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Newspaper
Baraboo News
Location
Baraboo, Wisconsin, United States of America
Date
May 30, 1906
Page
10
All clothing from top tailors features padded shoulders and refined cuts for suits and street wear. Prices drop on 550 and 600 varieties, youth sizes up to 20 years, and a wide range of worsted trousers. Big bargains on 1.25 to 4.50 value suits, 2.95 trousers, and 0.75 to 1.75 pants with side pockets.
Local advertises genuine old serge boys suits and knee pants in blue and black in sizes 6 to 16. The usual price of 5.50 is slashed to 3.00 at a cash sale.
Fragmented ad lists 39¢ black satines with eee 48 collars 75c line and waterproof duck shirts, crash suits and sailor styles for 3 to 8 years. Mentions Nor folk styles and linen trims in rose gray blue and white, with prices around 25¢ to 75¢.
Readable fragment notes men underwear in pink blue black and linen colors with balbriggan quality. Mentions price 24 cents and a few items described as finest balbrn blacks. Abe referenced.
May 28 report from Point Bluff notes visits by Mr and Mrs Dan Hala han and Will O Neil. Kilbourn prepares for Mr and Mrs Richard Storandt to reside after a Dixon’s feed store sales role. Miss May Metcalf recovering at home after illness. Hiram Maxey injured thumb at Gibson Bros lath mill. Rev Searles preached at Bluff Friday night. Mrs A J Newell and Clemmie return to Fairfield after visiting. Mrs A L Gibson shows improvement after illness.
An old advertisement touts Dr King’s New Life Pills as strike breakers for liver and bowels. It claims quick relief from constipation headache and dizziness and notes a 25 cent price at Fisher Bros. druggists.
The ad extols Hood's Sarsaparilla as a restoring tonic and alterative. It echoes the old saying health is wealth and urges readers to pursue wellness through the remedy.
A series of property transfers lists buyers and sellers across Freedom, Merrimack, Spring Green, Baraboo, Prairie du Lac, Washington, Reedsburg, Dellona and Delton. Amounts range from 1 to 2,533 dollars for land parcels and city blocks, with multiple transactions involving C Pratt and Emma P Scott.
A severe frost caused damage in TRONTOR overshadowed by a heavy rainstorm and hail that clipped leaves, broke windows, and destroyed garden plants. Locals noted social visits from Lambert Marshall and Mrs. Geo Harrison plus several church and community gatherings during the week.
May 29 Reedburg notes report Grandma Mead died and was buried beside her husband. She was 93 or 94. Son George, ill, could not attend. daughter Mrs. Hattie Chandler away in the West. Various locals travel or plan trips. neighbors visit and attend errands.
S C Blair school superintendent of St Albans West Virginia reports his daughter recovered from St Vitus Dance after trying Electric Bitters. He says three bottles cured her and notes the tonic also treats nervous complaints general debility female weakness impoverished blood and malaria. Sold by Fisher Bros drug store at 50 cents.
The Greenfield Ladies Aid and the Leech Creek Helpers Union will meet with Mrs. Robert Attridge on Wednesday June 6. A picnic supper will be served and all are welcome.
The Mutual Benefit Society will meet with Mrs N Wilcox for supper on Thursday June 7. All are welcome.
Rev Father Laurer delivers an English sermon Sunday. The marriage of Robert Bind and Anna Brei is announced. Mrs Katherine Rick visited with her daughter. Mr and Mrs F Teuensch loss of Richland Center last week. Mrs Alvin Cooper returns from Spring Green. Miss Vernie Smith assists Edith Luther with diplomas Friday and Saturday May 25 and 26. Smalz and John Cramer of Black Hawk visit Jos Cramer. George King Peter Kramer and Mrs M Kaley erect large new barns. Infant of Mr and Mrs Lem Cooper buried at Pleasant Hill Cemetery Wednesday afternoon. Commencement at Reuschlein Hall Saturday June 9 1906. Sunnyside school closes May 24 for summer. Ella Heiser seriously ill with bone tuberculosis. amputation may be needed. Miss Clara Gillespie closes White Mound school for summer. Mr and Mrs John A Hutter and Mrs Jos Cramer visit H J Schoenmann’s. Marriage of Herbert Nachreiner and Veronica Volk announced. Sunday June 10 a large class will receive first holy communion at St Luke’s Church.
Mrs H Loomis attended a funeral in North Freedom for a relative. The S C will meet with Ethel Lyons next Saturday. Willie Berkley suffers pleurisy and bronchitis. The infant daughter of Mr and Mrs Wilbur Berkley recovers from bronchitis. Jessie Black visited her Reedsburg home. Gladys Pearson of Glenville stayed with Mrs Frank Berkley midweek. Harry and Charles Young returned from Marengo with their mother’s remains laid to rest in Delton cemetery. Harry Young returned home and Charles Young visited Mrs W Berkley.
Mr and Mrs Henry Fingerhut arrived from Canada and moved to Chicago after a visit with relatives Mrs Woodcock and Mrs Rev Lacey with Blooming ton children stay with Robson families Rev Hogan could not hold services due to rain Maude McCready concludes a year of school duties with a picnic and program George and Emma Gasser of Sumpter and Mary of Spring Green visited with parents J H Hoxies new house progresses Richard Pollard nee Anna Norton is in Chicago for tumor operation and doing well James returned from Iowa and Kansas noting no purchases
May 28 report notes the First Nations Bank of Dodgeville was the successful bidder on Spring Green village bonds. Geo Keifer was found dead in his room at his mother's home in the village last Sunday morning. Attorney Van Evans of Baraboo stayed in town last week with his family. The stone crusher operated recently to prepare stone for summer cement walks. Decoration Day will be observed by the G A R with an afternoon program at the opera house. Mike Zangl left for Prairie du Chien for rheumatism treatment.
May 28 at White Mound reports the sun returning after a stretch of gray weather. Master Floyd Connor visited relatives in Bear Valley on Thursday while Frank Walsh makes slow recovery. Bessie Connor welcomes cousins Rose and Geta Gillespie in Bear Valley. Miss Carrie Gillespie completes a successful school term Friday.
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