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Newspaper
Baraboo News
Location
Baraboo, Wisconsin, United States of America
Date
Oct 08, 1908
Page
5
A Baraboo newspaper fragment discusses local sentiment toward incendiary letter writers and compares confidence to Debs. It also mentions rural carriers and travel modes, noting some will maintain friendly relations with the trusty nag.
Northwestern reports a ten percent drop in earnings last year which may delay spending ten thousand dollars on a Crawford crossing subway. Denver women summoned by the state fire marshal deny incitement was for advertising purposes.
The Reedsburg football team visiting Baraboo saw their hopes shattered as the game ended decisively with Baraboo winning after a rough clash. Uncle Charlie Hirschinger’s mishap symbolized the setback as the hosts prevailed on the turf.
H. Pratt sold the South Side Hardware store to John Reuland who has worked with Henry Graff the contractor. Reuland takes charge and plans an up to date store. Pratt ran the business six years and grew patronage. The family will move soon to Arizona Colorado and California for his wife’s asthma. Friends wish them a happy relocation.
George Urban Sr. died about 4 pm Tuesday after two weeks bedridden. Cancer of the throat was the immediate cause. Born near Port Washington, Wisconsin, he came to Baraboo young, ran a hotel and saloon at Ash and Water streets, and is survived by wife, son George H. Urban, and daughter Nellie M. Urban. Funeral will be Friday morning at St. Joseph's church.
Dannie Davies of Spring Green fell and fractured his leg between the ankle and knee while cleaning chimneys at the paratitining plant on October 5. Meanwhile Candidate Taft plans stump speeches that Bryan cannot dodge or answer.
The Fennimore Times features a photo and bio of a six generation all female Shrake line from Wyalusing Grant County. It traces Lydia Shrake Margaret Elder Rachel Goff M Spaulding Cora Gulley and Baby Agnes Gulley with 167 grandchildren 41 great grandchildren and 85 great great grandchildren born August 5 1908 and a 95 year span from Grandma Shrake.
The Twentieth Century club, Fortnightly, Inter Se, Mission, and Woman's clubs announce their seasonal aims. Topics span education, literature, sociology, industry, and legislation. Meetings occur biweekly with varied focuses from missions and geography to textiles and crafts.
The funeral for George Bick who died after two weeks of typhoid fever was conducted Friday afternoon at his northwest of the city home by Rev. Henry Mueller of Baraboo's German Lutheran church. Attendees from away included Fred Malone of Leland and others from Denver Minnesota Prairie du Sac and Loganville. Pallbearers were Oscar Fease William Scheilerberger J Mattke Frank McGuan J R Elkington and William Flanagan.
The town board of Reedsburg called a special town meeting at Bernien's hall for Saturday October 10 at 2 PM to decide whether to appeal the damage verdict won by Mrs William Dralle. A circuit court jury awarded $3750 for injuries from a defective road after years of litigation including a supreme court retrial order.
A Baraboo column notes residents moving visiting and local happenings. J C Hanson moves to East street while H E Robinson and others health and social updates are listed. A church coffee gathering and a dancing party at Fern Dell are announced along with ads for cleaning and a local cough remedy.
Mrs John Stombaugh died at 6 this morning at her Sandusky home after months of illness from dropsy. She was 84 years old.
The Sauk county Republican campaign began in Reedsburg on Tuesday evening with Secretary of State James A. Frear as speaker. A Baraboo delegation led by Carl DuBois treasurer candidate traveled by car, arriving with a train delay noted at Ableman. The second campaign gun will sound in Baraboo Thursday evening.
The Skovgaard Concert Company gave a concert at a Congregational church last evening to a large enthusiastic audience. Skovgaard displayed masterful violin technique and poetic interpretation in Haydn Minnett Bach Gavotte Schubert Vieux temps and Caprice by Paganini. Soprano Bertha M. Grinnell and pianist Alice McClung contributed to the success with gracious encores.
The Twentieth Century Club held its first meeting of the year at Mrs. C. C. Apker’s home 638 Second Avenue Thursday afternoon. President Margaret Hill opened with a review of club work and noted the new year’s enthusiasm. The Biennial of the General Federation in Boston was the general topic with tuberculo sis and home sanitation highlighted and progress for women discussed. The next meeting will be at Mrs. J. G. Train’s home on Eighth Street October 16.
The report lists casualty rates for Co. B 36th Wisconsin: one in thirteen killed in action one in nineteen died of wounds one in sixteen died of disease one in seven captured and one in three wounded. Of 185 captured, 106 died in Rebel prisons. In Cold Harbor the regiment entered with 240 men. 20 killed 108 wounded 38 captured 24 died in prison, total loss 166 after about 30 minutes of fighting.
A daughter was born to Mr and Mrs Smith of Lake Street. A daughter arrived Tuesday to Mr and Mrs H Larabee. On Saturday sea number two arrived at the home of Mr and Mrs John McGann on Eighth Street. A daughter was born to Mr and Mrs A W Steinke on Tuesday September 29.
Secretary W D Porter of the Bara Boo Valley Association announces the annual reunion of the Third Wisconsin cavalry will be held in Reedsburg on Saturday October 10. A large dinner short talks and war stories are planned. Officers include President C H Davis Baraboo Treasurer Samuel Briscoe Baraboo.
A stranger asks for Mr. O'Toole as Mrs. O'Toole blocks the doorway with a rough stick. The exchange is polite yet tense as they both seek the same man. The brief scene captures a quiet, suspenseful confrontation outside a home.
Hon. James A. Frear secretary of state will open the campaign in Reedsburg Sauk county this evening. County officials candidates and interested residents are expected to attend the gathering.
Mr Frank Van Derzee of Milwaukee visited Baraboo to view the Hill crest Graphic Arts site and expressed favorable impressions. He may join the newly incorporated Baraboo company and has a background as an Albany church organist for 14 years. A W Friskey informed Mrs Koppke he secured a map house contract, yielding printing with monthly value of 7000 to 10000 dollars.
Mrs. Mary J. Foskett died in Sauk Center Minnesota at her son in law W O Hall home from a complication of diseases after seven years of poor health. She lived in Baraboo 23 years before moving to her youngest daughter last January. Her other daughter Mrs Horn remains in Baraboo.
The statement frames Bryan as a partisan figure whose actions toward the public are under scrutiny rather than his potential public service. It implies a belief that Bryan may harm or unduly influence the populace rather than serve their interests.
Alaskan men avoid mustaches as winter moisture freezes facial hair into ice. They keep the upper lip shaved to prevent facial freezing while heavy beards protect the throat and face.
Shanghai correspondent reports the old order of thought governing millions in China is fading. The move toward Western education is described as irresistible, signaling a lasting cultural shift. London Times notes the trend as a decisive transformation ahead.
Mae urges her brother Jack to quit smoking while an hour later in the parlor she asks Mr De Cloud to light a cigar. The exchange reveals playful tension over tobacco and taste in a family domestic scene from I Illustrated Sunday Magazine.
An advertisement touts a private sanitarium offering cures without questions. It claims rapid, easy results with new methods and tests, inviting letters or calls and promising a one week treatment for free to test merits, listing addresses in Rockford Illinois.
A humorous snippet from Success Magazine shows a Scottish boy asking his grandmother if her glasses magnify. She admits a little, and he quips that it would help if she took them off when packing his bench.
Reader directed advertisement touts Dr Kilmer Swamps Root as a cure for lame back uric acid catarrh of the bladder and Brights Disease claiming hospital and private practice success. A free sample bottle and book offer is extended to readers who mail their address and cite this paper.
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