Christmas Homecomings and Holiday Plans Across Town
A parade of local residents return home for Christmas and the holidays from colleges, universities, and jobs in cities including Madison, Baraboo, Duluth, Minneapolis, and Green Bay. Families gather at homes such as Carpenter Acker, Spaulding, and Putz, with dances, reunions, and a Navy enlistment noted for Durlin Hackett. Corporals, teachers, and students are described visiting relatives and preparing for seasonal events.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Ralph Draper
Marquette Dental College
G. L. Richardson
Jean
Prairie du Lac
Carpenter-Acker
Doris Brackly
Sheboygan
Helen Barker
University of Wisconsin
E. Kuhlman
Grand Rapids
Corporal Burr Dicke
Camp Grant
Rockford
T. J. Hackett
Chicago
Edward Ristan
Minneapolis
S. P. Elias
California
Raymond Sherwood
Stocking
Kilbourn Young Men Enlist in Military Service
C O Sherod of Kilbourn has enlisted in the 108th engineers regiment and gone to Houston Texas. Frank Voigt has enlisted in the quartermaster department in Chicago and will train at San Antonio or Jacksonville as a stenographer and clerk. J S Barrett and John Bauer have enlisted in the navy and will depart January 2 for the Great Lakes training camp near Chicago.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Roy Ellas
Orrin Wuether
Marshall
August Smith
John Barkenhagen
Poynette
Gus Barkenhagen
Durlin Hackett
Navy
Lawrence College
N. B. Hackett
Great Lakes Naval Training Station
Phillip Sousa
Iris
Naval
C. O. Sherod
Kilbourn
108Th Engineers
Houston
Tex
Frank Voigt
Chicago
Quartermaster’s Department
San Antonio
Jacksonville
J. S. Barrett
John Bauer
Great Lakes
Henry Huber Returns Home From Montana Visit
Henry Huber returns home after weeks with relatives in Montana. District No. 7 school closed Friday for one week’s vacation. A daughter born to Mr. and Mrs. George Deiler on December 20.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Henry Huber
Montana
Christmas Socials and Visits in South Belton Area
Mrs George Douglas hosted Bert Allen of Charles City Iowa and two Baraboo granddaughters. Mrs J C Royer returned from Madison after visiting Newell. Mrs William Flanagan and children stayed with Pearl Waddell. A Christmas program was held at the schoolhouse on December 22. Mr and Mrs Porter from near Madison visited their brother. Vivian Douglas spent Sunday at his father’s home.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Bruce McCoy
Baraboo
Denzer
Minnie Alexander
Evelyn
Petzke
CG. E. Phillipa
Wauwatosa
A. W. Spaulding
John Leifer
William Putz
Webster Prairie
Bert Fisk
Elroy
Mable Hill
Page
Henry Geissler
Ableman
Frederick
Albert Dippel
Dental Department
University of Illinois
Walter Hahn
Mary Emma
Sauk City
Martin Lange
Platteville
Santa Claus
Kietha Seeley
la Valle
D. W
George Douglas
Bert Allen
Charles City
Iowa
Charles Allen
J. C. Royer
Madison
Newell
William Flanagan
Pearl Waddell
Porter
Vivian Douglas
Caledonia Family Sees Tame Deer Near Home
Caledonia resident G. Jones wife and three children spotted a fine deer near their home. With no open season for deer in the county these animals have become very tame in the area.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
ER. G. Jones
Caledonia
Fuchs Fischer Wedding at Harrisburg Reformed Church
Miss Katherine Fischer and Herman Fuchs united in marriage at Harrisburg Reformed Church with Rev. C. F. Dahn officiating. Attendants were Miss Laura Fuchs and Henry Fischer. The bride wore white voile trimmed with lace. bridesmaid in light blue voile. all carried white roses. Mrs. Ben Fuchs played the wedding march. The couple will live on a farm near Troy.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Katherine Fischer
Herman Fuchs
Harrisburg Reformed Church
C. F. Dahn
Laura Fuchs
Henry Fischer
Ben Fuchs
Troy
Thanksgiving Holiday Family Visit and Wedding News
Black Hawk Carl Adam spent the holidays with his parents Mr. and Mrs Conrad Adam. About 75 relatives attended the wedding of Miss Kate Fisher and Herman Fuchs last Thursday afternoon. The couple will reside on the Louis Fisher farm. Mrs Nickolaus Sprecher is ill and Miss Mollie Schlalz is sick with the grip.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Carl Adam
Conrad Adam
Kate Fisher
Herman Fuchs
Louis Fisher
Nickolaus Sprecher
Mollie Schlalz
Card of Thanks for sympathy and flowers
We thank friends and neighbors for kindness and sympathy during sickness and after the death of our loved one. The Hutchens family expresses gratitude for flowers and support from Mrs James Hutchens Mr and Mrs Fred Hutchens and family.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
James Hutchens
Fred Hutchens
Service Flag Blessed at Trinity Episcopal Church
Christmas morning service at Trinity Episcopal Church featured a fourteen star service flag raised by Corporals Earl Luder and Russell Williams. The flag honors Abbot Peck and fourteen listed parishioners, with a blessing during the Holy Eucharist as the choir sang Adeste Fidelis and America.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Trinity Episcopal Church
Russel Williams
Earl Luder
L. C. Ferguson
America
Luder
Williams
Abpott Peck
8 Rev Updike Dies at Madison After Long Pastorate
Dr. E G Updike 67 former pastor of Madison First Congregational Church died at General Hospital Madison from spinal cord sclerosis. He preached his last sermon December 1916 and lived in Lake Mills after returning from California. Born November 18 1850 in Tompkins County New York he moved to Wisconsin in childhood and graduated from Lawrence College in 1875. Funeral Thursday at Lake Mills.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
E. G. Updike
Madison First Congregational Church
General Hospital
Los Angeles
Calif
Eugene Grover Updike
Tompkins County
New York
Dodge County
Wis
Dr. Updike
Northwestern University
Lawrence College
Appleton
Lawrence
Clara P. Faville
Lake Mills
Mail Letters Short Next Week
No paper will be issued on New Year’s Day. Correspondents must keep letters short next week and complete two days of work in one. Mail on Monday or before since rural carriers will not work that day. Send Christmas event items now to be typed before next week.
Tax notice for Excelsior Town postponed banking schedule
Town treasurer Be. H. Cady announces locations and dates for tax collection. He will be at Farmers State Bank of Ableman on January 7 14 21 and 28 and at L. D. Rudds on the 16th with the rest of the month spent at home.
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Government to take over nation’s railroads by year end
Reports say the president will seize control of U S rail facilities on December 31 to ease congestion. White House confirmation pending, with talks slated with big four brotherhoods and railroad presidents to secure wage and compensation terms.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
United States
White House
New York Times
Big Four Brotherhoods
Brotherhoods
Washington
Germans Move More Troops From the East
German forces shift troops from the Russian front amid a Russian protest to the peace conference.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
East
President Defies Probers On Sugar Freight Figures
The senate investigating committee agreed not to publish until Hoover was called. The information reached the public as Hoover appealed to the president. The chief says heavy shipments went to Europe and the dispute centers on sugar policy and shipments.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Senate
Washington
Hoover
Europe
Knight Vaughn Ward Reception Marks Berea Marriage
Friends in this city note the marriage of Rev. C. S. Knight and Miss Bessie Vaughn in Berea Kentucky at 10 this morning. Knight, a student pastor and Bible school director, once led the local Baptist church and has many friends here. Vaughn taught successfully at Berea college, and Knight sends greetings to Baraboo and Fairfield.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Ward
C. S. Knight
Bessie Vaughn
Berea
Knight
Bible School
Baptist Church
Miss Vaughn
Berea College
Rev. Knight
Baraboo
Fairfield
U S Soldier Found Killed After German Raid Front Line
German atrocities on the French front are officially reported to American troops. A sentry was found with his throat cut after a German raid, described as killed after capture. Other bulletins describe Germans driving civilians from homes into the snow and using buildings for soldiers and material.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Philippines
France
Belgium
U S Officials Uncover Plot Connecting IWW and Bolsheviki
U S officials report a world revolutionary plot involving American IWW Irish agitators and Russian bolsheviki linked to a cache of weapons found on the Russian freighter Shilka. Agents say the cargo may be intended for IWW cells in the United States as bolsheviki leaders move between nations seeking to spread direct action for communal organization.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Germany
Washington
Pacific
W. W
Russia
United States
America
Social Democrats gain in Germany amid party splits
The social democrats have gained ground in Germany over the past months while the independent party formed in April shows ongoing discomfort and a allied government faction appears to be waning.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Social Democrats
Germany
Independent Party
Exercises At German Church Draws Full House
The German M E church program was well rendered with a full audience. A collection of 7 dollars was donated to the Red Cross.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
The
Red Cross
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M. W. A. Hall
Peterson
Cora Babb
Greenwood
C. B. Rice
Max Seeley
Business College
Topeka
Kan
F. H. Smith
Thomas Foulkes
Ironton
Thomas
Charles Foulkes
Lysle Hackett
Duluth
A. M. Fisk
Charles
Tomah
Sarah Dickie
Waukesha
Anna Patterson
South Belton
William Ener
Franklin
Anna Gruber
Bear Creek
Fuchs—Fischer
Black Hawk
Rev. Updike
Noanavan
Comdanv
Wilson
Brotherhood
Knight—Vaughn
U. S
Pershing
Bolsheviki
M. HE. Church
Hersey
Pega
Aseae
H.potterville
E.s.erswell
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