter Town
Tragic Drowning In Lake Mendota Ends Hope for Families
Three months after John O. Watkins of Milwaukee and George K. Hamilton of Berlin were reported drowned in Lake Mendota the boat and paddle remain the only signs found. Their parents have given up hope of locating the students.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
John O. Watkins
Milwaukee
George K. Hamilton
Berlin
Lake Mendota
Local residents Headed to towns and events in area
Mr and Mrs Wilkinson return from Wonewoee visit. H Pierce of Coloma joins the city for days. Margaret Wright vacationing in Ableman. Dr C L Thaerer and family back from Ripon. Various locals visiting Necedah Pardeeville and Milwaukee for short stays. Hawkeye stock book sales noted as weak. Pension vouchers delayed for Civil War widows. A F Reiner moves to Fond du Lac and W H Whalen to Baraboo area. Hufman family outing at Devil's Lake with four generations present awaiting Baraboo photographer.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
W. H. Hufman
Lafayette
Hufman
Devil’s Lake
Charles Hufman
Clinton
Iowa
Frank Hatch
Iowa City
Robert Hufman
Also Mentioned on This Page
North Fairfield
Ableman
LA Valle
Cataamh
Dr. A. W. Chase Medicine Co
Buffalo, N.Y
EXSON
L. Smith
Lionel
Clara
Mabie Alexander
Maude Blachly
Dousman
M. Blachly
Asa Buxton
Mrs. Bitter
E. Templin
Bitter
Henry Rose
Valley Junction
Huldah Puts
Pleasant Valley
Olga Struck
E. N. Trumble
Bessie Doneghy
J.T. Doneghy
C. Elger
A. Douglas
Melans
Phillips
M. E. Aid Society
George LaMar
Missouri
A.M. Pettys
J. Barker
Irene
Millie Hill
Bruce McCoy
E. Bonnell
Wm. Voss
Alonzo Burdick
Lone Burdick
Lone Rock
N. Goodman
Wm.Bassett
Lester Burt
Ness
Walter Hohnfeldt
Lester Davis
Union Center
W. W. Bork
De'la Meyer
New Mexico
Ewald
Kleeber
Oshkosh
L. Streubing
Raback and
Stowe
Ronton
D. Pease
Daisy Rymer
Senna California
Fic Syrup Co
Happy Hollow
Tropics
MR. Ando
C W. Eggleston
Periences
Southland
Mrs. Eggleston
R. L. Glazier
F. H. Geichell
Louis A. Block
Emilia
Alwin
Wilkinson
Wonewoee
H. Pierce of
Coloma
City
Margaret Wright
C. L. Thaerer
Ripon
Wesley News
Hampton
Mrs. A. Spencer
Mrs. G. Hoadeley
Necedah
Irma Spencer
Helen Hoadley
F. C. Schuster and Sons
Wm. Sebring
Wm. Milliard
Harold
Fred Beidatsch
Albert Thaerer
Guy Pelton
Hawkeye
A. F. Reiner
Fond du Lac
W. H. Whalen
Les West
Southern Pacific
Densmore
California
Sheriff’s Office
Grant Dryer
Dellona, Wis
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