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Newspaper
Baraboo News
Location
Baraboo, Wisconsin, United States of America
Date
Mar 28, 1906
Page
10
Merrimack March notes recount Miss Lucy Cramer and Edward Canfield in Baraboo, Mrs. S. Fort’s birthday gathering, and various visitors and travels. Ed Coates opens a barber shop, schools close for a two week vacation, families relocate, and residents travel to Madison Chicago Prairie du Sac and Ironton.
Mrs Wright and spouse on Main Street announce birth of a daughter for Mr and Mrs Farnworth of Charleston Washington born March 2 31. They were formerly of this price. Medal contest Wednesday evening features Misses Mayme Odekirk Phoebe Haines Mayme Goggin Selma Gross Lillian Parlow and Katie Pigg. Admission ten cents. Everyone come.
Chas. Shaw works in Beloit. Miss Jennie Snow returns to Beth el with Ellen Bradbury. A social at Mr. and Mrs. P. Edwards by the L. S. C. raises ten dollars. Mrs. Ethel Bartlow and children visit Merrimack relatives. Miss Jennie Koons returns home for a two week vacation. Harry Koons hosts a birthday family reunion.
E W Evans aided in jury drawing at Baraboo while Wiscon sin Valley Oratorical League crowned a tie between Richland Center and Spring Green. Venus Harrison and Leroy Schoenmann represented the Spring Green high school. Margaret Barnard takes assistant duties at Cuba City high. Evans shipped 313 stock cars worth $260000 in the past year and holds a 36 year tie to the spring Green stock trade. New steel wagon bridge piers are arriving with construction set after ice clears. old wooden bridge is dangerous for crossing.
J N Latimer has rented Hotel Bannon and taken possession. Dr Erwin of Baraboo visiting Dr Jones traveled by auto Saturday. Masons in the village attended a Kilbourn Masonic school last Friday. H D Keyes returned to Spring Valley duties last Saturday. August Timme on the sick list. Emmon Eaton sold and delivered 450 cords of black wood in Delton and Kilbourn last winter. Invitations cut for the Gifford Maxfield wedding. Charles Gregory and family of Sparta visited Otto Timme’s home for several days. John Chaffee sold his team at a Baraboo horse sale last Wednesday. John Balderson spent several days in Baraboo last week.
A heavy wind storm Wednesday caused damage to buildings wind mills and stacks in the Winfield vicinity. Attendees at Mrs Mulligan's funeral included locals from Winfield. George Curtis works on a hog house for C D Powell then frames a barn at Willis Pelton's. The Powell family and others in Lagmore face hardship. Nathan and Mrs Walker relocate from Seymour's to Delton. Miss Jennie Warren returns home near Lime Ridge after working for Clarence Powell.
North Fairfield reports Mrs. Herning visited daughter Mrs. John Wilson last Thursday. Mr and Mrs Gust Lewis entertained company from Baraboo last Saturday. Milo Newell of Lyons has been visiting Winfield Newell. Guy and Alfred Simpson were in Lewiston the past week. Lottie LeMar visited sister Mrs Milton Holt a few days last week. Willie Anchor is hauling hay to Baraboo for Mr Cooper.
Allen Bass reports improved health after eight years confined at home. He and his wife visited neighbor Alfred Smith about a mile away last Saturday. Miss Alice Sparks resumes teaching in the Butterfield district today after a vacation. Cottage prayer meeting hosted by Wm Lawrenz on Thursday night. W F M Society meets at Mrs J L Dryer on Thursday April 5. Dr J W Dryer returns to Milwaukee to resume work after winter here for health. Albert Ellis plans to build a new barn.
Marie Schram is improving after a long sickness. Mayme Mc Phillips completed the elamination for second grade certificate at Baraboo on Tuesday. John McCarville and wife spent Sunday at John Mc Cheskey's. Katie Schram has gone to Logan ville to resume her school duties after Norah Parkinson is employed at Hillside.
Grant Powell of Reedsburg visits his brother Fred and family while Blanche Constantine Ferne Sedg wick and Walter Contantine travel to Leland to see Olive Reitmann. Fred Powell’s windmill toppled last week. D W Ryan of Cross Plains tours for Northwestern Nursery Co. Willie McNevlin for Albert Faga learns of a sister’s illness from Loyd. Postmaster Peter Constantine spends Friday in Richland Center. Charles Brainard of Lone Rock buys stock here. Arthur Markham and wife celebrate their tenth wedding anniversary with friends and baskets after church.
Mr. and Mrs. George Geertsen and their baby spent Saturday and Sunday visiting in Bear Creek, sharing a meal and well wishes for the day.
Mar 26 notes from Narrows Prairie report visits and family gatherings. Frank Bencer and two daughters visited North Freedom. Carrie Heath stayed with niece H Koester. Will Zauthe spent time with sister H Klipp near Loganville. Reads, Ed Rusch and Amanda visited Fred Holtz. Irena Walter with Heinrichs near La Valle. Two local men ill at first, H Klipp and August Theis slow to recover. Ball family burial note for Mrs Ball at Narrows Prairie cemetery. D Young and Vivian Jacobs of La Rue visited Herman Koester. Riert plans to saw lumber near Mike Rainey’s this week.
News items from Glenville and nearby areas include John Shew and Joe Dolph traveling from Madison for a Sunday visit Mrs Berry visiting Duluth for several weeks James Fisher’s son ill Belle Malloy visiting her sister Mrs Teel in Fairfield last week
Taal March 26 quarterly meeting services will be held in the M E church April 8 at 10 30 The L B society will meet with Mrs Geo Ward Thursday afternoon Fred Powells windmill blew over Tuesday Henry Pfeil of Reedsburg spent Sunday with relatives here Several ill from lung fever at Mr Fred Brandts Mrs Ted Brandt also sick Wm Shulte and family moved to farm near Bates and Sherman Ben Brandt of Cazenovia visited Miss Blanche Constantine and Walter Markham attended 10th wedding anniversary Arthur Markham Miss Lois Frost starts teaching at Tuckertown Monday
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