School Board Proceedings Publish Salary Totals Sought
Citizens press for public disclosure of school board actions and full payroll figures. The list names principals teachers and staff with monthly wages. annual totals would be nine and one quarter times these figures. Claims and insurance costs for school property are itemized, highlighting taxpayer access to spendings.
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Board of Education
Oscar Altpeter
Board of Supervisors
Altpeter
A. C. Kingsford
Herman Bogard
Katherine Falvey
Christine Wright
Fern Hackett
Zara Fricks
Leila Johnson
Walter Tanghe
Leah Arnold
Vida Eckhardt
Margorie Vivian
Evangeline Callis
Mrs. Frank Horstman
J. C. Mutch
Domestic Science
Elizabeth Bryne
Manual Arts
H. W. Hawkins
Annex
Evangeline Geisert
Harriett Andrews
Inga Nelson
Alice Steenberg
Estala Sayres
Lillian Reinking
Edna Vorlop
Mamie H. Hackett
Nina Dano
Edna Zimmerman
Alice Metcalf
Edith Tinkham
Avis Gotschall
Julia Nordorfi
Milicent Maloney
Edna Varnell
Belle Potter
Eva Varnell
Frieda Wareham
Persis Jones
Edith Kinland
Frances Jones
Lydia Fay
Margaret Coughlin
Manda Allen
Margaret Sneathen
Peter Jorg
Asa Bump
Charles Jorg
M. J. Tyler
Percy Lamberton
Josephine Hollenbeck
S. H. Wood
H. C. Okern
Ins
Sauk Co. Pub Co
Mr. Okern
H. H. Avery
Sellect & Check
H. L. Halsted
A. W. Melzl
E. F. Dithmar
John A. Malone
Clear Gust
A. J. Gemmill
H. C. Okerns
Selleck & Cheek
Boiler Blast Kills Several at Stoughton Marketing Plant
Investigations follow a boiler explosion at the Stoughton Marketing Company plant in Stoughton on Wednesday. Victims include Co. E Ferguson Milwaukee Emmett Marvin farmer Otis Graves milk caller Wilmer Nichols Mrs Samuel Kraiger spouse of a local businessman and others. One bookkeeper injured and may die as the boiler blast tore through structures and flung debris across the alley.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Stoughton Marketing Company
Stoughton
E. Ferguson
Milwaukee
Emmett Marvin
Otis Graves
Wilmer Nichols
Samuel Kraiger
Ferguson
Fraternal Insurance Order of United Workmen
Wauwatosa
Kraiger
Stough
Mandt Wagon Company
Moonshine Stills Explode Wreck G E Stevens Home
Two connected moonshine stills exploded with the furnace at the Butte Montana residence of G E Stevens. Federal agents found large quantities of whiskey and mash in the basement. Windows in nearby houses were shattered by the blast.
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G. E. Stevens
Butte
Mont
Top of Mont Blanc Falls and Triggers Alpine Avalanche
The summit of Mont Blanc split and fell last Wednesday, triggering a massive avalanche into Italy via the Brenn Glacier. Telescopes traced the origin to a fractured limestone pyramid on Europe’s tallest peak, removing several dozen feet from the height. Rocks and timber swept down ten miles, devastating a once beautiful Alpine forest.
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Mont Blanc
Italy
Brenn
Pourtoud
Europe
Caned Elbow Joint Trophy From Philippines Arrives
A mahogany cane with a handle made from a human elbow joint, said to ward off evil spirits, was brought to San Francisco from the Philippines by Lieut. H. P. Peck. The Moro datto of Jolo reportedly gave the item after defending himself in a clash with a mad priest, mounting part of his victim’s left arm on the cane.
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San Francisco
Philippines
H. P. Peck
Army Finance Division
Manila
Jolo
Former Portage attorney dies in Milwaukee hospital
Co. C. Murphy, formerly a Portage resident, died in a Milwaukee hospital after surgery. He had lived in Adams during recent years and was buried at Briggsville.
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Milwaukee Hospital Co
C. Murphy
Portage
Milwaukee
Briggsville
Adams
Older Boys Conference Banquet At Madison Welcomes 800 Youths
The eighteenth annual Older Boys Conference event at the Madison Y M C A drew 800 boys and 100 leaders yesterday. A University of Wisconsin Armory banquet last evening hosted 900 attendees. Speakers included EA Birge Frank Weston M B Rosenberry and Rev H G Goodsell. Delegates from Presbyterian Sunday school and Phi Gamma Rho attended with Rev E C Henke and George McArthur Sr. involved as leaders.
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Madison
University
EA. Birge
Frank Weston
U. W
Y. M. C.ia
M. B. Rosenberry
Wrench Co. Opens Baraboo Factory With 40000 Forgings
Allan Diffenbaugh Wrench & Tool Co starts manufacturing wrenches in Baraboo Wisconsin. The plant has 40000 forgings and weekly output in the thousands with orders from 100 jobbers nationwide and abroad. Directors include Mayor Andre and Peter Lind with local Baraboo residents holding most stock in the $50000 capital company.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Allan-Diffenbaugh Wrench & Tool Co
Baraboo
Rand
Allan
United States
Allan Diffenbaugh Wrench & Tool Co
Wisconsin
Elkington
Fourth Street
Lettergren and Ott
Andolph Andre
Peter Lind
Louis Allan
A. C. Allan
Diffenbaugh
Roy Diffenbaugh
Doughboys on Rhine Eat 29 Tons of Turkey
Twenty nine tons of turkey were consumed by American doughboys of the occupation army on the Rhine on Thanksgiving. The day was observed throughout the American forces.
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Rhine
Turkey
Local church welcomes Rev. F. W. Schoeller family
Evangelical church members and friends gave a hearty welcome to Rev. F. W. Schoeller and his family on Friday evening. A large, cheerful gathering enjoyed a spicy auditorium program then a baseme nt reception with refreshments. The congregation presented the pastor's family with a handsome roll of currency.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
F. W. Schoeller
Evangelical Church
Reedburg Protest Over High School Football Game
Baraboo high school officials protest the Reedsburg contest won by Reedsburg 7 to 3. The protest, sent to the Board of Control, alleges a 15 yard penalty near Baraboo’s goal line was improper and not supported by the rule book.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Barabod
Reedsburg
Board of Control
Baraboo
Ten North Dakota banks close spurs aid appeal
As a tenth North Dakota state bank shuts its doors bankers sought a conference with W. A. Cathro, director of the Bank of North Dakota, to forestall further closures. The state bank warned smaller banks withdrawals of public funds may begin December 2.
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North Dakota
W. A. Cathro
Bank of North Dakota
Madison Couple Elopes for Rockford Marriage
Edward Green of Madison and Miss Medora Groth eloped last Friday to Rockford and were wed by Rev. Wood, chaplain at Camp Grant during the war. Green, manager of the milling department at Clarke Publishing, will live with his mother, Mrs. Bertha Green, at 1435 Rutledge Street, at present.
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Bertha Green
Rutledge Street
Charles R. Groth
Madison
Edward
Green
Medora Groth
Rockford
Wood
Camp Grant
Clarke Publishing Co
Baraboo and Portage Play to 6-6 Tie on Thanksgiving
Baraboo and Portage battled to a 6-6 stalemate at the local fairgrounds as a late forward pass by Captain Bushler tied the game for Baraboo. Portage led early, but Baraboo fought back with series of forward passes in the final minutes before the kick failed.
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Baraboo
Portage High
Capt. Bushler
Portage
Capt. Buehler
Bogard
Vilas Estate Valued at 208000 in Madison Probate
Dr. Charles H. Vilas of Madison left an estate valued at 208000 in his will filed in probate court. The 200000 personal property and 8000 real estate go to Madison institutions and relatives. Real estate is left to Central Wisconsin Trust executives and Charles Atwood Vilas. Y M C A 20000. Y W C A 15000. General Hospital 25000. remainder to relatives.
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Charles H. Vilas
Madison
Madison Institutiuns
Central Wisconsin Trust Company
Charles Atwood Vilas
General Hospital
Cemetery Association Elects Officers for Next Year
The cemetery association held its regular Friday meeting. All officers were re-elected: President T. W. English, Treasurer J. Van Ordan, Secretary M. H. Mould, Sexton O. Z. Wood, and Trustees W. D. Stanley and A. P. Cheek. Improvements planned for spring.
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Cemetery Association
T. W. English
J. van Ordan
M. H. Mould
Sexton
O. Z. Wood
W. D. Stanley
Sun Prairie Opens Moving Picture Theatre at City Hall
The Sun Theatre debuts at City Hall in Sun Prairie with first show on Saturday night. Films will be shown three nights weekly, Saturday Sunday and Wednesday, highlighting a new community cinema venture.
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City OF
Sun Bairie
Moving Picture Theatre
Sun Prairie
City Hall
Sun Theatre
Hollywood Population Boom and Rent Crisis in California
Hollywood grows rapidly with about 60 000 residents as Eastern visitors surge to California. Tourists flood stations and trains, packing hotels and driving up rents while coal costs from the East vanish in the warm climate. Thousands seek homes, tents emerge, and the city faces rent profiteering and housing strain as enrollments rise and bread prices ease.
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Mike
Hanna Maher
California
Hollywood
Baraboo
Long Beach
Cutthroat
Los Angeles
U. S
War Department
Dorsey
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Portage Baraboo Murphy
Holmes Fee Kimball Cooper Price
McGinnis McBride
Halloman Weirich , Weinberg
Zodtner
Kasiskale
Page
H. Zodtner
Hawkins Stegman Warren
Hanson York
Collins Buehler
Hettinger
Perkins
Murphy
Thomas
Canton
Hawkins
Conway
Cooper
Vilas
OF Cemetery Association
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