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Newspaper
Baraboo Weekly News
Location
Baraboo, Wisconsin, United States of America
Date
Dec 30, 1920
Page
4
An editorial urges readers to hold fast to employment as shortages grow. It notes past hiring at farms factories and stores, but currently thousands are turned away while work remains available in new forms. The piece stresses perseverance during economic readjustment.
The Springfield Republican notes wholesale prices have fallen sharply since April 1 with uneven effects. Naval stores, textiles, metals and breadstuffs show steep declines while coal, coke, and some fruit groups rise or fall modestly. Livestock and provisions also drop, signaling broad but uneven deflation across sectors.
The article discusses Professor Giddings on the impact of immigration and naturalization on agriculture and bread prices, noting a sharp drop in commodity costs. It cites Judge Evans arguing for a citizenship fee of 100 dollars to fund immigrant aid, linking wage and material costs to broader economic trends.
The article frames Christmas Day as a global celebration of life and human welfare. It notes New England towns debating Sunday sports, mentions steel rail orders to Pittsburgh valued at about 18 million dollars, and recalls a prank where a poet’s lines were completed by editors. It laments wildcat oil and film schemes causing losses and calls Christmas a shared day of universal joy guiding humane conduct.
The naturalist argues farmers find life sweeter than other occupations even when less seasoned and amid city life a resident remains burdened by alternative temptations.
A satirical thread on how mass media shapes perception and panic about sugar. It traces a cycle from rumored famine to price spikes, hoarding, oversupply, and eventual price drop, noting the ripple effects on commerce and daily life across towns, groceries, and restaurants.
The note states 4.10 gross tons per sleeping car passenger and explains the surcharge goes to the railroad rather than the Pullman company to offset extra equipment. In congested times, travelers gain most value from the gap between standard rate and the Pullman fee.
The article explains the nautical day divided into five four hour watches and two two hour watches. It lists the names and times: afternoon 12 m to 4 p m first dog 4 to 6 p m second dog 6 to 8 p m night 8 to 12 m mid 12 midnight to 4 a m middle 4 to 8 a m forenoon 8 a m to noon.
The Second Ward school building shows signs of a weeklong interior sacking with possible gang HQ use. North Freedom reports a home intrusion noticed next day and, the same night, a pool hall burglary netting $40. Local authorities suspect a pattern.
The Sauk County Historical Society lists donations including Oscar Altpeter’s Old Fort Dearborn picture from 1856, Franklin Johnson’s merit certificate and a Columbian Exposition medal, a Kilbourn dam iron package from D. Joseph Johnson, George Mogler bullet moulds, and E. B. Trimpey pictures of the Ringling family Ableman view and the Five Pick Quick Orphans.
Superior court denies Elsa Irene Swans divorce from Truman Swan. Court finds photos taken in Henry Vilas park occurred after marriage and rules allegations of cruel treatment and name calling are untrue.
Senator G Staudenmayer of Caledonia is named delegate to the national parks conference. Governor Philipp has appointed seven delegates to attend January 10 12 in Des Moines. Other delegates include Walter Brennan Lancaster Judge A H Long Prairie du Chien Judge W R Graves Prairie du Chien Judge A K Owen Phillips Senator R J Nye Superior Senator George Staudenmayer Portage Professor F A Rust of Madison also named.
Frank Krueger, a Portage native now in the regular army, visits the city from West Point where he serves in the supply department at the military academy. He is a son of John Krueger who once ran a drag line in Portage, and three Krueger brothers served with Co. F in the Spanish-American War. Frank T Lee’s funeral was noted recently. Krueger has five years remaining before retirement after thirty years of service.
The News presents a list of ten commonly cited catchy English words. The note urges readers to verify spellings themselves, citing occasional misspellings in major papers and stressing reader familiarity with terms like consensus repellent sacrilegious inoculate dissipate picnicking illious collectible vitify.
Members of the Baraboo Reedsburg and Spring Green Cow Testing associations own cows that produced a pound of butter daily for a year and earned honor roll status. The details appear in a UW circular with owner names and farm locations. Baraboo Ed McGilvra. Reedsburg John C. Giese Loganville Kirkpatrick Bros. Conrad G. Kruse Loganville Edgar A. Wood Loganville. Spring Green Henry Lins Leon Peck.
The article recounts Alf T Ringling spotting a poacher on his Oak Ridge New Jersey estate. Robert H. Davis writes on Anglermania in Field and Stream, describing Ringling buying a bass plug from the poacher for two dollars. The tale ends with Ringling’s joyous reaction and a note on angling bringing kinship.
Estate of the late Alfred T Ringling valued at 91 055 543 55 with Wisconsin share 23 554 62 including Ringling theatre one fourth and Baraboo circus real estate one third plus cash. Will probated. Richard T Ringling sole son named executor. multiple deductions shown.
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