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Newspaper
Baraboo News
Location
Baraboo, Wisconsin, United States of America
Date
Jun 09, 1910
Page
6
The Baraboo News notes H. E. Cole and H. K. Page editors mark June 1910 and discusses Peary’s choice to penetrate Russia toward the czar. It ponders who will become the world’s chief of police when great navies form the international constabulary.
Observers note that events on Second Avenue show the Albany New York route does not hold a monopoly in the racing business. The remark suggests competition and rivalry shaping local racing markets.
Forecasted extreme cold may drive graduation attire toward polar bear skin gowns as temperatures stay frigid. The unusual trend reflects a shift in ceremonial dress amid persistent chilly conditions.
Suffragettes from Illinois plan a statewide automobile tour despite rural hostility to the motor vehicle. The trip aims to mobilize support for women’s voting rights across communities.
Between sunrise and sunset a California youth used a borrowed wheel to reach Merrimack then received a free automobile ride to Baraboo and a brief sentence to the stone pile. The wheels of justice moved quickly in this case.
The aviation boom spreads with Glenn H. Curtis winning a $10,000 prize from a New York paper after his Albany to New York flight. A banquet hails him as hero. New prizes will reward first Chicago to New York flights and other routes, signaling air travel's rapid rise for Sauk County residents to witness aerial ships crossing the sky.
A Madison issued warning notes dwindling Democratic support and urges faithful to rally to the party ticket. The letter head in red ink cites a new law requiring at least 20 percent of the party vote to list candidates, warning against further decline and near-oblivion for the party.
Dr E L Eaton of Evanston warned that ether friction could draw the moon toward Earth and planets toward the sun. He cited Encke the smallest orbit comet visiting Earth every three years, noting a quicker return time and speculating Mars lacks water with canals used to irrigate from polar ice.
A short note reflects on the curtains at the picture shows showing sad pictures after films finish their course and reminds readers the films were only made for the occasion.
The narrative centers on Senator Holstlaw a banker and big property owner accused of taking 2500 to vote for Lorimer. His daughter laments the damage to their name and her mother's distress while the son voices a harsh judgment on their father's actions stressing the personal toll of political wrongdoing.
Baraboo welcomed delegates from across the state for a two day visit to praise local roads and the city’s hospitality. County highway commissioner J. T. Donaghey explained the impact of the improved roads radiating through the county as the event boosts town fortune and future homecomings.
In Terre Haute a circuit court awards Mrs Maude Sluder 500 dollars against John J Tierney and bondsmen Edward P Fairbanks and George Maier over her husband Harve Sluder’s death after a Sullivan interurban fall caused by whisky bought at a Terre Haute saloon. The Illinois Supreme Court upholds a Sangamon County ruling that a building owner can be subjected to a lien under the dramshop act to recoup judgments in saloon cases.
In Boston Mark Twain waited for a streetcar when a schoolgirl asked for his autograph. He wrote in her album a quip about Chief Justice Fuller, signing Melville Fuller and noting Fuller’s portrait was familiar from afar. The anecdote dates from Harper's Weekly.
W T Thomas of Madison writes that The News contains all county news and is valued by old settlers for letters from Sauk county travelers and residents who moved away. Grant Odell, formerly of Baraboo, now in Beloit, reports the family is well. W W Dunn is ill in a California hospital after moving from Baraboo to Yuma for work. Mrs Dunn, a granddaughter of Mrs Levi Moore, lives on Second Avenue.
An old exchange asserts the farmer moves the world, claiming a single year of crop cessation would devastate prosperity more than a universal labor strike. It argues farmers hold greater leverage than urban professionals in sustaining the economy.
A Des Moines former county clerk recalls denying repeatedly a couple seeking a marriage license. The woman brought a drunken man to the office each time, and the clerk finally asked why she insisted on bringing him drunk. The woman replied she cannot get him to come when sober.
Baraboo notes report on the Carl Schurz Memorial Association of Wisconsin forming in Milwaukee in 1907 to endow a Schurz Professorship at the University of Wisconsin. A $60,000 fund, with $20,000 raised, aims for lectures by German university professors and state-wide lectures, with June 1 as a submission deadline. Baraboo subscriptions are urged at local banks and by city officials.
Harry Wilkinson of Greenfield displays an iron arrowhead found near his home. The piece, likely traded to Indians by whites, reflects a rarity in the region as Indians mainly worked stone and copper. The specimen is highly valuable and scarce locally.
An exchange describes a new graft aimed at farmers wives. The grafter arrives at a farm house with a preparation claimed to remove all grease. He demonstrates by wiping a buggy axle with clothing water carrying the preparation, finding tar soap on the axle washes out easily.
The late Justice Brewer joined New York friends on a fishing trip in the Adirondacks. Around the camp fire he recalled a tale about whales, joking that they were baiting with whales when asked about their Grand Banks fishing. The piece notes a humorous aside about a woman whose new hat was adorned after church.
A display tag shows the price at two dollars and seventy five cents. The fragment suggests a sale or price reduction noted in large lettering. The source emphasizes the marked decrease and the public visibility of the price.
A West Side Citizen reports a dramatic incident where a husband, spendthrift and cards, is confronted by his wife in a saloon over money and children. She rigs a swift pursuit, catching a passing auto and keeping the children safe with a neighbor until he returns and she fires a revolver to stop his behavior. The note laments saloon life and its impact on taxes and city improvements.
Mr and Mrs Peter Gruber and daughter Clara of Sumpter returned Thursday by way of Barboo from Owen Clark County after a week with Mr and Mrs John P Weirich. The ladies are sisters.
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