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Newspaper
Baraboo News
Location
Baraboo, Wisconsin, United States of America
Date
Jul 22, 1908
Page
4
Caleb Cook died at age 91 in Baraboo where he had long served in various public offices. He arrived in the area when Baraboo was largely huts, marking a life of civic involvement and local leadership. He held many offices over the years.
Caleb Cook of Greenfield a longtime Sauk county figure and former political participant died at 8:10 this morning. He was 91, after recent feebleness. His daughter Mrs. E. A Leigh of Winfield was called to be with him in his final hours. His wife had passed away a few months earlier.
Mr. and Mrs. Cook, married in Webster New York, spent 67 years together from a Baraboo farm to Dellona and Sauk County. He served on the county board, held multiple local offices, and was a long time postmaster. They moved to Dellona then Baraboo amid early settlement. two daughters survive.
John Fullmer received word last Saturday that his father 66 died suddenly at the Milwaukee soldiers home. A Civil War veteran and former Delton resident, he was highly respected by a large circle of friends.
A strong assertion that Toland proves more than any school in the country is reinforced by a standout catalogue illustrating its claimed superiority and scholarly breadth.
A notice invites members to a special Baraboo Union A S of E meeting on Saturday July 25 at 2 pm in the YMCA rooms. The future policy of the local organization will be discussed. all are invited, signed by Geo. B. McGilvra, Quant.
Two American teachers were killed by tribesmen on Negros Island in the Philippines. T R Wakely, former Prairie du Sac resident, and United States Forester Everett were murdered after being drugged by a local guide who gambled with others. The killer and many followers are believed to be at large in the mountains.
County Treasurer J E Witwen reports Sauk County inheritance tax received from July 1 1907 to July 1 1908 was 22 36 dollars. Probate court collections directed by Judge W T Kelsey totaled 447 27 dollars with 95 percent to the state and 5 percent to the county. Receipts for estates include Stella Sanderen Maria L Conger Carl Lehman Reese J Davis Chas E Roick Henry Holton Ferdinand Ost Amanda Pettys Bessie Powell Isaac Metcalf with respective amounts listed for each estate.
The article surveys varied automobile laws and court views from different states. It notes Massachusetts and Indiana decisions affirming automobiles as lawful vehicles with driver responsibility, and Kansas 1903 provisions theatrically restricting drivers with dangerous and satirical language. It ends with a New York court scene remarking on motorists and lawyers.
Baraboo and nearby residents are listed visiting relatives and traveling to various cities including Madison LaValle Mauston Saginaw Minn Rochester Minn St Ignace Chicago San Francisco and Pottstown. Local officials and teachers are mentioned with moves licenses and college activities.
Miss Harriet Sargent aged 82 died at her Webster's Prairie home. Funeral held Saturday at 10:30 conducted by Rev John Shores of Fairfield church with interment in Webster's Prairie cemetery. Pallbearers were John Marshall Matthew McLean John Kramer and Eugene Cushman. She was the last of the Sargent family to settle in the county 45 years ago, after sister Mrs Ira Ainsworth died about two years ago.
The August Designer urges conserving energy through daily rest. He warns that overworking and late nights drain stamina, leaving no margin during illness or extraordinary demands.
Vida Peck of Baraboo takes first in the girls' declamatory contest at Plain Friday. Harold Hackett of North Freedom wins first in the have' contest.
Report from Merrimack says after J. A. Coates caught a channel catfish Thursday morning the river banks filled with fishermen of all sizes with hooks and lines. No other notable catch reported.
Legal notice from Sauk County Wisconsin in probate court initiated July 8 1908. Public record announces proceedings, names parties involved and deadlines for claims or input as required by state law.
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