Golden Wedding Celebrations Honor Hull Couple
Mayor and Mrs. John H. Hull marked their fiftieth wedding anniversary with afternoon and evening gatherings. Guests included fellow golden couples Mr. and Mrs. Wm. Elliott and Mr. and Mrs. C. K. Ryan of Baraboo, plus numerous relatives from Wisconsin and Illinois. Floral decor filled the rooms, and a family reception featured attendees from Madison, Chicago, Reedsburg, and other towns.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
John H. Hull
Wm. Elliott
C. K. Ryan
Baraboo
Mabel Stewart
John M. Kelley
Greth Gattiker
Clark Wilson
Episcopal Church
Robert T. McCutchen
Parish
Edna Reynolds
Gladys Robbins
Cora Sprecher
Esther Sprecher
Anna Louise Stewart
Hull
Office Force
Wis
Railroad
S. J. Laird
Lancaster
Aged 95 Celebrated at Merrimac Home
John Richmond, aged 95, was honored on Wednesday at his Merrimac residence. Family guests from Chicago and Portage joined daughter Mrs Law, daughter Mrs Clough and family, and son John from Caledonia. The Richmonds moved to Merrimac from Caledonia last fall.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
John Richmond
Merrimac
Law
Chicago
Clough
Portage
John
Caledonia
Richmond
Saloon Bond Debate and City Projects in Baraboo Meeting
Baraboo council discusses saloon keeper bonds and passes bridge repairs for Oak Street. A dam project for Prairie du Lac is approved, street paving planned on East Street, and a wage rise petition by city teamsters referred to the finance committee.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
John H. Hull
M. Riney
Oak Street
East Street
Thos. Rodwell
D. K. Noyes
H. Moeller & Son
Prairie du Lac
Baraboo
J. E. Buckley
R. Delap
Marshall
Rosalia Street
McFetridge
Elizabeth
Camp
Fourth Street
Library Board
Thomas
J.S. Worthrin
G. T. Tauerer
A. C. Withington
Westfield Farmer Killed in Runaway Accident
Elias W. Keighard of the town of Westfield was killed in a runaway Tuesday evening while returning home from Loganville. The two mile drive from the village was his last. He lay on the ground all night and was found next morning. Keighard, about 60, was a longtime town settler leaving a wife a son and a daughter. His father a Civil War veteran had died years ago. Death reported as heart failure by a secondary source.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Elias W. Keighard
Westfield
Loganville
Will Relics to Sauk County Historical Society in Baraboo
Alford Page of Prairie du Sac leaves to Sauk County Historical Society his collection of stalactites fossils shells and Indian relics in a will detailing three display cases. The same issue notes a Doubelday Page volume The Romance of the Reaper by Herbert N. Casson with Baraboo ties and Baraboo publisher Buckley Taylor.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Alford Page
Prairie du Sac
Sauk County Historical Society
Sauk
Doubelday Page & Company
Herbert N. Casson
New York City
Lydia K. Commander
Unitarian
Baraboo
Deering
Buckley & Taylor
Sauk County Couple Marry in Madison Ceremony
Miss Ida Grubb of Ableman wed Mr. E Klein of North Freedom at Madison at high noon in Rev Arthur Breslich’s home. The couple will travel to Milwaukee and Chicago before settling on a Maple Hill farm near North Freedom.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Ida Grubb
Ableman
Mr. E. Klein
North Freedom
Madison
Arthur Breslich
Breslich
Methodist Church
Klein
Milwaukee
Chicago
Maple Hill
Toland’s Business College
Veteran Engineer Charles Spencer Dies in Galesville
Funeral attended by L. D. Montgomery and others for Charles Spencer aged 63 who died at his home in Galesville after Bright's disease. Interment was in Winona. Spencer, once a Baraboo resident, was a member of the B of L E and spent 22 years traveling between Galesville and Trempealeau. He is survived by his wife, a daughter at home, and a son who works as an engineer for the Chicago and North Western.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
L. D. Montgomery
Thomas Reynolds
C. A. Hampton
A. J.brown
Frank Melcher
O. N. Flinn
George Patterson
Charles Stewart
Edward Kingsley
H. C. Brown
John Keir
Charles Spencer
Galesville
Winona
Baraboo
B. of L. E
Trempealeau
Bright
Chicago
Northwestern
Practical joke drives Newport man to insanity and Mendota commitment
Nels Ulrickson of Newport was judged insane by Drs. Taylor and Roberts and committed by Judge Stroud to Mendota State Hospital after friends told him his sweetheart abandoned him as a prank. He attempted suicide twice amid mounting anxiety. Sheriff Hawkes and officials transported him. a warning to avoid harmful pranks accompanies a large farewell gathering with many gifts and attendees from Fairfield Lone Rock Mazomanie and Stoughton.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Nels Ulrickson
Newport
M. W. Taylor
Kilbourn
J. A. Roberts
Portage
Judge Stroud
State Hospital For
Mendota
Portage Democrat
Ulrickson
Sheriff Hawkes
Dr. Roberts
Westenhaver - Margaret Bride Marries Henry Westen hav er
Henry Westen hav er and Miss Margaret Westenhaver were married at the bride’s home on Fourth Street Wednesday evening at 8 30. Rev Ernest Earl of Richland Center officiated. The bride wore cream silk and pink carnations. Miss Myrtle Tucker and Roy Hers ey attended the couple as Gertrude Bump played the Lohengrin march.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Gill W. Henry
Fairfield
Margaret Westenhaver
Fourth Street
Rev
Ernest, Earl of
Richland Center
Myrtle Tucker
Roy Hersey
Gertrude Bump
Jones Resists Officer Delap Saturday Afternoon
A. W. Jones resisted Officer Delap on the South Side Saturday afternoon using improper language. He was subdued by Marshal Buckley and Delap, cuffed, and taken to jail where officers had to restrain him to remove handcuffs. Justice H. L. Halsted bound him over to the circuit court on resisting an officer with penalties of six months or a $100 fine.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Officer Delap
Marshal Buckley
A. W. Jones
Harvest blossoms on pea stakes surprise gardener
Mrs. L. A. Dudley of Dur ward reports sweet peas show blossoms on their stakes which had been used to support the plants. Apple trees trimmed in March provided branches for the vines and several stakes produced wide open flowers in an unusual display.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
L. A. Dudley
Durward’s Glen
Also Mentioned on This Page
Robert McCutchen
Geo. H. Hull
River Forest
J. C. McCutchen
Ill
George S. Rockwell
M.M. Rudd
Reedsburg
Freda Meyer
I. O. Mills
Minn
Frank K. Purcell
Charles St. Clair
Richard
Sioux City
Katherine Kobhlsaat
Greenbush
N. Y
Saratoga Springs
Illinois and Wisconsin Railroad
Chicago St. Paul & Fond du Lac
Chicago & Northwestern
Harriet J. Near
Ralston Spa
Hudson
West Wisconsin
Ohama
Gem City
Charles M. Hull
George H. Hull
John H. Hull, Jr
Charles M. St. Clair
Herbert Hull
Richard St. Clair
Mayor Hull
Tion
Oak Street Bridge
J.S. Worthman
Fred Farwell
Baraboo City Fuel Co
A. H. Pratt
Lee-Radtke Hdw
Guy Sweet
Corinne
Welsbach St
John Arnott
Chas. Wild
J. P. Witwen
John Saare
Marriot Shoe Co
Will Relics 10 Sauk CO. Society
Sauk County
Philip Grubb
Cook
Greenfield
E. Klein
A. J. Dickerson
Lone Rock
J. Peeble
Mazomanie
Arthur Westenhaver
Lulu
Stoughton
Henry Westenhaver
Ent
Jones
Durward’s
Glen
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