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Newspaper
Baraboo Weekly News
Location
Baraboo, Wisconsin, United States of America
Date
Aug 26, 1920
Page
5
Baraboo residents travel visit and return from Milwaukee Madison and Chicago. Neighborhood dances boat rides and fairs noted. A police speeding case involving a governor's chauffeur is reported. Local businesses and church activities accompany family gatherings and farm equipment updates.
New York state prohibits the use of the United States flag for advertising. The rule aims to protect patriotic symbolism and prohibits commercial display of the flag in promotional materials without express authorization.
A nostalgic parent-oriented ad promotes California Syrup of Figs as a safe laxative for children. It emphasizes the fruity taste and instructs readers to check the packaging for the California name and pull directions on each bottle.
A long list records transfers of land in Prairie du Lac Merrimack Reedsburg Baraboo Delton Barahoo Spring Green and other towns. Buyers include Mary J. Graff O J Halloman Lebertha Karll Emilie Garske and L L Smith with prices ranging from 1 to 10000 dollars.
A family on Water Street reports their lost cat returned home early this morning. The Crowes heard an auto stop outside their porch and the cat mewed to be admitted, suggesting it arrived by car.
Reader urged to avoid streaks when dyeing fabrics and to follow the package directions. The notice stresses insisting on Diamond Dyex for best results and cautions against using other products that could ruin material.
An ad touts Freezone as a cheap cure for hard and soft corns and corns between toes. It claims immediate pain relief and easy lifting of the corn with fingers. Druggists stock bottles for a few cents, suitable for all corn types and calluses without soreness.
Mrs. Henry M. Youmans of Waukesha heads Wisconsin’s associate Women’s committee of the Republican State Central committee in Milwaukee. The group cites Tennessee’s suffrage vote as a tonic for intensified action and reports thorough district organization with two representatives per district, including Mrs. C. S. Van Auken of La Crosse and Mrs. Charles A Clark of Reedsburg for the Seventh district.
New York Curb News presents stark tallies showing U S dominance in population land gold wheat silver railroads steel coal cotton oil copper and corn while tracing a shift in debt and ship ownership from Europe to America noting prewar indebtedness and postwar wealth and the forecast that by 1920 America will own twice as many ships as England
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