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Newspaper
Baraboo Weekly News
Location
Baraboo, Wisconsin, United States of America
Date
Aug 26, 1920
Page
3
Sunday services at the W M church led by Rev John Gillem of Baraboo included a creek baptism. In the evening the Y M W B held a missionary program. Several local families and visitors were noted in attendance and travel around Lime Ridge and nearby communities.
Mrs Eberts and children returned to Benton after a week with relatives. A J Lendorf and family visited on the way home from Wonewoc. Miss Iva Karstetter visiting sister Mrs Harry Alford. Misses Gertrude and Matie Krug from Madison visiting their mother Mrs Emma Krug. Mrs Frank McKees of St Paul visiting brother C Wilkison. Mrs Funnell and Mrs Briggs visited relatives at Madison. Ledger Tordoff and daughter of Jamestown staying with relatives. Sloniker from Wonewoc. Alice and Leona Wahler in Madison with Dorothy Eder who returned for vacation. Mrs Christine Eder in Baraboo. Miss Harriett Pearson home from Milwaukee for nurse vacation. Mrs Clarence Fisher back from Madison hospital stay. Leland Page visiting mother after Beloit trip.
SAUX CITY reports Thomas Ballant in Jackson Minnesota on business. Bertha Schorer visits Spring Green relatives. Van Barren and Ray Lueth return from Eau Claire Chippewa Falls trip. Paul Linekyer and family visiting relatives in Iowa. Wilfred Cork and family from Madison move to Sauk for the winter. they sold their Madison home and stay with the Lamber Line kujul family.
Mr and Mrs McPherson of Minneapolis Minnesota visited Mr and Mrs Palmer and Mrs Julia Groat in Ironton on Wednesday. The Women Foreign Missionary society was entertained by Mrs David Andrews at her Carr Valley home Tuesday afternoon. Marian Grover is employed at the Frank Selden home. Mr and Mrs Fred Tyler and two sons of Gary Indiana visiting his mother and brother near Reedsburg. Mrs Hamstock Sr visiting Mrs H Grunshaw and many friends. E E Mortimer returned from Minneapolis with Mrs Mortimer staying longer. Mrs H Taylor visiting her son Carl near Reedsburg. Mrs Mable Burgess and daughters visiting the Tyler home near Reedsburg. The S A S held no meeting this week. Mrs Hanzlik and daughter Katherine went to Cazenovia Tuesday to visit her children.
Sunday. Mrs. F. Hanzlik of Chippewa Falls and Mrs. Jennings of Wyocena were guests of their niece, Mrs. F. W. Clary last week. Mrs. Thornburg visited Lime Ridge relatives recently. Elsie Atkinson is nursing at the Dyke home on Kiinnamon Ridge and Ada Atkinson of Walton is employed at F. Phoenix's. The Blakeslee families Sundayed in Reedsburg. Mrs. Geo. Webley and daughter of Reedsburg accompanied the W. D. Hudson family home from the lake. The Thomas and L. Pearson families attended their cousin's funeral in Reedsburg one day last week. Miss O'Gorman of Duluth is visiting her grandmother, Mrs. Andrews.
A Skillet Creek Farmers Club meeting at Mr and Mrs George Martiny featured travel narratives. Essie L Brooks described Europe including a France grave of Elmore Schram and a mother bringing a son’s remains, while others recounted Yellowstone Park wedding trips and nurse Palma Grahn’s Newport Sauk County visit. Ice cream and wafers concluded the gathering.
Funeral services for John Thistle were held at his parents home in Arlington. Attendees from the Arlington area included Mr. and Mrs. Wm Rick Mr. and Mrs. H. A. Quandt and families and others. The youth died of heart disease while bathing near Okee recently.
A daughter arrived at the home of Mr. and Mrs. F A Henrich on August 19. Reinhold Mittelsteadt had a nose growth removed by a Madison doctor on Saturday. Mr. and Mrs. W O Schuette hosted relatives from Reedsburg on Sunday. Flora and Winnifred Helm of Sparta visited their aunt Mrs J A Decker over the weekend. Mrs. Henry Miller and daughter Marvel visited Mrs Henry Theis Thursday. Alvina Schultz returned to Madison after a short stay with her parents. Mr. and Mrs. Henry Theis visited Alonzo Goodrich on Sunday.
Fairfield reports visitors and guests in brief. Lueila Crosby of Menominee visits her brother A J Newell. Joe Portner and wife of Chicago stay with Mrs C R Carlisch’s family. Verne Crosby and baby visit Crosby relatives. Earl Thomas and children visit Portage family. Ethel Clarke of Madison visits cousin Mrs Earl Thomas. Rolla Webster’s baby under doctor care. Everette Davis and bride seen. E C Green and wife travel to Geneva Illinois for a few days.
Paid ad by J. Esch of La Crosse Wisconsin defending the Esch Cummins act. He argues it fixes rail regulation via the Interstate Commerce Commission, guarantees no fixed 6 percent pay, and promises government gains through loans to weaker lines. He asserts bipartisan backing and fairness in labor disputes and market regulation.
The concrete pad in Fairfield is being repaired after weak spots caused rough riding. The project addresses deterioration from initial construction and aims to restore a smooth surface for drivers and pedestrians.
Six suspects despatched after a downtown Milwaukee holdup ended in a high speed pursuit. A store owner, Bob Sparacia, robbed at pistol point watched as the trio fled in a touring car. A motorcycle officer forced three surrender with threats while two women and a man were arrested at the Chicago North Shore and Milwaukee depot.
The Chilean government purchased the battleship Canada and four light cruisers from Britain. Rumors say six additional destroyers of the 900 ton type may also be bought.
From the American Legion headquarters comes news of a new service group called The Dead Man's Club. Eligibility hinges on death. about 2,000 soldiers were officially listed killed during the war, and noted casualties are urged to communicate promptly.
In Japan a broad downturn in the economy triggers labor unrest as workers protest wage cuts and job insecurity. Union leaders call for negotiations with manufacturers and government bailout talks intensify nationwide.
Authorized by F A Cooper in the interest of his candidacy and for which he pays $20.80. Sauk County supervisors urge voters to reelect present County Clerk F A Cooper, praising his efficiency, thrift, and record-keeping. Signatories include numerous baraboo, Sauk City, Reedsburg, Merrimack, and Prairie du Lac officials and residents.
Mrs. Clara Jorgenson of Racine recovered consciousness at the county asylum in Waukesha after more than two years. A sister in law visited with her 6 year old son, whose presence is believed to have triggered the awakening.
The court martial tried Terence MacSweeney lord mayor of Cork on a charge of holding a secret police cipher and sedition. He was sentenced to two years in prison.
Airplanes Nos. 2 and 4 of the United States aerial squadron completed a 47 hour 48 minute leg from Mineola New York to Dawson Yukon arriving a few days ago. The other two craft were held up at White Horse by a minor mishap and four planes will press on to Nome Alaska.
Erwin R Bergdoll of Philadelphia is found guilty of desertion by evading the draft and is sentenced to four years hard labor at Fort Leavenworth. He is the younger brother of Grover Cleveland Bergdoll who also faced draft evasion charges.
More than 300 couples, many living as husband and wife for 36 years, were officially wed after certificates found in the desk of the late Rev. M. Falk Gertsen of Minneapolis were filed with the county clerk.
The 1920 census shows New York state with a population of 10 750 000, up from 9 113 614 in 1910. Tabulators in the census office count at about 1 000 000 persons per day while fifty guests attend the event.
A band of river pirates tried to loot a North River pier in New York storing $500,000 in liquor. They were driven off by a watchman in a pistol battle. Several attackers leapt from a launch and are believed drowned.
The French garrison at Adana Asia Minor ends two month siege after a Friday sally. Eight American relief workers accompanying the garrison are safe. Foreign office reports the besiegers defeated and the crisis eased with no longer a critical situation.
Milwaukee officers raid Peter Junk’s home where a crash game operated. Patrolmen Grudeman and Koehler found a still holding five gallons of moonshine and a large quantity of mash in an adjoining room.
A 160 acre Illinois farm near Chenoa sold at auction for 98 400 dollars equal to 615 dollars per acre. The sale set a record price for farm land in McLean county.
Three cheesemakers were fined 25 dollars each and the license of one was revoked in superior court at Madison on charges of maintaining premises and utensils in an unsanitary condition. The men pleaded guilty.
Miss Elizabeth Brown born in Madison in 1885 died Saturday at Asheville North Carolina where she had gone for tubercular trouble. Her father Frank G Brown died a few months earlier. She is survived by her mother and sister.
James Shevlin, supervising prohibition enforcement agent in New York, reports illegal liquor transport in Westchester using hearses and coffins. He orders his men to inspect caskets when suspicions arise to avoid being deceived.
Police reports from 19 cities show over 31 000 autos stolen in the last year up from 26 000 prior. About 75 percent of stolen cars were recovered with St Louis alone seeing declines due to severe penalties up to 20 years. Authorities expect stricter laws to curb gangs nationwide.
A Portland man asserts he bears no debts incurred by his wife Martha Anne who left him, taking all possessions. He cites hard times and high land prices, claiming he never trusted her and cannot cover his own liabilities.
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