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Newspaper
Baraboo Weekly News
Location
Baraboo, Wisconsin, United States of America
Date
Dec 21, 1922
Page
2
The city council met with Mayor Adolf Andro presiding. The finance committee presented budgets with school at 76236.75 and park and library allocations. The council approved additions and loans totaling 23000 borrowed from two banks.
Baraboo's business district shimmers like a single Christmas tree with wired streets and multicolor lighting around the square and courthouse park. Mayor Adolph Andre led the effort with Wisconsin Power Light & Heat wiring eight blocks, offered free service later at reduced rates, and students helped attach pine boughs.
The Pt N A in Merimack elected Oracle Mrs Edna Warne vice oracle Miss Adell Halb mar past oracle Mrs Lucy Mather chockcellor Mrs Flora Premo recorder Mrs Susan Loos receiver Mrs Catherine Gross marshal Miss Christina Meikle inner sentinel Mrs Lucy Devinis outer sentinel Mrs Kate Pearson manager Mrs Minerva Stewart Installation planned for next meeting.
Mrs. Sarah Parkin visits her daughter Mrs. John McCormick in Baraboo. Mrs. A Shanks was in Lodi Saturday. James Gottwinkel left for Sarasota Florida on Tuesday to spend the winter there.
Baraboo Fruit Store announces a special discount on all Xmas candies and nuts for quantity buyers such as schools churches lodges and other organizations with bulk orders expected.
The Skillet Creek Farmers club met at John and Mrs Martiny’s home with many members. Jessie Martiny spoke of an eastward trip ending July 1, visiting Buffalo Niagara Falls Toronto Montreal Boston New York Philadelphia Washington and more. Healthful programs and recitations followed with music by the Mielke girls and other members. The next meeting will be at Mr. and Mrs. Kunzelman with speaker Mrs Norma Acott on December 29.
A 1922 Fordson tractor with belt pulley is offered at a very low price. Also listed is a Ford sedan described as like new located through Mueller Garage.
Baraboo Kiwanis held its regular weekly luncheon at the Warren hotel and elected officers for the coming year. T. F. Risley was re-elected president amid an attempted resignation. Other officers named include Vice President Ben Jones Treasurer T. M. Mould Director Herman Anderson and Trustee Atty E F Dithmar. A Baraboo Valley Creamery Association meeting is planned for January 28 with the club asked to assist with entertainment for visitors from five counties.
Lola Frost of Sauk City received an absolute divorce from her husband A. C. Frost after testifying life on the farm near Sauk City was a grind. Judge A. Stolen of Madison granted the decree citing Lola’s preference for city life.
An advertisement from Donovan's Pharmacy touts HOLLIS TERS ROCKY MOUNTAIN as a cure for headaches constipation sour stomach and poor appetite. It claims the product energizes users guiding them to hustle sing and play and notes women recommend it to each other.
The Baraboo Elks will host a Christmas party for children under 12 at the Al Ringling Theater Saturday at 2 pm. A decorated tree, Santa Claus, the high school band, a comedy picture, and gifts for every child are promised along with apples popcorn nuts and candy.
Edward Hintz of Marshfield accidentally shot his 14 year old son William while rabbit hunting on a farm near Rock. The boy was struck by twelve shots in the right leg two in the right arm and two in the left leg and received fleshy wounds. The incident occurred after the hunter moved away from his son on a stump and fired at a rabbit seen in the brush. The boy was treated at a nearby house and later transported home for medical care.
The late Joseph Bisagna left a $250000 estate to 102 beneficiaries including bootblacks waiters actresses hat boys cafe owners physicians judges and society women in recognition of kindness and courtesy. Bisagna, a bachelor clubman, was a familiar figure in San Francisco for years.
The Chicago markets show hogs trading 7.90 to 8.25 with some weights up to 8.15. Cattle receipts reach 13 000 with choice and prime cattle at 11.50 to 14.25 and cows 3.60 to 8.00. Baraboo merchants pay 40 cents per dozen for eggs while shippers pay 50 cents per hundred pounds for potatoes.
Twelve persons lost their lives in Madison lakes during the past year, per Coroner W. E. Campbell. Two deaths occurred during the closed season. The lakes recorded more drownings than the four years prior combined, with 21 drownings in the past five years.
Miss Pauine Ambrose of Nevada Iowa was named the 1923 junior prom queen at the University of Wisconsin Madison. Gordon A Ganzer, prom committee chairman, announced the selection Tuesday night.
A railway postal clerk notes a prolonged surge in Christmas mail with more packages moving between offices. Extra staff were added earlier than usual to handle the heavy workload.
Jimmy Murphy of Los Angeles won the 250 mile race at Beverly in a Durant, setting world records amid a 75,000 fan crowd. He earned 9000 first prize plus 2000 bonus and 1000 for record, with 500 AA points totaling 3420 this season. The event highlighted a 115 mph average speed and a $25,000 prize pool.
Plans by San Francisco and Utah capitalists for a 20 million merger of Pacific steel and coal resources include blast furnaces costing over 7.5 million. A campaign promises tin can cleanups to fund film viewings, with four of every five pictures produced in Los Angeles as Paramount plans 8 million of its 10 million total spend there.
Arthur Strand, called the laziest man in the world by Probation Officer T C Purcell, was sentenced to one year at Waupun by Judge O A Stolen after pleading guilty to abandonment. The case followed three Superior court appearances dating from May for living with a widow not his wife, who he later married, and another arraignment in Otove for abandonment.
Dense mosquito swarms hover over lakes in parts of South America creating a misty, cloudlike appearance. The image shows vast colonies hanging above the water, thick enough to resemble weather fog.
Miss Hilda Rentzman of Reedsburg writes from the University of Leipzig about high living costs and poverty among students. She describes lectures beginning October 26, professors’ fees and salaries, hunger among instructors, and prices for milk and eggs as part of a critique of Germany during the war era.
Wisconsin history groups mark sites statewide with markers. The Rhoda Hinsdale Chapter D A R at Shullsburg placed a Pecatona battlefield marker. Indian mounds near Madison are marked. Judge E Ray Stevens named the Landmarks committee to oversee marker placements and trail markings statewide.
Ralph Weiland eleven year old son of Mr and Mrs A R Weiland rests easily after an X ray showed a broken left forearm and a partially broken right hip from an accident on Third street. A W Rohn the driver and father of the other boy requests a further X ray to confirm proper setting.
Reedsburg high school pupils presented The Private Secretary and the production was pronounced a success by the audience and staff.
Donovan's Pharmacy advertises Hollister's Rocky Mountain Tea as unbeatable for headaches and constipation, promoting fast relief and natural ingredients to improve daily living.
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