Baraboo Social Notes and Regional Church Events
Tuesday in Baraboo residents and visitors are noted for business travel and visits. Attendees include Rev J S Crowder and Rev J Crowder for Civil War talks, local social events, Elks convention plans in Portage, and union church services planned for summer. Dr S W Truesdale of Madison underwent surgery. his prognosis is guarded.
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J. S. Crowder
M. E
Rev. Crowder
Richmond
Portage
Columbia
S. W. Truesdale
Madison
Methodist Episcopal Church
Wesley Hospital
Chicago
McAdam
First Methodist Church of
Truesdale
Monroe
Wis
Memorial Day assignments at public schools observed in 1909
The document lists May 28 program details with order of events across wards 1 2 and 3 Annexes 7 8 and a high school program. Comrades and teachers coordinate classes to dedicate a memorial tablet and present a patriotic program led by B N Robinson.
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1St Ward
Alma Leissman
Minnie Ode
Amelia Jones
B. N. Robinson
Margaret Turney
Minnie McArthur
Martha Wilson
P. P. Palmer
Mary Ruggles
Ruth Mothersill
Eda Voriop
Mattie Davies
Belle Potter
Evva Varnell
Chas. Palmer
M. M. Bliss
Wm. H. Donald
Alva Glover
Guard of Honor
3Rd Ward
Tillie Holm
Ida Luebke
Ellen Wood
Wm. B. Hazeltine
Grace Tuttle
Alice Metcalf
May McGann
Davis Hackett
Emma Ochsner
Esther Martin
Chas. Coleman
Hugh Kelly
Mamie Haines
Marie Fisher
Bevelyn Bassett
Chas. Davis
Edna Varnell
Belle W. Bliss
W. W. Case
Chamberlain
Philip Cheek
Family reunion honors 78th birthday of Reedsburg resident
A Saturday evening gathering at Mr. and Mrs. S. F. Smith's home in Reedsburg celebrated the 78th birthday of Mr. Smith. Attendees included Mr. and Mrs. P. A. Smith and family, Mr. and Mrs. C. S. Smith, Mr. and Mrs. M. R. Case of Baraboo, and H. E. Nicker sham of Baraboo. Mr. Smith, a longtime Reedsburg resident since 1863, once ran a hardware store and has since retired from business.
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S. F. Smith
Reedsburg
Trees Are in Bloom Around Baraboo
Farmers near Baraboo report favorable conditions with grain and pasture standing well. Winter wheat stands three to six inches above ground in good shape, fields plowed and ready for planting, and orchards heavy with blossoms promising a plentiful season.
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Baraboo
Young People's Literary Meeting At Baptist Church
The Young People's Literary group met in the Baptist church parlors with Misses Bernice Roser and Mae Burdick leading. The program featured violin by Mr Schneller recitations by Bessie Pugh Viva Mulcahy and Elmer Caflish a vocal by Leoma Burdick a Margery Caflish post card essay and several two minute postal scene speeches. Marjorie Caflish won the contest a four girl song closed the program. A follow up meeting is planned in four weeks with an extra program and an admission fee. A Lake summer picnic was also decided. Refreshments were served.
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Young People’s Literary
Baptist Church
Bernice Roser
Mae Burdick
Mr. Schneller
Bessie Pugh
Viva Mulcahy
Elmer Caflish
Leoma Burdick
Margery Caflish
Marjorie Caflish
The Moon Is High In Sumpter Weather Note
A Sumpter resident notes ideal planting weather with warm surface, drying conditions, and moisture in subsoil. Farmers report a good stand and happiness despite a looming cold trend hinted by a distant moon rider in the north.
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Sumpter
Minstrel Show At Orpheum Promises Lively Night
Knights of Pythias lodge presents a two night minstrel show at the Orpheum theatre in Baraboo May end and June start. W B Smith manages the show with F E Morey as interlocutor and a seven piece orchestra. Tickets at Baringers are selling fast as the crowd anticipates jokes melodies choruses and stunts.
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Orpheum Theatre
Knights of Pythias Lodge
W.B. Smith
F. E. Morey
Baringer’s
Baraboo
A Slight Misunderstanding in a Railroad Suit
An elderly lady suing a railroad for minor injuries visits her lawyer to learn case progress. The company offers compromise if she meets half way. The office boy asks what she’ll take and she replies with humor asking for a small glass of sherry.
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Breef
Not In Virginia Darky Seeks Home in Virginina
A Washington official’s dusky servant, granted leave to visit Virginia, goes to a travelers’ supplies shop to buy a valise. The salesman pushes an alligator bag, but the man-servant repeats he does not want it and insists he is returning home to Virginia, not Florida.
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Washington
Virginia
Darky
Florida
Virginna
June Lippincott’s
Record Breaker Cascarets Advertising Triumph
Cascarets Candy Cathartics achieved a remarkable advertising record. Over ten years of persistent newspaper promotion propelled monthly sales from nothing to more than one million boxes. Consumers who tried Cascarets due to ads recommended it widely, spreading its fame universally.
Subtle Comfort Sees Through Grim Attic Joke
Mrs. A visits Mrs. B whose husband recently died by hanging in the attic. She navigates the delicate topic with tact, shifting to household matters and quipping about washing etiquette and the attic’s usefulness for hanging. Mrs. B replies she is not washing now due to the cold, and the exchange ends with a grim undertone.
A Broad Discrimination At Up-State Church
An elder at a Up-State church denounces unfinished work at a prayer meeting. He thanks God for the pastor and his wife returning safely from vacation, praising God for preserving man and beast in a loud, dignified voice.
Sale of A. J. Spahr Farm Titled to Narrows Prairie Buyer
North Freedom official Ed Ritzen sells the Reedsburg area farm once owned by A. J. Spahr to Mr. Ninneman of Narrows Prairie. Possession will be taken soon.
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North Freedom
Ed. Ritzenthaler
Reedsburg
Mr. Ninneman
Narrows Prairie
A. J. Spahr
County Court June term wills and estates list
A June term docket before Judge W T Kelsey lists numerous probate matters. Names include the estates of Pagel Wilder Platt McGuire Williams Wilkinson Bauer Babb Niemand Coles Urban Howland Coles Breitzke Schiuckebier Merk Brecht Koick Reif Moore Buckley Chiswell Kunzelman Duvall Daly Gruth Norton Hood McQuatters Powers Washburn Szymanoske Zimmerman Reighard Homuth Powers Chamberlain Pennfield Jennings Bresnahan Emer Gorman Fry among others with hearings, final settlements, proof of wills, guardianship, and sales petitions scheduled for June 8. The list covers multiple estates and related actions before the court.
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Joachim Pagel
Riley Wilder
Andrew Platt
Margaret McGuire
Chas.h. Williams
Sarah Wilkinson
John H. Bauer
Thomas T. Babb
Frances S. Niemand
Charles Coles
George Urban
Ing
Thomas Howland
Alfred Coles
Wilhem Breitzke
Louisa Schiuckebier
Walburbe Merk
Anna Elizabeth Brecht
Theodore Koick
Bertha Reif
Birdie B. Moore
Henry McQuatters
Emily F. Powers
Cora A. Washburn
Joseph Szymanoske
John Zimmerman
EK. W. Reighard
Emlie Homuth
William Chamberlain
Christina Pennfield
Smith Jennings
Elizabeth Bresnahan
Lightning Strikes House of Robert Attridge in Storm
During a May 18 storm in Fairfield lightning struck the protected home of Robert Attridge. The bolt entered the roof near the wing, hit the iron bed where daughters Maude and Clara slept, knocked a bed post brass knob loose, and exited via a telephone wire burning out about a foot of wire.
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Fairfield
Robert Attridge
Maude
Clara
Mystery to Father on Daughter's European Escape
Quote captures Farmer Hayseed and June Lippincott's view on a daughter's voyage to Europe. Father questions the choice while the farmer suggests women’s colleges plant ideas. The relic framing hints at gender norms in a rural setting.
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Europe
Farmer Hayseed
Skale
June Lippincott
Absent Minded Professor Returns Home
A narrator recalls an absent minded professor who rings his front doorbell without effect and hears the maid announce the professor is not in The professor replies I’ll call again and leaves hobbling down the stone steps.
Divining rod mystery sparks French debate on springs
The article notes continued public interest as French reports claim springs are found with the divining rod. It discusses whether the rod or the user causes the success, with views that only gifted individuals can succeed and that critics overlook failures.
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France
Technical World Magazine
814 Acre Farm for Sale in Sarona Wisconsin
For sale is an 814 acre farm in Sarona, Washburn County, Wisconsin with village lots, two houses, a barn, hoghouse, machinery shed, a drilled well and windmill. 40 cultivated, 40 hay, 80 pasture, all land cultivable. Soil A No 1 and hardwoods. Price 10000 with 5000 cash and balance in 6 years at 6 percent. Contact J P Witwen 129 3rd Street Baraboo WI.
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Sarona
Washburn County
Wis
St. Paul & Chicago R. R
Spooner
Depot
State of
Georgia
Wm Hill
Sauk Prairie
J. P. Witwen
3Rd Street
Baraboo
Razorback Hawg Stropping Self on Southern Platform
A Northern tourist asks about a lean hog under scrub-oak at a Southern station. The native explains the animal is a razorback hawg rubbing against a tree to stropp itself, illustrating the self-shaving behavior.
Incorrigible Johnny Jones Praised in Local Cartoon
A cartoon caption from the Columbia Jester features Johnny Jones and his mother discussing stock trends as she readies to spank him. The quip suggests rising shirt prices and falling trousers in a playful take on markets.
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Johnny Jones
Columbia
LaRue to Sponsor New Residence in Duluth
W G LaRue engages contractor Carl Isenberg to construct a fine new home for Mr and Mrs W G LaRue in Duluth. The LaRues, former Baraboo residents, hold quarry interests at Ableman and LaRue is a namesake figure in the county.
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Carl Isenberg
Duluth
W.G. LaRue
LaRue
Baraboo
Ableman
Transfers by Petzke and Voeck to Oliver Iron
Real estate transfers in North Freedom involve Mr. Petzke and Mr. Voeck selling to Oliver Iron and Mining Co. The recorded consideration is listed as one dollar and other sums.
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Petzke
Voeck
North Freedom
Oliver Iron & Mining Company
Reedsburg Bear Brings Buzz As It Hits The Map
A playful report describes the Reedsburg bear waking from a nap to parade activity and draw attention, turning the town into a recognized spot. The piece highlights local curiosity and the bear’s star turn in the community.
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Reedsburg
Alas The Sunday Lid On Keeps Boys From a Drink
A playful note laments the Sunday lid preventing boys from gathering for a drink and a game, capturing a lighthearted refusal to socialize due to the ban.
First Electric Lights Spark London Spotlight
John Hollingshead pioneered electric light use in London, installing six arc lamps at the Gaiety Theatre in 1878 and shocking the Strand. Gas shares fell as the lamps cost 200 dollars weekly for nine months, with early bets on light fading after mixed reactions and an earlier electric searchlight avoided to spare horses.
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John Hollingshead
London
Erasmus Wilson
Hollingshead
Six types of happy married folk on Olympus
The article outlines six archetypes for marital matches among Olympian gods. Jupiter should wed Juno. Venus mates with Apollo or others. Minerva needs a Vulcan. Vulcan men are scarce. It notes elderly single women descend from Puritan stock are often Minerva type, choosing wisdom over marriage.
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Olympus
Jupiter
Heaven
Juno
Minerva
Venus
Apollo
Not What It Was For
A young Julia Bryant explains to an visiting neighbor that poetry is not read by people but written and sung by parents, leaving the child to clarify that she learns poetry rather than reading it. The exchange captures a child's view of poetry's function in a household.
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Julia Bryant
William Cullen Bryant
Julia
Milton
Then He Landed and Beauty as a Female Attribute
A New York beauty doctor proclaims beauty as a woman s supreme asset and a universal benefactor. A gray old man bursts into a newspaper office seeking the editor after Patty is called Fatty in today s reference, demanding accountability.
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New York
Day
Gray
Patty
Fatty
An Ungallant Rascal in a Pie Slice Tale
A spinster challenges a hobo about romance. He recalls a dead ringer for him, a sweetheart who asked him to marry during leap year and he ran away. The exchange unfolds with humor over pie.
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Chicago News
Dead Heat Derby Folly From a Schoolmaster Jokes
A London schoolmaster reads a newspaper extract about a dead heat and asks pupil Jones what it means. The boy replies that it is the heat of the place bad people go to when they’re dead, delivering a humorous misunderstanding of the term.
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London
Paroxysmal Inflammation of the Vermiform Appendix
A learned student reports Mr suffers a paroxysmal inflammation of the vermiform appendix. A voice sadly urges to simply cut it out, reflecting a comic classroom remark about medical urgency.
Caustic Constituent Mocking Representative
A caustic constituent in Washington remarks that the representative does not entertain but only amuses, sparking a pointed exchange noted by the Washington Star.
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Washington Star
His Definition Playful Quip About Interior Decorator
The New York Times quotes a humorous exchange where a boy asks what an interior decorator is and his father retorts that it may be a cook. The witticism reflects a light moment on occupation notions.
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Wilfred
New York Times
Unidentified Remark Highlights Human Potential
A brief quote by Jos proclaims every person as a marvel of unknown and unrealized possibilities. The line emphasizes inner potential and untapped capabilities in individuals.
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Jos
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Kilbourn
Rev. J. 5
Crowder
Hattie Fogle
Green Bay
Mrs. William Elliot
East Street
Lester Steinbrick
John Steinbrick
Dr. Hiddeson
Sauk City
Florin Gasser
Prairie du Sac
J. E. Witwen
Gasser
Walter G. Curry
Portland
Oregon
James W. Purcell
Curry
Fred Purcell
Minneapolis
George Isenberg
Julius Gall
William Ritchie
Edward Edwards
Otto Bittrich
John E Clark
R. Dh. Clark
Ihe
Samuel Babbington
John Robert Crowder
The
Methodist Church
C. H. Hefffel
Gem City
Mr. Heffel
Toka
Oklahoma
Union
J.S. Crowder
C.S. Knight
E. C. Henke
H. M. Johnston
A. C
Success Magazine
W. T. Kelsey
John Emer
Edward Gorman
John D. Fry
Lippincott’s
W. G. LaRue
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