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Newspaper
Baraboo News
Location
Baraboo, Wisconsin, United States of America
Date
May 12, 1910
Page
9
Fragmentary text mentions three months six months and one year and a remark about Philadelphians and a car strike. Also references a May 1 date and a generic rule about being a friend of the Governor before shooting in Tennessee. No coherent event or attribution evident.
The Chicago Post urges giving the mule a place to avoid being kicked. The remark highlights a humorous stance on sheltering the animal to prevent harm.
Sparta increases its police force to six members, raising questions about public safety and community policing in the town. Residents weigh potential benefits and concerns as law enforcement capacity grows.
The article notes Republican sentiment aims to hold power, with few postmasters expected to resign in 1913, suggesting stable leadership despite upcoming changes.
A wry remark notes that mosquitoes are cited as a factor in the decline of ancient Greece and Rome, portraying them as troublesome but diminutive agents in a grand historical puzzle.
A brief sports note reflects on umpires under fire from bleachers, with players and fans clashing over calls. The line suggests umpire resilience amid harsh crowd criticism, framing the dispute as a common baseball ritual.
In a curt remark about Lodge and fellow Massachusetts leaders Hale and Aldrich, speculation swirls that Lodge may retire from the Senate rather than face removal, a move seen as more graceful by contemporaries.
Senators Hale and Aldrich announce retirement as signs point to a new Democratic contest next November. The move marks a veteran shift in the upper chamber amid looming electoral change.
Aldrich, Rhode Island senator and head of the old privilege system, will not seek re election. Hale of Maine also ends his term amid a changing senate. The piece notes a rising moral awakening and a move away from reactionary control in Washington, with Cannonism and Aldrichism seen as fading.
Dr. W H Park of New York told a Washington meeting of the National Association for the Study and Prevention of Tuberculosis that only about a quarter of New York City tuberculosis cases stem from bovine sources such as infected milk butter or meat. He noted this minority is mainly in children and that adult pulmonary TB is likely spread person to person. The debate over cows as a source continues among physicians.
The May American Magazine prints a letter arguing consumers bear blame for high prices. It cites Census data showing population up 15 percent since 1900 while corn and hog production rise slowly, warns of hog shortages and packer inflation, and urges united consumer action to curb greed.
Sauk County launches a free employment and renting agency run by County Clerk S. H. Wood in partnership with the State Bureau of Labor. Farmers seek labor and workers seek farm jobs. applicants provide age nationality experience and wage expectations. farmers specify needs and wages. The service is free to both job seekers and employers and aims to ease the farm labor shortage as seasons advance.
An advertisement urges readers to use Mollister's Rocky Mountain Tea to correct blood quality and improve life, claiming benefits for impure, sluggish, thin, or thick blood and directing readers to J B Donovan & Co.
The Cincinnati Enquirer argues that married women lack rights to their children in several states, with fathers as sole guardians who may apprentice the child and claim wages. It urges men opposing suffrage to seek full legal equality for women nationwide.
An attributed quotation by A J Stanley extols success from living well laughing often and loving much. It celebrates gaining respect from peers, loving children, filling one’s niche, leaving the world better, and inspiring others by kindness and appreciation of beauty.
The Tribune reports the 10 000 acre Cooper Hughes ranch sold to Dennis Murphy of Stillwater and J Kane of St Paul for 300000. The section will be colonized. The Eureka Il marriage license lists Della May Hitch and Clarence Knott.
A sign on a lawn in Aurora Illinois reads Please keep on the sidewalk. It notes that even with the best intentions some situations make this difficult.
Returning from a six month Europe tour Father Durward says America is the best place to live. He names London Paris Madrid Vienna Rome Jerusalem and Damascus as visited capitals and notes being cheated in ten languages. He met Pope Pius X who appeared weary and stresses American push for Kismet of Mohammedism as a progress barrier.
An addition is being built to the Williams store on Fifth street as business grows for the firm. The residence occupied by R. E. Organ on Second avenue is getting a new roof. the house is owned by J. P. Sprecher.
A country editor compares farm and livestock values to the president's yearly pay, noting a hen equals a hog of old value, two teams of horses equal an eighty acre farm, and two good farms match a president's annual salary.
An advertisement promotes Burdock Blood Bitters to tone liver and stomach, purify blood, and soothe skin itchiness, along with Dean's Ointment for cuts burns and ointment sales from druggists. Doan's Regulats is praised for regulating bowels by A. EK Davis of Sulphur Springs Texas. Another ad touts Dr. Thomas Electric Oil as cheap accident insurance from druggists.
M. Shimadzue a Japanese YMCA leader in Chicago married O Yona Hara at the South Side institution. It was Chicago’s first Japanese wedding ceremony with three gowns and a coat of arms top garment. The service combined English and Japanese readings amid American and Japanese flags and cherry blossoms.
John Graf of Columbus and Martha A Derleth of Sauk City receive marriage licenses. The couple plans a future ceremony as records note the filing of nuptial documents.
Reverend Malcolm James McLeod, a Presbyterian clergyman, edited one Pasadena Star issue before taking new duties in New York. He writes of the chaotic newspaper business and laments the pressures on editors while acknowledging a new belief formed from his stint.
A humorous verse from the Chicago Daily News recounts a gardener's failed attempt to plant Boston beans. He digs, plants, and stares with gleeful hope, then discovers every bean grows backward and dies after being turned right side up. The piece ribbingly chronicles misadventure in a second spring of gardening.
A 60 year old man and a 30 year old woman entered a trial marriage contract promising separation if failed. She sues for 50000 damages after he married another woman. Defendant argues the contract is unenforceable as societal harm. Trial scheduled this month. The piece laments old marriage doctrine as best when vows commit to improvement.
A female lion tamer in a Lippincott's Magazine vignette lures a big lion with a sugar treat. A front row spectator boasts he could perform the trick, and the tamer retorts that he could do it as well as the lion.
A Pensacola Florida Review poem laments the value of fathers in daily life. It contrasts fatherly duties like waking early, cooking, shopping, and handling danger with mothers tasks. The piece acknowledges faults but affirms fathers are essential and missed when gone.
Chicago judge scolds lawyers for power of attorney tricks in gambling case, orders bonds forfeited for absent defendants totaling 2800 dollars. Item also promotes Hollister's Rocky Mountain Tea claiming energy benefits.
A horse owned by W. C. Hopper escaped on West Main street Tuesday evening. The horse bolted onto the track as passenger train No. 7 headed north. The engineer whistled, but the horse ran ahead. About a mile north, a southbound freight train engineer halted his train and both trains stopped, allowing the horse to be cleared from the rails.
Advertisement by J. B. Donovan & Co claims Hollister's Rocky Mountain Tea clears insomnia by removing the cause. Describes it as purely vegetable with curative ingredients and no poisons, insisting it cannot hurt and should help every time.
The family expresses sincere thanks to friends who aided and offered sympathy after the death of father W. H. Hufman.
A mothering problem described as difficult by modern life. Letters to Dr. Hartman praise Peruna for children's recovery, with Mrs. Schopfer of St. Louis and Mrs. Moss of Chippewa Falls sharing cures for their daughters. The piece contrasts medical schools’ theories with Peruna’s claimed relief and emphasizes cures over theories.
Across the Pacific coast, populous centers rally to count suburbs in the upcoming census. Los Angeles absorbs thirty thousand suburb residents including San Pedro, Oakland expands to Berkeley and Alameda, Portland enlarges city reach, and Tacoma adds 102 square miles to gain about fifteen thousand more residents.
A Baraboo resident says the town is growing and doing things it has never done before. A neighboring citizen notes the town’s progress and calls for collective action with a cheer to “Heave-o-heave.”
Harvard medical expert Dr. A. M. Worthington states kissing is safe for healthy couples. He argues there is no reason to abstain from kissing for contentment and well being.
The nighthawk is famed for a large mouth and rapid dives into swarms of mosquitoes. Its preferred prey is the malaria mosquito, which it consumes as it skims the night sky.
A promotion for Syrup of Figs and Elixir of Senna as a mild laxative aiding regular habits. It claims the product works without disturbing natural functions and supports internal health, urging purchase only from the California Fig Syrup Co. and common druggists.
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