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Newspaper
Baraboo News
Location
Baraboo, Wisconsin, United States of America
Date
Jul 22, 1909
Page
6
Emil Platt was fined 25 dollars and 5.10 dollars costs for a saloon lacking lights in violation of a city ordinance. He appeared with attorney W H Cady before Justice W P Simon. city representation was by James H Hill. An attempted dismissal and mayoral appeal failed.
A white man and a black man were in Reedsburg not long since and allegedly took the watch Ed Casper lost. They entered a residence and abstracted it. Around the Fourth, two of that description were in Baraboo and later reports placed them in La Valle.
A. R. Jaedike was fitting a tire when a wheel dropped and struck the end of a flying board in Kilian's blacksmith shop. The impact knocked him unconscious briefly and left facial marks, though he was otherwise uninjured.
The annual summer meeting of the State Horticultural Society will be held in LaCrosse on August 25 and 26. The program centers on The Farm Home with talks on orchard, fruit garden, vegetable garden, and farm beautification by practical farmers. Speakers include Dr. T. E. Loope Eureka D E Bing ham Sturgeon Bay Senator Pearson Baraboo and others.
Henry Neuhiesel of Plain fell from a hay stack onto a fork handle that pierced his groin and leg. The fork held in the ground until aid arrived. He required chloroform and surgical repair. He is in critical condition with a wife and several children.
The lake side gathering hosted by Chief Musician and Mrs. F. E. Morey featured Captain Driver, Rollo Tobler, and a band. guests included Hon. E. G. Marriott, Terwilliger, M. H. Mould, and Dr. and Mrs. Roger Yaho n. The event opened with a cannon and reveille and continued with music at the Koshawago clubhouse.
H W Barker markets a cough remedy promising to cure coughs and sore throats. The ad asserts rapid relief and targets general wellbeing with medicinal support.
The Wisconsin Railroad Commission ruled Hudson must cease charging different rates for self supplied meters and city supplied meters. It urged the city to install a good meter type and clarified that a company using meters may seek a return on meter investments, whether meters are owned by users or by the utility.
A booster line extols H. W. Barker's Cough Remedy as a cure for an awful cough and sore throat in a period advertisement. The claim positions the product as superior to other remedies of the era.
Miss Louise Ferris Benham offers a reminiscence of Almira B. Savage Benham, her foster mother and Baraboo seminary founder. The letter recounts Savage’s frontier life, teaching years in Virginia and Missouri, marriage to Asahel Benham, and her final days in Escondido California.
A description praises strong noble women and their fervent religion in administration. They inspire pupils with fundamentals, shaping their hearts and minds, making them attractive inspiring and useful figures in the school.
The legislature mandates towns in Wisconsin to erect and maintain guide boards along main traveled highways. Boards must show adjoining towns and distances in black letters at least two and a half inches high. Erection to occur May 1 to November 1. Defacing boards incurs fines and triple damages to cover repair costs.
The civil war era story recalls Marvin Hughitt as a self made railroad man who started as a telegraph operator on the St Louis Alton and Chicago. He proved fearless and skilled directing troop movements and, by 1862, became a superintendent on the Illinois Central. His career climbed through several roads and, for twenty two years, he led the Chicago North Western as president transforming its stature.
A newspaper advertises Hall's Catarrh Cure as a constitutional remedy. The authors claim the cure works by acting on the blood and mucous surfaces and offer one hundred dollars to any case it fails to cure. Includes testimonial request and purchase details.
Quote by Alexander Dumas on charitable giving noting that anonymous gifts avoid both gratitude and abuse issues. The line underscores privacy in philanthropy and the potential for misinterpretation of intent. The statement frames anonymity as a double edged protection in gifts.
H. W. Barkers cough remedy advertised as a powerful treatment for persistent coughs. The brief promotion claims strong soothing effects and world class efficacy, urging readers to try the product for relief.
Hugh Sloan of Poynette Wisconsin credits Dr Miles Heart Remedy with nearly curing months of breathlessness after activity. The ad notes poor blood circulation causes shortness of breath and promises a money back guarantee if the first bottle does not help.
Gossip says the Chicago Milwaukee and St. Paul line plans through trains from Chicago to Seattle named White Flyers. The service would use eight daily trains made up of pure white coaches, requiring a large equipment outlay by the railroad.
A large crowd gathered for union services on Sunday evening at the Baptist church lawn. Rev. E. C. Henke preached on God is Light. Music by the union choir included a vocal solo by Mr. Ferguson of Milwaukee and a Newark New Jersey solo by Ed. Prouty, plus a vocal duet by Mr. Prouty and Mrs. W. J. Duncan at the Congregational church.
First publication July 22 1909 notice from Sauk County Court Baraboo Wisconsin probate matters to admit to probate the last will of Heinrich Christoph Weselmann and Magdalena Weselmann and to grant letters testamentary to Fred P. Popp and others at the September 7 1909 term. Judge W T Kelsey presiding. E Aug Runge attorney Baraboo Wis.
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