Fires Flares In Baraboo Two Dwellings Ignite Within Half Hour
Two fires in Baraboo within minutes alarmed residents last night. A blaze damaged the McGann house on Third avenue, insured for 1500 dollars, while a second fire in the Ideal Bakery on Oak street caused water damage and ruined flour and spices. the bakery owner insured for 1000 dollars. The building is a Baraboo landmark dating from 49 years ago. The fires drew a large crowd as the brigade responded quickly.
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Baraboo
Mike McGann
Hilt
Third Avenue
McGann
Fuhrman
Phoenix
E. G. Marriott
Hanover
Hon
Frank Avery
Steven Hofstatter
J. R. Hofstatter
Debutante’s lavish coming out in Philadelphia society
Miss Clara Waterman Knight, heiress to multimillionaire uncles, sparked a race of luxury as her father Edward Knight Jr and uncle Edward Dwight staged rival $20,000 and $24,000 debut events. The Bellevue-Stratford ballrooms and tropical garden themes showcased excess in high society.
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Baraboo
Sauk County
Philadelphia
Clara Waterman Knight
Edward Collings Knight, Jr
Edward Waterman Dwight
Western Ranch Investments
Dwight
Mr. Knight
Bellevue-Stratford
Mr. Dwight
Miss Knight
The Pocket Ballot Ballot Measure for Wisconsin Voters
Baraboo voters face a proposed Juan Pocket Ballot system similar to a Marshfield inventor’s perforated coupon design. If approved, the method would be used next fall and replaces standard ballots with stapled booklets and colored party sheets, requiring voters to tear out coupons for split tickets and deposit the appropriate pieces in separate receptacles.
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Baraboo
Wisconsin
Moneena Dunn
Marshfield
Bargain Offer for Baraboo News Readers Three Publications for 50 Cents a Year
Baraboo News readers can get Ras Siangina Naanee Farm and Home Sentinel and Agricultural Epitomist as a trio for one year at 50 cents. The deal requires names on the subscription list and aims to recruit new subscribers while pleasing existing ones. Madame magazine for ladies is also advertised alongside the farmers journals. Sample copies available at the Baraboo News Pub Co office in Baraboo Wisconsin.
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Ras Siangina
Farm and Home Sentinel
Baraboo News
Madame
Ladies Home Journal
Farmers
Wisconsin Senator La Follette Ranked Thirteenth Elected
The list identifies Robert M. La Follette as the 13th senator elected from Wisconsin. The record presents the sequence of Wisconsin’s early United States senators and places La Follette among the early holders of the seat.
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Robert M. la Follette
Wisconsin
Henry Dodge
Isaac P. Walker
Henry Dodge Ee Ee
Charles Durkee
James R. Doolittle
Timothy O. Howe
Matt Carpenter
Angus Cameron Po
Matt H. Carpenter
Philetus Sawyer
Angus Cameron
John C. Spooner
United States
Walker
Milwaukee
Col G. Walker
Juneau
Kilbourn
Milwaukee Dodge
Death of George Carpenter Aged 34 From Tuberculosis
George Carpenter colored aged 34 died last night at his mother's home at Summit street and Eighth avenue. Tuberculosis caused the death. The body will be taken to Lake Mills tomorrow for burial.
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George Carpenter
Summit Street
Eighth Avenue
Lake Millis
Would You Like to Massage an Elephant's Back
The article describes Ringling Brothers elephants during winter quarters the grooming bathing oiling and massaging to prepare for the Chicago Coliseum tour. It notes the labor intensive process plus the herd’s roles and the season schedule and profiles mound groups near Fairfield and a probable ancient site with unclear purpose.
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Ringling Brothers
Coliseum
Chicago
United States
Boo
Sauk County Antiquities Fourth Paper Fairfield
The article notes prehistoric mound remains near Fairfield in Sauk County. It contrasts Nile and Greek ruins with local earthwork effigies, describing a mound hidden in woods with fallen trees and damage from plowing. Nine remaining mounds in the Polson group are effigies of unusual shapes.
Ancient mounds in Poison Group loom historic mystery
Long Yakindin era mounds stretch across a field 20 feet wide and 83 paces long near Fairfield. Reports note preserved shapes, possible boundary or burial purposes, with fragments of pottery and Indian remnants found on surrounding village sites. Field notes by A. B. Stout and observations by H. H. Porter and Mr. Hall of Davenport are cited while lamenting swift plowing destruction over decades.
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Hall
Davenport
Iowa
A. B. Stout
Baraboo
State Archelogical Society
H. H. Porter
Leech Creek
Charles Ayers
E. R. Thomas
Fairfield
Brief notices and social items from Beloit area
James Carroll of Beloit visits R. W. Murphy for a few days. Carl Ziegler of Valley Junction visits Baraboo and Fairfield relatives. Geo Waddell returns home from St Louis next Tuesday after a year away. Oral Ames visits Mae Waddell at South Delton. Ruth Adkinson returns from Montfort. Teachers’ exam at Ableman well attended. Flora Rick hosted by Mr and Mrs Clark Holt of South Delton. Dithmar and Carow buy L E Hoyt dam and high bridge rights at sheriff’s sale, Hoyt redeems rights.
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Carl Ziegler
Valley Junction
Baraboo
Fairfield
Geo. Waddell
St. Louis, Mo
Ableman
Flora Rick
Clark Holt
South Delton
Dithmar & Carow
L. E. Hoyt
High Bridge
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Baraboo News Pub. Co
Baraboo, Wis
Wisconsin Senators
L. P. Lewis
Charles Polson
Polson
Wallace Porter
Sauk County Antiquities
Nile
Greece
Rome
James Carroll
Beloit
R. W. Murphy
Ruth Adkinson
Montfort
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