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Newspaper

Baraboo News

Location

Baraboo, Wisconsin, United States of America

Date

Jun 10, 1909

Page

5

Baraboo News: Timeframes Highlighted Three Months to One Year

The Baraboo News outlines target intervals of three months, six months, and one year. The piece emphasizes planning horizons and milestone timing for local programs and initiatives.

Beloit Dentists Idle as Fishing Writers Abroad

Thursday notes show Badger dentists at Be loit not open for business while discussing fishermen at Winter writing a book with one hand and stirring waters with the other.

Badger Beloit

County Farm Improvements Elicit Hopeful Standoff

If the county board and state board of control lock arms on improvements at the county farm, no doubt the institution will give up all hope of a change of scenery.

County Board State Board of Control

Reedsburg Dreams of Bears Fade in Chicago Heat

With the Siebel show moving from Reedsburg to Chicago residents of the former host city can rest easy on warm nights. They no longer face visions of wandering bears on porches or open spaces.

Reedsburg Chicago

Wells Atune and Earth Quakes

Sauk Prairie reports whist ling wells may predict quakes but no harmonized sounds have been heard. An exchange notes a Beloit hole once drew crowds before the San Francisco earthquake, yet the local well has stayed silent after a recent tremor. The piece mocks the reliability of earthquake predictors and urges the well to whistle up.

Sauk Prairie Sauk County Wisconsin Beloit San Francisco

Wisconsin Eclectic Medical Association Meets at Devils Lake

The Wisconsin Eclectic Medical Association held its annual meeting at Devils Lake this week. About 30 members attended and decided to return next year. They stayed at Lake View hotel run by Adam Lee. Secretary is C W Rodecker of Wonewoc. The Eclectic school differs in medicine selection and may become the Therapeutic society.

Wisconsin Eclectic Medical Association Devil’s Lake Lake View Hotel Adam Lee C. W. Rodecker Wonewoc Eclectic Eclectic Society Therapeutic Society

Baraboo Library Board Approves Quarterly Bills

At the last library commission meeting the board approved payments to Baraboo City Fuel Co for coal and fuel deliveries totaling 183.50, Buckley & Taylor for books, Kate M. Potter for postage, Baraboo Lighting Co for lighting, and a note that Harry Swan has returned home from Camp Douglas.

Library Commission Baraboo City Fuel Co Buckley & Taylor Buckley & Taylor Books Kate M. Potter Baraboo Lighting Co Harry Swan Camp Douglas

Farming Fifty Years Ago in Baraboo Timber Lands

A veteran recalls clearing timber land south of the Baraboo River fifty years ago. He describes root-heavy plowing with a colter, dragging and burning roots, hoeing around stumps, and planting with iron tools. Life was hard yet hopeful, with sap boiling for maple sugar, wood cutting for rent, and days of harvest toil across paddocks, creeks, and riverbanks. He recalls shortages, family labor, and resilience in pioneer farming.

Baraboo River James Flanders Baraboo Archie Christie Sauk

Enviable Career of E G Marriott in Sauk County Shoes

Beginning in 1875 as a small shoe maker, E G Marriott rose to lead Sauk County’s shoe trade by 1880. He started in Mills block, moved to the current building, and for about twenty years the Red Front Shoe store. Customers praise square dealing and broad patronage.

G. Marriott Sauk County Marriott Griggs Red Front Shoe Store

Marriott Shoe Company Surpasses 1908 Trade Peak

In May 1909 the Marriott Shoe company reports a strong rebound, exceeding the prior year's business by a large percentage despite a general market lull. Incorporated in March 1905 with sons William and Dean as part owners, the Red Front Shoe store emphasizes courteous clerks and customer satisfaction.

Marriott Shoe Company William Dean

Description of Devil's Lake by J T De La Ronde

A historical note recounts J T De La Ronde describing Devil's Lake near Baraboo Wisconsin. He notes high bluffs that hid the sun much of the day and a region once named Holy Water by Native peoples for a Manitou spirit. French explorers named it Devils Lake from bell like sounds and the lake's shadows.

State Historical Society Devil’s Lake J.T. de la Ronde Portage Baraboo Devils Lake Manitou

Headless Lamb Reported by Former Assemblyman

Former Assemblyman Wilber Cahoon reports a headless lamb arrived at his farm joining earlier tales of headless horses and tailless steeds in Briggsville, as noted in the paper.

Briggsville Wilber Cahoon

Best Medicine for Weak Nerves and Pink Pills Claim

An advertisement argues nervous illness stems from blood weakness and promotes Dr Williams Pink Pills for Pale People. It cites Mrs. F Bell of Brookfield Wisconsin overcoming nervous prostration after weak blood improved by the tonic. Offers free booklet and pills priced at 50 cents a box, six for $2.50 from Dr Williams Medicine Co. Schenectady NY.

Williams F. Bell BR. F. D. No Brookfield Wis Dr. Williams Dr. Williams Medicine Co Schenectady

Graduation at Peck's Corner Honors Five Pupils

Last Friday evening the Peck's Corners school held graduation at the M. E. church with teacher Miss Elsie Hulbert. Five graduates — Pierce Martiny Edith Flynn Vera Powell Verdie Webster and Evelyn Martiny — received diplomas. Each pupil presented original papers on The Silo and Ensilage Our Timber Supply Our Foreign Possessions Alaska and The Panama Canal. Iva Loomis offered a humorous class prophecy.

Peck’s Corners School Elsie Hulbert M. E Pierce Martiny Edith Flynn Vera Powell Verdie Webster Evelyn Martiny Edith Flyn Alaska Panama Canal Man Calvert Davies N Vow

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