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Newspaper
Baraboo News
Location
Baraboo, Wisconsin, United States of America
Date
Oct 01, 1908
Page
11
Miss Nettie Bender of Baraboo and Miss Kopf of Thursday visited Leland for the week. Mr and Mrs Kopf and daughter Ena joined the wedding at Dahnke Gallus last Wednesday and attended the fair on Thursday. Jack Frost appeared for the first time this year. A dance is planned at Kopf’s hall on October 9 with cordial invitations.
Mr. and Mrs. Harvey Davis entertained her parents Mr. and Mrs. Day of Walton. Lawrence Wilcox was severely cut on the knee last Wednesday when kicked by his colt. No serious outcome. The W. F. M. S. of the Delton and Fairfield Auxiliary will meet with Mrs. Eli Ayers on Wednesday afternoon Oct. 7. A good attendance is desired.
North Fairfield reports Mr and Mrs L P Lewis returned from a month in Minnesota. Mrs Mary Tennyson of New Port visited cousin Mrs Gust Lewis and attended Baraboo fair where Fred Flinn won first premium for a little colt. Marshall Harrison visited his parents over the weekend.
Roscoe Harris and family from Kendall Wisconsin visited Joseph Harris in Ebenezer Valley. Neighbors surprised Horace and Mrs. Smith Wednesday evening to mark their wedding anniversary. Attendees included John Martiny and daughter Jessie Baraboo and Mrs. Houghton Reensburg plus H. H. Smith family. A picture gift was presented.
Sept 26 notes Milwaukie visitors at William McFarland and local ladies visiting Mrs Duty last week. A Sauk County Democrat excerpt from 1856 lists Baraboo with 11 dry goods stores 6 blacksmith shops 2 drug stores 5 public houses and 3 churches among other items. Messrs Taylor and sons offer goods from New York for 133 days on their counter.
Sept 29 social column records Miss King visiting Prairie du Lac with Miss Lucinda Cramer. Harlow Hennaman visits relatives. John Diehl and crew finish Mrs. Weidner’s barn. Jenewein builds cement platform at Buechlein and Plan Bros. families visit Adam Frank in Wilson Creek. George Nachreiner Ella Diehl and Wallace Schoenmann visit Otto Hutter and F. G. Schoenmann households. A daughter born to Neinmeier on Sept 20 1908. Cramer Bros dance sells 145 numbers with Calahan’s orchestra. Nellie Baker visits sister Mrs Walter Constantine. Sunnyside School No. 4 opens Oct 30. October devotions planned at St Luke’s Church. first session starts Thursday at 7 p.m.
Loreto Sept 28. Mrs P MacPhillips and Mrs Michael Coyne travel to Cross Plains following the death of their aunt Mrs Lawerence Byrne.
George Loose called on friends in Okee Sunday. Mrs George Gross attended the Fair at Baraboo. Raymond Steuber and Arthur Herr spent Sunday at Lodi. Mr and Mrs E L Gross and Mrs Peterson were Baraboo callers. Miss Lee spent Sunday at parental home in Baraboo. Dr and Mrs Racek of Princeton visited relatives here. Leo Whitcomb was in Baraboo last Monday. Mark Patterson of the U W visiting his sister Miss Elizabeth of this place. Susie Smith at Madison hospital is improving and expects to come home soon. Miss Accola from Prairie du Lac here with millinery goods. Our first frost of the season came Monday night.
Local notes report the birth of a daughter to Mr and Mrs John Biser. Two marriages are announced or completed Annie Diamond and Dennis Cummings and Frank Huebsch and Myrtle Lucile Davison. Various residents attend, visit, or travel including Miss Eleanor Weidman in Dist No 6 and Mrs Johanna Byrne’s funeral in Cross Plains. First Holy Communion set for Loreto class of twelve on Oct 4.
Sept 28 report from Maple Hill notes Mr and Mrs E Birthold and daughter Margaret of Mattime visiting relatives. Julia McGuan returns to Baraboo with Mrs J E Walsh and Harold. Announcements cue the marriage of Anna Stabnaw and John Simon of Westfield for Wednesday evening. A light snow patches the ground this morning.
Durward's Clen for Sept 28 reports Paul Schultz and his brother Will planning chimney construction this week. Wilfrid Durward with Grant Alberts hosted a well attended entertainment at the O'Neil school. A returning old mail carrier is noted. A couple visiting the Glen got briefly lost but viewed much of the area.
Randall and Amalder McMarlin made a business trip to Portage on Saturday. There was a dance at Harvey Davis' Friday night. Miss Eva Bump visited over Sunday with her brother Lucius at North Freedom instead of returning home from the training school.
Mrs. J. Webb visited her Ironton aunt Mrs. W. Compton on Thursday. John Bodendein started a basement for a new barn to be among the region’s largest next spring. A daughter was born Friday Sept 25 to Mr. and Mrs. Mose Fry. Bert Fry purchased eight acres from W. Bible.
The agreement between America and England establishing world wide penny postage takes effect October 1. Officials urge foreign born citizens to note the change and the blessings of simpler international mail.
The article celebrates a Republican led push at the Rome Universal Postal Congress resulting in a two cent rate between the United States and Great Britain effective October 1. It notes additional gains including a universal return coupon stamp, extra US votes at future congresses, and projected savings for foreign-born residents and their families.
The article contrasts Republican and Democratic platforms, arguing Roosevelt favors regulated reform to curb evils while allowing business to operate and boost prosperity. It claims Bryan's proposals would destroy the trust business to eradicate its abuses.
Sept 28 Mrs Claud Newell and children returned home from a visit with her parents Mr and Mrs L Steele of Delton. Miss Olive Thayer of Reedsburg visited the latter part of the week with her mother in East Fairfield. George Thayer, who had been working for Jim Burton in Lewiston, returned home Wednesday night.
Beloit residents Mr. and Mrs. Wm. Ludwig hosted visitors including Walter Lubke who stayed with Ed Ludwig. Mrs. Wm. Love traveled to Milwaukee. Mr. and Mrs. George Golding are away for several days.
The Carr Valley Cheese Factory, once near failure in spring, has run through summer with higher output and now receives about 6000 pounds of milk daily.
The Maple Valley sewing circle will meet with Mrs. A. J. Sturdevant on Thursday Oct. 1. All are invited.
Miss Martha Wendt and Miss Anna Harwey visited Baraboo for a few days, sharing time in the town and calling on local residents.
John Leifer to hold public auction at his farm north of North Freedom on Wednesday October 7 with hot lunch at noon auctioneer P Sprecher to oversee the sale.
For sale Poland China pigs from March farrow of both sexes not related from prize winners at different state fairs in 1907 offered at farmer prices. Also two registered Percheron mares six years old both in foal. Sell one or both and one sucking horse colt. Call or inquire of J A Martiny three fourths mile west of Baraboo depot.
A poised woman barges into a London florist and tests a palm plant’s sun shade claims. The staff insist it thrives in sun or shade. She exposes the plant as artificial, branding the claim ridiculous and the plant remarkable.
A writer notes that chronic illness thoughts create a morbid sympathy craving in some women. They seek constant doctor stories, draining listeners until longing for someone who truly understands their troubles.
A gambler’s wife signals taking part in a poker game and ends a gathering with a display of a kitchen article she wields firmly, revealing a tense social scene in a domestic setting.
Baraboo publishes the prevailing prices paid at Baraboo markets after corrections were completed before the auction or market session. The notice notes prices given for agricultural commodities and livestock with adjustments made prior to listing.
About September 20 a trio of yearling calves and a two year old calf were discovered in a cornfield. The owner may reclaim by paying for this notice and related costs. Contact August Stackman at his farm six miles southwest of Baraboo or six miles south of North Freedom, Wisconsin.
E. D. Ochsner offers taxidermy of all kinds of birds and animals mounted true to nature. Prices reasonable. Work guaranteed to be first class. Prairie du Lac resident.
If the Baralo News fails to reach you promptly, please tell us at once and another copy will be sent. The notice stresses immediate reporting to ensure replacement delivery.
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