Glidden Tour Sets Record Route Across Midwest to Denver
Detroit hosts the largest auto parade in industry history as the Glidden Tour begins toward Denver. Over a thousand decorated machines parade before 50 cars proceed on a 2636 mile, 1909 rules driven contest with strict fractional penalties and nightly sleeping cars to handle 200 plus tired participants over ten and a half days.
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Detroit
Denver
Kansas City
Hower
Fort Dodge
Boy in hospital after finger wound causes lockjaw
Leo Briscoe the young son of Mr and Mrs Amos Briscoe developed tetanus or lockjaw after a wad lodged in his finger while he was firing a blank cartridge on July 5 He was taken to Madison hospital for treatment
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Leo Briscoe
Amos Briscoe
Madison Hospital
Sunday Church Services Highlight Diverse Sermons
The union on the church lawn drew a large crowd for Rev. C S Knight’s Second Coming sermon. Morning sermons featured Rev. Knight on Christ our Advocate at the Baptist church and Rev. Henke on John Calvin at the Presbyterian church.
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Baptist Church
Knight
Rowe
Y. M.C.A
Christ Our Advocate
E. C. Henke
John Calvin
Mr. Ferguson
Milwaukee
L. A. Goddard
Man
South Side
H. G. Goodsell
James Jefferson
Baraboo
Fairfield
Death of Robert F Meek Ringling stock supervisor
Robert F. Meek 52 died Saturday forenoon in Akron Ohio after a three day illness from a paralyzing stroke. He worked with Ringling Brothers in charge of ring stock and had been in Baraboo 20 years. Survived by wife two brothers James and Adam and two sisters Mabel and Ellen. Stepchildren Julius Slater William Marquette Charles Marquette and two stepdaughters Mrs Haven and Mrs Kelley. Remains sent by express. funeral Tuesday ten o'clock from 4536 First Street.
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Robert F. Meek
Second Avenue
Akron
Ringling Brothers
Baltimore
Baraboo
Ringlings
James Meek
Chicago
Adam Meek
Mabel
Ellen
Balti
Julius Slater
William Marquette
Charles Marquette
Kendall
H. Sh. Haven
Mankato
Minn
Frank Kelley
Mason City
I.a
First Street
When the Waters Ran Cold in Waterloo Iowa
In January in Waterloo Iowa a drayman falls through the Cedar River while loading ice. He clings to ice with a frigid ten foot current, calls Old Frank the horse to pull him to shore, and miraculously reaches the drag wheel and safety. He trudges home in freezing clothes while his son watches the rescue from the window.
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Father
Old Frank
Cedar River
Waterloo
Qld Frank
Dislocated elbow injures North Freedom man
Charles Rick of North Freedom suffered a dislocated left elbow about 6 30 this morning while he was cultivating before breakfast. Bees troubled the horses and as he brushed them away a horse jerked its head striking his arm. An anaesthetic was given and the elbow set by physicians.
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Charles Rick
North Freedom
Mr. Rich
Atkinson Johnson Wed in Merrimack Home
Miss Flora E Atkinson of Lodi and Ernest W Johnson of West Point were married July 9 1909 at 8 p m at the home of Mr and Mrs E L Anthony Merrimack. Rev Prucia of the M E church officiated before close friends. A supper followed and the couple planned to reside on a West Point farm.
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E. L. Anthony
Merrimack
Flora E. Atkinson
Lodi
Ernest W. Johnson
West Point
Prucia
M. RE
Baraboo News Issued 25th Anniversary 20 Page Edition
Our Anniversary Editions: The Baraboo News marks twenty five years with a 20 page issue issued June 4. The edition features a heavy book paper cover, buff tint and numerous halftones of people and places along with extensive write ups.
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Baraboo
Wis
Chicago
Columbia Second Largest River in United States
The Columbia River ranks as the second largest by volume in the United States with a maximum flow of 1 600 000 second feet, narrowly surpassed by the Mississippi River.
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Columbia
Columbia River
United States
Mississippi
Building as confession in stone says much about builders
An essay declares that a structure reveals a builder’s heart from exterior show to interior neglect. It argues that if readers and buyers treat buildings as confessions in stone, standards would rise and honesty in craft would become a common goal across the industry.
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Collier’s
Wanderlust on a Southern Railroad Car
In a smoking car a husband wife and five children wake to a stranger greeting them about their destination Harbor Point. The man asks questions about their move from Cherry Hill and their plans while the family admits they do not know where they are going yet they are determined to keep moving hoping to eventually reach somewhere.
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Cherry Hill
Emperor Laughs at Corset Invention In Puck
In a satirical cartoon dialogue, the Satanic ruler and a head imp discuss a noisy Factory Street where women gather over new red hot electric corsets. The French girl’s demonstration sparks the craze, prompting the emperor to muse on imagined torments and advertising’s pull on fashion.
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Factory Street
His Majesty
Puck
Tower memorializes Tell the St Bernard dog at West Kirby
Built to the memory of a dog is the imposing fells Tower on the seashore near West Kirby Cheshire Eny. It honors Tell renowned for winning every prize in the kingdom and described as majestic noble and courageous. The late J Cumming Macdona built the tower which serves as a summer house with a vault at its base holding Tell’s remains guarded by an effigy.
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Fells
West Kirby
Cheshire
Eny
Tell
England
J. Cumming Macdona
Lightning Hits Village Church Steeple in France
Lightning struck the steeple of the village church of Gassin near Toulon and traveled along the iron bell cable. It tore a cabinet door from the sacristy and lit candles, rolled up the carpet with neatness, and ripped up the sacristy floor.
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Gassin
Toulon
France
Strange Growth of Olive Trees
A feature notes the olive tree’s unusual growth pattern where branches separate from the trunk after many years, forming multiple distinct trees that can stand up to 20 feet apart.
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