Farm Deed Challenge Set for Circuit Court
Six years after Fred Luepke of Excelsior deeded his farm to wife Henrietta the sisters initiate a bid to set aside the deed claiming immediate estate rights. The farm valued near $6,000 lies in Excelsior with seven daughters split over the dispute as hearing moves from Judge Kelsey to circuit court this month. Plaintiffs Ida Cole Reedsburg Clara Butterfield Oshkosh. defendants Henrietta Luepke Lulu Hahn Nettie Winnie Anna Adams Emma Stockmann. Lawyers: plaintiffs Stone Burr Jones G Stevens. defense Stone Grotophorst Evans Thomas.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Fred Luepke
Excelsior
Henrietta Luepke
Ida Cole
Reedsburg
Clara Butterfield
Ella Klueber
Oshkosh
Lulu Hahn
Nettie Winnie
Baraboo
Anna Adams
Ableman
Emma Stockmann
Charles H. Stone
Burr W. Jones
G. Stevens
James A. Stone and
Grotophorst
Evans& Thomas
Joseph T. Cobden Dies After Rochester Hospital Operation
Joseph T. Cobden died in a Rochester Minnesota hospital after an stomach ulcer operation. His brother William Cobden attended the funeral in Lodi after returning from Rochester. Born in Liverpool in 1851, he had lived in Lodi most of his life with his wife and daughter Mrs Dora Strangeway of North Yakima.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
William Cobden
Lodi
Joseph Cobden
Rochester
Minn
Liverpool
Eng
Philadelphia
Putz Giebel Wedding Held at Delton Home
Bertha Giebel wed Paul Putz of Greenfield in a Aug 26 ceremony at the bride’s parents home Delton Rev Wm Uebele officiated The couple will reside at 3838 Blake Baraboo A large reception followed with about 80 guests and gifts from relatives in Baraboo Greenfield Augusta Ableman Honey Creek and nearby areas
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Julius Giebel
Bertha
Paul Putz
Greenfield
Wm. Uebele
German Evangelical Church of
Baraboo
al. Koerth
Minnie Rau
Ida Voltz
Emma Pagel
Clara Giebel
Walter Wolfgang
Augusta
Emma Voltz
Ableman
F. Pagel
Honey Creek
Delton
Putz
Blake Street
Death claims Kilbourn area farmer in sleep
George Fields aged about 80 dies in his sleep at the family farm near Kilbourn. He retired Wednesday night and was found dead this morning by relatives. Survived by two sons George Hields who farms locally and Floyd Fields who runs a lumber yard in Kilbourn.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
George Fields
Kilbourn
Decased
George Hields
Floyd Fields
Golden Wedding at Prairie du Sac
The former Postmaster and Mrs. Thomas Baker celebrated their 50th wedding anniversary with relatives and old friends. They married August 29, 1858, at the bride’s home by Rev. Rowbotham. The couple lived in several homes before settling in their current house for 25 years. Attending were Mrs. Waterbury, Mrs. Keysar, Mrs. McFarland, Mrs. Carpenter, Mr. and Mrs. Moore, Dr. and Mrs. Moore, Dr. and Mrs. Kendall, Mr. and Mrs. Atwood, Alex McGinnis, and Rev. Laird.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Thomas Baker
Mr. Baker
Jane McGinnis
Robert Rowbotham
William McGinnis
Sauk Prairie
Lampman
Kendall
John Koch
F. W. Waterbury
Jennie A. Keysar
McFarland
P. W. Carpenter
Hi. C. Moore
HK. C.moore
A. O. Kendall
Oscar Atwood
Alex McGinnis
M. R. Laird
Prairie du Sac News
Joliet Turns to World Suppliers for Stone and Magnesite
Joliet explores foreign sources to supply refractory bricks for its furnaces. American Refractories Company plans a Austria plant to process magnesite ore for shipment to Joliet, with ore to be imported from Jordan ia, Australia, and Japan. The ganister quartz rock for silica brick comes from Devil's Lake Wisconsin quarry.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
United States
Europe
Asia
Australia
Joliet
Austria
Japan
Newcastle
Devil’s Lake
Wisconsin
Marriage at Reedsburg Blesses Brigance Harris Union
William H Brigance of Fort Worth Texas and Juliet Harris of Reedsburg wed at her home in Reedsburg at noon in a ceremony conducted by Rev White of Indiana. The couple plan to live at the Harris homestead and honeymoon at Devil's Lake in a cottage owned by Mrs Rudd.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
William H. Brigance
Fort Worth
Texas
Juliet Harris
Reedsburg
Rev. White
Indiana
Reedsburg Presbyterian Church
Devil’s Lake
Edna Perry
Brigance
Harris
Sauk County
Fannie Medbury
Oshkosh
Margaret Smith
Milwaukee
Raymond Smith
E. Ray Stevens
Madison
and Crawford Harper
H. E. French
Baraboo
Amy Young
Mallan Hoyt
Carroll Young
John A. Malone
Stella Tuthill
Chicago
E.J. Haumerson
Janesville
Ruth Harwood
Appleton
Helen Collins
T. H. Brigance
W. M. Dial
T. R. White
Bloomington
Ind
E. Pfannstiehl
Jacques Pfannstiehl
Joliet Fire Brick Plant Becomes World Leader in Silica Brick
The American Refractories Company founded in Joliet is expanding rapidly as the world’s leading maker of silica fireproof brick. The plant uses western ganister silica, achieves extreme hardness, and has grown two and a half times since inception with plans for further expansion.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Joliet
American Refractories Company
Fire Brick Manufacturers
Old Country
Wealthy Voss Weds John Cowing at Westfield Farm
At the home of Mr and Mrs H J Voss in Westfield their daughter Wealthy Voss married John Cowing of Merrimack on September 3. The ceremony was performed by Rev C R Bearmore of the North Freedom M E Church. The couple will reside on a Merrimack area farm.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
H. J. Voss
Westfield
Wealthy Voss
John Cowing
Merrimack
C. R. Bearmore
M. E. Church
North Freedom
Charles Carpenter
White Mound
C. Carpenter
South Westfield
Wilson Co
Rockdale plant marks second anniversary with chrome brick
The Rockdale kilns, opened July 1 1906, celebrate two years of operation. Initially producing Silica brick, the plant now expands to chrome and magnesite bricks. Chrome ore is quarried in New Caledonia, bricks are molded, dried 24 hours to a week, then burned to 3200 degrees for seven days and cooled seven more before market.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Rockdale
New Cale
Magnesite and silica brick plant expands for open hearth furnaces
A brick plant features ten round kilns and four square kilns with a capacity of 110000 bricks. Silica brick serves open hearth steel furnaces coke ovens copper smelters and glass furnaces. Magnesite brick will be a key industry growth, valued for refractoriness and chemical properties in basic open hearth steel furnaces. John Meisel, quarry foreman at Devil's Lake, recently visited the plant.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
John Meisel
Devil’s Lake
Family Narrowly Escapes Fire at Hunt Property in Reedsburg
A house on the H. C. Hunt place in eastern Reedsburg was destroyed by fire around 1 am. The Goldstein family occupied the home. the mother and children escaped in night clothes while the father, a junk dealer, was away. The cause remains a mystery. The house formerly belonged to the late H. C Hunt, Reedsburg postmaster and state assembly member. Mrs. Hunt remains in Reedsburg.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
H. C. Hunt
Reedsburg
Goldstein
H. C’ Hunt
State Assembly
Two New Trains For Baraboo Introduced
Baraboo gains two new trains labeled 513 and 514 with a new time card effective Sunday September 6. Train 513 departs Chicago 1 PM reaching Baraboo 6 45 PM then to Enroy while 514 leaves Winona 10 PM reaching Baraboo 2 20 PM and arrives Chicago 7 10 AM.
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Baraboo
Chicago
Enroy
Winona
North Freedom
Ableman
Reedsburg
LACKS BUT ONE OF NINETY
Mrs. Clarissa Hall of 506 Second avenue reaches ninety with a family gathering and large dinner. Daughter Mrs. Frank Avery hosts. Mrs. Kuhns from Madison attends, and Dr. Mills with wife join relatives and friends to extend congratulations on the milestone.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Clarissa Hall
Second Avenue
Kilbourn Dam Flood Plans Aim at Settlement
Since Kilbourn dam work began the flood risk to Kilbourn electric and water works has grown urgent. Southern Wisconsin Power Co assured fair settlement. Cary Uphman Black of Milwaukee has been brought in to negotiate. Progress shown, settlement likely as cash or power to suit the village.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Kilbourn
Karstetter Purchases 20 Acres Near Linen Mill Move
George Karstetter buys 20 acres of O F Edwards land near the linen mill and plans relocation from his southwest farm to a Glenville site with his mother joining him. He recently sold the farm to Paul Gurgel and will move to be closer to the city.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
George Karstetter
O. F. Edwards
Mr. Karstetter
Paul Gurgel
Indians Soon Extinct as White Miscegenation Increases
Francis E. Leupp, commissioner of the Bureau of Indian Affairs, predicts the remaining blanket Indians will vanish within a generation as they adopt civilized vices and intermarry with whites, eroding the race’s ancestral identity. The Times notes the demographic and cultural fading of the “red man.”
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Francis E. Leupp
Bureau of Indian Affairs
New York
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Cuit Court
Joseph T. Cobden
Bara
Boo Man
Tal
Giebel
Bride
Uebele
Prairie DU Sac
Joliet, Ill
First National Bank of
Voss
Black Hill
Minnesota
Glenville
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