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Newspaper
Baraboo Weekly News
Location
Baraboo, Wisconsin, United States of America
Date
Dec 28, 1922
Page
2
Holiday visitors fill Baraboo Merrimack and surrounding homes as families host relatives from Lodi Milwaukee Madison Janesville and Reedsburg. The season brings illness news and school events with plays and church services noted.
Many Hillpoint families entertained on Christmas day. News of Mrs Shookman of Lime Ridge’s passing brings sorrow to the community. John Ninamon and family dined with George Shults. Walter Harris family visited O Goodell home for goose. A large crowd attended the medicine show and a school play raised funds. Edyth Morgan of Racine sent an imported vase with bulbs to Mrs Goodell.
Herbert J. Peterson a Sturgeon Bay banker was appointed receiver for the Consumers' corporation a co operative operation with fifty seven filling stations and forty two storage stations in Wisconsin by Judge Halsey in Circuit court The action followed a petition from Ajax Rubber Company which had obtained a judgment for more than 12000 dollars A sheriff s sale to satisfy the judgment was held on Tuesday
Marr 21 Priest Montgomery Merrimack and Les Montgomery Madison wed Tuesday in the court of Justice H L Halsted who performed the ceremony.
Roy Allen was brought before Judge Adolph Andre from the county jail where he spent Christmas for a hearing continued for one week on a wife beating charge. In the same session Delver Barto and H Retzo were heard on non support charges and their cases were bound over to the circuit court.
Denver Tigers beat Baraboo Company G 24 to 12 in Baraboo high school gym. Denver used long shots and strong guarding while Baraboo relied on short passes and loose guarding. Baraboo lineup included Sprecher, Noble Sprecher, Frazer, Ryder, Terry, Radtke, Evenson and Bailey. A juniors over freshmen game preceded the main event.
I. E. Huff and Milton Phillips returned from a wolf hunt in Lewiston northwest of Portage with another wolf bagged this fall. Huff cornered a wolf near his station after dogs forced it to a downed slope. the blow finished the animal. They found six wolf tracks in a northern area near Brooks on the return trip.
Chicago hog receipts total 48 000 with steady, strong demand. top hog price 8.65. bulk 8.30 to 8.60. heavy weights 8.45 to 8.60. pigs 8 to 8.25. Cattle receipts 22 000 slow, uneven. prime 11.65 to 13.15. medium 7.75 to 11.65. common 6.00 to 7.75. cows 3 to 7.75. calves 8.75 to 10.00. Baraboo merchants pay 38 cents per dozen eggs. shippers pay 50 cents per hundred pounds potatoes.
A 19 year old Chinese girl from Washington disappeared just before her wedding, reportedly opposing an unwelcome marriage. The inquiry examines whether the protest influenced her disappearance and what authorities know about her fiancé and fate.
Tuesday night on Hue Mound road at Sixty eighth avenue Milwaukee two motorists were hurt when a car struck another vehicle. Edward Krueger of West Milwaukee and his 14 year old son Fred were badly cut and bruised as the engines collapsed. The driver charged with causing the collision is held in the Milwaukee county jail.
Judge in Chicago issues injunction to bar Louise Whealan from accepting gifts or taxi rides from Isaac Abrahams, a Delco restaurant buyer, amid a vamping accusation by Mrs. Kate Abrahams of Chicago. Abrahams faced possible jail for vexing Whealan. marriage years ago tied to a kidnapping claim and a disputed dowry payment.
Miss Helen Fern Lee and Cecil C Curry announce their marriage at the M E parsonage in Rockford on Saturday December 23. The bride, daughter of Mrs William M Leeper of Beloit, lived with her mother in Beloit after the Leeper family moved from Baraboo last year. The groom, son of Robert C Curry of Baraboo, will reside in Beloit where the bride works in Yates Machine Co advertising and the groom works for Fairbanks Morse Co. Both are former Baraboo residents.
Road workers uncovered copper coins dating to George III near Johnsburg. Local lore links the find to an old Indian trading post by a spring. Some think the coins were paid to Indigenous traders, others that they were a long forgotten stash from a vanished owner.
Milwaukee Chinese leaders report a shift from arranged marriages toward youth choice. They say wartime changes in China foster new ideas, with parents rarely dictating introductions, though customs vary by community. The trend appears not widely observed in Milwaukee yet.
Reports of Interior Secretary Fall planning to resign were met with a White House denial as President Harding’s spokesman said he had no information. In Louisiana, Dr. B M McKain, former Met Rouge mayor, was arrested in Baltimore on murder charges tied to the Morehouse Parish killings and two mutilated Lake LaFourche bodies, while denying knowledge of the deaths. Authorities awaited actions from Louisiana, and Johns Hopkins officials disputed his postgraduate status.
Victor H. Arnold a former Madison financier and New York revivalist was arrested in Brooklyn on a federal indictment with over thirty counts accusing him of defrauding by misrepresenting Madison Bond Co stocks and affairs. Bail was set at 25000 and a preliminary hearing scheduled for January 9.
An old newspaper classified ad rate notice offers one cent per word for first insertion and half cent per word for repeated insertions. Payment requires cash in advance and a minimum 25 cents. The ad specifies daily or weekly editions and confirms timing for continuous placements.
For sale three second hand round oak stoves and Grubb tank heaters at the Stanchion works for a reasonable price. Also for sale a seven room house on one acre with barn and woodshed inquires to Irwin Gassner Black Hawk. A 150 acre farm one mile west of Sumpter creamery inquires to Jes Kaufmann 513 Ninth Avenue Baraboo. Headaches constipation sour stomach poor appetite a woman down and out take Hollis Ter s Rocky Mountain Tea Donovan s Pharmacy.
Baraboo authorities seek Blackwood in connection with payment issues involving the Baraboo Daily News or Baraboo Weekly News. Investigators caution the public while pursuing leads across Baraboo.
A Christmas holiday series of accidents across Wisconsin left four dead, two near death, and many injured. Victims included John Clifford editor of the Watertown Daily Times, killed when his car was struck by a train near Watertown. Other fatalities occurred in Appleton Fond du Lac and Footville with collisions in Beloit and Madison.
The Central Wisconsin Creamery Co. at Reedsburg shifts from soft coal to crude oil for power plant fuel. A 12,000 gallon underground storage tank is installed at Hickey Bros. warehouse to supply the burners with oil.
Emil Frey former president of the Swiss confederation and first Swiss ambassador to the United States died yesterday at Arlesheim aged 85. He was a veteran of the civil war era and held prominent diplomatic roles.
The Polish government forbids wearing the German iron cross the Russian Georges cross and Austrian war crosses inside Poland. It issues a new freedom cross as a permissible alternative to display.
Miss Gertrude Sheridan, eight year Algona librarian, returns for New Year visit and discusses leading a nationwide drive to celebrate Joel Chandler Harris birthday with school programs. Miss Erna Mueller visits Caledonia. Esther Mueller returns to duties. F F club hosts a Christmas party on Broadway with gifts and a tree. Eva Haines of Portage visits friends in the city.
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