New England Travel Notes On Mountains And People
The writer describes New England scenery from Mount Washington to the coast, noting crowded hospitality in Bethlehem and high hotel rates. He observes cultural changes from European immigration, coastal towns, and the cog railway to whale climate and farm layout, ending with a street-level glimpse near Hartford and Springfield.
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New England
Wisconsin
West
New
Boston
White Mountains
Chicago
Thousand Lakes
Bethlehem
Mount Washington
Switzerland
Crawfod Notch
Hartford
Connecticut
Springfield
Massa
Baraboo Prepares for Big Odd Fellows Convention
Baraboo gears up for the semi annual District No 23 Odd Fellows and Rebecca convention lasting ten days with plans for registration badges meal tickets and entertainments at the Country club pavilion and Armory. William Balzer the sole survivor of the Cassell Prairie triple murder dies in Sauk City hospital. District Attorney H J Bohn returns from Chicago to pursue leads amid the probe.
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Odd Fellowship
Country Club
Odd Fellows and Rebeccas
Kiwanis Club
Business & Professional Womens Club
Baraboo
Independent
Order of Odd Fellows
North Dakota visitor warns of Non-partisan League damage
A North Dakota farmer returning from Wisconsin criticizes the Non-partisan League linking with La Follette Republicans. He alleges inflated debts, lack of accounting, wasted funds on mills and elevators, failed housing schemes, and misuse of state bonds, warning Wisconsin could follow North Dakota’s political turmoil.
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George Hartman
Cooperstown
North Dakota
Glen D. Hill
David Foster
Baraboo
Wisconsin
la Follette Progressive Republicans
Chicago
Grand Forks Mill & Elevator Co
Minneapolis
League
Wisconsin Building Decrease in July
Wisconsin building contracts amounting to 6 649 500 were awarded in July per F W Dodge, down 21 percent from June and 18 percent from July 1921. For the first seven months total contracts reached 46 892 300, up 17 percent year over year, with 1 947 600 for public works and utilities, 1 81 200 for residential buildings, and 1 060 700 for industrial buildings.
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Wisconsin
F. W. Dodge Company
Railroad guard at Merrimack in trouble
Robert McNamee 27 of Madison was arrested Friday night at Merrimack on charges involving a 17 year old girl and brought to Capitol City. He pleaded not guilty at Junior Superior court arraignment with bond set at 500 dollars pending a hearing. Charges against the girl were transferred to juvenile court by Judge O. A. Stolen. McNamee has been working as a railroad guard at Merrimack.
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Robert McNamee
Madison
Merrimack
Capitol City
McNamee
O. A. Stolen
Convention Memo Reveals Longtime Members List
Charles Hackett drafts a roster of members in good standing for 25 years or more, identifying those eligible for the coming convention. The document notes the names of enduring members and outlines eligibility criteria.
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Forts
Charles Hackett
Baraboo Bears Portage For Fourth Time In Season
Baraboo defeated Portage 1 to 0 at Portage fair grounds in front of about 4,000 fans supporting a benefit picnic for out of work Portage railway shopmen. DuBois scored the lone run in the seventh as Ray Cooper lined a decisive hit. Elliott fanned seventeen across the nine innings. Boxing and motorcycle exhibition also featured the event with Maeley winning the ten mile Harley race.
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Baraboo
Oliver Clement
Paul Crowley
Aaron Maeley
Monroe
Piciic
Portage
Andrew Kiefer
Abner Lee
Russell Graff
L. R. Capener
Albert Hunter
Charles Gust
John Bearman
DeWitt Anderson
Audrey
Walter
Alfred Bayer
Freeman Capener
Paul Capener
Ormand
Lavallia
Baraboo Portage Taylor
Elliott Whipperman
Kerr Haugh
Alexander Fellows
Jeans Mould
Cooper Witt
Peterson DuBois
Rueckert Stewart
Riet
DuCharme of
Bachman Boxing Exhibition
Sauk County Fair Thrills Crowds With Races And Vaudeville
Throngs attended the Sauk County fair despite heat as A T Wooster led racing events with novel matches. Women riders won a Roman standing race, a mule derby entertained Baraboo businessmen, and Baraboo beat Portage 5 to 4 in a late baseball finish. Stock judging by L P Martiny and Prof Fargo drew a large livestock display. Gate receipts topped last year with evening fireworks closing the day.
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L. P. Martiny
Prof. Fargo
Sauk County
Association
A. T. Wooster
Wooster
Baraboo
James McGuan
Ben Jones
J. L. Siberz
C. M. DuBois
Siberz
DuBois
McGuan
Chippewa Falls
Madison
Sauk County Fair
Richland Center
Fairfield
Pewitt’s School
Badgers Pay Two Million Yearly on Art Works
Wisconsin residents spend about 2 million dollars annually on paintings statues and other artworks as the revenue department begins its yearly check up on the five percent tax on art sales. The tax brings in about 100000 dollars a year.
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Badgers
Wisconsin
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Mount Washington High
Part
William Balzer
Henry J. Bohnj
Coutry Club
Cassell Prairie
Mary
Julius
Sauk City
Ter
Wis
Consin
The
Independent Order of
Odd Fellows Committees
Baraboo Lodge of
Odd
Baraboo Rebec
Ca Lodge
Leonard Case
Rebecca Lodge
A. A. Brown
Howard Briscoe
John
Harley Wickus
Odd Fellow Lodge
Balzer
Nehs
Odd Fellows
Balzer Farm
Tage
Kilbourn
Manston, Briggsville
William
Swers
Bohn
Odd Fellow Hall
Armory
Fred Kellogg
Baraboo Lodge
Pense
la Follette Republicans
Robert M’namee
Elliott
Barabo
Portage Railway
Ray Cooper
Kerr
Portage Fielder. Elliott
Hall of Fame
Bachman
Glencoesisters
Marriott
Happy Harrison
Harrison
Dobel
Portage and Baraboo
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