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Newspaper
Baraboo Weekly News
Location
Baraboo, Wisconsin, United States of America
Date
Dec 20, 1917
Page
5
North Freedom and Baraboo residents attend social events and church activities, with a major Christmas dance at the M W A hall featuring Peter son’s orchestra. Community notes cover visits, lighting failures, a small house fire, Red Cross drive, lectures, and a funeral in Woodstock for a local resident.
Sunday callers at the home of Mr and Mrs M Bisch included Joe Bisch and Edith their daughter and Arthur Gomon of Baraboo. Roscoe Harris of Baraboo visited J H Harris. Tracy and Howard Randall called on the North Freedom area near Montebello farm. Mrs Mary Willey’s illness lingers as her son Chris Willey and daughter Mrs Herbert Johnson of Prairie du Lac stay with her from Thursday to Sunday. J H Harris visited Roscoe Harris family in Baraboo Monday.
Addie Stanley and family plan to move to La Valle for new employment. Ed Ripke bought the Henry Frieda farm. Blaine Snyder sold property worth eighty to Albert Mangles. Edna Mautchens and Willis Hanson visited friends here last week. Walter Bradley visiting relatives at Pardeeville. Mamie Mortimer of Ironton spent the weekend with her father. Mr. and Mrs. Nate Mortimer visited the former’s brother James Mortimer. Mrs. Murdock returned home after a week with her daughter, Mrs. James Mortimer.
Loretto Genevieve Hallisey born Baraboo Wisconsin February 19 1893. She attended local schools and graduated Baraboo High School in 1909 joined University of Wisconsin class of 1914. After college she taught in Woodstock Illinois High School from 1914 until retirement years.
Wisconsin cold storage holdings show poultry up 58 percent in November despite meatless day bans. Dairy and food commissioner Weigle reports 283,021 pounds on Oct 31 rising to 464,585 pounds on Nov 30, with broad gains across meats and fish.
A freshman basketball game Tuesday evening ended 17 to 15 with Barabgs beating Lyons Liberty Club. Lyons players list includes Epa Berkley Duncan Harley Berkley Rooney Prine Pierce Sutherland Lusby Schenck.
Rochester officers receive a wartime Irish verse from Corporal Edwin J. Conley of Baraboo home, sent via Nellie McElroy. The poem imagines Irish and German foes and promises a future free of submarines, with shamrocks, shillalahs, and Irish pride in victory.
The Madison school board weighs possible one month closures in January or February because of a coal shortage. Baraboo schools report fuel sufficiency until March and promise additional supply if needed.
Funeral services for John J. Carroll were held Tuesday afternoon at the Sauk City Catholic church with Rev. A. L. Schauenberg officiating and the children's choir singing. Pallbearers included Michael Fitzgerald Dennis Dwyer Charles Bradley James Fitzsimmons E. J. Ryan and D. M. Ryan. Interment followed in Sauk City cemetery. Out of town attendees included P. T. Bannon Vesper James Kelley and numerous relatives from Lyndon Station Arena Mazomanie Madison Lodi Kilbourn Merrimack and Sumpter.
A healthful tonic claims to soothe the liver and bowels, aid digestion, sharpen appetite, and improve sleep. Hol lister's Rocky Mountain Tea is presented as a natural gift, thorough yet not injurious, by J. B. Donovan.
Mrs Catherine Byres aged 87 died at her daughter Mrs Don French home in Kilbourn. She came to Oxford in 1856 and lived in Kilbourn since 1915. She leaves 61 grandchildren and 40 great grandchildren. Surviving children listed include Christiana Smith Eva Hayes Thomas Byers John Byers Daniel Byers Marie McClure Nellie French Christopher Byers Amelia Keely Sarah Stafford Frank Byers William Byers from Kilbourn Oxford Packwaukee Hinsdale Mont Dessert N D.
William K. Baker formerly of Baraboo writes from somewhere in France to friends about life on the front. He notes the sounds of shelling at night and compares guns to music, recalls cold weather and frost, mentions meeting Frank Wood along the line, and wishes friends a merry Christmas and a happy New Year. He signs as WILLIAM K. BAKER, Co. E. 138th Engineers Ry.
Miss Maeta Junge as Baraboo civic league treasurer received letters from the boys at Waco Texas grateful for the candy and towels sent by Baraboo residents. The letters dated December 12 1917 thank the ladies for their kindness and back home support.
Paul Sparks of Reedsburg relays a long letter from Camp Pike Arkansas where David J. Sparks serves in the machine gun company 345th infantry. He recounts departing Camp Grant and rail travel through Chicago Kankakee Champaign Memphis and Little Rock and notes the camp’s barracks and nearby Knights of Columbus hall. He paints Arkansas as mostly negro population and cotton fields with rough buildings and weeds, then confirms arrival at Camp Pike about 2 39 pm and no drilling yet.
A Baraboo contingent at Camp MacArthur Texas sends holiday thanks to the Civic League for candy and towels. They express affection for Baraboo, note plans to go to France soon, and sign with names including Edward Edwards and Raymond Briscoe among others.
A reflective piece evokes hope as families endure wartime separation. The refrain promises brighter days when soldiers return, turning sorrow into resilience. The verses emphasize communal support and steadfast faith until veterans and loved ones come home.
Corporal Harold Meyer of Company A 128th Infantry based at Waco Texas spent Friday with his parents and Reedsburg friends. He joined the 32nd divisional football team on a short leave, played in both games, and helped the squad win 20 to 0 against the Michigan Aggies while losing 27 to 7 to Detroit University. Out of 35000 men at Camp MacArthur, 24 were chosen for the northern trip. Meyer earned a place on the squad through his all around ability.
Johnston Fuel and Warehouse Co of Baraboo Wisconsin lists prices for fuel and produce including flour from Pillsbury and Gold Medal at 3.00 and 2.95 dollars per unit, Clover and Rubio products, potatoes at 1.25 per 100 pounds and onions at 1.50. Chicago livestock receipts show hogs and cattle trading weak with specific bid ranges for each class, and sheep at 9 to 13.10 dollars.
Holiday trade notice highlights sweaters coats for children boys and men along with Mackinaws gloves mitts fur caps hats and caps. It emphasizes lower margins from in house production and claims better values in furs while noting higher business as proof.
Advertising rates listed for daily weekly and multi daily word counts with cash in advance required and proportionate rates for longer durations. Terms indicate 15c or 25c per 25 words and multiple insertions with payment in advance.
A missing auto truck chain was reported between Ragatz church and Baraboo bluffs. Property should be left at Humane Stanchion works in Baraboo.
Notice lists wants and sales from a small town marketplace. It seeks a serviceable used car part beat no, false teeth with up to 17 fifty per set, gold crowns and bridges, and advertisement for birds dogs and farm stock with contact names and addresses.
A baby girl weighing eight pounds was born December 8 to Mr. and Mrs. G. B. Simonds of Fairfield. In Rice Lake Wisconsin, Mr. and Mrs. J. Sidney George welcomed a son, Leighton Douglas George, born December 6, 1917. The Georges are former residents of.
A feed store at 148 Third Street advertises a cash business and high market prices for chickens. Owner R. L. Glazier invites customers to bring poultry to the new location, phone 621.
If your stomach is wrong and digestion poor with loss of appetite and dull mind, as well as heavy bowels and torpid liver, Hollister's Rocky Mountain Tea is advised by Dr. B. Donovan as a remedy to restore regular sleep and overall well being.
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