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Newspaper
Baraboo Weekly News
Location
Baraboo, Wisconsin, United States of America
Date
Aug 05, 1920
Page
8
Residents and visitors are reported in Baraboo with many social and local updates. The Gazette notes numerous visits, travels, and gatherings, a foreclosure sale scheduled in Sauk County, and everyday city life including car incidents and community events.
A brief advertisement urges buyers to choose Diamond Dyes to avoid streaking or ruining fabrics. It promotes following package directions for best results and insists on the Diamond Dyes brand.
Advertisement touts Freezone as a cheap, painless solution to remove hard and soft corns and corn between toes. It promises instant relief and effortless removal by finger tips, with no soreness or irritation, and notes pharmacists sell a tiny bottle for a few cents.
The Belgian suffrage movement gains momentary momentum with a legislative boost noted, yet the proposed law remains unpassed and unresolved.
Between fifty and sixty other coal operators and brokers, in addition to the fifteen who were served on Saturday, probably will be prosecuted under the Lever Act for profiteering by charging exorbitant coal profits. The original fifteen posted bonds before US Commissioner Powers or arranged to do so immediately.
President Wilson retires from the sheep business and will sell the White House flock of forty eight prize sheep after three summers of lawn care. Wool proceeds benefit charity with 1918 earnings aiding the Red Cross and Salvation Army totals exceeding fifty thousand dollars.
An X ray shows a safety pin swallowed by 4 year old Helen Myers of Harrisburg Pa had closed in her stomach though it was open when swallowed. Doctors are puzzled by how the pin turned.
About 300 Ford distributors from Wisconsin and Michigan met in Milwaukee to hear that $8 million in Ford funds will expand the Milwaukee plant. The two story addition will boost space by 50 percent, enabling more cars for Wisconsin dealers including Baraboo’s Orriel Philbrick. Ford projects 1,250,000 cars next fiscal year starting Aug 1.
Col. Ronald Storrs a Cambridge graduate and son of Rochester Dean now serves as governor of Jerusalem.
The motor policeman Wm. Stoneseifer reported Wisconsin automobile owners to District Attorney H. R. Bohn for speeding. Each man paid a $13.67 fine in Justice Adolph Andre's court. Names include Ralph Werdman Greenwood Louis Laridan Ableman Julian Kvam Rice Lake Fred Kirner Prairie du Lac. When drivers are Wisconsin residents the speed cop reports them for arrest.
Four American planes traveling from Mineola New York to Nome Alaska reached Jasper in the mountains Saturday. They encountered landing trouble and will be delayed three days for repairs, affecting the remainder of the hazardous mountain leg of the trip.
Portage resident Mrs. Sarah E. King was severely hurt while boarding passenger train No. 6 on the C M and St. at Junction City. She was jostled down the steps, suffering injuries to her left side including arm and leg. She is cared for at her daughter Mrs. Curtis York’s Portage home in a helpless condition.
The Reedsburg Woman's Christian Temperance Union met in the city park, presenting annual reports and revealing a balance of over $45 after paying all bills. Officers elected for next year include Mary Blank as president, Norman Woodworth as first vice president, and Walter Craker as corresponding secretary. Delegates chosen for the state convention are Mary Cushman and H. N. Winchester. A large picnic supper followed.
Four members of the Colorado Mountain Club completed the first recorded ascent of Crestone Needles in southern Colorado. They battled deep snow and climbed sheer cliffs while traversing a high canyon and even faced an electrical storm during the ascent.
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