Baraboo Cow Testing Report Details by E. E. Clingman
E. E. Clingman reports Baraboo Cow Testing Association results list top producers by breed and weight milk and butterfat. Several Shorthorns lead in putterfat with Holsteins and Jerseys noted as not fresh. The report warns against overfeeding at current feed and milk prices and notes some cows not listed may still be top producers later. Johnnie Briscoe visits Winona grandparents. Lydia North visits Baraboo. Howard Randall visits Montebello farm on Thanksgiving.
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E. E. Clingman
Baraboo Cow Testing Association
Walter Pierce
Bellows Bros Gr
Ernest Hanger
Hol
Glen Hill Reg
L. L. Case
John Hamburg
E. A. McGilvra
L. O. Kindschi
Bellows Bros
H. C. Spencer
Thomas Bros. Gr
Baraboo
Johnnie Briscoe
Winona
John Brenner
Belle Brenner
Mary Adams
Howard Randall
Floyd
Montebello Farm
Lydia North
J. H. Harris
Thanksgiving Program Highlights School Holiday Week
A Thanksgiving program featuring songs recitations and dialogues pleased attendees on Tuesday. Miss Mae Laing trained pupils and the event included a hot vegetable soup and wafers served to visitors, reflecting warm noon meals on cold days.
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Charles Randall
Chicago
Will Premo
Greenfield
Alien teachers barred from Milwaukee hiring
In Milwaukee twenty alien teachers face non hire as two are men and all must align under the flag. a board meeting led to German being dropped from the grades.
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Milwaukee
Wisconsin official urges one third wheat reduction
Magnus Swenson the Wisconsin food administrator appeals to reduce wheat consumption by at least a third. He advises eating bread made from corn and other products as world wheat supplies are very short.
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Magnus Swenson
Madison
Wisconsin
Butterfield Couple Welcome a Son Yesterday
Born to Mr. and Mrs. O. S. Butterfield a son yesterday at local hospital. The baby adds joy to the family and joins the household as relatives celebrate the new arrival.
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Mrs. O. S. Butterfield
Austria Estimates War Cost At Nine Billion Dollars
Count Czernin, Austro Hungarian foreign minister, says three year war cost reached 9.0 billion dollars in a Vienna dispatch. He estimates the 1917 18 budget would reach about 4.052 billion if the war continues through the year.
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Count Czernin
Vienna
Women urged to aid fight on war tuberculosis
Mrs. L. D. Harvey of Menomonee, president of the Wisconsin Federation of Women's clubs, calls on Wisconsin club women to support this year's Red Cross Christmas seals sale and stresses its value as genuine war service.
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Wisconsin
L. D. Harvey
Menomonee
Wisconsin Federation of Women’s Clubs
Red Cross
Ladies Social Circle of Lyons Holds First Meeting of Year
The Ladies Social Circle of Lyons met December 6 1917 to begin the 15th year with Mrs Frank Cleveland presiding. Sixteen members and five visitors attended. New committees were named and plans made for the year. The club voted to let Lyons Liberty boys use the church for meetings. A featured reading titled My Blessing Book was shared. Refreshments followed. The meeting approved year end receipts and expenses totaling 166.08 with a balance of 41.76. Adjournment set for December 19.
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Spcil Circle
Lyons
Frank Cleveland
Pearse Sansum
Liberty Boys of
Catholic Woman's Club Meeting Voices on Christian Home
At a Wednesday gathering the Catholic Woman's Club heard Misses Warner Meade McMahan and Larkin perform piano solos. Rev Father O'Reilly spoke on the Christian home stressing harmony among home church and school and the vital role of Christian mothers in shaping future citizens.
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Ethel Warner
Audrey Meade
Mae McMahan
Alice Larkin
Father O’reilly
Christain
Christain Home
Christain Church
Christain School
Governor Philipp Ill At Madison Again
Governor Philipp becomes ill at the executive office in Madison and is taken to the executive mansion. Dr. J. S. Evans of the university clinic attends him. He suffers from the same abdominal trouble that has afflicted him before.
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Philipp
Madison
J. S. Evans
University Clinic
Cold spell drops Dawson temps to fifty below zero
Dawson thermometers fell to 50 degrees below zero on Tuesday marking the first severe cold spell of the season. Baraboo residents reassess heating needs as record lows challenge supply and comfort.
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Baraboo
Dawson
Portage Man Attacked by Bull Sustains Injuries
Gerald Townsend of near Portage was leading a bull to water when it charged and graphic injuries followed. He suffered a fractured shoulder and bruising across the body.
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Gerald Townsend
Portage
Special Wisconsin Session Delayed to Late January
The proposed special session of the Wisconsin legislature will not begin until late in January.
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Wisconsin
Former Madison businessman sentenced for perjury in federal case
Frank Statz, once a Madison businessman in the battling works and auto trade, was sentenced to six months in Milwaukee's house of correction by Judge Sanborn after pleading guilty to perjury. He was arrested in Lake Mills by Deputy Marshal Will Touton on an indictment for false testimony at a bankruptcy hearing in Madison last August. Two of his sons have joined the army.
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Frank Statz
Madison
House of Correction
Milwaukee
Sanborn
Statz
Lake Mills
Marshall Will Touton
Lake Millis
Ship Knees Cut From Swamp Wood for Fleet
Frank Pierce of Milwaukee in Wyocena, Columbia county, settled with tamarack land owners and paid $4,000. Crew then moved to Lewiston to cut more ship knees for swamps, aiding America’s new wooden merchant fleet.
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Frank Pierce
Milwaukee
Wyocena
Columbia County
Lewiston
America
Child Burned When Celluloid Comb Ignited On Stove
Gordon Hydanus aged 15 months of Randolph, Columbia County, was seriously burned when a celluloid comb he played with was stuck into the flame of an oil stove. The comb flashed to fire and scorched one side of his face and one hand.
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Gordon
Death of Ellis Dunn in France noted in Ontario paper
Ellis Dunn, youngest son of Charles H Dunn former editor of The Elroy Tribune and resident of Edmonton Alberta Canada, was killed in France during a German drive.
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Ellis Dunn
Charles H. Dunn
Elroy Tribune
Edmonton
Alberta
Canada
France
Lake Mendota Freezes Early After 20 Year Gap
On Friday Lake Mendota at Madison froze over marking the earliest freeze in twenty years. Last year the date was December 16, as temperatures dropped and the seasonal pattern shifted.
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Lake Mendota
Madison
Why We Are at War By Wilson View
The speaker argues that central powers threaten democracy and liberty. He characterizes their warfare as inhumane and secretive, aimed to seize territory and disrupt the union. The war is framed as righteous and disinterested, a defense of liberty and national ideals.
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Idrow Wilson
British Seize All Survivors of Norse Boat Collision
Three days after the blast in Halifax the city reels from the disaster. Officials fear about 3,000 dead and up to 20 million dollars in property losses with 25 million dollars needed for immediate relief. All survivors of the Norwegian steamer were seized by British authorities and held as the admiralty investigates the Mont Blanc collision with the Imo.
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Halifax
Imo
Admiralty
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