Gliddenites Parade Through Baraboo on 42 Car Tour
Gliddenites travel by 42 cars from Madison to Baraboo with 200 spectators lining Oak Fourth and North Freedom roads. The route sees confetti, dust, and early morning blazers, while officials report a single car penalized after an accident near Racine.
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Dai Lewis
Sauk
Second Avenue
Oak
Fourth
Freedom Road
la Crosse
Madison
New York
Oak Street
Charles Butterfield
Baraboo
Wisconsin River
Glidden Tour One Ends In Near-Accident And Endurance Debate
A serious nonfatal accident marred the Glidden Tour near Racine when the MclIntyre high wheel car broke a front wheel after catching a track. Driver Frank Goodwin and observer A O Janisee escaped injury. The field trimmed to 42 cars and 154 contestants as officials emphasize endurance over speed amid improving road conditions and heavy travel.
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MclIntyre
Racine
Frank Goodwin
A. O. Janisee
Alarm for Elroy to Camp Douglas Rail Shift Rumor
Local chatter says Chicago and North Western railway plans abandon Elroy as a rail hub in favor of Camp Douglas. Camp Douglas would become junction for North Western, Omaha and Milwaukee lines with surveys done on a straight line toward Sparta and LaCrosse to ease tunnel troubles north of Elroy.
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Chicago and North-Western Railway
Elroy
Camp Douglas
North-Western
Omaha
Milwaukee Roads
Sparta
LaCrosse
Uncle Tom’s Cabin Tent Show Delights Baraboo Crowd
The Uncle Tom’s Cabin Terry’s big tent show attracted a large audience with a strong parade and fine band music. The Times of Fenimore notes varied and pleasing entertainment, praising the claim of being “King and Monarch of them all.” The show visits Baraboo on Thursday evening, July 29.
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Terry
Fennimore
Wis
Baraboo
Engineer George McDermitt Visits His Mother
Engineer George McDermitt of Madison visits his mother on Oak Street.
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George McDermitt
Madison
Oak Street
Library Board Annual Meeting Announces New Officers
The Library board held its annual meeting Tuesday evening electing officers including President G. T. Thaerer Vice President Mrs J K English Secretary J S Worthman and Janitor F Rote. The meeting also recorded purchases from booksellers such as Tabard Inn Bretano Houghton Mifflin and Buckley Taylor along with stationery and plant expenses totaling a small sum.
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G. T. Thaerer
J. KE. English
Sec
Kate M. Potter
Toole & Sons
Baraboo Public Library records year ending June 30
New readers 400 and total card holders 2405 accompany a history till year end with circulation 35397 the highest in the library's history. Home 29595 school 5802. New volumes 777 total shelves 7496. Lost 7. Balance Andrews fund 200. Donations from local ladies and gentlemen listed.
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Baraboo Public Library
Baraboo Town
Andrews Fund
English
Burnham
W. F. Vilas
Emma Gattiker
Father Durward
Withington
van Orden
Fleming
Wells
Glidden Tour Passes Prairie du Sac
The Pathfinder led at 5 30 with pacemaker and press cars following by intervals of one to five minutes. Forty cars total. Prairie du Sac greeted the Glidden tourists with decorated shops, banners and a large Welcome flyer spanning Water street. A big crowd gathered to welcome the motorists.
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Prairie du Sac
Madville Subscriber Delays Payment Strains Paper Publisher
A Madville reader delays a year long subscription payment prompting the publisher to advance funds for printing, distribution, and postal costs. The piece argues readers should settle up promptly and praises timely payment as part of enjoying a newspaper.
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Madville
Post Office
Yellow Thunder's Grave Located by Sauk County Histories
City Engineer H E French and local residents located the grave of Chief Yellow Thunder on 40 acres owned by George Harrison in Fairfield. Relatives and historians plan to mark the site with a boulder and cement marker during a Newport pilgrimage on August 27, noting remains of the chief and his wife and a decayed portion of his burial blanket.
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Yellow Thunder
H. E. French
William Calvert
Edmund Calvert
H. E. Cole
George Harrison
Fairfield
Chicago
Sauk County
Historical Society
Sauk County Historical Society
Twentieth Century Club
Newport
French
Beware of Flies Warns on Health Risks and Summer Campaign
Public health note stresses flies as disease spreaders and urges mothers to wage constant control from early summer. It notes bacteria counts on a single fly ranging from 550 to 6,600,000 and advises screening food to reduce contamination.
Union Sunday School Picnic at Devil's Lake
About 600 parishioners from Congregational Presbyterian First and South Side Methodist and Baptist churches gathered at Devil's Lake for sports and picnics. Men beat boys 4 to 2 in a baseball game as Rev. Bearmore, Rev. Goodsell and Secretary Rowe swam the lake. The Kirkland shore hosted contests, bathing and refreshments with ice cream. A five coach special train returned the crowd at five o'clock.
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Union
Devil’s Lake
Congregational
Presbyterian
First
Baptist
Bearmore
Goodsell
Rowe
Kirkland
Sauk County Fair Horse Races Purse Details Notify Entries
Preparation for the Sauk county fair runs September 21 to 24 with $2400 in purses for horse races. Secretary S A Pelton has issued entry blanks and entries close Monday, Sept 13 at midnight. American trotting rules apply with a packed two day program of class trot and pace events each purse $400.
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Sauk County Fair
S. A. Pelton
ELOPED TO BARABOO IN JOYOUS NORTH FREEDOM WEDDING
The widow Minnie Voll and carpenter John Bauer eloped to Baraboo and married yesterday afternoon. Friends filled the depot with rice on their return to North Freedom as a crowd celebrated a quiet, long-awaited union. The couple are supported by families on High Street and include Voll sons Leonard and Albert.
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North Freedom Journal
Minnie Voll
John Bauer
Voll-Bauer
Baraboo
Gusta Lange
Kilbourn Bride Weds Winona Groom in Kilbourn Ceremony
Miss Helen Loomis of Kilbourn married Arthur Laack of Winona Minnesota Wednesday evening at the Kilbourn Episcopal church home of the bride's mother Mrs Annie Turner Loomis. The bride a St Mary's College Galesburg graduate. The groom a jeweler. They will tour Seattle and the west and settle in Idaho. Guests included Isabel Loomis May Loomis C J Loomis T H Cochran F B Burbach W S Stroud Bessie Sanborn R G Stotzer and H S Rockwood of Portage.
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Helen Loomis
Kilbourn
Arthur Laack
Winona
Minn
Robert T. McCutcheon
Kilbourn Episcopal Church
Annie Turner Loomis
St. Mary’s College
Galesburg
Ill
Seattle
Wash
West
Idaho
Isabel Loomis
May Loomis
C. J. Loomis
T. H. Cochrane
W.S. Stroud
Bessie Sanborn
R. G. Stotzer
Rockwood
Portage
Florence Friend's Trip to Chicago Detroit and Windsor
Miss Florence Friend visits friends in Chicago Detroit and Windsor Canada for a period of travel. Her itinerary includes stays with local contacts and brief excursions to notable venues in each city.
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Florence Friend
Chicago
Detroit
Windsor
Canada
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