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Newspaper
Baraboo Weekly News
Location
Baraboo, Wisconsin, United States of America
Date
Aug 26, 1920
Page
2
Local notes record numerous visits and outings around North Freedom. Odgen Hoffman and brother from Kansas reunite with Ida Lawton after 54 years. families and friends from Oshkosh Appleton Chicago Milwaukee Madison and Eau Claire mingle at gatherings and weekend trips.
WONEWOC residents Mrs. Wm. Degner and daughters Erma and Gurthrude visit Beloit friends. Mrs. Lena Zander visits with son Adolph and relatives near La Valle, and A Retzlaff home hosts A Schutte Paul Westedt and the Logans Meyer families. Hamburg Petten Steilke and Talg families depart for Montalo on a fishing trip.
Mrs. D. Didani of Hurley was fined 250 dollars after being charged with selling moonshine to young men in her candy store.
Mrs Adda Conrad of Kilbourn fell and broke her ankle last Friday. The report notes other local movements including Clarance Hecocks in Beaver Dam, visits between families in Kilbourn, Woodstock and Delton, and attendance at the Vera Waterman funeral with Lenora Buckert traveling from Milwaukee.
Dr and Mrs H Brereton of Texas visited his sister Mrs Dennis Bayles and family. Numerous relatives and friends from Madison Baraboo Evansville Lancaster and other towns attended gatherings and a Royal Neighbors camp welcomed 12 new members on August 21 with decorations and refreshments.
The Chicago markets show hog receipts around 25 000 with prices 10 cents lower, bulk purchases 13.80 to 15.45, and various hog categories. Cattle receipts near 8 000 with beeves 16.50 to 17.50, butcher stock 6.00 to 15.00, cows 6.75 to 12.50, calves 14.50 to 16.50. Sheep receipts 6 000 with market 25 to 60 cents higher, well lambs 11.25 to 14.00, ewes 5.75 to 7.50.
Mrs Albert Horning returns to Portage after five weeks with Mrs Joe Lewis and Mrs L P Lewis. Mrs Joe Lewis visits Portage Monday. Addie Smith and son Victor of Baraboo visit the Dedie home. A baby girl was born to Mr and Mrs Paul Green on August 14. The Greens stay with Mr and Mrs Milton Holt.
Mr and Mrs J R Weitzel started Tuesday on an auto trip to New York state. Miss Charlotte Hutchinson of Elroy and Walter Nash of Camp Douglas were callers here Sunday. The Eades brothers closed their tent meeting Sunday evening. Miss Adams is spending the week at Fennimore and will be here to hold services next Sunday evening.
Edwin Romelfanger remains in serious condition in a Chicago hospital after being struck by a Stricker's bullet. Latest reports confirm he is still alive.
George Richmond is named postmaster again in Lodi and returns to office after a two week vacation at his Pleasant View cottage. Washington dispatches confirm the reappointment and note the brief personal leave.
Mr and Mrs R W Ketchum of Oklahoma and Mr and Mrs John Patterson of Kilbourn were Sunday guests of Mr and Mrs John Chaffe. Allie Jones of Wisconsin Rapids visited Otto Timme last week. James Farrell of Sacramento visits his brother in law John Chaffe this week. Otto Timme, back from a Cincinnati trip, visits his brother Gus Timme in Elgin on the way home. H A Timme and Mrs Timme spent Sunday with Geo Tinkham in Lyons.
Miss Jane Roth a former Portage resident living with Mr and Mrs Charles Tyrrell was struck by a truck and killed in Milwaukee last week. She was about 65 and an inmate of a Catholic old age home at the time.
Oscar Altpeter visited Podunk last Sunday to pick Duchess apples but found the trees bare and returns with none. Mrs Ed Bellows has returned from Minneapolis after medical treatment. Will Bassett and Marquardt attend funeral in Randolph. Bordenberger and Worms families visit Martin households. A K Bassett travels to Madison for a fruit exhibit. Al McGilvra uses a new Ford truck to save time.
The American Expeditionary Forces will pass into history August 31 as the last unit that fought in France ceases to exist. AEF headquarters in Washington confirms the final dissolution of the army.
Gov James M Cox said he is prepared to appear before the Senate committee investigating campaign expenditures without a subpoena if needed He spoke Tuesday night amid reports he might be subpoenaed as he accuses the Republican party of raising 15600000 to buy the presidency
Depreciated currency after the war allows Hungarian farmers to discharge land mortgages by selling a single calf. Trade Representative W. F. Upson reports from Vienna that about 20 percent of farm mortgages have been paid in depreciated currency, enriching peasants at the expense of the middle class.
The Yellow River has changed its course over the past century more than twenty times and now reaches the sea at a mouth 300 miles from its position a hundred years ago, highlighting the river's dynamic geography.
An army of cats released in the Highland Park Zoo Pittsburg Pennsylvania to clean rats caused two days of chaos as lions tigers and other big cats reacted fearfully and headkeeper Terrow warned the cats were man eaters amid the zoo upheaval.
Portland officials proved a city can run smoothly without several top leaders. The mayor and police chief were in Pendleton, two commissioners in Long Beach and Seattle, the assistant chief in the east, and the fire chief had resigned, yet no disruptions occurred.
Lieut. Arthur G. Hamilton leaped from a plane at Carlstrom field in Arcadia Florida Sunday and landed safely after a 20900 foot descent. He carried two parachutes the second opened late to ease the landing. Officials called it a world news record by an officer.
David Bogue says Caledonia leads with every dog licensed. Portage Reporter asks what town will be next to follow this lead in a brief note from a local newspaper.
A Bronx undertaker witnessed an elderly woman run down by a car, rushed for a priest, and returned to find the woman dead. In a shocking twist, the victim was his mother.
Virgil Gustin, 13, from Tunnel City in Monroe County, shot and killed a large fox that had killed over 100 chickens from his father's coops. He not only saved the remaining flock but also earned a state bounty of $40.
Great Britain has begun diplomatic talks with the United States over who bears costs from detention of seven former German liners in American ports. The ships were held by the Shipping Board after surrender by the War Department and later delivered to England. No specific reimbursement claim has been filed, but discussions aim to allocate responsibility for delays and determine ultimate ownership of the vessels.
United States Glue company begins construction of a world class gelatin plant in Carrollville. The facility spans 350 by 800 feet, features a brick concrete build and plate glass roof. It will house modern patent machinery and employ about 200 workers.
The bodies of Professor H. D. Frary and his wife were recovered after a drowning Sunday in the Wisconsin river at Kilbourn and were transported to Iowa City for burial. Francis Frary of Minneapolis and LeRoy D. Elliott of Peoria accompanied the bodies, with Miss Pearl Elliott a sister. It is believed Mrs Frary wandered into a deep hole, and her husband perished trying to rescue her.
In Philadelphia a 27 year old man James Hallowell bit the tail off a dog while drunk. The dog yelped as its tail was removed and the man was ordered to pay a fine of two dollars in court.
Twenty two journeyman and sixteen master plumber candidates passed state exams held August 5 in Janesville Milwaukee and Superior and received certificates from the state board of health. Five master and eighteen journeymen applicants failed to appear.
British liner Laurentic losses from 1917 battle at sea yield 1,320,567 pounds recovered from the wreck. The ship carried 4,996,317 pounds in gold when sunk en route to Canada.
The American Railway Express Company seeks state authority to raise express rates after a 12 to 14 percent ICC increase. The railroad commission at Madison set a hearing for September 8 to consider the petition and rate adjustment within the state.
Advertisement policy notes one cent per word for the first insertion and a half cent per word for each subsequent insertion in either daily or weekly editions. Minimum charge is 25 cents with all want ads cash in advance.
For sale items include two choice O I C fullblood boars two fullblood Durham calves milking strain C J Hols contact 1627 F-4. Also one six year old mare 1400 pounds and one six year old pure bred Guernsey bull for sale Be W Langdon. A farm four miles west of Kings Corners Sumpter 210 acres with 100 under cultivation and balance timber and pasture inquiries to Frank Abbott 218 Eighth Avenue.
120 acre farm in the town of Sumpter on a macadam road between Prairie du Sac and Baraboo. All tillable with electric lights and power. Contact J. R. Carpenter Prairie du Sac. FOR SALE also an automobile and Evinrude boat motor in good running order offered by Mrs. J. E. English at 75 dollars. 110 130
Governor Roberts of Tennessee certifies to Secretary Colby in Washington the ratification of the Dixie state's suffrage act. Antis claim illegality. Writ of certiorari issued on petition of the attorney general, effectively surpassing an injunction.
Four United States planes arriving from Mineola New York completed the cross country flight to Nome Alaska yesterday afternoon. The total time from New York was fifty five hours. Captain St Clair Street head of the expedition announced. The return hop-off to New York will be made in a few days.
Great Britain confronts a looming coal crisis as unions and government dispute supply and strikes risk paralyzing power generation and industrial activity across regions.
Patrolman J. P. Gruber on Trunk Line 12 between Baraboo and Prairie du Lac and his assistants rescued a neglected spring on the south slope of the bluff. The area had rubbish and burned debris. plans include an iron box for waste disposal and picnic tables to make it a pleasant spot with state and county highway support urged.
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