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Newspaper
Baraboo Weekly News
Location
Baraboo, Wisconsin, United States of America
Date
Dec 27, 1917
Page
5
Mr W S Brown of Rogersville Tennessee reports using Peruna to cure a stubborn cough and catarrh after 1909 influenza. He says five bottles stopped the cough and cured catarrh and notes his weight gain from 115 to 118. He recommends Peruna to others with catarrh in any form and mentions tablet form for those who object to liquids.
Citizens are asked to submit names of all local residents serving in patriotic roles during wartime for the School Annual. Include those drafted and volunteers such as soldiers sailors Red Cross nurses ambulance drivers and others regardless of enlistment location. Begin with names like GEORGE W DAVIES North Freedom.
Private Kenneth Odekirk writes from Fort Snelling and Camp MacArthur sharing daily routine details. He notes guard duty with Remount Depot No 324, keeps in touch with home via letters, enjoys a homey piano, and describes meals, rising times, and post office tasks while awaiting orders.
Mr and Mrs Byron Odekirk Merrimack receive a letter from their son Kenneth who has enlisted and is stationed at Fort Snelling Minnesota in the medical department. He writes that he is well enjoying army life and describes comfortable quarters with iron beds springs mattresses and ample bedding.
Lloyd B Battles of the 84th Company 6th Regiment U S Marines reports from France that his camp is pleasant and the region is historically fascinating. He praises the French people the Y M C A work and asks family to write often as conditions differ from home.
Corporal A Weidman of the 79 Company 6th Regiment U S Marine Barracks Quantico Virginia writes from the front to say transportation delays keep him waiting. He praises Red Cross aid noting sweaters helmets mufflers wristlets and socks knitted for service members and expresses gratitude for the comfort these items provide.
Local residents make trips to Sparta for a baby operation and to Milwaukee, Madison, and North Freedom for visits and business. Families relocate, travelers return from Chicago, and reports cover social clubs, poker court cases, and a birthday postcard event for John Peter Weirich born fifty years ago in Sauk Prairie.
In Quantico Virginia Corporal Arthur Weidman of the 79th Company writes of camp life and ration limits while comforting family and recalling the close bonds of service. The city sees a steady flow of visitors from Madison North Freedom Merrimack and other nearby towns alongside Christmas concerts and local news notes including travel to Iron River Portage and St. Petersburg Florida.
Dr V M Prercz endorses simple measures for kidney trouble. Drink hot water each morning, plenty of water, and take Anuric before meals. kidneys work nonstop to remove poisons. danger signals include backache, fatigue, headaches, and joint pains. buy Anuric at any drugstore.
A Stevens Point reader extols Dr Pierce's Favorite Prescription as a cure for women's weakness after use before childbirth and for a daughter who seemed to decline. The letter claims high personal and family benefits and invites correspondence with a stamped envelope.
The notice urges customers not to ship their groceries out of town but to place orders locally. It promises to fill orders at catalogue prices when the total reaches ten dollars or more and to save on freight costs.
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