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Newspaper
Baraboo Weekly News
Location
Baraboo, Wisconsin, United States of America
Date
Dec 04, 1913
Page
12
An advertisement touts Knowlton's Danderine claiming it cleanses hair of dust and oil while reducing dandruff and itching. It promises visibly fuller, new hair growth after a few weeks and recommends a 25 cent bottle from drug stores or toilet counters. The piece urges readers to moisten a cloth and style hair for best results.
Last evening two or three men in an automobile hid behind a tree and seized a youth as he walked with evening papers. The boy escaped into a shed after a brief chase, and his father reported the incident to the police. Neighbors say the suspects rode a macha with bicycle spokes and could be identified. A man with a gun is expected with the carrier tonight.
Augusta Kuester and Albert Roser of Baraboo were married at the Kuester home with about fifty attendees. Rev. Wm F. Elske officiated, and attendants were Ella Kitzke and Albert Wichern. The couple will live on Seventh Avenue after a brief wedding trip. Roser has cared for property owned by the Ringlings.
A Baraboo retiree, A Knoop of 308 Second Ave, reports long kidney pain and back ache improved after using Dean's Kidney Pills. He says the remedy gave relief and he has no serious symptoms since, endorsing the product sold by Foster Milburn Co of Buffalo as sole US agents.
The Woman's Relief Corps provided Thanksgiving baskets to 28 families and several shut-ins, filled with chicken groceries and fruit including over 100 lbs of chicken. The committee was led by Mrs. Etta Hubbard and others. A social on December 10 will reimburse the organization for its work.
Former Assemblyman Wilbur Cahoon and companions returned from the Flam Beau river hunting deer. After firing at a fleeing animal and failing to recover it the party walked ten miles to camp carrying guns, dishes, blankets and gear. Cahoon and his son hauled the deer weighing about 150 pounds the final stretch.
An old advertisement offers one hundred dollars reward for an uncured catarh case by Hall's Catarrh Cure. It includes testimonials from National Bank of Commerce and F. J. Cheney Co of Toledo Ohio, claims internal action and 75 cent price, with a note to take Hall's Family Pills for constipation.
At a Merrimack school exhibit pupils displayed needlework paper figures and farm products. Superintendent G W Davies and Professor Smith addressed attendees. Awards honored many pupils including Ida Gallus Ralph Graff Lena Meisel Theodore Meisel George Yarkee Theodore Zauft Arthur Zauft Harold Mather Mabel Leiser and more for crops crafts and baked goods.
Entries included fifty items in categories such as busy work and school work. Prizes ranged from ribbons and mirrors to bouquets and stationary. Proceeds totaled $6.20 and will fund improvements to the school room.
Recent deaths include Mrs L Smock 78 in Kilbourn whose husband ran a Kilbourn business. Charles Sayre at Egin after long illness. Mrs Napoleon Arntz 61 at Pitts ville Wis born Lyndon and married Del ton to Napoleon Arntz with two sons and two daughters surviving.
Dr. Hummel brought Frank Voss of North Freedom to Gem City General Hospital today where he underwent an operation.
Ferdinand Gurgel will hold a public auction on his farm five miles southwest of Baraboo. The sale includes cattle farm machinery grain and other farm necessities. The auction is set for Wednesday December 10 at 12 30 noon.
An old advertisement touts Mi o Na as a quick and safe remedy for indigestion and upset stomachs. It claims to boost gastric juices, soothe the stomach lining, and nourish the digestive system, promising health benefits and a money back guarantee.
Mr and Mrs Edward Rooney arrived from St Louis Missouri the first of the week and will stay with Mr and Mrs Hugh Rooney on East Street for a couple of weeks. The Rooneys have been engaged in vaudeville work in St Louis.
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