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Newspaper
Baraboo Weekly News
Location
Baraboo, Wisconsin, United States of America
Date
Dec 04, 1913
Page
1
The party reaches a native city after a long river voyage aboard a mail canoe. Locals gawk at the white baby dubbed La Blancita while aboard a second class canoe the crew endures mosquitos and tight quarters. Food spoilage and illness test their endurance during the Lebrija river passage.
Portage telegraph reports Arthur Kellogg died in a Portage hospital on Thanksgiving Day after brain hemorrhage. He lived with son-in-law and daughter Mr and Mrs A L Mahoney in Janesville after selling his Baraboo livery. He is survived by two sons and three daughters, with funeral planned in Baraboo. Related Kellogg family ties trace to Albert S Kellogg Chauncey Warner Kellogg and A N Kellogg of New York, with fortune from A N Kellogg's patent insides.
Portage Hospital reports an unexpected death after a brief illness. No further details provided.
Kirkwood Agricultural society members elect officers President Tracy Randall Vice President Guy Weidenkopf Secretary Miss Verdier Webster The evening program by School No 11 pupils featured a Thanksgiving nature. Next meeting with Mr and Mrs Guy Weidenkopf on December 17 will include Christmas numbers.
Prairie du Sac residents celebrate a license issued for marriage between Wallace 8. Page and Mary Von Wald.
Ada Minnesota farmer William Lange notes the ground is not frozen and farmers are plowing. He reports the small snow has melted, crops are fetching good prices, and farm lands are increasing in value.
A bellows relic and the related family have relocated to Prairie du Sac, confirming the move and new residence location.
The thirty second Hackett reunion gathered fifty three relatives and about a dozen visitors at the M W A hall in North Freedom on Thanksgiving day. An impromptu program followed a bountiful 1 30 dinner with songs prayers and speeches. Officers were elected for the coming year and letters from absent members were read while attendees from distant cities joined locals for a day of fellowship and music.
A 16 year old girl from Okee took a muff from Briggs fur store to show to her mother and fled with it. Police issued a warrant for her arrest as the muff traveled to Okee with her. Her sister later paid for the muff and costs, sparing the girl from arrest.
Rev August Rohriock former pastor of St Peter's Lutheran Church Reedsburg died in Chicago on Wednesday after years of feeble health. Born December 27 1835 in Prussia he studied at Leipsic and was ordained in Madison Wisconsin before organizing St Peter's in Reedsburg in 1869. He led the church until 1909 and is survived by his wife Louisa Schach and seven children. Funeral Sunday will include a delegation from Reedsburg.
A man identified as Bear Cheek pleaded guilty to attempting an escape. Court records show the plea was entered in a local municipal court with sentencing pending and the defendant facing possible penalties.
Phelps of Bear Creek pled guilty to a statutory charge regarding his fifteen year old daughter who escaped to her aunt in Richland Center. A Madison police catch led to his arrest in Madison while awaiting transfer to Reedsburg. The district attorney ordered action despite jurisdiction issues.
The union Thanksgiving services were held Thursday evening at the Congregational church with Rev. C. D. Mayhew delivering the address. Readings and prayers were offered by Rev. E. P. Hall Rev. E.O. Coontz Rev. E. C. Henke and Rev. Garfield. music featured a solo by G. W. Brunschweiler. Mr. and Mrs. J. F. Torpy have gone to Winona La Crosse and Elroy.
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