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Newspaper
Baraboo News
Location
Baraboo, Wisconsin, United States of America
Date
May 24, 1905
Page
10
Penna c and W Whitman work with Donovan and Co to finalize contracts. H Evenson reports on Fisher Bras value and price adjustments during negotiations.
May 15 Vernie Harding of Kirk visited at home last week. Aug Gall of Chicago visited relatives here. Mr. and Mrs. W. H. Rakowske plan to move into C. L. Wilcox’s house. Yerman Steinhorst rebuilds a house while ernest Bentley plans to build this summer. U.S. Cooper moved to Baraboo today and sold her home to Virtein. A runaway day caused damage to a buggy and P Fleming’s milk wagon with no other injuries.
Thomas Austin, Leavenworth Ind. manager of the Republican, refused doctors and tried Electric Bitters for his wife’s female trouble after five physicians failed. She fell from bed but after using Electric Bitters she recovered fully and can now perform household duties. Fish Bros. Drugists guarantee the remedy at 50c.
A. S. Winckler of Reedsburg visited his daughter Mrs. C. E. Risley in his new automobile. Pete Flickner improves slowly. Rev Blair of Portage preached at the school house Sunday night. Sunday school remains at 10 o'clock each Sunday morning. May 28 evening services led by Mr Shore with Mrs Risley and choir. Mr Ford will sing a solo. Meetings open to all.
A promotion outlines Dr. King's New Life Pills as a remedy for indigestion constipation and related ailments. It promises quick relief and claims to strengthen digestive organs with a guaranteed offer at Fisher Bros. drug store priced two cents.
Mrs Owen J Owen and children return to Portage. drill at W C Pruyn farm seeks iron. Fred Karg replasters home. Corn planting active. Ladies Aid at Mrs Willis Cowles well attended. Baraboo and Greenfield represented. Next meeting notice to follow. Ethel Jones visited grandparents Saturday and Sunday.
Warning against mercurial catarrh remedies and promoting Hall's Catarrh Cure. Claims mercury-free formula made by J Cheney & Co in Toledo Ohio. Includes note on testimonials and availability through druggists.
Fairfield group Willing Workers plan a Thursday meeting with Misses May and Vern Porter on June 1 providing a picnic supper.
Elder Bain preached at Prairie Sunday evening and reopened the Sunday school with Eugene Cushman as Superintendent. A girl was born May 15 to Mr. and Mrs. Ralph Jefferies, mother and child reported doing well under Mrs. C. M. Smith. Nette Smith returns to Kilbourn. Will and Arthur Bell noted as hawk and crow killers. about a dozen hawks and similar number of crows gathered in during the week. Jake Lawsha visited friends after his mother's death last week.
E B Reid of Harmony Maine reports consumption runs in his family and says five years of using Dr. King’s New Discovery for Consumption saved him from serious lung trouble. He notes his mother’s death and urges attention to lung illness. Quick relief for colds and coughs. Price 40c and 1.00, trial bottle free at Fisher Bros. drug store.
A digest of local visits and movements. H M Acot and family spent Sunday at their Baraboo cottage. Oscar Richardson and sister Mrs Wm Britton visited. Benj and Wesley Bass traveled to Lemonweir for Mrs Fanny Minchion's funeral. Mrs A W Squires and daughter Mionie visited P Bennett in Dellona. Oscar Altpeter and companion from Baraboo visited. Mrs Henry Risley and children stayed with her parents. Mr and Mrs Lawton moved to a new cottage for summer. Miss Alice Kidder moved to Delton for summer.
Hannah Plant of Little Rock Arkansas credits Bucklen's Arnica Salve with healing fearful running sores after five years of suffering. The salve is touted as a marvelous healer for cuts burns and wounds and is guaranteed at Fisher Bros. drug store for 25 cents.
May 12 report notes Fred Pagle building a large barn and Fred Ritzenthaler with Wm Graff adding to his property. Mr and Mrs E J Rooney of Bara Boo visited relatives. Miss Mayme Wyman of Southwestfield called on friends. Rain delays corn planting. Miss Lena Griep of North Freedom closed school with a picnic and games including potato sack and running races with prizes.
A 12 pound boy was born to Mr. and Mrs. Claude Newell on May 17. A social gathering occurred at Robert Malloy's on Friday night. Mrs. Marie Barnes turned 80 on May 15, with relatives and neighbors celebrating at her home. Eva Newell can ride out. Dayton Ashley of Baraboo stayed with Elmer Hammond last week. Claude Newell had a close call with a savage dog last Monday night. Grandma Luce visited her son J. S. Luce in Baraboo for a Congregational convention. Burton family from Baraboo visited H. Burton on Sunday afternoon. Freemont Newell and family with James Moody left for a week with relatives in La Valle and West Lima.
The Pittsburg Steel Co has begun a drill on the W. C. Pruyn farm marking its second drill east of Baraboo. Mrs. Robert Attridge of Fairfield visited Greenfield relatives recently. I. F. Snyder of J. R. Watkins Medical Co completed a semi annual trip through the area. Large automobiles, now winter survivors, roam the countryside.
Mr and Mrs Willie Siggelkow hosted a Thursday party for about forty neighborhood youths with games and a plentiful repast. Several local residents are mentioned by name in visits and church events as the community notes a sick interval, school closure, and planned Mystic Ring dinner at Mrs Searle's.
A series of transfers records property sales: James Mastin to James A. Stone in Reedsburg for 680 dollars. Chas Schoephoester to James M. Walling in Reedsburg for 800. Wm F Krueger to Richart Krueger in Ironton for 2000. Marion Jacobs to August Balkman in Reedsburg for 3000. Albert Ost to W C Hopper in Reedsburg for 315. Herman Steinke to Sadie Jacobs in North Freedom for 675. Mrs M Belle Sanford to L W Slater in LaValle for 100. Emil Wessely to Albert Radel in Baraboo for 100. James A Stone to James H Mastin in Reedsburg for 650. R L Bohn to Perry Hineman in Ironton for 600. G F Post to Carl Schwanke in Spring Green for 1000.
May 22 notes John Adams of Embarass Wisconsin visiting Delton area friends and relatives. The town reports a burglar at large at the Otto Timme residence. Frank Lyon and wife of Rockford Illinois visit Mrs. M L Crane. Dan Fulmer and wife attend Mrs. Tardo’s funeral. Mrs. Wm Rounds of Baraboo visits Mrs. R A Vossler. Nellie Fulmer Tardo’s remains arrive from Tennessee and are interred at Delton cemetery. Ed House named road commissioner. G G Keyes health officer. S C Vester ill. visits to Archie Murray home. Miss Alice Kidder moves to George Skinner’s. Samuel S Woodman and Lillian M Welch wed in Baraboo.
A few high grade Jersey cows yielding over 400 pounds of butter per year are offered along with beifers from 400 pound cows that will freshen soon. Seller is L. P. Martiny of North Freedom Wisconsin.
Baraboo visitors and residents figure in a string of social calls church services and family updates. Dr F. Thompson and other Baraboo figures are noted as guests and mourners attend the funeral of Jennie Roweland. Memorial Day plans are outlined and Cole products are advertised.
Dr. J. W. Hamilton of San Francisco endorses Warner's White Wine Tar Syrup as the best cough remedy and unrivaled for asthma. Fisher Bros in Baraboo, Wisconsin offer it for sale.
Next Tuesday Memorial Day requires the weekly to be issued on Monday. Submit items to the office by Saturday morning if possible and by Monday morning at the latest. If unavailable by Monday morning, hold until the following week.
G A Briggs furrier at 1413 Ave promotes the March to June numbers of The American Furrier with upcoming styles for the fur season. Customers urged to inspect, remodel, and place orders during summer for convenient service and special prices before August 1.
Skilled florists offer cut flowers for weddings entertainments and funerals with rose buds a specialty Prices reasonable and orders accepted at the post office or 611 Second Ave Phone 282
Bedding plants for sale including celery tomato cabbage asters stock salvias verbena and more. Contact R F D No 2 Lyons David Sansum phone 140 two rings for details and availability.
Public notice states Dr. A. L. Farnsworth has moved his office from 402 Oak Street to the former Geist building above Fisher Bros. drug store.
For sale body of a saloon on Main Street Prairie du Sac Wisconsin offered by Geo Mockler. Describes good location and reasonable price in a concise classified notice.
State of Wisconsin Sauk County probate notice announces regular term July 4 1905 at Baraboo Court House for Wm Welk to admit the will of George Cordes to probate and request letters testamentary. Dated May 20 1905. By order of the county judge W. T. Kelsey. D. Ruggles attorney for petitioner.
May 22 North Freedom brief note finds John Patterson visiting Madison. Mrs. L Smith returns from near Reedsburg to North Freedom while Mrs H Koester settles in North Freedom after two weeks. Fred Ritzenthaler and Baraboo couple visit J Korb family. Sadie Jacobs moves from Reedsburg to North Freedom. Adolph Janson entertains sister Mrs Muckler Baraboo. Jim North visits relatives near Baraboo. Morris Larkin from Yombe visits daughter Mrs James Doherty. Wonewoe defeats LaRue 4 to 2 in LaRue game. Johnston returns from Lime Ridge after visiting son Thomas.
Miss Maude Hubbard arrived to care for her mother at Mrs. Hackett’s home in Spokane after months there. Miss Tillie Bender visited Miss Mable Lawton. Mrs. Mary Dwinnell, formerly of here, visited friends from Baraboo. John Brilliot and family stayed with Mr. and Mrs. J. Korb. Dr. F J. Jones of Hillsboro discussed selling his residence now occupied by M. Gibson. Rev. Cunningham attended the LaCrosse District Ministerial association in Sparta. Mr. and Mrs. Rune Hanger, recently moved to Dakota, welcomed a new boy. Miss Ellen Tinkham, back from wintering in Kansas, returned home with her sister Mrs. J. N. Douglas.
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