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Newspaper
Baraboo Weekly News
Location
Baraboo, Wisconsin, United States of America
Date
Dec 05, 1918
Page
4
Miss Lila Dryer returns to her duties at Merrimack today as the school reopens after a two week closure due to an influenza epidemic. Several families report sickness including the Lawrenz, Bass, and McGaw households with many affected relatives noted in the Thanksgiving period.
Mrs. Van Syke visited Mrs. Nash in Bethe the past days. Lois Thompson returned home from Prairie du Lac for Thanksgiving and went back to teaching. Influenza closed schools briefly as Beulah Frazier’s district reopened Monday. Church services held Sunday as snow and flu kept many at home.
Local note with many residents visiting relatives for Thanksgiving and returning from Camp Grant Madison and Lime Ridge. Quarantine lifted at Hackett home after small pox, influenza cases noted among Minneman Lawton Wagner family and others.
Ableman and Mrs Smith of St Cloud visit son in Chicago and stay with the Langes. A baby Reinhart John born to Reinhart and Mrs Popp. Miss Bartenbach and Charles Geissler attend a convention in Reedsburg. Several sicknesses and recoveries noted including influenza and falls. August Dornke moves to a Wilton farm. Thanksgiving visits and family care appear across Baraboo, Delton, Madison, Oregon, Milwaukee.
Sauk City residents Katharine Meredith and daughter visit Chicago relatives while Mrs. Edward Kauls and Montana family extend their stay at the Joe Meier home. Frank Talbot and wife from South Dakota rush west due to their daughter's illness as Schmitz Hall’s Thanksgiving dance is postponed due to the Flu. The Fuchs family and others travel home from Madison for Thanksgiving.
Pete King and James Mortimer visited La Valle last Monday. Bert Holderman and wife traveled to Baraboo last week for work. Leo Thompson his wife and son were summoned to North Freedom for the funeral of Miss Lange, sister to Mrs Thompson. Lewis Farr sold his farm to an unnamed buyer. Fred Good visiting Dewey Peterson near Wonewoc.
August Steve died at his home two miles west of Baraboo this morning around 6 due to pneumonia after influenza. Born in North Freedom 18 years 3 months 3 days ago he leaves parents and siblings Helen Adelia Arthur and Robert Steve. Funeral Friday at 1 from the family home.
President Wilson and his party departed Washington for New York yesterday and will set sail for Europe with other officials expected to follow from the capital in the coming days.
Fragmentary quotation urges daily purification of the body focusing on the stomach bowels blood liver and hands. The speaker J B Donovan emphasizes cleansing the stomach and a symbolic Rocky Mountain tea purifier as essential.
Bethel residents Mr. and Mrs. Raymond Ohmstad rented the Robert Koenig farm for a year and hosted a surprise reception with relatives from Madison. Nearby guests included John Rick and son from Excelsior and Henry Harris visiting Roscoe Harris. Thanksgiving dinners united several neighbors and relatives across the area.
The North Fairfield column lists residents and visitors sharing Thanksgiving and Sunday dinners. Norman Anchor and family hosted others including Allan McCannon, Herman Mielke, Gust Lewis, Joe Lewis, and the Newells. Nearby activity notes Mrs. Marion Lamar's move and her illness from a stroke.
Mrs. Ewald Hammermeister of Logansville has received official word that her husband was wounded in France on October 8. No further details have been released.
Edward Reinfeldt of Excelsior suffered a serious scalp wound while in France. A message to his parents Mr and Mrs William Reinfeldt reports an operation was performed and doctors hoped for his recovery.
Charles Thornton nearly 86 dies at home of daughter in Ironton. Survived by wife who passed thirteen years ago, two infant siblings, and three children Mrs. Charles A. Clark of Reedsburg Mrs. John Conklin of Ironton and Harry Thornton of La Valle. Also six grandchildren and six great grandchildren. Thornton kept an alert mind and split time among his children.
James Edward Kaney died at his Lyndon area home on November 28 1918 aged 32 years 6 months cause Spanish influenza. Born near Kimball South Dakota he moved with his family to Wisconsin at age nine and later farmed near Lyndon. A requiem high mass was held at St Marys church and he was buried in St Marys cemetery beside his sister Agnes. Survived by father James F Kaney mother and six brothers and seven sisters with Kathryn and Hubert absent.
Thanksgiving visits highlighted by Mr and Mrs A C Popp of Mineral Point with Rev and Mrs F Popp. Families from Reedsburg and Madison also appear. A son was born to Mr and Mrs R F Popp on Saturday November 30 1918.
Maaske and Fey families and Mrs. Johannah Fey hosted Thanksgiving guests in Reedsburg including Mr. and Mrs. Otto Krause and their family. Visitors from Harvard Illinois, Oregon, Baraboo, and North Freedom spent the holiday with local relatives. Notices mention local shoppers and a health ad promoting Hollister's Tea and Evenson's Pharmacy products.
Kilbourn reports several illness cases tied to the flu with updates on a funeral. Dell Maxfield died at his mother's home at forty three after a week of illness. Miss Mildred Stowers returned from Milwaukee to be with her ailing father J C Stowers. The town welcomes visitors from Milwaukee including Stella Coyle and Dee Alder with her daughter Thelma. Mrs Charles Martin and granddaughter Illa visit Madison.
Harry Bradley began a bee to lay the foundation for a new barn. Mrs. Ray Gibbons visits the Ben Moon home during her mother’s absence. Mrs. Al Jackson has been ill for two weeks. Gudon Mortimer family and infant spent Sunday with W W Mortimer. School resumes after seven weeks closed. Ray Gibbons installs new stanchions in his barn. Oatis Stanley works for Winsel Rott. Glenn Mortimer helps Bradley with barn preparations. Winsel Rott attends the Fat Stock show in Chicago.
The notice warns Specter The J P Company Bara boo in Sauk County that they failed to file the required annual report under Wisconsin law. If the report and forfeit payment are not filed by January 1, 1919, their corporate rights and privileges will be forfeited. Merlin Hull, Secretary of State, signs the notice.
Henry Pickar Eugene Stewart and Peter Kaufman are ill with influenza. Mr and Mrs Herman Buelow visited friends in Middleton and Madison Sunday. Thanksgiving day brought snow and rain, keeping many from planned dinners. John Huber and Henry Huber bought farms from their mother Mrs John Huber Sr last week. Mr and Mrs Alley Willman and family, Mr and Mrs Frank Soelle and daughter, Miss Clara Moely, and Hen
The text notes that guests were entertained at the Carl Spelle home Monday evening with a raccoon supper and a good time reported.
A Thanksgiving described as memorable for war ending and peace hoped for, despite a heavy snowfall. Local families gathered at homes of Plummer Cushman Luce and Cline, with visits from Will Plummer of Webster. Hog marketing and harvest details noted alongside social visits and a corn shredder on the McFarland farm.
Evenson's Pharmacy advertises a one piece moulded water bottle priced at $1.00 under the wartime price program.
Local brief items detail Miss Mae Laing resuming duties in Wonewoc after a six week Flu closure. Visitors include A J Dwyer of Loreto and Dr Wested. Thanksgiving hosts feature Mr and Mrs Joe Powell and many others, with Powell ill at writing. A letter from Arthur Crossey boosts Mrs Powell’s overseas safety. Harmony Christmas Perfumes advertised.
Tom Finegan of Camp Grant spent a few days with his parents and works on the hospital staff. A son was born to Mrs. Orrin Williams on December 1, and Mrs. Compton is caring for them. Mr. Williams has served in the army since June. Mrs. Mable Burgess and John Swatford of Sandusky visited over Sunday to see their son Aleck, who had been visiting near Medford. Mr. Thornton, an aged local resident, died at his daughter Mrs. John Conklin’s home after about eight weeks illness. Charles Blanchard spent Saturday night with his parents. he has discharged from the Officers’ Training School at Camp Grant and will return to his wife in Dakota. Mrs. Ella Scott of Madison visited the Blanchard home.
A man walked the street day after day hoping to find a gift for his wife. He believes Hollister's Rocky Mountain Tea would please her most, expressing his idea with simple hope.
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