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Newspaper
Baraboo News
Location
Baraboo, Wisconsin, United States of America
Date
Oct 29, 1908
Page
8
An advertisement claims rheumatism stems from excess uric acid in blood due to indigestion and weak kidneys. It promotes S. S. S. as a purely vegetable blood purifier that cleanses circulation, removes uric acid, and relieves pain. Free book on rheumatism offered. Swift Specific Co. of Atlanta, Georgia advertised.
Poetic memorial lament for Evelyn with mournful imagery of loss and heaven. References a church bell toll and graveside scene with grieving friends and hopeful afterlife. The verse evokes sorrow, memory, and the wish to reunite in heaven.
Special offer to farmer boys for a strong English business course from November to April. Special rates available for those beginning the week of November 9 to 16. Reserve a seat by writing to Hoffmann’s Metropolitan Business College located at Third and State Streets in Milwaukee Wisconsin. Its slogan proclaims it the largest because it’s the best.
Chas Greenhalgh returned from Storm Lake Iowa on Wednesday to LA VALLE. Samuel Barnett former resident now in Richland Center Wis called on old friends Friday. Mrs Jackson of Michigan visits great aunt Mrs Maria Head and relatives. Edith Gollmar Baraboo guests Grace Paddock Friday to Sunday. Mrs Milo Bentley and sons visit mother Mrs E H Pearson from Harvard Ill. Miss Nora Schoonover visits Necedah Wis with parents. Many youths from Reedsburg and Baraboo attend Wednesday evening. Earl Acker and Benjamin Paddock visit Reedsburg Tuesday. Seymour Hull Baraboo visits Rantley at Paddock home. Chas Greenhalgh leaves for Spokane Washington Tuesday. Mary O'Brien Reedsburg arrives Monday to visit friends and operatives.
Evenson's Pharmacy announces a big Holiday Zone clearance with cut prices to make room for new stock. Locals are urged to visit the store for discounted medicines and seasonal goods before supplies run out.
Mrs Chas E Smith of West Frankin Maine says she likes good things and has adopted Dr King’s New Gate Pills as the family laxative medicine because they are effective and quiet. The purifiers are sold at Fisher Bros drug store for 25 cents.
Reliable pianos sold at the lowest possible price with the same rate yesterday today and tomorrow. Address 28316 Oak Bt. Aton and Mandeville. Phone 66.
Mr and Mrs Chas Catlin of Kilbourn visit relatives in town. Grandpa and Grandma Siggelkow return home to Baraboo after a week with Will Siggelkow. Clarence Terry of Lime Ridge visits Chas Wright. Carlton Lamberton visited Milton Holt near North Freedom. Basket social attended at Dan Graves on Websters Prairie. Bennie Flowers returns from Dakota. Harry Mather visits relatives in Merrimack. Marie Cratsenberg of Milwaukee stays with her mother and sister Blanch. Stella Jones and Beulah Jennings of Baraboo visit Will Siggelkow. Carpenters finish Steve Ableman s new house. Milton Holt of North Freedom visits friends.
Baraboo Wisconsin resident J F Saare reports quick relief from back ache and abnormal kidney secretions after taking Doan's Kidney Pills. He bought them at Evenson's Pharmacy and plans to continue use until a cure. Foster Milburn Co Buffalo NY is listed as sole US agent. Remember the name Doan's.
Students may enter Toland's Business School in LaCrosse Wisconsin at any time. Send for a free beautiful catalogue.
North Fairfield notes John Smith and Henry Risley of Webster's Prairie visited Rolfe and Foster Harrison Sunday. Miss May Ingerbretson of Kilbourn has been visiting friends on river street for two weeks. See guaranteed combination Hot Water Bottle and Fountain Syringe for 95e at Evenson's Pharmacy.
In Fairfield a Union Missionary gathering of the Wesley and Episcopal societies will be held at the home of Mrs Marion Beardsley on Wednesday afternoon November 4. All are welcome.
Baraboo News subscribers are urged to report failure to receive the paper promptly so another copy can be mailed. The notice requests immediate notification to ensure timely delivery.
North Freedom residents report a missing pint of liquor confiscated by an unknown thief. Nearby visits include Mrs. Donahue and daughter from Reedsburg, Mr. and Mrs. Hackett to LaCrosse, and many family travels. Local events note the G A R and W R U annual dinner with about 60 attendees.
Miss Bessie Quinn and Joe J Johnston married in La Grange Indiana in September and kept it secret. They took a wedding trip to La Porte Indiana to visit friends and will return to Hinsdale Illinois after November first.
Carr Valley October 27 school begins this week with Miss Edna Pearson of Ironton as teacher. James Johnson traveled to Milwaukee for eye tests after a period of near blindness. Jake Webb plans to move to Ironton, and Frank Seamens will relocate to his farm.
The Well Informed prefer Syrup of Figs and Elixir of Senna for a simple pleasant and efficient laxative. The California Fig Syrup Co claims ethical supply and proven benefits with the genuine product sold by leading druggists at fifty cents per bottle.
Elizabeth Colvin spent from Friday to Sunday with Hazel Ware. Beloit visitor Mrs. Aug Yeck is with daughter Mrs. Wm Ratzloff. Mrs Jeff Angle has nearly recovered after a hospital stay from a runaway. Wm Ratzloff and Mrs Yecks visited Wm Steinhorst Monday. Arthur Kopp spoke to a small audience on Wednesday. turnout was light but the speech was worthwhile. Patrick Daley will speak at Westedt hall Friday evening. W H Ware and family visited M Colvin Sunday. Mrs. Wm Buelow died at her daughter’s home and was buried at Leland. Lester Ware stayed Fri–Mon with George Sparks at Reedsburg.
Oct 27 rain slows corn husking as farmers in the area stay indoors. Community updates include Joe Helman and Fred Greck visiting, Supt Davies touring schools, August Lehman with a sprained ankle, and Mrs John Miller on the sick list. Ed Fredericks and family visit from Ableman. Yoerks child ill with whooping cough. Rev Youngblut conducts service at Catholic church. Ed Zick attends Krohn Lemm wedding in Milwaukee. Will Marquardt's Bara Boo visit. Dieterle visits daughter Bertha Markert. Sauk City High School student Robert Ferber at home for weekend.
Lime Ridge notes report Mrs. A Cushman leaving Reedsburg to spend winter with daughter Mrs. R L Bohn. Frank Markley and son Gaylord visit Burling ton and Chicago. C E K Bohn plans a Florida winter trip. Mrs. John Sheldon and John Drake of Richland Center visited John Copley last week.
Mrs John Niemann of Wheaton Illinois visits her parents Mr and Mrs Jas F Kaney in Loreto Oct 27. Small congregation attends St Patricks services Sunday due to rain. Anna Kaney and sister Mrs John Niemann visit their brother and sister in Bear Valley on Monday.
On October 22 at the home of Mr and Mrs John Zimmerly in Freedom the couple Caroline Zimmerly and Richard Mielke wed Rev Maulwerf of Leland officiating under an evergreen arch. Attendants included Theresa Hipler Catherine Schellenberger Corwin Schellenberger and Emil Meilke. The bride wore blue and the newlyweds will reside in Freedom with many congratulating friends.
Toland Business School of Lia Crosse Wisconsin opens its fall term the first Monday in November. The school offers all business subjects and promises job placement, citing over four hundred placements last year. Send for a catalogue. Education is a safe investment. The Toland school is safe.
School begins today in Butterfield district with Miss Lulu Washburn as teacher. George Butterfield loses a horse Saturday. W F M society meets with Miss Minnie Lawrent on November 5 at 1 pm and attendees should bring thimbles for comforters. Farmers welcome the late rain. Mr and Mrs Paul Ellis host his sister Kittie of Winnipeg. Miss Ida Lawrenz resumes teaching in Welch district after a three week vacation.
Mrs Herman Pfuehler from Poynette has visited her son Oscar Schultz at Kilbourn. Mrs Sehab and Mrs Pfuehler are Kilbourn visitors.
Mrs. Buelow who died Thursday at her daughter’s home in Westfield was laid to rest Sunday in Leland cemetery with Rev. Streich of Westfield officiating. Albert Guetzkow and crew were repairing at Rudolf Zick’s property for a new barn planned for fall. Visitors included Mrs. Amer and children from Spring Green at Mrs. Chas. Buelow’s home, and Mr. and Mrs. Henry Sprecher from Merrimack at Mrs. Buelow’s.
Oscar Jordan sold his farm to Mr Neinmeir. Henry Reuschlein and Christina Paulus married at St Luke s on Oct 20 1908 with Albert Reuschlein visiting from Watertown. Mary Luther of Spring Green visited family here. Elizabeth Schweiss of Spring Green visited F G Schoenmann. Sylvan Schweiss cheese maker at Soldiers Grove visited Orchard Hill farm. Furnace installed at John Beck s home by Lins and Hood of Spring Green. Mrs Alois Barner s sister Gusta Schwartz visited ill sister. Charles Cooper of Iowa visiting relatives here. Continuous small community notices reflect local life and movements.
The notice advertises the Grub Tank Heater and Humane Cow Stanchion as sold on their merits with warranties. It also promotes the Drew Litter Carver and directs orders or inquiries to C. H. Grub in Baraboo Wisconsin or by telephone.
E. D. Ochsner in Prairie du Lac offers mounted birds and animals true to nature with reasonable prices and first class guarantee.
W A Powers of Prairie du Lac Wisconsin offers concrete work at reasonable prices. Call or visit his farm 1 mile west or reach him by R F D No. 1. He invites potential customers to have him figure their job.
For sale a 175 acre farm located one half mile east of the Butterfield bridge in Fairfield. Also a lot and a half lot on Ninth street in Baraboo. For details write W. R. Edwards R F D 2 Baraboo Wis.
Baraboo market report lists prevailing prices for wheat rye barley clover seed timothy and new corn with corrections applied before press. The brief notes revised values reflect market conditions in Baraboo.
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