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Newspaper
Baraboo Weekly News
Location
Baraboo, Wisconsin, United States of America
Date
Dec 06, 1917
Page
2
Baraboo and area residents share Thanksgiving visits and greetings. Festivities included a silver wedding anniversary celebration for Mr. and Mrs. Emil Schudlick on Seventh Street, with a social gathering and gift of a silver bread tray and berry spoon. Local officials and church members, farm reports, deer hunts, and war work notes fill the day’s society column.
Residents of Chippewa Falls share Thanksgiving visits with relatives from Madison Beloit Waukegan and Fort Sheridan while neighbors attend church events clubs and theater plans. Reports note travel purchases and community gatherings including meals at several homes and a benefit dance.
A brief note describes how roots herbs bark and berries valued for medicine are carefully combined in a traditional preparation. The passage emphasizes natural remedies and medicinal knowledge.
An enlisted U S Navy man returning from France tells of a German submarine mutiny in which all officers were killed and the crew surrendered to an American warship. The Germans claim they were on a two month patrol but had served three months and could stand it no longer. After killing the officers they displayed a white flag and waited for the American ship to come alongside.
The Paris pickpocket Touche plans to wed Marguerite Bossar at St Sulpice. He aims to steal a priest’s watch and chain as dowry during the ceremony, then discovers the chain is only a modest five franc watch, prompting his fury and a vow to rethink crime. Marguerite warns of future hardship if he stays with her.
A German bulletin reports an armistice is in operation in parts of the Russo German front from the Pripet to south of the Lipa. Several Russian commands have sought truces and a Russian deputation has arrived with Prince Leopold of Bavaria to arrange a general armistice.
A physician urges people over thirty to protect kidney vitality and cleanse the blood of uric acid to delay aging and premature death. The ad touts Anuric tablets from Dr. Pierce of Buffalo as a remedy for backache rheumatism and swollen joints by dissolving uric acid. recommends plenty of water and daily sweat.
Portage resident Mrs. Perea Berrs testifies to Dr. Pierce’s Golden Medical Discovery curing long standing liver complaint after prior remedies failed. She also praises Favorite Prescription for a safe, smooth expectancy and strong healthy children.
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