Brifflits Campfire Notes and Local Echoes Gather
Miss Erma Spencer has been sick for a week. Numerous residents travel between Madison and Baraboo regions visiting relatives and friends. A democratic county convention is set for June 23 in Baraboo to elect delegates to the state platform meeting in Milwaukee. Baraboo School Board received revised high school bid specs with six months terms. Farmers Telephone Co in Greenfield extends lines toward the bluffs connecting to Baraboo central. U.S. Steel plans Baraboo field test with Diamond drills. W. J. Terbilcox to lead exploration from North Freedom.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Grace Oates
Baraboo
Milwaukee
Farmers’ Telephone Co
Greenfield
Bluffs
Pittsburgh Steel Co
Crystal Falls
Mich
U. S., Steel Corporation
W. J. Terbilcox
Mansfield
Irons County
North Freedom
Steel Corporation
Lost His Elephant in Nairobi Safari Tale
A Globe Trotter of Nairobi recounts a close encounter with a herd of elephants. The narrator, aided by a shikari and Marlow, fires a ten bore gun in a tense stand, injuring and briefly dazing the animal before it and its mate bolt into the woods leaving blood behind.
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Nairobi
British East Africa
Marlow
Just as Good Paint and the Standard White Lead
A historical advertorial extols Pure White Lead and Pure Linseed Oil as the standard paints. It urges painters to mix the paint with care for the surface and to choose this combination for durability, elasticity, and adhesive strength.
Hood's Sarsaparilla Radical Cure Claim
An old advertisement touts Hood's Sarsaparilla as a radical cure for catarrh of the nose throat stomach bowels and related delicate organs. It markets the product as a universal remedy with sweeping health benefits.
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Hood
Diverse opinions on the Bengali and a sharp election quip
The London Standard praises the Bengali’s brains and memory while noting limited achievement in action. A London election meet leads to a joke about asking a candidate if he has stopped beating his wife, provoking a sharp exchange quoted from the New York Times.
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India
London Standard
New York Times
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Bradfield Regulator Co
Atlanta
United States
A. G. Buckley
Oak ST
Patton
J. B. Donovan & Co
F. B, Brewer
Bennett and Heinemann Medical Colleges
Dr. Brewer
CREA
Brifflits
Erma Spencer
Martin Schey
Columbus, Wis
May Edwards
Madison
Carolina Berman
Tom Edwards
Roy Arner
Kilbourn
J. C. Payne
Sauk Prairie
S. W. Kenyon
Arthur Murphy
Merrimack
Ina Longmate
Manston
Edith Brandt
Moulton Brandt
Union Center
Elmer Arner
Emma
Ella Berman
Reedsburg
Henry MacDonald
Andrew Lee
Minnesota
The
Dakotas
George Baxter
Iren
Janesville
Mrs. Blass
Mrs. MacDonald
Esther Kirchimer
Sutzer
Mrs
Homer Siegel
Laura Tinkham
Wm. Hiller
Esther
Leland
Ida Disk
Carrie Rick
Ed. Campbell
E. G. Marriott
Weirichs
Board of Education
Hunter
Beast
Sons Hone
National Lead Company
State Street
Chicago
Uneeda Biscuit
Uneeda
National Biscuit Company
Fischer
J. & C. Fischer
Fifth Avenue
22D Street
West 125Th Street
FIS
New York
Richheimer
Weirich Bros
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