Baraboo Notes and Local Happenings Summary
Saturday updates from Baraboo cover residents visiting Chicago Fond du Lac and Prairie du Lac plus travels to Mackinac Duluth Superior and Baraboo events. Military pensioner visits, church activities, tent meetings Evangelist Dillon in Mendota and choir boys camping at the lake. Notables include Miss Katie Ankenbrandt’s death and Ellen Brandenburg’s Washington education.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
J. M. Dick
Evansville
Evangelist Dillon
Mendota
Ill
Trinity Church Choir
C. A. Wilson
Hull Cottage
Lake
Kenneth Martin
Barry Tudor
Haskell Horr
Fort Clark
Clayton Rodwell
Russell Williams
Earl Martin
Paul Stewart
Lloyd Stagen
Carl Fisher
John Schmidt
Carlton Schmidt
Edwin Brewer
Burton Melcher
Lewis Melcher
Abbott Peck
Arthur Peck
Raymond Spencer
Walter Gropp
Ellen Brandenburg
Washington, D. C
C.F. Brandenburg
Edgar
National Capitol
Miss Brandenburg
George Washington University
Washington
Columbia University
N.Y
Madison
Baraboo
GO. D. Brandenburg
Madison Democrat
Doan’s Ointment and Dr Thomas Eclectric Oil Ad
Heavy impure blood is said to cause a muddy complexion headaches and indigestion. Doan’s Ointment cures piles eczema and itching. Doan’s Regulats claim mild bowel action with one dose. Dr Thomas’ Eclectric Oil is recommended for croup by Mrs L Whiteacre of Buffalo NY.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Doan
Thomas
Kilbourn Boys Admit Guilty To Interfering With Mail Trains
Four Kilbourn boys Otto Walters Eric Walters James Kelley and Emory Catlin admitted guilt in United States district court for interfering with Milwaukee road mail trains. Judge Sanborn suspended sentences on good behavior. Rail officials vow continued crackdowns with trains watched near Madison Stoughton and Edgerton.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
United States District Court
Otto
Eric Walters
James Kelley
Emory Catlin
Kilbourn
Milwaukee Road
Sanborn
Madison
Stoughton
Edgerton
Postmistress appointed at Wonewoe to finish husband’s term
Mrs Richard Price has been named postmistress at Wonewoe to complete her husband’s term, expiring March 11 next year after the upcoming congressional election. Congressman Koppsf approved the appointment in conference with bondsmen. At least six candidates are expected for the slot when the term ends.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Richard Price
Wonewoe
Price
Koppsf
Rescue on Locust Street Aged Rev. Karrer Saved from Hammock
A near tragedy on Locust street last Friday evening ended with Rev. Karrer entangled in a hammock. The aging clergyman was found struggling by a passerby in a buggy and rescued just in time to save his life according to the Reedsburg Free Press.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Locust Street
Karrer
Reedsburg
Man Returns from Mexico and New Mexico Homestead
Fred Stewart, back from Es tancia New Mexico, says he went there nearly three years ago seeking asthma relief and acquired a homestead. He notes active land seekers and ongoing real estate transfers in the area.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Fred Stewart
Estancia
New Mexico
Reedsburg
Reedsburg Couple Wed at Presbyterian Parsonage
Miss Lavina Crane of Reedsburg and Mr. Charles Berg of Hillsboro were married at the Reedsburg Presbyterian parsonage by Rev. Wilson on Friday. They will reside with the bride’s parents after the ceremony.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Lavina Crane
Reedsburg
Charles Berg
Hillsboro
Presbyterian Parsonage
Wilson
Mrs Weidmann Taken From Ladysmith To Reedsburg Home
Mrs. Clark Weidmann has been moved from Ladysmith to her home in Reedsburg. A previous leg amputation due to tuberculosis is noted as the old trouble returning.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Clark Weidmann
Ladysmith
Reedsburg
Truth in Kidney Idols and Honest Farming Speeches
Hugh Kelley reflects on a flurry of fake kidney stones and mocks counterfeit experts. He rejects deception, pledging honesty while contrasting falsehood with enduring truth and likening fakery to Black Hawk’s kidneys resurfacing as a moral parable.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Seventh Avenue
Charles Palmer
Hunter
Black Hawk
Ed Rich
Solomon
United States
Gladstone
Hugh Kelley
The Cattle Plague Delusion and a Grim Cure Tale
A farmer believing he had the cattle plague during the 1866 English outbreak is advised by a joking physician to follow a cure. The prescription tells a druggist to shoot the patient in the backyard under parliamentary act. The ruse shocks the druggist and the farmer is said to be instantly cured.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
England
Investing in Nature and the American Outlook
A John Burroughs reflection contrasts patient, modest nature appreciation with modern American craving for rapid, extraordinary returns. It laments the desire for distant thrills over near at hand walks and simple joys, urging steadiness and contentment.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
John Burroughs
Worldly Wisdom Contrasted With Divine Wisdom
Blair quotes contrast worldly wisdom with wisdom from above. He states worldly happiness and honors are seen as misery and reproach by God. The characters shown in scriptures illustrate the crafty selfish path versus the upright mercy filled path.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Blair
Bean Milk Claimed to Be Japanese Invention
A milkman states that bean milk from Soja beans exists and is used in tea coffee and ice cream. The process soaks and boils the bean then adds sugar and phosphate of potash to produce a molasses thick liquid indistinguishable from condensed milk when diluted. The Japanese are described as the primary users.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Bradfield Regulator Co
Atlanta
An Odd Old Custom at the Royal Academy
A new Royal Academy associate’s election triggers a custom where the first to bring the news to the artist’s home receives a guinea. The note praises artists’ models for their honesty, claiming no known case of fraud by pretence from any amateur buyer.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Royal Academy
Academy
London Punch
Washington Hatchet Tale Ends In Fatherly Discipline
A farmer unloading potatoes recalls the cherry tree tale and the lie. He says his ten year old son taunted him, and the boy chopped most of the garden orchard. The boy admitted the act, and the father plans steady corporal punishment until age twenty five.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
George Washington
Washington
Hat in hall prompts dress ball request note
A scene at a Houston home shows a Japanese rice straw hat hung in the front hall. A maid’s note to the homeowner asks to borrow the hat for a masquerade, demanding 25 cents and promising this will be the last request. The infant daughter delivers the note and the hat is returned.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Myrtle
Houston
Doan's Kidney Pills Endorsement in Baraboo Ad
Mrs. S. Fuller of 515 Sixth St Baraboo Wisconsin recounts long backache and kidney pain relief after using Doan's Kidney Pills from Evenson's Pharmacy. She praises the product and endorses it strongly. Price 50 cents. Foster Milburn Co Buffalo NY sole US agents. remember the name Doan's.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Dean
S. Fuller
Sixth St
Baraboo
Wis
Doan
Evenson
Foster-Milburn Co
Buffalo
New York
United States
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William C. Evenson
Chicago
William O’brien
Fond du Lac
Glen F. Treadwell
Taraboo
W. H. MacFetridge
Helen McMann
River Street
J. Coates
Son
Irwin
Prairie du Lac
James McDonald
Camp Douglas
William Wedel
Portage
Henry Riggert
Herbert Steckenbauer
Paul Neitzel
John Jordan
M. F. Foley
Frank Moore
Chicage
Pleasant Hill
Brodhead Independent and Register
Independent
H.M. Jeffries
C. L. Dickie
Portland
Oregon
Lizzie Derby
San Antonio
Texas
Henrietta Luepke
L. A. Winnie
George Lamport
Billings, Mont
Wis. Cavalry
Samuel Briscoe
Katie Ankenbrandt
Mankato
Minn
Frank Juda
A. Ankenbrandt
Devil’s Lake
N. D
Mr. Kelley
Anna Boomer
William Quinn
Erwin F. Rau
Baraboo Business College
Milwaukee Sanitarium
Weuwatosa
Dewey
Frank Griggs
Elroy
St. Paul
Goldfarb
Marion Goldfarb
Lucile Hatch
Gladys Marshall
Lucile Warren
Dorothea Patterson
Llarlynn Bovee
Business College
White House
Brandrup & Nettleton Business College
Winona Minn
Marshal Buckley
Milwaukee
Chiefs of Police
L. W.stone
Mr. Buckley
Knights of the Shillelah
The
Wisconsin State Board of Agriculture
Mexico
Ain
FEF. C. Peck
South Side Department Store
Marriott Shoe CO
Northwestern Casulty Company
C. Coolidge
Madison, Wis
T. Rodwell
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