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Newspaper
Baraboo Weekly News
Location
Baraboo, Wisconsin, United States of America
Date
Dec 04, 1913
Page
4
Friday visitors and local families shared holiday gatherings from Cincinnati to Baraboo. Families from Beloit Racine Deion Merrillville and Elroy joined hosts in Delton Ash and Hirst streets Merrimack Kendall and La Crosse area for bountiful Thanksgiving dinners and warm greetings.
Continued from first page a brief note records travel or correspondence between Baraboo and Bucaramanga. The fragment mentions names and places without full context, suggesting a financial or administrative item in progress. Further details are unavailable in the excerpt.
In a descriptive account a traveler recalls river travel with polemen and canoes laden with coffee from Bucaramanga. She notes jaguar warnings, vibrant sunsets, and the river’s uninhabited banks inspiring artists and sculptors. Mrs Maude Newell Williams signs off with a note to be continued.
Saturday visitors and Thanksgiving gatherings fill Baraboo Delton Madison and nearby areas. Families such as Pierce, Andre, Johnson, Davis, Borchers, House, Moore, DuBois, Kosine, Hippler and Burton share meals and greetings with relatives and friends across Adams LaValle North Freedom and Fairfield.
Thanksgiving deaths include Miss Ethel Schumacher near Kilbourn and Reuben E. Nichols of Lime Ridge. Nichols, 77, a former blacksmith and Civil War veteran, died at the home of the Ninnemans, with funeral at Reedsburg Presbyterian Church. Other obituaries note Mrs. Hugo Hussa of Bangor Baraboo ties, and railway worker Christopher Dunigar of Fenimore.
Billy Papke, claimant of the middleweight championship, bought a well developed ten acre fruit farm near Kewanee Illinois and plans to move within two weeks. He abandons plans to relocate to Madison.
A testimonial from Lewis Chamberlain of Manchester Ohio praises Dr Kings New Discovery as the best remedy for croup coughs and colds in children. The ad urges 50card bundles for $1.00 and to keep a bottle in every home, sold by Bucklen Co Philadelphia St Louis.
Mrs Lafollette of Washington visited Thanksgiving Day at the home of Mr and Mrs Leonard L Case. Judge and Mrs R G Siebecker attended. Mr Siebecker is recovering from an operation. Also present were Mr and Mrs Leroy Case and Attorney and Mrs Daniel Ruggles and two children.
Dr Hartman of Columbus Ohio argues climate drives disease more than germs noting daily temperature shifts humidity and air pressure create cold prone conditions. He promotes Peruna as preventive health support for families and winter health management. He claims Peruna is inexpensive harmless and aids digestion and appetite during harsh weather.
Arthur Bender was in Madison on Wednesday evening. Mr. and Mrs. Cox enjoyed Thanksgiving with O. G. Gattwinkle. Mr. and Mrs. Burt Goold spent Thanksgiving in Oregon at the lady’s sister’s home. Louis Winnie and family joined W. H. Tramblie on Lynn avenue for dinner. Mrs. J. Hirn of North Freedom visited at daughter Mrs. F. R. Bartle’s in Baraboo. Mrs. W. S. Towers and Mr. and Mrs. E. C. Rogers shopped in Baraboo. Mrs. Charles King of Altoona traveled to Madison after visiting Minnie Schab in Baraboo. Mr. and Mrs. Robert Malloy returned from White Mound to visit their daughter Mrs. Daniel Nachreiner. Miss Ruth Harvey returned to St. Mary’s hospital Madison after visiting her mother Mrs. Rose Sweet, and Mrs. Bowers who visited Mr. and Mrs. A. E. Price and Mr. Floyd Daniels in Wonewoe and Reedsburg.
A business notice announces stock clearout of curved disc and Simplex separators by E. T. Gollmar. Cream separators priced from 36 dollars, with a 20 day closing window.
The ad promotes Rumely cream separators with delivery and set up nationwide. It notes continued satisfaction guaranteed and fall sale prices. Stock includes 750 and 1000 pound capacity units from Kirkpatrick Bros in Lime Ridge Wisconsin.
An advertisement proclaims an air cooled engine guarantees perfect cooling under full load for any duration and climate, claiming reliability in both hot and cold weather.
Charles L. Wortham who controlled the peanut privileges at the Chicago World's Fair has died in Memphis Tennessee. He was born in Virginia and came to Mississippi as a cotton picker. He leaves an estate valued at two million dollars, built from savings while picking cotton.
An advertisement extols Mother's Friend as a natural aid to pregnancy, claiming it relieves tension, soreness, and distress. It asserts pain reduction, calmer nerves, and easier childbirth, urging expectant mothers to buy at drug stores or have the product ordered from Bradfield Regulator Co. in Atlanta, with a mailed pregnancy guide.
La Crosse Nov 29. A reported burglar in St James Catholic church triggered a mob after a Pickwick Minnesota farmer Flynn of La Crosse entered to pray. He fled, was chased and beaten, two police fired to stop the crowd, then he was captured and later released after telling his story.
An old advertising line touts Hood's Sarsaparilla as a remedy that restores health, echoing the saying health is wealth and urging readers to try the tonic for vitality.
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