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Newspaper
Baraboo Weekly News
Location
Baraboo, Wisconsin, United States of America
Date
Dec 25, 1913
Page
11
The article surveys holiday hardship in theater life with half pay before Christmas, preholiday matinee changes, and the lonely advance agent. It notes some managers cut Christmas work or shift schedules, while others add dinners and press events, highlighting dog critics and stage concessions amid seasonal shows.
A long list of residents and friends visit or travel for the holidays. Names include Mrs. Edward Lee, Mrs. Lorraine Horton, Mr. and Mrs. Ralph Thayer of Beloit, Dr. and Mrs. W. F. Nuzum, Miss Esther Lee, Mr. and Mrs. H. E. Cole, and many others visiting in Madison and surrounding towns such as Baraboo, Harmony, Escanaba, and Green Bay.
A poem by Frank Dempster Sherman depicts a bare room behind a town chimney. A boy dreams of Christmas toys and Christmas joy he cannot have, imagining Santa Claus filling stockings for him.
The poem evokes a Christmas mood with a “feel in the air” that affects appetite and mood. The speaker reflects on a bittersweet ache tied to holiday memories, contrasting warm cheer with a lingering sadness and nostalgia. The piece centers on a personal, seasonal sentiment.
Madison December 24. Attorney General Owen interprets Wisconsin eugenic law as easily workable by physicians examining men who wish to marry. He says the law aims at simple examinations by reputable licensed physicians for a fee of three dollars and does not require Wasserman or other specialist tests or long laboratory experiments.
Milwaukee December 24 Joseph Brown twenty eight arrested by Patrolman Albert Quest at a fire that ruined the Scottish Woolen mills and damaged McKane Lins Leather Goods stock Brown allegedly left the store with two new grips and a leather lunch box he had stolen Brown had been linked to a 1911 case where he was charged with stealing from the University Club safe He served two and a half years at Waupun and recently released after bond issues involving his mother and a court decision returned the bond to her months earlier.
Milwaukee December 24 Justice R M Wanamaker of the Ohio supreme court urged cities to have home rule and nonpartisan elections with divisions limited to local issues He noted bankers oppose many progressive policies and called for constitutional changes in the United States.
In Goodman Wisconsin on December 24 a nonswimmer jumped into icy water at the Union church bazaar pond to save two skaters, Lawrence Adams eight and Julius Newman twelve, who were struggling after breaking through the ice. Both boys were rescued.
Washington reports the Interstate Commerce Commission found a proposed general grain rate rise from Illinois to central markets justified though individual rate legality not decided. The panel said increases on certain grain byproducts from Mississippi river crossings and proportional rate advances from upper Mississippi points were not justified and existing rates must stay in effect.
Joliet Illinois December 24 Erastus W Willard appointed receiver for the Plainfield private bank has begun an inquiry into its condition. He has not heard from proprietor J I Evarts who has been missing for several days. Willard expects two or three days to assess the bank. Depositors estimate assets may cover about 30 percent of deposits, believed at $112 000.
Manila December 24. C B Robinson a botanist with the bureau of science department of the interior Philippine islands was killed by natives of Amboyna island Malay archipelago.
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