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Newspaper
Baraboo News
Location
Baraboo, Wisconsin, United States of America
Date
May 31, 1905
Page
3
An advertisement asserts that a weak stomach and poor digestion breed disease germs and cause symptoms such as gas bloating and skin blemishes. It promotes Mi o na as a stomach and digestive tract remedy with a Fisher Bros guarantee promising refunds if unsatisfied.
Mr. and Mrs. Wm Anacker of Caledonia celebrated their golden wedding anniversary Thursday. A family gathering was held with many friends in attendance. Mr. and Mrs. Andrew Kiefer of this city joined the celebration along with relatives from Delton and Dorfue Minn. The Anackers are esteemed Columbia county residents with many longtime friends.
Memorials by Kilbourn residents and Woman's Relief Corps honor Belle Boyd Confederate spy five years after her June 11 1900 death. A cedar headboard, American flag, and inscription One flag One country adorn her grave at Spring Grove cemetery. Flowers will be laid tomorrow as a gesture of respect beyond Civil War divisions.
E M Meyers in Cazenovia. Ella Hubert returns from Milwaukee. Clara Risley visiting Madison. Mrs Louis Zantow ill. David Wright of Madison visited at parental home. Ed Wood from Milwaukee spent Sunday here. Baraboo beat Madison 10 to 8 in a large crowd. St Joseph's church benefit well attended directed by Rev Durward. H A Starkweather illustrated lecture and World paintings exhibit with moving pictures and views of Ireland John of Arc Pope scenes. William B Norris solos praised. Supt Gehrand books Horace K Turner Co for May 31 to June 3 art exhibit in high school with masterpieces by listed artists and nightly musical entertainment. Local talent plans Wednesday show to accompany exhibit.
Baraboo civic promotion offers five cash premiums for best kept lawn, flower garden, and cleanest back yard with two awards per category. A three-member judge panel, selected by local newspapers, will decide. Entries due by July 1, 1905, sent to Philip Cheek, Baraboo, Wis. Checks mailed after awards.
May 27 report from Greenfield notes John Keller and wife visiting with his sister Mrs Weiland. Local residents Addie Coles Edna Rogers Rose Weirich Maude and Clara Attridge and Herbert Weiland attend Leech Creek school house examination. Elder Bloom and Mrs Burns visit community members last week. Harry Wilkinson owns a pony he can ride at will. Mr and Mrs O F Edwards and children visited D Rogers Sunday.
Mrs Frank Gardner visited West Lima to see her parents Mr and Mrs Muddy. Mr and Mrs John H White returned from a visit with granddaughter Emma Besaw who stayed for a visit with relatives. Mr and Mrs Henry Palmer visit friends in the country this week. Mrs Geo Slater went to Madison to visit daughter Mrs Otto Milbrook. Mrs Snodgrass returned home to her son in Vernon County. We improved the looks of the A church by papering it with thanks to Helpers Union led by Mrs S Long who was with her daughter in Silk.
Reuben Mc Farland with carpenters erects a fine barn for A D Bowman in Baraboo. Robt McCutchen, a lay reader, will hold Episcopal services this summer. The Apollo steamer ran a Sunday excursion for Portage Fire Dept on the 21st and sails again on the 28th depending on water. Three new launches join six existing boats to serve the Dells this season.
School closed after a two month term in Dist No 7 Freedom with 38 pupils. 32 were never tardy. Students earning six months of perfect attendance were Etha Young Harry Cheney Ella Ulrich Julia Young Johnnie Grosinske and Ella Bluemchen. Etha Young had perfect attendance for the year. David E Owen, Teacher.
A. S. Hawley advertises cement sidewalk work in Baraboo with free estimates. He guarantees sidewalks laid will not crack and invites inspections of past season work using eastern cement. Orders accepted at 438 Third St or Corner Drug Store. phone 247. A carload of Vulcanite and Lehigh eastern cements just received.
George Cook, a juror from the recent term of the court, is seriously ill at his Greenfield home. The illness began after a minor injury and blood poisoning was feared for a period.
Report states some baseball players agreed to end Sunday games this season and the city league will drop all prosecutions of players and spectators from yesterday's game, praising the amicable settlement of the matter.
Advert under Popular Wants notes an ae horse for sale and asks inquiries to Rev Re Williams at 231 4th Street. The notice specifies two weeks for 25c and allows up to three lines for lic.
North-Western Line offers a $1.70 excursion from Baraboo Wisconsin to Modern Woodmen's Picnic at Beloit. Tickets valid for Thursday only June 1, limited to return the same day, available through Chicago and North-Western agents.
Dr. J. W. Hamilton of San Francisco endorses Warner's White Wine of Tar Syrup as the best cough remedy he has seen. He has sold it for years and says it has no equal for asthma.
Clavadatscher of Portage spends Memorial Day with relatives while Mrs. Snyder travels to Chicago and Gibson City. Harry Gorman, a posted man, was found drunk by Officer De Lap and arrested after a struggle. He claimed liquor came from Reedsburg. Mayor Marriott sought adjournment to consult District Attorney Ed Gottry for a broader liquor sale investigation. Gorman received five diggs for drunkenness and the DA was asked to visit Baraboo to discuss stopping sales to posted men.
The text notes numerous local labor organizations in China functioning mainly as mutual life sickness and accident insurers rather than real trade unions. It highlights the scarcity of unions focused on regulating hours and wages.
Mrs J J Davies visits Chicago to see her sons. Mrs D W Morgan and children leave for Frederick South Dakota to establish a new home. Mrs J W Watson journeys to Chicago to consult an eye specialist for rheumatic blindness. She reports improving sight counting objects near a chair. Ben Davis heals a sore hand from a rusty nail wound after Madison visit. Mr and Mrs Henry Schaffer enjoy time in Richland Center. Arthur Keller returns home from university for weekend with parents.
A sequence of property transfers recorded in Edna Park Devil's Lake Troy and Baraboo including buyer seller and price details. Notable entries include Frank Cowles to Mrs Mable Lewis in Edna Park for 1 dollar and multiple parcels exchanged in Baraboo Bear Creek Ironton and surrounding areas with prices ranging from 50 to 6 500 dollars.
E. B. Reid of Harmony Maine says consumption runs in his family and through five years of coughs he used Dr King’s New Discovery for Consumption which he credits with saving him from serious lung trouble. His mother’s death underscored the need to treat lung illnesses promptly. Trial bottle offered free at Fisher Bros. drug store with 50 cent and one dollar sizes.
Deltor. F L Hulbert and wife visited his brother H H Hulbert in Baraboo last Saturday. Miss Valeria Larson of Kilbourn stayed with Miss Kathleen Fulmer last weekend. Mrs Leonard Fowler and children of Kilbourn visited her parents E P and Mrs Frazier last Saturday and Sunday. John Kingsley finished drilling a well for Mr Anderson of Chicago and described a cottage on Mirror Lake below Twin Sister Slough. The town widens the road south of Timme’s mill aiding travelers.
Hannah Plant of Little Rock Arkansas praises Bucklen’s Arnica Salve for curing five year running sores. She says the salve healed wounds cuts and burns and guarantees it at Fisher Bros. drug store for 25 cents.
For sale a few high grade Jersey cows producing over 400 pounds of butter annually. Also several heifers from 400 pound cows that will freshen soon.
Prairie du Sac Wisconsin man Geo Mockler advertises a saloon property on Main Street with good location and a reasonable price. The note suggests reachable by interested buyers in the village.
Mrs Mary Dwinnell of Baraboo visited relatives here on Sunday. F H Smith of Elroy and friends enjoyed a day outing at Lodde's mill. Eva Spahr visited Piattville to see Mr and Mrs Moore. Mrs Knauss returns from Washington with daughter. North Freedom plans a grand Fourth of July at Tim Hackett’s grove with fire department participation.
The burning of the H M Johnston warehouse prevents the firm from purchasing goods at the present time.
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