High School Boys Defeat Baraboo Frosh 41 to 13
The high school basketball team beat Baraboo University frosh 41 to 13 in a gym game last evening. Baraboo’s older stars lacked practice but played fast and lively, while the local squad showed teamwork and skill. A dramatic second half lineup shakeup brought Bailey, Holmes and Griffin into action. A girls’ preliminary game was also played.
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Baraboo University
Baraboo
High School
U. Frosh
Duncan
Buehler
Hayward
Weirich
Lawsche
Monroe
Hanson
Page
Peterson
du Bois
Bailey
Holmes
Griffin
Outlook Wordplay: Does the Calf Eat Corn on Toes
A playful exchange posing a riddle about growing corn on the ear and the calf of the leg. The snippet hints at wordplay or a clever misdirection without providing a full article context.
Baraboo Postmaster Nominee Recommended
Frank E. Shults named as the top candidate for Baraboo postmaster by the U S Civil Service Commission in Washington D C. Local endorsements support the recommendation following the commission's standings report.
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Frank E. Shults
Baraboo
U. S. Civil Service Commission
Washington, D.C
F. E. Shults
Regular Puzzlers From This List Of Interrogatives
A list of curious questions on common observations and folk beliefs about animals people and objects. The items pose riddles about timing behavior language clothing and everyday devices with a humorous or puzzling tone.
Wisconsin Negro Population Counts by City and State Total
Beldit hosts the largest colored population outside Milwaukee with 834 residents. Wisconsin's total colored population reaches 5,201 across the state.
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Beldit
Milwaukee
Wisconsin
Norgood Heads National Body In Agriculture Leadership
Wisconsin state agriculture commissioner C. P. Norgood was elected president of the National Association of Commissioners and Departments of Agriculture at a Chicago meeting. A survey showed Wisconsin’s seven year plan for state agriculture departments has been adopted by all states and the national government.
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Wisconsin
Chicago
National Association of Commissioners and Departments of Agriculture
C. P. Norgood
Wisconsin State Department of Agriculture
Association
Beery riddle from Beckwiths Almanac confuses reader
A reader cites a riddle from Beckwiths Almanac, asking playful questions about a man with a tall white hat in New Haven. The verse warps body parts into curious prompts about caps, keys, gems, pupils, and even joints to hint at mysteries of the figure on the almanac front.
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Beckwith
New Haven
Soldier Koerth Buried With Honors in Sauk City
The remains of Sgt. W. R. Koerth arrived in Sauk City from overseas and were buried with full military honors. He lost his life in the battle of Argonne.
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W. R. Koerth
Sauk City
Battle of
Argonne
Silent Missteps Draw Social Judgment, Noted by Washington Star
An old Washington Star verse warns that good deeds may go unquoted while errors invite harsh public scrutiny. It suggests a person’s words and letters, once read by a social jury, will be judged in hindsight.
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Washington Star
Killing of an Elk in Sauk County 1854 tale of Cooper
A 1854 Sauk County incident recounts John Cooper of Franklin shooting a large bull elk after tracking through Honey Creek and Franklin. The wounded animal was hunted with others, killed the next day, with antlers measured at about 40 feet and weight around 600 pounds. The piece links elk disappearance to early fur trading and settlement, noting Sauk County’s role along the Fox and Wisconsin rivers.
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Sauk County
John Cooper
Franklin
Cooper
Honey Creek
Ham‘i
Wells
Reedsburg
Our
Fox
Wisconsin
Green Bay
Mississippi River
Wisconsin River
New England
Baraboo River
Bootlegger Pilois Involved In Car Crash
At Madison, Leslie Cooper was jailed after a bad automobile collision. A man in another car was taken to the hospital. Cooper had borrowed a car for a ride with friends after being released from Mendota. He is held pending investigation. France Armstrong, Gustave Drives, and J. Cunningham were in the other sedan. Joseph Corona and the hospitalized man were in Cooper's car. All occupants were bruised and shaken.
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Madison Leslie
Cooper
Bee
Mendota
France Armstrong
Dayton Street
Gustave Drives
J. Cunningham
Joseph Corona
Th Hospital
B Cooper
Occant
Former Lodi Civil War veterans visit Washington as guests
Former Lodi Civil War veteran Bert O Connor and Wilbam Sickles, both holders of the Congressional Medal, were invited to Washington D C to attend festivities. Their expenses were paid by Uncle Sam. The two soldiers now reside at Ort WosUTyse A BU.
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Lodi
Bert O’connor
Wilbam Sickles
Washington D. C
Uncle Sam
Ort
RAT SNAP KILLS RATS AND PREVENTS ODORS
A poultry and farm pest product claims to kill rats and mice with odor control. Sold by Settergre Hardware Co in cake form with 35c 65c and 1.25 size packages. Packs are marketed for pantries kitchens cellars coops outbuildings and factories with a guarantee.
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Settergre Hdwe. Co
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FISE
Pome
NAS
Top Car Service
A. Friedman
Prop
FROSH
OTT Howe. CO
the People’s Store
Norgood
F.A.M
Pilois
Washington
T. Glavadatscher
Philadelphia
Exide Junior Battery
FORD
Conner’s Battery Shop
Fourth St
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