Lumber Rafts Once Plied Wisconsin River Trade
J T Huntington recounts fifty years of Wisconsin river lumber rafting from 1840 to 1855 with notes on raft construction, cribs, strings, and dangers at falls, dams, and the Dells. LeRoy Gates is named as a famed Dell Pilot. Kilbourn dam and Grand Rapids area points are cited along with early rafting era details.
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Wisconsin River
Necedah
Yellow River
Grand Rapids
Stevens Point
Wausau
Merrill
Wisconsin
Newport
Kilbourn
Dells
Clivet
LeRoy Gates
Narrows
Longmont Colorado Shines With Agriculture Industry and Climate
Longmont Colorado boasts 8000 residents, 12 churches, four schools, and vast agricultural wealth. The city benefits from irrigation, fertile lands, and a sunlit climate with 345 sunny days annually. GEO. Adkinson signs off describing rivers, coal, pears, and large industrial capacity.
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Longmont
Colorado
The
Evening News
Rocky Mountains
St. Vrain
Rockies
U. S
GEO. Adkinson
Local notes and social events in Baraboo area
Mrs. Matthew Leiser visits daughter Mrs. H. Watson in Winona. Mrs. Gardner obituary notes heart disease not paralysis, Dr. Cross attending. Rebekahs hall supper yields 21 dollars. Etta Sherman chairs. Red Ribbon Club masked ball in Elkington hall. prizes to Archie Barber, A. J. Wilcox, Bertha Hamburg, Dolly Turbin. Samuel H. Cady named temporary Marinette county district attorney. sleigh ride by South Side church group ends with supper. Helpers' Union of the A C church reports large dining room collection and social gifts. Van Pelt returns from Fort Smith Ark after winter. Baraboo notes Fort Smith growth and gas resources.
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Red Ribbon Club
Elkington’s Hall
Archie Barber
J. Wilcox
Bertha Hamburg
Dolly Turbin
Do You Get Up With a Lame Back
Dr Kilmer s Swamp Root kidney liver bladder remedy praised for pain back rheumatism and urinary issues. Readers offered free sample bottle and book by mail from Dr Kilmer Co Home of Swamp Root Binghamton NY with bottle prices listed through druggists.
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Dr. Kilmer & Co
Swamp-Root
Binghamton
N.Y
Favorite Prescription Promoted for Women’s Health Strength
An advertisement touts Favorite Prescription as highly effective for weak over-worked women. It claims to rebuild strength regulate womanly functions ease pain and restore vigor to the whole system.
Community Notices and Local Visits Across Reedsburg Area
Saturday Miss Etta Johnston enjoys Lime Ridge vacation while residents make regional visits. Justice R. D. Marshall arrives from Madison and tours a Delton farm. Baraboo travelers report muddy roads and drifting snow. Local elections feature Reedsburg alumni seeking police justice and tax commissioner roles. Fond du Lac Irish leaders protest postcard emblems, with merchants cooperating. A movable gasoline engine boat Escapade noted in the cottage affair.
Lost and found galvanized iron boat in Baraboo area
A durable two owner boat valued by Dr. Roger Cahoon and T. W. English vanished twice near Dell Creek. It resurfaced last fall, was painted and chained, then disappeared again. A local friend reported it frozen in ice near the Sugar Bowl and pulled out by a party of men. Tuesday Joseph Johnson and T. W. English retrieved the site.
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Baraboo
Dell Creek
Roger Cahoon
Sugar Bowl
Joseph Johnson
T. W. English
J. E English
Perry Davis Painkiller Ad Urges Quick Use for Ills
Urgent advertisement urges readers to take a teaspoonful of Perry Davis Painkiller in hot water or milk for sudden chills colds or digestive pains. Promotes preparedness with new 35c and 50c bottle sizes claiming quick recovery and avoidance of serious illness.
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Perry Davis
Card of Thanks for flowers after mother's death
Neighbors and friends offered floral tributes and kindness at the time of our mother’s death. Signed by Mr. and Mrs. George Koerth Mr. and Mrs. Paul Wotrick Mr. and Mrs. John Stopper George Stopper Mr. and Mrs. Julius Wolf.
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Percy Alexander
John Johnston
John Neuman
al. Koerth
W. H. Lange
North Freedom
George Koerth
Paul Wotrick
John Stopper
George Stopper
Julius Wolf
Notice to creditors in Baraboo 1909
The first Tuesday in October 1909 is set for creditors of John Dambeck late of Baraboo to file claims or be barred. The county court will convene November 2 1909 at Baraboo Court House to examine and adjust claims. Dated March 28 1909 by Judge W T Kelsey and attorney E Aug Runge Baraboo Wis.
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John Dambeck
Baraboo
Said
W.T. Kelsey
E. Aug. Runge
Wis
Greece as a Pastoral Nation
The article notes that about half of Greece’s population are agriculturists and shepherds, portraying the country as a largely rural, pastoral society with many farming and livestock duties.
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Greece
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J. T. Huntington
Delton
State Senate
Sauk County
van Pelt
Gem City
Matthew Leiser
Mrs. H. Watson
Winona
Samuel H. Cady
Green Bay
W. H. Cady
Davidson
Marinette County
South Side
Arthur LeSure
Arthur Judevine
Sixth Street
A.C. Church
G. A. van Pelt
Fort Smith
Ark
R. V. Pierce
Buffalo
Dr. Pierce
Etta Johnston
Lime Ridge
Mrs. T. Mending
Clark County
R. D. Marshall
Supreme Court
Madison
O.G. Wheeler
Reedsburg
Albert Weber
Margaret
Leona
Chicago
A. W. Squires
Lyndon Station
Naperville, Il
Charles Baer
California
Paul Watrok
Sauk Prairie
Tirzah Dinsdale
Galena
Martha Irish Karnopp
Miss Dinsdale
University
W.w.morse
D. K. Noyes
Minneapolis
Grace Billingsley
Ing
Fifth Avenue
St.Joseph’s Church
Thomas Clancy
H. Grantin
St. Peter’s Church
Eda Beyer
Sadie Squires
Maud Hyland
Prairie du Lac
Mrs
Sherman Squires
Jason Squires
City
George Adkinson
Ruth
Mr. Adkinson
LaCrosse
Clint Hunt
Len Kleeber
Justice of the Peace
George Hagenah
Willis Morse
Duluth
Mrs. Marshall
W. W. Morse
Earl Morse Willis Morse
Fond du Lac
United States
State OF
Bradfield Regulator
Atlanta
Baraboo, Wis
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