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Newspaper
Baraboo News
Location
Baraboo, Wisconsin, United States of America
Date
Oct 22, 1908
Page
3
Alva Reynolds dies after lingering illness leaving a wife and two children. A horse ran wild injuring a buggy but the horse was uninjured. Electric lights repaired after a ten day outage. Local visits, illnesses, business openings, and teaching assignments are noted.
Mrs. Orlady of Roberts visits Blanchard home while Mrs. Compton from Milwaukee stays with Mrs. Herb Lodge. A party at Mr. and Mrs. Lawerence ends well. Bert Seamans of Lime Ridge visits Frank Seamans. George Mathews returns from Chippewa Falls for a brief visit home. Willie Hunt has mumps. Lucy Smith visits Merrimack family home for weekend. Fetty of LaFarge spends part of week here. Morrison of Baraboo visits KE Pearson’s niece.
On Oct 19 Witweni column records John Jark leaving for German town by team. Anna Clavadatscher and Esther Sehneller visited J E Meyer's. Mrs Wm Leister returned from Argyle Ill. Mrs J E Sehneller fell ill Tuesday. Drs Spouleder Buehler and Bosard called, report of slight improvement.
Oct 19 a son born to Mr and Mrs George Sewall. Miss Nellie Sprague of Portage visits aunt Mrs Fred Pobjoy. Mrs Edmond Johnson spent days in Baraboo returning with Mr and Mrs William Johnson. Mrs Bertha Roick returns to Prairie du Lac. Home Circle club meets with Mrs 8 S S Mather Wednesday. Roy Sprague back from Dakota. Mrs Will Premo and Mrs J W Waterberry join Royal Neighbors Lodge Tuesday.
Mr and Mrs Ole Lee of Newport visited Mr and Mrs L P Lewis Sunday. Mr and Mrs Charles Andrews of Lyons visited Mr and Mrs Marsh. Harrison Sunday.
Loganville residents Mr and Mrs Fred Kohlmeyer and Mr and Mrs G W Hasz with Dora and Freida Westedt spent Sunday with Mr and Mrs Carl Bartenbach at Abermans.
Oct 19 Sunday brought heavy smoke from northern fires and dust from autos. Airship operators might clash with autos over clouded airspace in the future. Local residents F and G Pobjoy, M A Wilson, Metler Mather, Alfred Welch and sister Lila Welch return home. Acknowledgments go to Editor and Mrs H E Cole and Postmaster Mrs Paddock. Local crops. potato harvest near complete. Meyer of Reedsburg visits, Returns home. J Myers returns from Kilbourn for rheumatism treatment.
A large group gathered October 20 to celebrate Mrs. Sarah Maxham’s 71st birthday. Captain Milo Seeley played old time violin pieces, then friends and relatives shared a bountiful dinner and music. Various local residents visited, illnesses noted, and plans and questions about a training school, leadership, and local mines were mentioned.
Fairfield October 15 The men who went from Fairfield to register for Rosebud reservation claims mostly returned by last Saturday with good pay and satisfaction with the country. Miss Flossy Wilcox studies dressmaking in Baraboo with Mrs Armbruster. Mr Cooper remains very ill.
Thirteen bee trees found by Chris Dittberner raises hopes for honey. Charles Zamzow plans carpentry all week. Herman Schultz Sr improves his house with plaster. Rinhold Miller and his dogs capture a coon. William Schawnz builds a new hen house. Grant Albert considers a corn shredder. Greenfield town hall hosts an well attended exhibition. Sunday visitors from Bara Boo include A R Reinking and family and Chicago guests. James McDade wins five geese in a raffle.
Fires destroyed George Thompson's North street barn and Albert Retzlaff's farm house and outbuildings five and a half miles northwest of LaValle. Cause unknown. Guests and visitors from nearby towns are noted in accompanying social notes.
Oct 17 report from Lyons lists visits by Mrs. William Springer of Baraboo and Mr. L Edwards of Excelsior to Fred Berkley’s home. Mrs. Louise Culver and son John return from Stevens Point and plan Idaho. Otto Curve heads to Rosebud Reservation to claim land. Miss Minnie Gerotske of New York and Mrs. Sutler of Madison visit Mrs. Willard Kimball. Nettie Kimball visits. Chicago and Baraboo visitors called on Erma Berkley. Local residents attend Mrs. Ruggles coffee.
Wilfred Durward presented a Saturday evening moving pictures illustrated songs and magic lantern views at Johnson's hall to a fair sized attentive audience. The program included The Holy City and The Dreamer with Durward’s singing praised for its clear expression. Views featured the World’s Fair and Durward's Glen among others, and the display was deemed superior to any prior rural entertainment.
Mrs. Chris J. Holzman and her children stayed with her sister Mrs. E L Cramer in Baraboo from Friday to Sunday. Mr. and Mrs. J R Bean of Madison visited Alt Schram, the parents of one of the Baraboo hosts, in North Freedom.
Oct observers note Fairfield callers Mr and Mrs John McFarland seeking a farm. Grace Getchell Christie dies, born in Fairfield, mourned by friends. J H Luce improves after three weeks illness. Potato harvest winds down with mixed yields and quality across localities.
The notice catalogs multiple land transfers across towns such as Prairie du Lac Ableman Baraboo and Reedsburg. Buyers include Sarah Tabor Caroline Schulte Geo W Lee Andrew Frederickson Bernhart Fisher Susie Avery and many others with prices ranging from 1 to 6500 dollars.
Oct. 20 a barn and surrounding buildings owned by John Bauer were consumed by flames after sparks from a locomotive caused the fire. Mr. and Mrs. Diehl traveled to Spring Green to meet Mrs. Diehl’s sister Mrs. Louisa Schoenmann and returned with her to visit the capital city. Residents and local workers are making repairs and relocations around nearby properties as neighbors report multiple movements and construction activities in the area.
The Dorcas Society elected officers for the coming year led by President Mrs F D Peck and Vice President Mrs L H Palmer. Other posts include Second Treasurer Mrs E Beery Work Director Mrs 8 Simons and Assistant Work Director Mrs Nettie Whittey. several local residents visited and entertained relatives and friends.
Joseph Clement and Selma Buerki were quietly married at the Reformed church parsonage on Saturday at 3 15 pm and left by train to Milwaukee. They will live in Sauk City where Clement works as a carpenter. Friends wish them happiness and prosperity.
Miss Grace Marshall seen shopping in Reedsburg on Saturday. The column notes residents traveling and visiting relatives including Mrs. Frank Vayette moving to Madison, and various local visits.
Toland Business School in La Crosse Wisconsin begins the fall term on the first Monday in November. The school offers all business subjects and promises placement for students. More than four hundred were placed last year. Send for a catalogue.
An advertisement promotes D D D Prescription soothing wintergreen oil for skin itch. It claims instant relief and urges a 10 cent trial bottle, directing readers to send 1 cent for the trial to Fisher Bros in Baraboo and D D D Co in Chicago with 112 Michigan Street.
In Walton Oct 21 Miss Lennie Harvey sprained her ankle while trying to douse a fire with a coffee pot. Lester Small is painting his south Walton home. Miss Ethel Hutchins assists Mrs. Cooley at Pleasant Ridge revival meetings. George Mortimer of Chilton Wis. visits Walton cousins. Edith Hutchins takes a week off for heating work at Hall school house. Mrs Chas Gibbons moves to Wonewoce to live with daughter Mrs Moses Hutchins. Henry Fike held a public auction south of Walton. Rev Albert Shore to replace Rev O B Warner at Wesleyan church. Mortimer couple visit relatives near Lime Ridge. Occasional forest and field fires reported with no building damage yet.
The Mystic Workers announce four fine numbers for a lecture course. The first, Illustrated Travel Talks, will be by Edward Balch Barr at the A C U W hall on Wednesday evening Oct 28. Reserved season tickets cost $1.00 at Corner Drug Store and single tickets are available at the door.
An advertisement lists services and parts for sewing machines and organs including needles per dozen and price ranges. It mentions items like instruction books and various accessories with prices from 10 cents to 1.50 each and notes the dealer E. P. Dieter at 606 Oak Street Baraboo Wisconsin.
First publication October 15 1908. County Court for Sauk County in probate. Legal notice announces proceedings and requires interested parties to appear or respond as directed.
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