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Newspaper
Baraboo News
Location
Baraboo, Wisconsin, United States of America
Date
Jun 28, 1905
Page
6
Christian Emery 80, native of Germany, died at 2 this morning after a Civil War service with Co G 5th Wisconsin. A farmer for 34 years in Sauk County, he leaves a wife, one son and four daughters. Funeral Wednesday at 2 PM at the tense 623 Third Ave.
Harriett Caldwell Wilder aged about five years died this morning at 2 20 at her Fifth Avenue home from neuralgia of the heart. Funeral set for Wednesday afternoon at the First M E Church. W D Bird aged about 85 died Saturday at 4 at his South Side home after a stroke years ago. A Civil War veteran from the First Wisconsin, he long lived in Madison before moving to Baraboo and purchasing the South Side schoolhouse. Funeral Tuesday at 10 at the residence.
Mrs. C Shute, about 40, died at 2 AM after a two year tuberculosis illness. Survived by husband and three children. Funeral set for Monday at 3 PM at the family home.
Brisk brief items report Mr and Mrs E J Buebler visiting Milwaukee relatives and neighbors visiting in Kendalls and Wonewoc. Lena A Spicer Wilbur narrowly escaped cows while sketching as hat mats chewed, affecting the milk supply. A Lyons woman tells Ree News of paying 300 for glasses that fell apart after days, with neighbors paying similar sums for faulty frames.
June 26 Loganville reports a birthday surprise for Mrs Charney Westenhaver on her 50th birthday. Mr Ware and family visited Reedsburg at the Sparks home. Mrs Harvey Hulbert of Madison visits relatives. The infant child of Mr and Mrs Fred Kruse was buried. Mr Westedt demolishes the old saloon to make way for a hotel and saloon. After July 1 Mrs Ware will sell hats at cost. Loganville to celebrate the Fourth in grand style. Missionary meeting at Rev Streiks church drew a large crowd.
June reflections show Miss Constance King and Earl Vanderhoef as Madison District Epworth League delegates with Rev. Johnstone returning from Madison. Local visits include Ruth Barstow guesting in Baraboo, and families hosting Relief Corps members. Families attend picnics, teachers enjoy vacations after a successful year, and club conventions travel to Milwaukee and Madison with several residents visiting hospitals, universities, and nearby towns.
Denzer and Eilinger of Baraboo visited the village last week. Herry Mettle and Alb Reichscheider show top buggy models. Miss Tena Markett of Sank City visits her brother. Mrs Wm Ganzlin and Myrtle return to Sank City after a week with her parents. John Warrock owns a fine new survey. Rev Ritz of Sauk City conducted services Sunday. Large attendance at the M E church picnic.
June reports show Mr. and Mrs. Ratzloff of Wonewee visiting, Ida Kniestadt from Reedsburg at home, and Ruby Brooks finishing a successful term. A June 24 dance at Klagus’s drew a large crowd, with locals noting a lively time as Henry Schleden visited Prairie du Sac and Geo Colvin. Nearby visits include Lehman in Washington and W Geffart’s stay with Fred Sorge, reflecting a string of community gatherings.
Mrs. C. W. Lamberton announces a new millinery shop opening beside Weirich Bros meat market on Oak Street. She invites the ladies of Bara Boo to inspect the stock.
On June 26 Chet Westenhaver and Nelson Knutson from Stongton pick berries on Chet Westenhaver’s father’s farm as the community nears the Fourth of July. The note promotes Cole's Carbonsalve for burns and cuts and mentions a railroad completion expectation to Hill Point by December 1. Carrie Gillespie graduates from Richland Center training school.
June reports slow haying due to cool weather and showers. Miss Cora Robson finishes Loganville school term and rests at home. Miss Vivan James visits Harrisburg. A new barn nears completion on R C Robson farm. Contractors Powdermaker Fulcomer and wife visiting Spring Green Wilson Creek Badger Valley. Evan James sells farm to Ger Hetzi for 11000 dollars. Phone lines expand. preaching at Lower Wilson Creek school house second Sunday. Mary Schweppe returns from Black Creek.
Relatives gather for Clarina King’s 83rd birthday at Acer Sou Sylvester’s home. Meyers family travel to Milwaukee for a Woodmen’s picnic and then to Chicago to visit kin. Several Baraboo and Prairie du Lac residents are mentioned visiting, recovering from illness, or purchasing items, with routine social updates.
A historical health ad claims kidney ailments including back ache and urinary symptoms are quickly relieved by making the kidneys healthy active and vigorous through a specific remedy. The language emphasizes restoring function to reduce discomfort and disease signs.
An advertisement extols Dr A W Chase's Kidney Liver Pills as the world's greatest regulator of kidneys and liver. It claims a combined action on both organs, offers one pill per dose, and prices at 25 cents a box. Free samples are available from The Dr A W Chase Medicine Co in Buffalo New York.
The funeral for Charles Root who died Sunday morning was held today at the Baptist church in Reedsburg. Miss Ruby Spicer will wed Dr. Carl Hilbert of Ladysmith this Thursday June 29 at high noon. Meta Kordenat and Dr. Walter Rendorf are to marry the same day in this city. Mrs. C. M. Atkins returned from Galesville. Carl Ludwig and wife of Webster Iowa visit friends here. Mrs. Brownell and children returned to Baraboo Sunday. Tramps, tramps, tramps by the score. Charley Buglass came up from Baraboo Saturday afternoon and returned.
Greenfield reports Jack Argyle E C Jones and son Harry Theodore Kessler and son Carl went to Briggsville for fishing. Clarence Wing returns to Oklahoma home Tuesday after a short stay here. G O Cook, previously very ill, shows slow improvement. Wm Montgomery, injured when thrown from wagon while hauling stone for a culvert, is slowly recovering.
Community notices report June 26 events in Plain include Independence Day celebration plans and local visits. Residents Clara Blau and Marjorie Brown visit family in Spring Green and Prairie du Sac while Anton Beck returns from Prairie du Chien College for summer.
Dr Hardtmeyer and son from Pennsylvania spent a day at their Loch Mirror Park cottage. Mr and Mrs Baldwin of Reedsburg were here Saturday. Mrs G W Hackett and family from North Freedom spend a week in their Loch Mirror Park cottage. Mrs Hackett’s mother Mrs F Call of Rockford ill visited. J S Allendale and family of Loch Mirror Park visited Mrs A Rath in Baraboo. Fred Morey leader of the Baraboo Marine Band rented Fern cottage for a week to spend the Fourth with friends. Allendale has a new feed barn finished and ready for use at Loch Mirror Park.
Central Wisconsin Springberry farm near Reedsburg city limits offers about thirty two acres. Terms available from J. O. Spring, Reedsburg Wisconsin.
Mrs. Joan Harris and daughter Ethel head to Marshall Minnesota after Roy Kidder's death. funeral set for Tuesday. Mrs. Mary Peck of Chicago visits sister Mrs. Emmit Bullis. Mr. and Mrs. John Latham visit son Ed in Hebron Illinois. Will Goodnecht family visit Kilbourn parents E Shadduck. Miss Anni Katie and Frankie Fitzgibbons from Missouri Valley Iowa stay with relatives during their Kilbourn visit. I Jones of Adams Center visits Mordaay with M O Gibson. Will Bishop of Friendship plans move to Kilbourn. Emmit Bullis sick but improving.
G A Marquardt offers leased Charles Martin lakeside property at Devil's Lake for Baraboo and Sauk County picnics with free grounds for camping parties. Ice cream soft drinks candies cigars available. sale items listed. invites families to feel at home.
A fleet of twenty boats serves pleasure seekers and fishermen at Cliff House landing with an electric launch for twenty. Sandwiches and refreshments available at the nearby cottage. Live minnows and frogs on hand. Telephone at boat house. Martin & Walrath.
Mrs H Smith joined an excursion and visited Milwaukee last week while Mrs Ellis moves to Delton. C M Smith is laid up with a lame hip but improving. A playful couplet notes insects with and without wings: mosquito and firefly have wings, bedbug has none yet reaches its target.
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