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Newspaper
Baraboo News
Location
Baraboo, Wisconsin, United States of America
Date
Oct 08, 1908
Page
9
A compact October 8 item notes subscription rates .75 and 1.25. It mentions mowing and chopping wood. Count Tolstoi defies the Russian government over his birthday. Mexico seeks Diaz again for president, suggesting political fixation or instability.
A Winfield citizen hosts a gathering about a badger causing local buzz. Neighbors discuss sightings behavior and potential town lore while officials observe the odd event and offer cautious commentary.
Georgia comments on the breuth and burning trees up north saying they now understand her feelings.
A small number of Sauk County corn fields did not ripen as expected under a rapid night-time drying and warming atmosphere, delaying harvest plans for local farmers.
September delivered diverse weather patterns and extreme events, setting a high benchmark that October may struggle to surpass. The forecast hints at continued variability with unsettled conditions across regions.
The Kansas City Star reports on the remark about William Jennings Bryan turning to the phonograph for political messaging. The tongue in cheek line portrays Bryan adapting campaign strategy to modern media.
Local prohibitionists assert that in the last days of September the temperature fell more than usual. They point to an early cooling trend and urge readers to prepare for coming cold weather.
The fragment notes a reminiscence about people who sought cooler weather during a hot spell and says they were remembered.
Between the state fire marshal and the United States postal inspectors, those incendiary devices should face the full weight of the law.
A soaked line suggests a prowler returning to Downies place by night may lack courage to confront the resident and speaks only in whispers or signs. The piece frames suspense around the unseen visitor and local fear.
The passage notes the steel trust plans to restart mills in uncertain states and expects benefits from reopening production, with optimism about starting operations wherever feasible.
The North Freedom Journal reports a bee entering a citizen's ear, but does not state whether the insect life ended the encounter by buzzing away or the outcome of the incident.
The bandits who robbed the Ladysmith bank favored the town and would enjoy it if residents captured them in limbo, suggesting they valued the locale highly.
Reported bites by mad dogs at Port age prompt sharp public anger and calls for drastic measures to isolate the danger from city life. Citizens fear the spread of disease and demand stronger control.
Agricultural department reports rats infected with a pathogenic haemogregarine Hepatozoon perniciosum. If rats understand the risk, they may be gravely concerned about the outbreak and its implications.
For his midnight visitors R. L. Downie should nail up a record with the following inscription.
A Loganville cow wrapped its tail around a tree so tightly that the tree had to be cut to free it. The event drew attention from local residents and prompted a quick animal rescue effort.
The passage depicts a stump left as a perch for flushing flies and a scene where a creature nibbles short grass and contemplates the luckless world. It preserves a rustic, reflective mood without clear event or identifiable figures.
The Republican column lists steadfast local and state candidates worthy of large votes. Baraboo readers are urged to visit headquarters, pick up literature, and learn firsthand about the campaign progress.
The Sauk County Historical Society expands its exhibit with a Page collection of shells stalactites axes and other items. Rare trilobite fossils are highlighted and the collection is praised for its educational value and public accessibility after being willed to the society.
Charles J. Gaskell and fellow Baraboo young men earn money to pursue higher education. The piece argues such effort yields future attorneys physicians engineers and trusted professionals. Despite financial risk the diploma and training offer far greater long term earning power and fulfilling opportunities.
A year after the panic, about twenty banks and trust companies within 200 miles of New York failed or suspended, with deposits over 200 million and 75 000 to 100 000 depositors. In New York City most resumed operations, two liquidations paid 100 and 90 percent dividends, signaling soundness and leading some to question the need for a guaranteed bank deposit law.
Three or four contenders for the U S Senate filed campaign expense accounts showing varied totals as the primary approaches. The filings outline how funds were spent and indicate the level of financial activity among the hopefuls.
Former Congressman Cook releases a letter to the secretary of state lamenting the high campaign costs and detailing how the funds were earned. He asserts dedication to public service and invites scrutiny, saying any expenditures reflect good intent and should be judged by the people.
In the October What to Eat issue from Chicago a prize article on entertaining by Mrs Dorothy F Cole appears. A county fair week brings curious tales including two women who nearly strangers at a dance and a humorous exchange about a tall blonde man and his supposed wife.
A new state law allows indigent tuberculosis patients to apply to the county judge for commitment to the Wales tubercular sanitarium in Waukesha County. The state bears treatment costs and will reimburse the sending county.
A Nebraska man named Wood marries a widow named Cole. The match is described as likely to keep the fires of love bright.
A man famed for sleepwalking woke on the street in a policeman’s grasp after a night of wandering. He claimed to be a somnambulist and cited his condition, but the officer insisted on enforcing streetwear rules and arrested him.
Mrs Hicks recalls hearing a noise at night and seeing a leg under the bed. A neighbor asks if it was the burglars legs, but she explains it was her husbands legs as he also heard the disturbance.
Missouri farmers predict an early severe winter based on unusual bark patterns and burr sounds in dogs this autumn. Those lacking burrs in their bark reportedly show burrs in their dogs tails, signaling a harsh season ahead.
A Ringling barn on Lynn avenue shifted several inches when a Kansas zephyr blew across the country last spring. Instead of restoring it, workers erected a new wall at the barn’s relocated position.
William Shale from North Freedom has completed a fine new barn just south of John Martiny at the end of Lynn avenue. Plans soon call for a residential addition as the next project on the program.
A few days ago the office was remembered with a complimentary letter from John Rooney who resides.
A reader near the stand pipe laments missing the local paper. Mrs. Lydia Good writes from Hub City saying she feels lost without the home paper and its regular visits, likening weekly notes to meeting an old acquaintance.
A fine collie once belonging to Dr. Edsall of Madison resided at Eagle Crag, Devils Lake with Mrs. Claude. The dog wandered to Baraboo after children left, prompting an advertisement in the Evening News to locate the missing pet.
A sequence of land and property transfers is recorded from Prairie du Sac Delton Baraboo Baraboo town LaValle Spring Green Merrimack Reedsburg and Baraboo with prices ranging from 1 to 6000 dollars. Transfers include owners such as Cornelius Myers Walter Walser Hannah Bowman and George McArthur among others.
The article explains kidney function and symptoms of kidney trouble noting that the kidneys filter blood constantly and remove impurities. A Baraboo Wisconsin resident P D Cramer testifies Doan’s Kidney Pills gave him full relief after years of back pain and kidney distress. Doan’s is sold by all dealers at 50 cents, Foster Milburn Co Buffalo NY is the U S sole agent.
Mrs Francis Niemand died in Reedsburg on September 26 at age 72 after fourteen months of paralysis. Surviving brothers include H. W. Dano of Reedsburg, E. G. Dano and E. E. Dano of Mather, Albert O. Dano of Silver City New Mexico, Charles A. Dano of Hood River Oregon, and O. Dano of Reedsburg.
Miller and Miss Louisa Lipke were wed in Reedsburg on Sept. 26 by Rev. August Rohrlack. The couple will reside in Reedsburg where the groom works at the Miller and Lipke firm, in whose store Miss Lipke had been clerking for some time.
W F Clow of Colorado Springs claims Peruna cured his long kidney trouble after years of ailment and labor association ties. John N Watkins of St Louis states Peruna outperformed other medicines, with one bottle doing more good than many, and four months to a full cure. The ad urges Peruna tablets for those objecting to liquid medicines.
A verse dedication to Mr. Dooley poetically notes the satirist's shared wit with crowds and reveals a subtler, sympathetic voice. It contrasts the jester's fame with a deeper sorrow and calls the subject a brother in spirit.
The verse celebrates wit and sage as divine guides shaping public life. It praises how art and humor expose knaves and folly, inspiring laughter among the masses while reserving a special regard for the nation’s Poet of love and culture.
Mrs. Albert Premo of Chicago visits at the home of Mr. and Mrs. O. E. Whitcomb. Mrs. Whitcomb and Mrs. Premo travel to Merrimack for a visit.
Mrs. Elizabeth Rabb of Mazomanie died at home on Wednesday September 30 at 6 p.m. She was born in New Jersey 95 years ago last August 19. Survived by son O S Rabb and two daughters at home plus another daughter Mrs E M Meyers of Baraboo. Funeral attendees from Baraboo include Mr and Mrs Charles Brewster, Mr and Mrs A H Varnell, and J Van Valkenberg.
Reedburg Free Press reports Will Thayer killed a large badger he encountered on the road near Pine Rock in Winfield last Saturday morning. The animal lunged as he approached, Thayer dodged and finally felled it with a stone and ax at a nearby house.
On the Crosse farm in Sun Prairie the Bull brothers occupy a five to seven ton stone that emits a musical tone when struck. The rock’s composition and the cause of the tone remain a mystery, but it is described as a curiosity worth seeing.
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