Trainwreck engineer BLA reports Wednesday night incident
An engineer identified as BLA from Trainwreck reports a Wednesday night incident. No further details are provided in the fragment.
25 Dec 1919
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Newspaper
Baraboo Weekly News
Location
Baraboo, Wisconsin, United States of America
Date
Dec 25, 1919
Page
1
An engineer identified as BLA from Trainwreck reports a Wednesday night incident. No further details are provided in the fragment.
Investigators blame failure of the westbound engineer to take the siding for a head on collision near Eyota Minnesota between Chicago and Northwestern trains. Injured include several theater troupe members bound for Baraboo Wisconsin. victims taken to Rochester for care.
Loganville branch of the American Red Cross reports receipts of 383.77 with donations from school district 7 and memberships. expenditures include long distance calls and postage. The branch transferred funds to Baraboo Sauk county chapter due to no officers elected for 1920 and lists 1920 members.
Chicago sellers report a heavy tree surplus with prices at 35 and 25 cents and some trees given away as supply runs out. The year’s demand fell from last season, leaving many trees unsold as prices plummet.
A Baraboo history feature tours the city’s landmarks from the Cardiff Giant hoax and George Hull to Ringling family homes, the old Opera House, Trinity Episcopal Church, notable trees, and the Baraboo Cemetery with its famed burial plots.
The Reedsburg Armory hosted a community Christmas event that drew a packed crowd. The program featured a Madison directed community chorus, piano and violin accompaniments, a high school band, speeches, and Santa Claus distributing goodie bags to children.
Daniel Holton of Portage paid a $50 fine and costs after pleading guilty before Magistrate F. W. Kiefer to violating the pure food laws. State Inspector J. Crosby of Madison filed the affidavit claiming Holton sold ice cream not meeting the required 15 percent butter fat standard.
C H Tenney Madison state fair price commissioner says sugar reached its highest crest and no further rise is expected Relief expected for Wisconsin about Feb 1 Cuban sugar to begin arriving on the seaboard after Jan 1 and reach the Midwest weeks later
An Catholic Woman's club meeting at the Parochial school marked Durward Day to honor Father John T. Durward. Wilfred J. Durward of Tacoma spoke on books, shared gifts from Father Durward, and recited poetry. Rev. O'Reilly offered remarks on the priest's life.
The Wisconsin cooperative crop reporting service reports a 7 percent rise in planted winter wheat acreage. Fall sown for 1920 totals 83,000 acres versus 76,000 harvested this year and 5-year average of 103,000. Condition on December 1 stands at 95 percent normal, up from last year.
Mr. Ed Richardson of Manston Wis visits his daughter Mrs William Britton. Amos Squires is no better and well wishes from old friends help pass the time. Mrs Squires works five hours daily at Kroehler Mfg lunch room. Florist Squires improves after tonsil removal by Dr Edgar Simptson. Kroechler Manufacturing orders buckwheat flour from Sarrington Mills Delton.
Canadian newspapers will pay $80 a ton F.O.B. in January for newsprint, announced by Paper Controller Pringler. The current price is $69.4 per ton.
District Attorney Henry J. Bohn and a Wisconsin Division of Markets agent inspected the Reedsburg condensery by governor authorization. The facility had stored about 1,174,197 pounds of sugar, with 787,253 pounds shipped out or in transit, under interstate protection. About 38,944 pounds remain unused at the Reedsburg plant.
The Sauk County Horticulture Society held its annual meeting at the Knight of Columbus rooms with 81 members enrolled. Officers elected include President W A Toole, Vice President Mrs L H Palmer, and Secretary-Treasurer C A Hofmann. Members plan six 1920 meetings and urge attendance at the Madison state meeting January 6-8.
La Crosse prepares for a new aerial mail route linking Chicago and the Twin Cities. A hanger and filling station at the Salzer aerial field in La Crosse will be offered for $25,000 as part of the preparations.
The F A and A M lodge announces its officers for the coming term with Paul A Herfort as Worshipful Master and E F Boehm as Senior Warden. Chris Dyrud serves as Junior Warden, Jacob Van Orden as Treasurer, Henry Koppke as Sée, and Henry Ketchum as Trustee.
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