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Newspaper
Baraboo News
Location
Baraboo, Wisconsin, United States of America
Date
May 27, 1909
Page
3
May 24 notes from North Freedom report Merrimack salesman John Cowing in town with Warn Bros. orchestra set for Fern Dell May 29 and an La Rue church ice cream social May 26. Numerous arrivals, visits, illnesses, and local improvements fill the week.
A humorous article contrasts Scotch stamina with American diet trends. It extols oatmeal as superior and promotes Quaker Oats in various package sizes at 10c 25c and 30c while poking at fat heavy diets and urging readers to adopt a Quaker Oats breakfast.
May brought illness to Olive daughter of Mr and Mrs Chester Prouty with scarlet fever. A son arrived May 21 for Mr and Mrs William Mead. Ben Brandt welcomed a son May 23. Mrs Henry Hart visited relatives near Wonewoe midweek. Emma Hanke returned from Dakota where she taught. Ed Smith visited William McCarthy’s home. Wm Reidel builds brick veneered residence. Florence Prouty and Grace Marshall held diploma exams in Sandusky. Various visits and family events noted including 90th birthday of Mrs Shea and guests from Loyd and Richland centers.
May 17 notes from Skillet Creek recount visits and calls around Sumpter including Mrs. Heffer at the Hyers home and Mrs. Bittrich’s daughter Olive Bellows' health update. Families visit and move, with George Carpenter buying wool and local residents hosting guests.
May 17 gatherings featured Minnie Radseck and family visiting North Freedom. A party of 19 from Pine Hollow and North Freedom spent Sunday with Henry Stieve. Local residents viewed high rocks, weddings expected soon, and several visits circulated among Baraboo and North Freedom families. An accident left a child uninjured after a fall. illnesses were noted for Herman Kapelke.
Mrs. John Luce suffers a painful sore throat. James Lamar sells horses from Montana. Farmers work corn in favorable weather. Winfield Newell improves. Kilbourn resident Englebretson visits Kilbourn and Baraboo relatives. Fred Getchell carpenters for Asa Shults. Sarrington’s team hauls corn to Delton mill. Mrs. Martiny hosts M. B. A. gathering. Wisconsin River rising again.
Local names appear with visits and moves across Reedsburg North Freedom Baraboo and Maple Hill. Activities include a farewell party for Ben and Phil Stackhouse, German M E society meeting invites, church services by Rev Elske, and several residents visiting relatives or recovering from illness.
May births include a daughter to Mr and Mrs Henry Kruse and a son to Mr and Mrs F Stabnaw. Dave Goodell recovers from May 15 operation while Orin Goodell slowly improves after three weeks illness. Lily Kollmeyer and son Harold return from visits in Madison Milwaukee and Chelsea Wis. Kirkpatrick Bros install lighting rods on George Schultz barn. Herman Schultz and crew move sawyers to Ithaca Wis. Frank Goodell visits Orrin Goodell. Henry Coles entertains friends. M Drea visits White Mound with her parents. Fred Schluter Lime Ridge and Mrs Scheble Wenatchee Wash visit valley friends. Ischeble formerly taught here. Tom Goodell Bear Valley helps care for Dave. Charles Hart works at Orrin Goodell's.
May 24 G Adams delivers meat on Wednesdays to Fairfield farmers. Mrs Josie Getchell of Madison visits Delton and Fairfield this week. Mrs M S Luce improving but still weak. Mr and Mrs Olin Hanson of North Dakota visit relatives in Fairfield and Baraboo. Mrs Luke of Delton visits grandmother Mrs Steel and family. C H Dame builds a silo beside many buildings. J Gilliam adds steel roof to part of his house. Early sown oats suffer in cold rain and wind.
May 25 notes from Lyons report Will Berkley visiting friends in Janesville. Miss Gladys Pearson and E. L. Hindes gave diploma examinations Friday and Saturday. Frank Berkley and family stayed with John Berkley in Excelsior. Minnie Gerofski returned to New York after visiting Willard Kimball. Wilber Berkley and family spent Sunday in New Port and Kilbourn. A daughter was born May 17 to Mr and Mrs Oscar Berkan of Janesville. the mother, formerly Florence Lyon, is remembered as Mrs. Berkan. Mrs P Edwards returned from Madison after visiting her granddaughter at Sacred Heart Academy.
Winfield notes say the Ladies Home club will meet Thursday afternoon with Mr and Mrs John Renskers. Floyd Darrow is recovering from mumps. Estella Powell visited sister Mrs J D Fuller for several days. Ella Kelley spent time with Katharine McDonald of Dellona. Ray Lawton and children of Viola Wis visit at Mr and Mrs Robert Greenwood’s home. Ferra Dubois of North Freedom stayed weekend with his parents. Will Kelley, recently ill, is able to work again on the farm.
Mrs. Frank Lynch of Waterloo and Mrs. Joseph Donahue of Baraboo visit their ill mother. Supt. G W Davies called on J L Connor. Chet Westenhaver visited his parents. Walter Prouty and Mark Connor took diploma exams, Walter at Plain and Mark at Loretto. Floyd Connor left White Mound for Huron SD seeking work. Bessie Connor is ill with scarlet fever.
Carl Nemitz and wife left for Arion Nebraska for a month long visit with relatives. Fred Fields and Luella Nichols of Rio were married by Rev. J. Lewis and will reside on the groom s farm. Carl Sefkar s funeral was well attended. cause of death old age at 83. A new barn is being built by Peter Haniel with Jack Coffledick and Mike Harrison as the workers. A charivari was heard in the country Thursday evening.
May 24 to August Becker adds a house extension by F Schmitz crew. Memorial exercises at the local cemetery Sunday afternoon with soldiers and school children decorating graves. The reform society house is being plastered by masons. David Blumberg visited Mazomanie last week. The annual June picnic returns on the first Sunday in June while farmers finish corn planting.
Local brief reports Herman Meyer stayed in Badger Valley and Plain from Thursday to Saturday and bought a horse from Joe Volk of Plain. Abraham Johnson and Mrs. Steinke are sick. Emma Kessler of Baraboo helps her mother for a few days. Addison W. Abbott of Beloit visits relatives. Robert Braun fell and injured herself badly last week.
Edna Zautke enjoyed a birthday party on Friday with many young friends for her tenth birthday. Gifts were given and well wishes shared. Lucinda and Villa Grotelueschen are ill with scarlet fever and the family is under quarantine. Mrs. H. Meyer visited Minnesota to see her daughter Miss Olga Schulenburg. Mr. and Mrs. Frank Bender visited relatives, while Mr. and Mrs. Frank Smith hosted in Elroy with Koester kin.
May 22 report notes a Sunday school basket supper at R. H. Murray's Friday evening was a fine success. Miss Ella Markham visited Wm. Scott's over the weekend. The Ladies Aid met at Mrs. Joseph Betts with few attendees due to busy times. Mrs. O J Haines and son Sanford returned from Stoughton.
A lengthy list records transfers of land in multiple towns including Baraboo Greenfield Reedsburg Washington Sauk City and others. Transferors include Alfred Goodell Mary M Allen William Donald Earl H Johnson and many more with prices ranging from 1 to 5500 dollars. The transactions involve buyers such as Walter Bible Charles C Johnson J P Sprecher Patrick Berry and Oliver Iron Mining Co among others.
Sumpter May 21 born a son to Mr and Mrs Louis Block on Tuesday May 18. A daughter was born to Mr and Mrs J Accola and a son to Mr and Mrs Kater. The Ladies' Home Circle will meet Tuesday at Stone's Pocket cemetery to clean the place. First spring meeting of Home Circle at Mrs Howard Mather's. S. S. Mather improved his house with an enclosed porch. Mr McIntosh of Lodi painting at R H Mathers. Mrs Preuss and Miss Helen Preuss ill but improving.
James LaMar comes home after five weeks in Montana with a carload of colts and now spends his time herding them. Olga Berg of Newport and H Bind ley of East Fairfield visited at M LaMar’s home Sunday evening.
The first picnic of the season at the Glen was held on Saturday led by Superintendent G. F. Snyder of Reedsburg with friends R. Clifton and several Reedsburg teachers. Attendees included Miss Ferne Dollar of Oshkosh and Miss Annie Reynolds of Jacksonport Wisconsin as part of a crowd enjoying a generous Glen table.
Sir William McFarland of Fairfield collapsed while dragging in a field on Monday. The stroke left him unconscious before the horses pulled him some distance. he later recovered from the attack.
Mrs. Robert Kreuger died at her home in Reedsburg on Saturday aged about 75. Funeral services are planned for Wednesday.
Mr and Mrs Gustave Bischoff of 4527 Forest Park Boulevard St Louis announce the approaching marriage of their daughter Miss Charlotte Henrietta to C G Cross of Baraboo. Cross is the son of Dr Cross of Baraboo and is studying medicine at St Louis University.
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