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Newspaper
Baraboo News
Location
Baraboo, Wisconsin, United States of America
Date
May 05, 1910
Page
11
The German M. EK. Aid society of Westfield held a large social at Mrs. L. Smith’s home with attendees from Baraboo Ableman Narrows Prairie and nearby. Proceeds were 5.35 dollars. Multiple local residents and visitors attended, with reports of sickness and visits among families and neighbors.
May 3 report notes Mr. and Mrs. Will Hall with two daughters Carol and Sadie traveled to Oakfield to visit Fred Carpenter. They then went to Madison to see Nora Canon recovering from an operation, returning via Lodi. Edna Hutchins visited from Reedsburg and Mr. Mitchell with daughter Bessie also visited Lime Ridge over Sunday.
May 2 report from the lower Carr Valley school notes a well attended entertainment raising 19.50 to beautify the school room. Local residents Will Badgley Archie Dietzman Janie Dempsey and H. M. Fisher are mentioned with brief travels and illness updates.
A fair crowd gathered for a Sauk City vs West Point contest with Sauk City prevailing 25 to wn.
Mrs Harry Thornton spent Friday and Saturday in Baraboo. La Valle team lost at Wonewoe 18 to 20. Mr and Mrs Philip Jackson of Platteville visited Mr and Mrs Wallace Jerome. Harry Thornton was in Madison Tuesday. Charles Eder visited Baraboo Tuesday. The Woman's Literary club met with Mrs W J Miller Wednesday. Queen Esther Circle met at Miss Hazel Sloniker's Tuesday. Beatty hosted Sunday school class The Knights of King Arthur Tuesday. Bible school plans Mother’s Day program for Sunday May 8 inviting all, especially mothers.
Baraboo Wisconsin April 27 1910 William Toole announces candidacy for the Republican nomination for Assemblyman in Sauk County's first district at the upcoming primary.
May 3 notes greet Baraboo visits and local arrivals. Several Baraboo and Madison residents appear as guests, including Mrs. E C Quimby and Miss Selma Gross with Miss Wall. Twins born to A M Farnworth. infant deaths noted. multiple grazie visits to Noyes and Farnworth households.
May 2 report notes Mike Miller rents Blakeslee farm and Lewis to move to near Medford with Clifford Lewis at Medford. Neighbors and relatives visitgathers, illnesses include measles and whooping cough. Alma May Taylor to give recital at Seaman's hall on May 5. Byrne family visits and travel updates.
W. H. Hufman died at home at 9 30 this morning after a three week illness with erysipelas and a fatal vein rupture. Born in Pennsylvania 64 years ago, he began as a newsboy on the Chicago Iowa and Nebraska road in 1858 and rose to engineer. He helped in Sherman’s march to the sea and served postwar as engineer for several lines before pensioning in 1907. Funeral Monday at 2 30 p m with interment in Clinton. survived by his mother, three children, four brothers and four sisters.
H. J. Spear of Kilbourn has leased the Portage building long occupied by Peck and Clavadatscher and will open a merchandise line by mid month. Peck dissolves his partnership to focus on Portage Underwear, of which he is sole owner, while Clavadatscher returns from the Pacific coast with plans unsettled.
Beauty seekers find Bucklen's Arnica Salve offers help for pimples eruptions sores and boils. It claims to soften skin and improve appearance while treating sore eyes cold sores cracked lips chapped hands and various injuries. 25 cents at Fisher Bros.
David Cowell, 16, has been missing since last Saturday after dinner from his home with Will Waddell in South Delton. Alonzo Rowe and his bride visited relatives in Fairfield, with a reception at George Waddell's. Local notices mention beberapa moves, visits, and illnesses among area residents.
A Captain Driver letter declares Madison the regiment’s headquarters and the site for the First Regimental band this coming season, while Portage will not receive an official band this year.
Job notice seeks men and women to sell furnaces with large earnings and commissions. Outfits offered, mailing 15 cents, both outfits 25 cents. District managers wanted with installment plans. Permanent work. profits from 2000 to 5000 dollars yearly. Address A Kuhlman Company, Chicago Illinois.
For sale a 120 acre farm in Baraboo Wisconsin, 80 acres cleared with running water, 500 red woven wire fence, new house, small barn and well. Personal property may be sold with the place. Contact C. H. Holt R. D. 6 Sox 40 Baraboo Wis.
Several farm listings describe 42 acre and 127 acre properties near Wonewoc and Baraboo Wisconsin with timber and cultivation details. A Rhode Island Reds poultry sender advertises eggs and stock from Pierceton Indiana. A lost gold fob with initials A C is offered for return with a reward.
Advertises a guaranteed loan for $2000 with six year term and first mortgage on a farm valued at $4700. Mention of attorney EK Aug Runge of Baraboo, Wisconsin.
120 acre farm with 50 cultivated, 40 marsh, balance timber. Good well and cistern, buildings fair. 50 bearing apple trees, 50 acres fenced with 47 inch woven wire. Sandy loam soil mid between Baraboo and Portage. Going west sale, price reasonable if taken soon or trade for city property. Address Richard A Brandt R D 1 Baraboo. Also Wm Buehrle farm on North Freedom road one mile west of Baraboo, contact P H Crossman Baraboo. Lost April 1 gold rimmed glasses near South Side school house reward offered.
On May 4 in La Valle the marriage of Hugh O Connor of Reedsburg and Gertrude Matzke of Wonewoc was performed at the bride’s aunt Mrs Hachmuth home by Pastor Clifford of Reedsburg M E church. The couple left for a Minneapolis visit later that afternoon. The groom works as a real estate agent in Reedsburg and the bride is a popular resident of Wonewoc.
The Endeavor Academy defeated Rexal Rhymes of Portage 8 to 5 on the Endeavor diamond. Portage impressed with field work while Endeavor showcased strong battery. In local news, work advances on the Northwestern near Packwaukee Junction with a major cut nearly finished and two embankments under construction.
Property listings advertise a 40 acre chicken and truck farm with strong soil and timber plus a 90 acre parcel 13 miles from Mazomanie. The 90 acre tract features black loam soil, 55 acres plowed, timber balance, a new eight room house, barn and tobacco shed 26 by 72, priced at 6750 with easy terms. Potential buyers may contact P. T. Lauffenberg in Sauk City, Wisconsin.
Advertisement touts secure mortgages in Wisconsin Minnesota and the Dakotas. Claims dependable value and government bond like safety with six percent terms. Invites readers to write or call for further information.
A seller promises 50 cent per hundred stock sale rates for ninety days and a guarantee to achieve top prices. no charge if not met. References: John Beck postmaster at Plain and Reuschlein Bros. who have witnessed sales. Contact via Plain post office or Reuschlein Bros. store.
Fine lot of strawberry plants well rooted for sale plus raspberry and blackberry plants. Contact William Rounds Baraboo Wisconsin. For sale Schoenfeld's corner lot in Sauk City. For further information write to F E Schoenfeld Silverton Oregon.
Sealed bids are invited for 10,000 square feet of cement walks with a bid deadline of May 10, 1910. The right to reject any or all bids is reserved. For information contact C. A. Bremmer at Plain, Wisconsin.
E D Ochsner of Prairie du Lac offers mounting services for all kinds of birds and animals. Prices are reasonable and work is guaranteed to be first class.
J. A. Nold operates a new stage service from Prairie du Sac to Baraboo as a travel accommodation. Stage departs Prairie du Sac Tuesdays Thursdays and Saturdays at 7 a m with return from Baraboo at 2 p m. Regular trips unless roads are impassable. small packages left at Wilkinson's barn with possible extra charge.
In a late afternoon street encounter, Michael Slanni gan and Dennis O Rourke urged Mike to confess and quit drinking. Mike, weak from drink, reluctantly agreed and entered a church while O Rourke waited outside vigilantly. Inside, the scene ends with a terse exchange about confession and a possible priest absence.
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