Walton Woman Dies At Age 80 In Walton
Mrs. Melinda Vansky of Walton died at her home Sunday night after several months of poor health aged over 80 years. The notice lists numerous Christmas gatherings and visiting family in the Walton area including the Mortimer and Pratt households and friends at Reedsburg and nearby towns. The year end church meetings and holiday visits are detailed alongside residents traveling to Baraboo and Madison for Christmas.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Melinda Vansky
Walton
W. M
Goldie Carpenter
Madison
J. B. Clawson
Valley
C. Butcher
Dunnsville
North Freedom
Guerdon Mortimer
Wilson Mortimer
Leota Carpenter
Reedsburg
Friends Church
L. H. Pratt
R. P. Targgart
Blossom Thompson
T. Canon
Bethel Suneav
R. M. Bunker
Ruby Lewis
Ironton
June Frazier
Clear Falls
Wis
Dora Shore
Max Thompson
W. H Mitchell
J. A. Bauer
Bethel
Arthur Hutchins
Hattie Smith
William Hitchins
C. W. Wade
Belvidere
Minois
Bert Mortimer
Bertha ‘Jessop Gle Mosing
Charles Krell
Beatrice Mortimer
Cazenovia
Florence Beier
Near Cazenovia
Merrimack Professors Celebrate Christmas in Wisconsin
Merrimack professors and families spent the Christmas vacation in West Bend Wisconsin. The Dobratz and Martin families joined Walter Dobratz at a Christmas day gathering. Peter Rischmueller received a new car from Santa. Other locals, the Marshalls, returned home for the holiday.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Roger Blackman
West Bend
Wisconsin
Peter Rischmueller
Wm. Dobratz
George
John
Bruno Martin
Fd Martin
Walter Dobratz
Moses la Vinge
Frank la Vinge
Portage
Santa Claus
Viola
Isobel Marshall
Walter Debratz
Baraboe
Local Births and Holiday Events Celebrate Community
Mr and Mrs Louis Trueb welcome a daughter born Saturday. Harrisburg and Black Hawk school Christmas program Thursday evening drew a large audience as children impressed and teachers earned praise. Clarence Kingrey and Miss Emma Meyer traveled Saturday to La Valle and Loganville for holidays. Miss Bernice Schiess arrived from Milwaukee to spend the holidays at home.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Louis Trueb
Harrisburg
Black Hawk
Clarence Kingrey
Emma Meyer
la Valle
Loganville
Bernice Schiess
Milwaukee
Ebeneezer Valley Holiday Visits and Closings
Miss Alma Rudy spends holidays with her brother George Rudy and wife in Madison. Miss Margaret Hannon closes Pleasant Valley school for two week vacation. Dorothy Ahrensmeyer is sick. Howard Ahrensmeyer and Harold Anderson, workers in Oshkosh, visit family over holidays. Ethel Dahlke home for holidays. August Jungerman attends Grandpa Koepp funeral in Portage. Henry Quandt and wife with daughter and family in Westfield for Christmas. Mr and Mrs Wm Behr and children share Christmas dinner.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Asa Camp
Reedsburg
Ed. Camp
George Butterfield
L. D. Rudd
Louise
Henry Schlagbeck
William Simpson
Harvey Wyman
la Crosse
Robert Simpson
Beloit
Obee Retzlaff
Baby
Clifton Dryer
Percy Bass
Baraboo
Alma Rudy
Madison
George Rudy
Margaret Hannon
Pleasant Valley
Dorothy Ahrensmeyer
Howard, Ahrensmeyer
Harold Anderson
Oshkosh
Ethel Dahlke
August Jungerman
Grandpa Koepp
Portage
Henry Quandt
W. Smyth
Westfield
Wm. Behr
Delton Man Completes 77th Birthday Celebration
Delton resident Mr. Vandenberg marked his seventy seventh birthday on Monday. A Civil War veteran, he remains active at an advanced age. The page also notes holiday visits and gatherings across the community, including relatives and friends in St Paul Spring Green Lyons Baraboo Reedsburg Big Springs and related family events.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Vandenberg
Delton
St. Paul
Grace Adams
Arthur Weidman
Fred Lewis
G. J. Fuckner
Weidman
Websters Prairie
Clark Weidman Jr
Cazenovia
Baraboo
Odell
G. J. Flickner
E. Camp
Reedsburg
Cassell News Notes Tracks for a Jack Rabbit Near Home
Cassell and Lawrence Goodyear searched Cassell area for a jack rabbit after reports of released rabbits from North Dakota on Spring Green prairie. They failed to locate the animal. Also noted are a local death by train, family visits, school program, quarantines, and local wildlife observations including tame chickadees and winter birds.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Dan Oto
Lawrence Goodyear
Cassell
North Dakota
Spring Green
Mr. Ott
Dakota Prairies
Herman Buelow
J. H Diehl
Alfred Braun
Ewald
J . Diehl
T. J. Meng
Muriel Cooper
Fair Valley
Ott
la Verne
R. Lott
J. H. Diehl
Mary Keller
Amelia Gasser
Prairie du Sac
J. T Babington
S. Babington’s
North Barabon Club Holiday Gathering Notes
Mrs Hattle and daughter Viriathus hosted the North Baraboo club on December 16 with all in attendance enjoying the event. The next meeting will be with Mrs Bick on January 3 for officer elections. Hazel Bick of Reedsburg Training School is home for the holidays. Mrs Elkington is bedbound with a severe cold. Howard Goerks has recovered enough to be up after pneumonia. The Misses Bick held a dancing party Friday night. Herman Cone and family spent Christmas in Excelsior.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Hattle
Viriathus
North Baraboo Club
Bick
Hazel Bick
Reedsburg
Local Notes Tied to Personal Travels and Incidents
The Petra family hosted a Christmas dinner for neighbors on Monday. Jim Graves known as Bashful Jim journeyed from Merrimack to Baraboo by train, stopping in Baraboo streets. Mr. and Mrs. Peter Rischmueller hauled poultry to Baraboo on Tuesday. Glen school No. 8 held an entertainment last Friday. Miss Mortis Hyer, Portage high school, burned her left hand cooling fudge. Charles Marousek plans a long stay in Chicago. Three men have birthdays January 1: Wallace Towers, Julius Schultz, Frank Petro. Mrs. George Dudley of Seattle recovering after auto accident with back injuries. sister of Vic Barstow and sister-in-law of J. H. Dudleys.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Mai
Petra
Bashful
Jim
Merrimack
Baraboo
James Graves
Peter Rischmueller
Ourwards Glen School
Frank Petro
George Dudley
Seattle
Reedsburg Couple Celebrates Golden 50th Anniversary
Mr. and Mrs. A. J. Richards observed their golden wedding with a party at their Reedsburg home. About thirty-five friends and relatives attended from the area and with Mrs. Richards’ sister Mrs. Ella Briggs of St. Paul among out of town guests.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
A. J. Richards
Richard
Ella Briggs
St. Paul
Toist Drives Car Into Freight Train Near Byron
A Mayville man A Gassner drove into a Soo Line freight train at a crossing on Highway 15 near Byron. He escaped injury but wrecked his car after brakes failed as the train stood on the crossing. He rode back to Fond du Lac on the freight train.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Soo I'ne
Highway 15
Byron
A. F. Gassner
Mayville
Gassner
Fond du Lac
War pensions boosted for veterans and dependents
Civil war veterans widows and orphans would receive a government Christmas payment as the Bur sum bill raising pensions nears signing by President Harding with ceremonies planned and the G A R taking part.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Harding
Baraboo Adoption Hearing for Helen Rosalie Adams
The Sauk County Court will hear the adoption application of Effie Lusby for Helen Rosalie Adams at the Baraboo courthouse on February 6, 1923, at 10:00 AM. Judge James H. Hill signed the notice on December 21, 1922.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
State OF Wisconsin County Court
Sauk County
Helen Rosalie Adams
Baraboo
Said
Effie Lusby
James H. Hill
Christmas Guests at North Freedom Gatherings
An extended list of local holiday visits and events from North Freedom and nearby towns. Residents hosting relatives from Baraboo Madison Chicago and La Crosse include the Burdicks the Hackett family and many others. The season featured church services school program and a $6000 heating-plant vote at a special meeting.
Stockholders Meeting Notice for Sauk County Agricultural Society
Stockholders annual meeting of the Sauk County Agricultural Society at the G A R hall on Tuesday January 9 1923 at 2 30 p m for election of officers and other business Wm T Marriott President L E Stone Treasurer A Pelton Secretary
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Sauk County Agricultural Society
G. A. R. Hall
Accidently Fired Revolver Wounds Man in Head
Albert Dockin, 23, is hospitalized at Madison General after a 38 caliber revolver discharged by friend L. E. Foster at the State Street Coffee House. The bullet entered Dockin’s head, exited, pierced a bedstead, and lodged in a wall. Dockin remained conscious and noted his hat was perforated.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Albert Dockin
Madison General Hospital
L. E. Foster
Madison
Dockin
Foster
State Street
North Lake Street
Sea Sho
Obituary for Mrs. A J Erffmeyer at Prairie du Lac Church
The funeral of Mrs. C J Erffmeyer was held Tuesday at the evangelical church with Rev C E Mayes officiating. Music by Mrs E M Doll Mrs Edward Zwicker Julius Nold and William Gambrill. Pallbearers Adan Theurer Simon Theurer T Clavadatcher William Brandt Peter Keller G A Briggs. Out of town attendees included her daughter Mabel Reidy Sault Ste Marie Mich Rev Henry Erffmeyer Silas Erffmeyer Adams and Mrs Samuel Erffmeyer Milwaukee. Interment Baraboo cemetery.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
A. J. Erffmeyer
C. J. Erffmeyer
Evangelical Church
C. E. Mayes
Madison
E. M. Doll
Edward Zwicker
Julius Nold
William Gambrill
T. Clavadatcher
William Brandt
Peter Keller
G. A. Briggs
Mabel
E. C. Reidy
Sault Ste. Marie
Mich
Henry
Erffmeyer
Milwaukee
Silas Erffmeyer
Adams
Samuel Erffmeyer
Prairie du Lac
Baraboo Cemetery
Illness Ends for Reedsburg Resident Ellen Gemmill
Ellen Gemmill, 87, of Reedsburg, died Tuesday at her son Walter Gemmill’s home. Born Ellen Cass in Vermont on January 15, 1835, she married William J. Gemmill in Indiana in 1856, moved to Sauk County in 1857, and lived in Excelsior until 1915. Survived by four sons, including A J Gemmill, Emmet Gemmill, and William Grossfield, plus a Methodist church member, with funeral Thursday at her East Main Street home conducted by Rev. T. S. Beavin.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Ellen Gemmill
Reedsburg
Walter £. Gemmill
Ellen Cass
Vermont
Indiana
William J. Gemmill
Sauk County
Excelsior
A. J. Gemmill
Baraboo
Emmet J
Moscow
Idaho
William Grossfield
Alberta
Canada
Methodist Church
East Main Street
T. S. Beavin
Brotherhood of Railroad Trainmen 1923 Officers Elected
The following officers were elected for the Brotherhood of Railroad Trainmen for 1923 Pres Benjamin Koons Vice president L B Waters Secretary L J David Treasurer C M DuBois Ag t Off Publ J E Birney Conductor L J David Warden R A Sansum Chaplain F E Wilder Inner Guard J P O Brien Outer Guard W C Smith Med Ex Dr F E Tryon
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Brotherhood of Railroad Trainmen
Benj. Koons
L. B. Waters
L. J. David
C. M. DuBois
Germanys money crematory runs record business
Germany increases destruction of paper marks as money supply grows. Small denomination notes wear out quickly from folding and handling, with ashes of discarded marks piled up daily. Mrs. Robert Fogle returns from Madison visit with her parents, Mr and Mrs Charles Boodle.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Germany
Robert Fogle
Madison
Mrs
Charles Boodle
Osage Indians Receive Record Oil Royalty 3400 Each
Osage Nation allottees in Pawhuska Oklahoma receive a record quarterly oil royalty payment totaling 7.5 million dollars. Each of 2229 recipients gets 3400 dollars, a stark rise from the old era of 44 dollars quarterly. Santa Claus in Uncle Sam form delivers these gifts this week.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Pawhuska
Okla
Santa Claus
Uncle Sam
Seyler Inquiry Closed at Madison Rail Commission
The state railroad commission finished its inquiry into the Seyler interests at Madison, with Milwaukee stockholders detailing links to the M. T. C. and Elbukan companies. A decision is due early January. retiring commissioner Carl Jackson will not participate. The Serler company allegedly sold about 3,000,000 dollars in Wisconsin stock, some in Baraboo.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
State Railroad Commission
Seyler
Madison
Milwaukee
Elbukan
Carl Jackson
Serler Company
Wisconsin
Baraboo
Lionel Barrymore May Wed Miss Irene Fenwick
The report of Lionel Barrymore’s divorce in Poughkeepsie from Mrs. Donis Rankin Barrymore, married since 1904, is confirmed amid a new rumor of his marriage to actress Irene Fenwick, once Irene Frizelle. Fenwick’s first husband was Felix Isman. Eugene Wood and his wife returned to Portage after visiting her mother.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Lionel Barrymore
Poughkeepsie
Donis Rankin Barrymore
Barrymore
Irene Fenwick
Arthur Fletcher Named Manager of Phillies
Arthur Fletcher, former shortstop, becomes Phillies manager after a storied career with the New York Giants. He joined the Giants from the Texas League, formed part of McGraws infield for a decade, captained the team for years, and played in four World Series before a trade brought him to Philadelphia for Dave Bancroft.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Arthur Fletcher
Fletch
New York Giants
Charley Herzog
Tillie Shafer
Larry Doyle
McGraw
Philadelphia
Dave Bancroft
Also Mentioned on This Page
H.mary
South Delton
James McGarty
Mauston
Bob Cleary
Sioux City
Iowa
Margaret Terry
New Castle
Neb
E. Terry
Lois Danick
Lime Ridge
John Holt
Truman Myers
Clyde McFarland
Ebenezer Valley
Jack Rabbit
North Barabon
Ann
E. Burdick
Atonna
Minn
Carl Lange
Percy Peterson
Won
Cyril Cook
Chicago
Myrtle Deshle
Lucile Eschenbach
Carfou College
Phil Angle
City Gas, Electric and Water Office
E. Hackett
Elaine
Arthur Hackett
Montana
Hannah Seils
Draper Street
June Seeley
Ethel King
Denter School
Glen Hanger
Rosemary
Rockford
Clinton Hanger
T. B. Hanger
Wm. H. du Bois
F. G
LaRue
T. E. Leece
Robert
Earl Wright
Whitewater
J. Dickie
Wm Hint
Edward Pagel
W. C. Hahn
Mary Eunice
Sauk City
Ralph Draper
Plainfield
James Draper
Walter Draper
Rendall Hems
C. L. Richardson
Jean
M. J
Otto Pawlischandd
Edwin Pawlisch
George Douglas
M. W. A. Dial
Charles Wazadio
Len Chute
Stockhyders Meeting
Wm. T. Marriott
Pres
L. E. Stone
Treas
A. Pelton
Secy
Istend
BOF RT
Mrs. Eugene Wood
Belle Wood
Phillies
Baraboo, Wis
Physicians and Surgeons Office
Allen Bldg
Postoffice
Thompson
Dr. Edwards
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