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Newspaper
Baraboo News
Location
Baraboo, Wisconsin, United States of America
Date
May 13, 1909
Page
9
A May issue quotes Benjamin Franklin on war costs and hints at fallout for Blow and associates as public sentiment weighs in on wartime expenses.
A proposal to use the Madison Capitol’s capital dome as a standard for a spring hat design. The aim is to mirror its symmetry and scale to create a balanced, eye catching headpiece.
A sharp social quip contrasts the idea of an ideal husband and wife with a Reed family incident where a husband forgets his wife at a depot, challenging notions of domestic perfection and public virtue.
Three Baraboo residents have donated to the fund seeking Charlie Blow's release. The result does not guarantee his liberty or imply any final outcome.
A stranger in town sparks a row and coerces his foe to cover bail, a scene so absurd it would seem like a thriller in a moving picture. The exchange hints at public mockery and comic justice amid local tensions.
William Manning links freight cars to hides and remembers the time he failed to see the circus during his imprisonment in Sauk County jail, reflecting on the chain of thoughts triggered by freight car imagery.
An article by W. B. Marshall, farm manager, discusses feeding for stock care. His wide experience and the farm sales indicate profitability in proper feeding. Readers interested in livestock care are urged to study the contribution.
The piece cites Senator Dolliver admired for exposing flaws in the proposed tariff law and resisting Aldrich's influence. It argues his integrity keeps political parties and the nation from ruin, portraying Aldrich as self serving while praising Dolliver and allies for humanitarian aims.
Baraboo editor NAR V S Pease issues a twenty minute story titled Little Pale Spirit about Winnebago migration from the sea to Wisconsin, a child of the white race sacrificed, the chief and body moved along Fox river to a Baraboo bluff cove and sealed with earth. Kilbourn visitors including J R Snider and editors were in Kilbourn today.
A narrator describes a gentle scene of a mother bird laying a silent white form beside the departed and then breaking into a long cry that echoes over the grounds. After the chorus of calls fades, the text ends with the resolve that she will lay another egg tomorrow.
Arthur Lauich plans a cement floor for the old curling rink, sized 40 by 133 feet. The project would cost about 350 dollars, and the contract has not yet been let.
A girl enters a Kansas City bookstore requests The Pioneer, examines it briefly, and hands it back saying it is not what she wants. She asks for a book on piano playing, and the clerk quips about the name causing the confusion.
A southern man investigates a dark chicken house after a commotion. He demands that anyone reveal themselves or face a shot. A trembling voice from the back explains that there is nobody there except the chickens.
The list traces where common produce originated: celery from Germany, chestnut from Italy, onion from Egypt, tobacco from Virginia, nettle from Europe, citron from Greece, pine from America, poppy from the East, camé from Siberia, oats from Northern Africa, parsley from Sardinia, pear and apple from Europe, spinach from Arabia.
An old citizen on a train from New York amuses himself with a joke about his wife Mirandy. He recalls her warning that bunco men would target him and that he would lose every cent within hours, a tale shared to the applause of fellow passengers.
Mrs A L Burnham reports her youngest granddaughter Miss Dorothy Marie Burnham has been elected to Phi Beta Kappa at the state university. Members are chosen for scholarship merit. The family is pleased by the honor. Miss Burnham contributes to the Wisconsin Literary Magazine and the Sphinx in Madison.
Mrs. Helen Shepard of Burr Oak Kansas visits sister Mrs. A L Burnham on Birch Street. She has not been in Baraboo for about fifty years, when Baraboo was a pioneer village twenty years old. The town has since gained railroads telephones telegraph electric lights and other conveniences.
Paul Kreuger died at his sister Mrs. Harper Harrison's home in Spring Green after an Milwaukee operation last winter. He was about 23 and survived by his father John Kreuger Sr. and six siblings. Burial in Portage on Saturday follows the deaths of two brothers Charles and Fred in two months.
Levi Raebuck his daughter Mary and Mabel Van Meter faced preliminary hearing before Court Commissioner Wulfing and were bound over to the fall term of the circuit court on charges of disposing of a newborn. Bonds set at 1500 each. manslaughter charge dismissed. State evidence included tenant Fred Duell and an inquest verdict that the child was born alive.
The Gollmar Brothers parade today impressed audiences with polished wagons and white suited performers. Animals appeared eager and bands delighted spectators as clowns provided humor. The procession passed the business district and Birch Street home of the showmen's parents. Weather favors travel as the show heads south from Baraboo, signaling a promising season.
The skeleton of an Indian squaw believed to be wife of a historic chieftain was found at 309 East Cook Street Portage along with silver bracelets engraved Mon trea and figures of a chief fox and beaver. Relics include a wooden bowl pipe fragments and a copper plate. The site recalls a prior Indian burial ground with other skeletons found nearby and a tombstone reading Solomon E. dated 1851.
The Bank of Baraboo completed a new burglar alarm tested today. Vault lined with metal plates insulates against drilling while interior and exterior bells ring on tampering. External bell is high to require a ladder and has a backup battery. Bells ring for 96 hours if not stopped and daily tests occur. Burglar attempts average seven to eight yearly. similar devices deter robbers in Minnesota.
Saturday B F Ames of Baraboo recuperating at the Madison sanitarium. Mrs Henry Faivre entertains Miss Beatrice Brown of Lodi. Mrs John Donahoe of Milwaukee visiting relatives here. Mrs Mike Dunn of Portage guests at J C Dunns on Mound street. Frank Dunn of Portage visiting his brother J C Dunn on Mound street. F T Brewster of Sparta came to Baraboo on Friday in the Free Press interest. His son Eugene is now selling mining machinery in the west after leaving Salt Lake City Y M C A.
From Thursday's Daily James Mulligan sold his 120 acre Dellona farm to O Cole for 10000. The property is described as one of the best in the neighborhood. KB A Hall traveled through Baraboo Wednesday en route from Dodgeville to Rochester Minnesota. He has been employed at Dodgeville and has accepted a position at the state hospital in Rochester.
The funeral for Mrs. Lydia Emery took place Thursday at 2 p m from the family home on Second Avenue with Rev C B Knight officiating. Music by Charles Melzl Ed Goode and Cornelia Darby. Pallbearers listed. Nearby mourners from North Freedom North Free dom North Freedom Marinette filled guest list. The family thanks the W R C neighbors minister choir and many friends for acts of kindness and support.
Funeral services were attended by S. M. DuBois who returned from Kasson Minnesota for the funeral of his sister Mrs Jane Greenslet who died last week. Surviving are her mother Mrs Sarah DuBois of Baraboo age 92, brothers S M DuBois of Baraboo and William DuBois of Reedsburg, sister Mrs W M Daniels of Reedsburg, and six daughters and one son in Minnesota. Deceased formerly lived in Baraboo and was well known locally.
A mothering problem described as raising strong healthy girls amid modern life. Case letters praise Peruna from Mrs Schopfer and Mrs Moss, claiming their daughters recovered from puny illness and coughs. The piece contrasts medical schools with Peruna claiming durable relief and cures.
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