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Newspaper
Baraboo News
Location
Baraboo, Wisconsin, United States of America
Date
May 24, 1905
Page
5
A Sauk County tale tells how Judge and Maude Muller met a runaway auto. The judge’s car struck a cow on a dusty road, and he was thrown from the vehicle. Maude then rode up tied her divided skirt to her saddle, leaped into the car, and steered the horse on the side to regain control.
In a oddly worded note, the piece contrasts spring arrivals with authority asking passthrough to pause. It plays on a greeting to Mormons and Dochelles and hints at broader welcome or departure tones between Mexico and America.
Report notes a man claiming to create a cigarette in capsule form designed to be inhaled or ingested, seen as a potential workaround to current tobacco and smoking regulations in Wisconsin.
The man who killed over a hundred snakes on the Baraboo bluffs risks formal charges as authorities discuss the case. The Evening Wisconsin notes the potential for legal action over the incident.
An 82 year old Ohio woman sues her 82 year old husband for divorce. The married pair had endured a long union before the break. The columnist quips about a prank involving a bottle of chloroform allegedly mentioned by Dr Osler.
Boston chemists set a health threshold at 500000 bacteria per cubic centimeter for milk. They urge careful counting to ensure safety.
Prof. Triggs secures a verdict of 6 cents in damages from a newspaper that ridiculed his poetry. The jury based the award on the professor's earnings as a poet.
The secretary hopes to meet a man with about $40,000,000 tainted money willing to donate to the Treasury Department conscience fund. The proposal aims to channel illicit wealth to aid government purposes.
Late advices from Albany indicate demand for legislators remained firm to the end with prices ranging from 500 dollars for ordinary to 5000 dollars for extra choice specimens.
A quotation highlights that a man is judged more by his actions toward others than by self deeds, echoing Mr. Carnegie's latest epigram about public virtue and generosity.
Those United States Senators who admit that they are poor men and show that their elections cost them only about $13 will have to be mighty careful about making a display of wealth after their terms expire.
Warsaw celebrated the Czarina's name day under the shadow of heavy penalties from the Russian imperial police. Locals reacted with fervor, likened to a child choosing between a private spanking or public affection from his mother.
Miss Susie Heinley and Samuel Kraiges of Janesville wed at the bride’s Deerfield home with Rev. T. J. Spande officiating. L. C. Kittleson of Sun Prairie weds Anna Jerdee, both former Baraboo youths. Otto Mattke weds Della Schlender at the Greenfield home of her parents with Rev. Joseph Meck presiding. guests include Miss Anna Krueger and Fred Schlender. The event featured evergreen and apple blossom arch, organ music, many gifts, and a reception with games afterward. A large list of Baraboo and area attendees attended.
Testimonies from Fred R. Pennell Thomas M. Hicks and S L Earle praise Peruna for kidney bladder and related troubles after poor medical care. Pennell reports full cure after three bottles Hicks credits five months of use for recovery while Earle notes employer benefits among Jacksonville street crews. Readers urged to request Dr Hartman’s free advice at The Hartman Sanitarium Columbus U S.
Mrs F W Rowland formerly Jennie Allen of Madison died last evening at the Oak Street home of her mother Mrs Thos Allen. She was 38 and had been an invalid after a paralysis stroke three years ago. She leaves two sisters Mrs Walter Hill Baraboo and Mrs Sinclair Minot ND and three brothers. Funeral held Saturday morning and burial at Merrimack scheduled on the 11:30 train.
Last night at 10 25 George Cordes died at his daughter Mrs W H Hatch home on Second avenue and West street He was 81 born in Hankensbeuttel Germany came to the United States in 1869 lived in Racine and Baraboo before settling in Caraboo He leaves three other children George Cordes Jr Frieda Cordes and Mrs E A Taylor The funeral will be held at the house Thursday at 2 pm conducted by Rev Marcus J Simpson Interment in Baraboo cemetery.
At the McArthur residence Mr and Mrs George McArthur hosted a kitchen shower for their daughter Miss Margaret. Several ladies attended and the afternoon included a tea party hosted by Mrs George McArthur Jr at a nearby home.
R. M. Worthman spent the day in La Crosse Brakeman W C Smith has resigned W H Mann has gone to Madison to work Conductor E Purple on the Galesville branch is taking a few days off Conductor J H Hubbard is in charge of this run Conductor H L Brand is in charge of one of the Elroy Chicago runs
Bert Crawford of Evansville died when curbing in a Beloit test pit gave way and buried him under about three feet of gravel.
Joe Donahue, a round house worker, suffered a badly mashed finger today when it was caught between a spring and a spring hanger on a locomotive. The incident occurred at the yard and his condition was not reported as severe beyond the injury.
Charles Talbert has been selected as assistant road-master on the Madison division and brings wide experience with track work on this part of the system.
Ira Moyer of Janesville, formerly a Northwestern railway fireman, will be tried next week in Keokuk Iowa for bigamy. He currently lives with wife No. 1 in Janesville while wife No. 2, a wealthy Keokuk youth whose parents reside there, seeks legal action.
Harvard Herald notes ex supervisor R A Cowan in La Crosse for Chicago & Northwestern case in court. Reedsburg Times reports a new depot is likely, with Supt W E Morse and Baraboo officials surveying the ground and promising immediate action if terms satisfy.
Baraboo plans Memorial Day with Mayor Er. G. Marriott as president and Chas. H. Davis as marshal. Committees named for music, stands, decorations, and speakers. Exercises set for the court house park. civic groups, teachers, and students urged to attend. merchants asked to close 1 to 4 30 p m and decorate. Grave-decorating volunteers listed from Joe Hooker Post with names and cemeteries.
Little Clement H. Lee is reported better after being ill with a complication of diseases. R. Putz of Rockford visits friends here and his mother who is ill at her home in Greenfield.
Mrs Van Scoy credits Williams Pink Pills with curing a severe grip followed by rheumatism and lingering weakness. The account, shared by multiple victims, touts the pills as a fast acting blood builder and nerve tonic that restored strength after a three month illness. Mrs Laura Van Scoy of Danbury endorses the remedy as effective and available at local druggists.
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