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Newspaper
Baraboo News
Location
Baraboo, Wisconsin, United States of America
Date
Mar 18, 1909
Page
10
Red Saunders returns at the station and recalls a wild Boise stint with Shadder Wind River Smiths partner, Lord Walford, and Aggy. The tale follows a misdirected mining pitch, drunken misadventure, and a chaotic bull train arrival that spurs revelry and comic chaos in early Idaho mining towns.
Rudolph Bittner died of cancer at the Madison sanitarium Monday night. His wife arrived at his bedside before he became unconscious. He once partnered with August Kamrath in a Baraboo meat market and later lived on J. P. Kindschi’s Sauk Prairie farm. He leaves a widow, one son, and many relatives. Interment is in Yankee Street cemetery, Sauk Prairie.
George Walluks announced he wrote to the German marine department in Berlin with a secret idea to run boats on the ocean without steam. He claims Berlin asked for information and he replied that four million dollars must be advanced to protect the secret. He awaits a second reply from Berlin.
An advertised mixture uses Fluid Extract Dandelion Compound Karyon and Compound Syrup Sarsaparilla with doses after meals and at night. It promises relief from rheumatism by cleansing kidneys and blood and urges readers to preserve the recipe for regular use to prevent kidney or urinary disorders.
Fort Edward resident Alex Benton climbs Bald Mountain to visit a neighbor with asthma and administers Dr King s New Discovery said to have cured his own asthma. It reportedly relieved the neighbor and later cured his son s wife of a lung ailment. The ad touts the medicine as a universal lung cure with prices 50 cents and 1 00 and a trial bottle.
G Harmon reports from Milwaukee that he had cataract surgery on March 3 at a local hospital. He is recovering well and expects to return home soon, with many friends awaiting his full restoration.
A health note promotes Dr Williams Pink Pills as an effective anemia tonic. It cites Nellie Edwards of Tomah Wisconsin who recovered after fourteen with a year of decline. The ad claims the pills purify and build blood, offering a free diseases of the blood booklet and pricing at 50 cents per box, six boxes for $2.50 from Dr Williams Medicine Co.
Mrs William Peetz of Glenville died of heart disease at her home in Glenville early Thursday. She was last awake at 1 and died peacefully at 3. Born in Germany about 73 years ago she lived in Glenville ~14 years and was a member of Baraboo Lutheran Church. Survived by husband and two sons August Merrimack and William Sumpter.
Rail timetable notes list Chicago Special No 502 at 2 00 A M B H and Minn No 11514 2 20 A M Duluth Limited No 512 2 83 A M St Paul Limited No 506 St Paul Pass No 510 6 87 A M Minnesota Mail No 508 11 20 A M Minn and St P Pass No 504 4 15 P M Daily Sunday excepted Daily
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