Fifty Years a Baraboo Resident Henry Moeller
Henry Moeller marks fifty years in Baraboo and later Milwaukee with a shop at 207 and 209 Third Avenue. His H Moeller & Sons wagon and blacksmith business built Ringling Bros. circus wagons costing up to 800 dollars each, and plans a 54 by 59 foot addition to expand the plant and sustain domestic wagon making and related work.
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Milwaukee
Cream
Mr. Moeller
Moeller
Third Avenue
Ringling Bros.’ Circus
H. Moeller & Sons
E. N. Marsh
Oak and
Levi Cahoon
Joe Johnson
Linn Avenue
R. R
Baraboo
Moeller Wagon Works: A Saxon Founder Builds Detail Oriented Wagons
G Gollmar ran a blacksmith shop at 230 Fourth street in Milwaukee before June 1856 while August Killian operated at the same site. Moeller joined as a wagon maker, forming a small manufacturing plant with his son Corwin and Henry assisting. The Moellers are praised for knowing all wagon making details, a skill modern journeymen rarely acquire in large plants.
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Milwaukee
G. G. Gollmar
Fourth Street
August Killian
Mr. Moeller
Henry
Corwin
Moellers
Obituary: Mrs Harriet Loomis Dies at 85 in North Freedom
Mrs Harriet Loomis aged eighty five years three months twenty one days died at her daughter Mrs Frank Hackett’s home in North Freedom on Wednesday June 13 1906 from stomach cancer. Born February 23 1821 in Ohio she moved with husband Jerome Loomis to Freeso m in 1854 later to Valley Junction where he died. Survived by eight children including Mrs Ann Hackett Mrs Mina Hofman Mrs Helen Nitchell Mrs Jinnie Fuller Thomas William La Crosse Jay and Douglas. Funeral sermon by Elder McDowell Latter Day Saint at F Hackett’s home on Thursday at 2 30 PM.
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Harriet Loomis
Frank Hackett
North Freedom
Ohio
Jerome Loomis
Better Land
Freesom
Valley Junction
Ann Hackett
Mina Hofman
Heckla
S. D
Helen Nitchell
Newark
Jinnie Fuller
Thomas
William la Crosse
Jay
Harshaw
Douglas
McDowell
F. Hackett
Miss Weatherby
America
Daniel Graves
New Buffalo
Baraboo
Forme d
Laura Coome
Jennie Koons
Hester Vaughn
Almena Teel
Laura Spencer
John Jenkins
Chippewa Falls
Tenth District
Congress
Week of Accidents In Prairie du Lac
Harold Taylor 11, son of Mrs Flora Taylor of Prairie du Lac, accidentally shot in left leg while hunting sparrows near the elevator. A 22 caliber vest pocket pistol discharged when the hammer slipped. Bullet removed by Dr Buehler. Earlier, Harold was struck by a rock on Sunday and nearly drowned Monday after falling into the river rescued by E C Perkins.
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Harold
Flora Taylor
Elmer Pitsche
School veteran H D Keyes visits city from Delton
H D Keyes of Delton who has taught at Spring Valley Wisconsin is visiting the city. He formerly served as superintendent of Sauk County schools for several years.
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H. D. Keyes
Delton
Spring Valley
Wis
Sauk County
Sixy nine teachers history of school district 8 Delton Baraboo
A study of the evolution of School District No. 8 in Delton and Baraboo from 1849 onward. It recalls the first shanty school, early teachers like Miss Weatherby, the 1854 district split, and the formation of a formal district with early officers and funding. The piece notes notable alumni and teachers, growth, and milestones through 1900, ending with current officials.
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Delton
Baraboo
Kate Waddell
Beiry
Sauk County
New Buffalo
Reedsburg
Lamberton Tavern
Nelson Welch
Moses Murphy
John Bottsford
William Graves
Ben Holt
Picnic Draws Thousands to Baraboo Valley Event
Several thousand people from surrounding cities and the country attended the Baraboo Valley Modern Woodmen and Royal Neighbors Picnic at Reedsburg. The ideal weather drew large crowds for a monster parade with bands and floats. Awards went to Baraboo for Foresters and to Wonewoc for Royal Neighbors drills.
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Baraboo
Fond du Lac
Foresters
Royal Neighbor
Wedding Bells in North Freedom Unites Grace Howell and Herman Goolish
Grace Howell daughter of Mrs Deniie Howell and Herman Goolish of Wycoca Minnesota were married at the M E church in North Freedom on Tuesday evening June 12 with a large gathering. Rev W P Cunningham performed the ceremony under ferns and syringias as family members served and a supper followed at the Burt house. The couple plans to reside in Minnesota.
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North Freedom
Wis
M. E
Grace Howell
Deniie Howell
Herman Goolish
Wycoca
Minnesota
Theokla
Ethel
Exilda
Mamie Hackett
Irene Hackett
Kenneth Dickie
W. P. Cunningham
Ida Goolish
Einhorn
Winona
Burt
Obituary of Fredrick W. Ziegler 1822 1906
Fredrick W. Ziegler born May 17 1822 in Prussia died June 10 1906. He married Caroline Wissman and immigrated to America in 1869. Eight children born. four survive August Minnie Attridge Carl and William. Funeral from Augusts home with sermon by Rev B Forester Baraboo.
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Fredrick William Ziegler
Rittgarden
Prussia
Caroline Wissman
America
Evangelical Association
August
Rev. B. Forester
Baraboo
City Council Meeting Action List and Grants
The mayor and city officials attended the council meeting with aldermen and spectators. Sam Nixon and Lee H Jeffries were granted permission to connect to the public sewer. The noxious weed law was ordered published in city papers. Finnegan James Oates Victoria Hawley and others protested Water street paving. Herman Koepp received approval for a sidewalk grade on Eighth street. Drainage requests for a low eastern district were referred to health and water.
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Sam Nixon
Lee H. Jeffries
Hofstatter
Finnegan
James Oates
Victoria Hawley
Water Street
Herman Koepp
Eighth Street
A. Johnson
Aug. Platt
J. F. Sneathen
Carl Isenberg
Large Circus Coming to Baraboo July 5
The advance car of Adam Forepaugh and Sells Brothers shows was in Baraboo today arranging preliminaries for the performance on July 5. The merged Ringling management draws renewed interest as Baraboo prepares for a big celebration, feeding a company of over one thousand with daily needs including bread meat coffee and hay.
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Adam Forepaugh
Sells Brothers
Baraboo
Ringling
Forepaugh and
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Marie Weatherby
Zada
BE. P. Terry
William Waddell
S. P. Searle
Theigh
Jacobs
Ash
C. F. Cooley
Madison
J. W. Tower
Marriott
Sauk Co. Land & Mining Co
Sss. A
Wsnsboen and Johnston Lumber Co
Lum- Welbach St. Light Co
W. W. Wilcox&Co
J. E. Buckley
Hood Bros
Koppke Bros
Black Wood
E. C. Moog, Rodman
V. V. Kennedy
MRC Sneile Ale
News Pub. Co
H. L. Barber
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