Richland Center Engineer Faces Fraud Charges
Harold C. Abbott City engineer of Richland Center is charged with passing a $50 fraudulent check on the Hotel Wisconsin Milwaukee A criminal offense warrant was issued Detectives testified Abbott admitted marriage to a Chicago girl ten days earlier while his wife and two children remained in Richland Center The bad check case was continued to December 23 and a new charge was brought in court this morning
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Harold C. Abbott
Richland Center
Wisconsin
Milwaukee
Abbott
Waukegan
Chicago
Louis Koenig
Yale
Christmas Program At High School Delights Attendees
The high school presented a well rendered Christmas program Friday afternoon. Readings by Glen Hill and Viva Mulcahy included Mickeys Christmas. Choirs, a Russian dance, and a Christmas Herald paper with editorials and jokes entertained guests.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Glen Hill
Viva Mulcahy
Mickey
Miss MacArthur
Alice Bates
Alice Lord
Winnifred Sayles
Agnes Grotophorst
Margaret Davenport
Christmas Herald
Earl Veerhusen
Raymond Underkoffer
Floyd Bailey
George Hill
Hyde
Sauk Prairie Farmers Club Elects New Officers
The Sauk Prairie Farmers' Club held December 13 1916 at the M E church electing T Magli as President R H Mather as Vice President Walter Welch as Treasurer and Mrs L O Kindschi as Secretary Urban Mather reported on the county board road questions Miss Andrews directed singing and committees were named for January 10 and January 24 programs.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Sauk Prairie Farmers’ Club
M. E. Church
T. Magli
R. H. Mather
Walter Welch
L. O. Kindschi
Urban Mather
Lyman Stone
Alex Jones
Harold Hill
Reedsburg Couple Given Surprise on 25th Anniversary
Mr. and Mrs. Ed McClure of La Valle street were hailed with a surprise Sunday by a large gathering of friends and relatives for their twenty fifth wedding anniversary. A picnic dinner and a purse of silver gifts were shared with Tibbits serving as toastmaster.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Ed. McClure
la Valle Street
Mr. Tibbits
Mrs. McClure
Purchasing Power Rise Alleged in Farm Trade Gaffe
A Parlin & Orendorff salesman recounts a barter tale with a farmer showing how 300 bushels of corn could buy a wagon, clothes, baby items, cigars, coffee, tea, sugar, and gasoline totaling 240 dollars, illustrating changing buying power and sparking debate.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Braten
Parlin & Orendorff Company
Canton
Ill
Skillet Creek Farmers Club Sees Strong Turnout and Discussion
A Tuesday meeting at the Schaefer home drew forty to fifty members for a lively potato topic program led by Wichern Schaefer Welch Zantow and Cahoon. Delegates were chosen for the January 5 6 life meeting. prizes awarded for late and early potato varieties. next gathering at the Rodwell home December 29 with Girl Scouts directing the program.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Zantow
Ella Cahoon
Country Life Meeting
R. Schaefer
Dwight Welch
Jessie Martiny
Wilbur Cahoon
Girl Scouts’ Club
Ollapodrida letter to department invites timely comments
A notice requests readers send timely messages to the Ollapodrida department. It caps communications at 300 words or fewer, inviting opinions or questions on current topics.
Baraboo wit and old triplet tale sparks city pride
Hugh Kelley of Baraboo retorts on Chicago fuss over surviving triplets in his hometown. He recalls Civil War era birth rates and cites the Haskin brothers Abraham Lincoln Gideon Wells and Simeon Cameron as living proof triplets were common then.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Chicago
Tribune
John Bokman
Baraboo
Haskin
Abraham Lincoln
Gideon Wells
Simeon Cameron
Hugh Kelley
Medical Inspection and Warm Lunches for Baraboo
A Baraboo parent urges the city to implement regular medical examinations in public schools and to provide hot meals or warm drinks at noon. He argues adenoids and weak eyesight are untreated due to poverty and lack of care, and offers to organize a subscription to fund the program. He asks who should lead this effort and invites others to join.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Baraboo
United States
Board of Education
Teaching Sex Should be Taught to Children
Public health notes express doubt about teaching sex physiology to young children. It warns that routine instruction by the average teacher may cause unintended harm and advises focusing on work and play, reserving sex education for a later development.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Baraboo
Public Health
Final Judgment in W. W. Warner Estate at Madison
The Madison county court entered final judgment in the estate of the late W. W. Warner. Public bequests include $500 to Dane County Humane Society and Attic Angels, $1,000 to Madison General Hospital, $1,000 to Yahara River Improvement Association, and $20,000 for a Lake Monona seawall plus $75,000 for a East Gorham Street park. If Madison rejects, Baraboo gets $40,000 for a Baraboo Devils Lake road. Balance to general estate.
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W. W. Warner
Madison
Dane County
Wisconsin Humane Society
Attic Angels
Madison General Hospital Association
Museum of the State Historical Society
Warner
Conklin
East Gorham Street
Baraboo
High Bridge
Devils Lake
Wisconsin State Institutions Hold 11379 Patients
The state board of control monthly report shows 11379 patients and inmates in Wisconsin institutions for the unfortunate. The insane in state and county asylums total 7934. Mendota State Hospital has 624 patients, Oshkosh Northern Hospital 622, and the state penitentiary lists 935 inmates.
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State Board of Cotrol
Wisconsin
Mendota
Oshkosh
State Penitentiary
Reedsburg couple welcomes baby girl this Sunday
Birth notice reports Mr and Mrs Ed Rosenthal welcoming a baby girl born Sunday in Reedsburg. A second family, Mr and Mrs Melvin McClure of Reedsburg, adopted a ten week old girl from the Sparta orphans home.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Ed Rosenthal
Reedsburg
Melvin McClure
Sparta
Not Many Passes in Reedsburg Schools Health Check
In Reedsburg this year 609 pupils were examined for physical fitness and only 30 earned a perfect pass. The report highlights a tight health standard across the town’s schools.
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Reedsburg
Senior class play draws attendees in Lone Rock
A senior class play was held in Lone Rock on Saturday night with attendees noted. Weitzel visited his parents on Sunday and works on a Big Hollow farm. Irene Keigan spent time with Mrs. J. Kaney. Adolph Roessler, employed by Charles Wunnicke, visited his parents. The Weitzels and wife drove to Richland Center for Christmas shopping. A daughter was born to Mr. and Mrs. James Gillespie.
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Lone Rock
Cob Weitzel
Big Hollow
Irene Keigan
J. Kaney
Adolph Roessler
Charles Wunnicke
Bear Valley
Katherine
Johnnie
William Weitzel
Richland Center
James Gillespie
Man jailed for non-support in Richland Center case
Andrew Osborne, accused of failing to support his wife and four children, appeared before Judge McCorkle in Richland Center. After neighbors reported destitution, Humane Officer Huston intervened. Osborne received four months in county jail and was hired out to chop wood for $1.50 per card, with earnings to go to Mrs. Osborne.
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Richland Center
Andrew Osborne
McCorkle
Andrew
Work
Huston
Percy Poole
Osborne
Senator to Build New Home in Caledonia After Fire
Senator George Staudenmayer plans a new residence in Caledonia near the brick house burned days earlier. The old brick dwelling stood close to a large barn. workers lost several hundred dollars in cash, one man injured, and liability coverage of 2500 on the house and 400 on contents. The loss totals several thousand dollars.
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George Staudenmayer
Caledonia
Herman Kasiska
Gifts to Sauk County Historical Society Featured Donations
Donations to the Sauk County Historical Society include Indian corn and a tiny two inch ear of pop corn from Mrs. J. B. Donovan, plus multiple books such as The Doctrines and Discipline 1853 and An Easy Grammar 1838. Guy O. Glazier of San Diego sent fossils near Pueblo Colorado. Sir Gilbert Parker mailed war literature including The Battle of the Somme. Ada Fierce of Sauk City contributed an 1866 Casell I O O F poem. The society seeks hand wool carders.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Sauk County Historical Society
J. B. Donovan
Picciola
Marcus Wilson
Guy O. Glazier
San Diego
Calif
Pueblo
Colo
Glazier
Gilbert Parker
Bart
Carlton House Terrace
London
S. W
England
Somme
Jutland
Ada Fierce
Sauk City
Cassell I. O. O. F. Lodge
S. R. Bentley
Jane Patterson
W. L. Skatto
California
Dan Valkenburg
Thomas Orison
Chamberlain, Snow
Barker
Ebenezer
Pierce, Talbot
Jacob Proctor
Indian shoots at Fowler after quarrel in Monroe County
Fred Littlegeorge an Indian resident near the county line in Monroe County faced Judge M L Bunnell on assault charges. After a midnigh t confrontation with W A Fowler, the Indian allegedly fired three shots at the house, missing Miss Ida Attridge and returning to his camp. The case was bound over to circuit court with bond set at 500 dollars.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Fred Littlegeorge
Monroe Coun
Fowler
Miss Attridge
Baraboo
Mauston
Who Gets the Money for Butter
The farmer receives two thirds of the money paid for butter, a larger share than for other dairy products. The bulletin was written by B. H. Hibbard and Asher Hobson and may be had for the asking.
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B. H. Hibbard
Asher Hobson
House Burns in Greenfield
Mr and Mrs Herman Koepp of Greenfield discovered their stone dwelling near Greenfield was ablaze while shopping in Baraboo. About 30 neighbors aided saving nearby buildings and a woodshed twelve feet away. The home valued around $3,000 with contents lost. cause unknown but believed to have originated.
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Herman Koepp
Greeneld
Baraboo
Also Mentioned on This Page
Sauk Prairie Farmers Club
Biven
Ori
Skillet Crefk Farmers’ Club
Ollapodrida
Sandusky
Historical
Ida Attridge
M. L. Bun
Nell
W. A
Mather
Greenfield
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