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Newspaper
Baraboo Weekly News
Location
Baraboo, Wisconsin, United States of America
Date
Dec 01, 1921
Page
6
An advertisement touts Danderine for 35 cents a bottle claiming it ends dandruff and itching after one application, and soon leads to new hair growth across the scalp. It describes the product as powerful for thinning, lifeless hair, making it soft, lustrous, and easy to style.
An advertisement urges readers to buy Diamond Dyes for home dyeing. It promises perfect results even for first-timers and claims dyes won’t streak, spot, fade, or run on wool or mixed fabrics. It highlights transforming worn dresses, coats, and draperies to look like new.
Mr and Mrs Martin Lutscher of Prairie du Sac spent a few days with relatives nearby. Mrs John Gastsner Sr sold her residence to Lawrence Sprecher who will take possession next spring. Miss Bertha Federman and Irwin Lusby were married last Thursday at the bride’s home Rev J Beck officiated. The couple headed to Bara Boo for their new home. Mrs Geo Gasser at Madison Methodist Hospital is improving.
An application to marry has been filed by Oscar A. Vogel of Prairie du Sac and Cecil Stoddard of Prairie du Sac. The notice records their intent to wed and lists their residences.
Mrs. Bertha Traut died at 46 at her sister Mrs. J C Henrys home on Thanksgiving after two years of poor health. She leaves sister Mrs Henry and niece Mrs John Ryan. Funeral held Saturday at Presbyterian church conducted by Rev Lysander Gran. Buried beside parents with siblings who died earlier. Various local names and Thanksgiving greetings noted.
Westfield and nearby towns share holiday gatherings as the Brooks family from Madison, Roy Brooks, and the Oetzmans visit Fred Brooks. Alma Egerer, teaching in Appleton, vacationing with Pearl Verthein. Hy Verthein hosts Krueger and Werthein households for dinner. Florence Black from Reedsburg visits Howard Sutherland. Esther and Henry Schultz with Harry Verthein and others visit John Verthein. Ruth Davis spends vacation at home west of Reedsburg.
A Butler Missouri eatery displayed a Life magazine caption urging readers not to divorce because of cooking, joking that a wife should be kept as a pet. The line drew attention for its blunt humor and gendered remark.
An ad promises that ARFTS 10 CASE LASt bowels are cleaned by morning. It claims Cascarets work while you sleep, do not upset the stomach, and are cheap at ten cents a box. The copy notes children also enjoy Cascarets and distinguishes them from laxatives like salts and oils.
An old advertisement urges mothers to use California Fig Syrup to cleanse the liver and bowels of sick children. It touts a fruity taste, a teaspoonful dose, and warns to insist on the genuine product with proper labeling to avoid imitators.
The Fish family held birthday gatherings for Donald aged nine and Ruth aged two on Friday November 24 at the Earl Fish home with many schoolchildren and friends attending. Games, a selfish supper with two birthday cakes, and remembrances followed. Alfred Scoon visits his mother Mrs Anna Scoon and hot school lunches continue with cocoa soup cabbage squash and puddings.
Harriett Risley returned home after a few weeks in Baraboo. Friends including Frank Watkins Morris Kent and Hazel Squires visited Thursday evening. Squires, studying in Reedsburg, spent Thanksgiving at Delton. Rev. Chase preached at M E church Sunday. Cooper family and Emmet Reynolds daughter gathered for Thanksgiving. Roscoe Harrison moved into Grace Adams house. Mrs Otto Powell’s birthday brought a small surprise. Alberta Patricka and Mrs Johnston visited Delton parents for Thanksgiving. Mrs John Chaffee has been sick. Crissie Turner, recently at Portage hospital, is improving at home. A P Watkins and son also celebrated Thanksgiving with the Squires family.
Fairfield residents share Thanksgiving with Mrs. Chas Heffel of Baraboo and plan a Y M W E meeting with Mrs. Erving. News of Saturday’s auto accident injured Neal Powell and Ray Cummings draws community sympathy. Y M W E program attendance was light due to bad roads and weather. Weekly prayers meet Thursday evening hosted by Roy Higgins.
Sold and guaranteed by Lettergren Howe Co. promotes RAT SNAP cakes that kill rats and mice and control odors. one cake covers pantries and kitchens, two cakes suit chicken houses, and five cakes serve farms and outbuildings. ensures odors from carcasses are prevented.
Mr and Mrs J P Roser hosted a nuptial dinner for their daughter Myrtle who wed Harmie A Broncel on November 19 in Milwaukee. The bride, a Baraboo High School and Business College graduate, has worked in government service in Washington DC and Milwaukee. After a wedding trip to Chicago the couple will reside in Briggsville where the groom farms.
Bowder from Madison to preach at the A C church starting Sunday. Stella Anderson home from Sparta for Thanksgiving. Mr. and Mrs. C Thompson of Neillsville guests of the Wahlers. Delia Beery visiting daughter in Ne koosa. L Almy of Milwaukee visiting Sherman Gardner. Silas Slater moved from Wonewoc. Carrie Canon returned from Madison. James Head going to California for the winter. A son born to Victor and Duddleston. Mrs. Duddleston in Madison hospital. Roy Eder visited his parents. C Briggs back from Madison. Cardinal bird noted in town. L Miller and daughter spent weekend with A Sloniker. Clar ence Jepson visiting from Adams. Royal Neighbors gathering. C Taylor of Beloit visited H Thornton. Bartel Borchers home from UW.
Widespread Thanksgiving visits across Dell Ma and North Excelsior area with multiple families hosting relatives. Wm Lawrenz stayed with daughters near Walton. Asa Camp and families hosted in Reedsburg. Wyman and Leake families visited Springfield and Elwood connections. Vern McGaw visited Baraboo relatives. W F M Society to meet with Mrs. Ernest Bass on Dec 3.
Sprecher of Milwaukee spent the weekend with his mother Mrs. Kate Sprecher in Sauk City. Richard Wolser of Milwaukee enjoyed Thanksgiving at his parental home. Wm Rischthueller is in Chicago for early week business. Walter Fuchs teaching at Appleton visited relatives. Sophie Wierth visited friends in Viola. Mr and Mrs Hubert Wuerth of Chicago were Thanksgiving guests of his mother here. Rebecca Von Grueninger teacher at Whitewater normal spent days with city relatives. Mrs Robert Hémberger visits relatives in Rockford and Madison.
Advertisement note for a copy of Baraboo, Delis and Devils Lake Region with maps illustrations. Address H. E. Cote Baraboo Wisconsin.
A sequence of weddings reported across Portage Chippewa Falls Reedsburg La Valle Ironton Cross Plains and Caledonia. Mary Gertrude Eulberg wed Philip Daw McQuillan, Clara Foss weds Irwin Weir at her parents home, Albert Kann weds Hilda Hartje at St Johns Reformed, Agnes J Marshall weds Otto Weiland at the Presbyterian manse. Couples plan farm or hometown life with celebrations and gifts noted.
Theo Kobza and Miss Anna Matuszewski of Dellona united in marriage at 8 am Wednesday at Sacred Heart church Reedsburg. Rev. Father Kierman performed the ceremony.
Monroe M. Lodde son of Mr and Mrs H F Lodde of Prairie du Sac married Hazel M Bryan daughter of Mr and Mrs Charles E Bryan of Prairie du Sac. The ceremony was conducted by Rev Schauenberg at St Aloysius Catholic church in Sauk City.
A wedding ceremony took place at a Lutheran church in Tuckertown uniting Christ Korth and Miss Bertha Lane in marriage.
Clarence Bauer of Arlington married Miss Charlotte Staudenmayer daughter of Mr and Mrs Wm Staudenmayer of Portage at 8 o clock Thursday November 17 at the Arlington M E church parsonage with Rev Veal presiding.
In a Friday ceremony at the Deno home in Waukesha Miss Lillian Deno and Charles Vindars wed beneath an arch of blue and white streamers. Rev H H Mueller officiated. the couple will reside in Waukesha after a four course dinner and gifts. The same week Mrs Cora B Babb and Charles Catlin married at the Methodist parsonage with a three week trip to Milwaukee and Chicago before settling on Fourth Avenue.
The ad claims Freezone instantly stops corn pain when dropped on the corn and allows removal by fingers. It markets a small bottle sold by druggists for a few cents to remove hard corns soft corns and between toe corns and calluses without soreness or irritation.
Mr. Catlin has lived in the city for many years and is active in the house-moving business.
Frmer Lieutenant Governor E. F. Dithmar returned from a ten day trip to Washington where he presented a legal matter before the state department. He met President Harding at the White House by appointment for a fifteen minute talk and saw Ex-president and Mrs. Wilson by chance. He reported fine weather and enjoyed a luncheon with Arms conference delegates.
Cathereena Capschinsky died November 20 at the home of her niece Mrs. John Meyer in Loganville. She was 77. Funeral services were held Tuesday November 22 in Loganville conducted by Rev. Schalkhauser.
Mrs. Harriet Hoggins widow of the late William Hoggins was born in England November 27, 1837 and died of diabetes in Excelsior November 21, 1921 at age 84 years 11 months 24 days.
Mrs Nancy Post Elliott died at her North Freedom home on Sunday afternoon after years of illness from cancer. She is survived by three children Clyde Elliott Pearl M Pierce and Walter Post and two brothers Thomas Elliott and Witt Elliott. Born May 28 1847 in Virginia she lived in Wisconsin after marriage and returned to North Freedom seven years ago. Funeral Tuesday at 2 PM from North Freedom Methodist Church with Rev Philpot and Rev Wilcox officiating. interment Ebenezer Cemetery.
Sunday afternoon Mrs. John Brilliott died in a Sauk City hospital at 58 after an operation for a long illness. Born in Herey Creek she lived near North Freedom most of her life. Survived by husband and seven children including Mrs. Albert Blan Baraboo and Mrs. Paul Dresser, plus August Hintz Leo John Cia and Lawrence of North Freedom.
An ad touts Pape's Diapepsin as the fastest relief for indigestion gas and sour stomach. It claims a few tablets provide relief from fermentation acidity and stomach distress and notes the large case costs only a few cents with millions helped annually.
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