California City Lines Enduring Winter Service
Unclear OCR notes mention lines and winter service in California City. The fragment hints at transport or utility context, but lacks concrete actions, dates, or entities to confirm specifics.
11 Feb 1915
Page 1
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Newspaper
Baraboo Weekly News
Location
Baraboo, Wisconsin, United States of America
Date
Feb 11, 1915
Page
1
Unclear OCR notes mention lines and winter service in California City. The fragment hints at transport or utility context, but lacks concrete actions, dates, or entities to confirm specifics.
A Baraboo writer in Los Angeles describes a rainy day in January, notes homesickness, and reflects on cost of living, advertising excess, and the city’s rapid growth. He mentions a store circus with free admission, rentals at high rates, and parades with municipal transport charges, while contrasting summer resort vibes with winter conditions. He ends with warm regards.
Dean H. L. Russell praised Wisconsin for its diversified farming and self sufficiency at the Grown and Made in Wisconsin dinner in Madison. He illustrated a hypothetical family of five consuming meat potatoes eggs butter cheese condensed milk buckwheat flour wheat corn and other goods totaling substantial quantities. He warned Wisconsin still lags in fully exploiting opportunities and marketing in its developed farming areas.
Charles W. Chrislaw of Lodi required a second operation on his injured arm. To prevent amputation, friends donated 61 inches of skin in an unanesthetized grafting procedure. Eight inches came from each donor, including Roy and Ralph Chrislaw, John M. Chrislaw, C. M. Johnson, George H. Brereton, George Hawks, Nels Thompson, and Warren Birney. The patient remained in a Madison hospital and was doing well.
Baraboo authorities chased a morning escape by Mike Donovan from the county jail. By nightfall he had gathered soap bars tobacco packages and metal handles, apparently disoriented and without money as police recovered him in snowy streets confirming a perplexing incident in a liberal Baraboo community.
John Hoehnen, 58, returning to Milwaukee after years abroad, discovers his wife has remarried and has another family. He speaks of past travels and poverty, while the district attorney notes a possible but technical bigamy issue if the facts hold.
Mrs. J. E. English of Live Oak California reports Mt Lassen near Mt Shasta height is active at times with smoke and ashes rising in a tall column ten thousand feet above the summit. The snow capped peak is visible from the north windows of her son’s home. Live Oak weather is spring like with fruit trees in bloom when the card was written February 1.
Governor Philipp told Wisconsin road officials that state funding for road work should be reduced. He commended the highway commissioners for results over the past year, noting the legislature spent too fast on roads. Hazardwood cited 3,000 miles built in three years with all counties active under the state system.
Dr. D. H. Donahue the veterinarian in Reedsburg coughed and swallowed items years earlier and then expelled about a pint of pus and a one and a half inch screw from his mouth during a severe coughing fit. He had several prior injuries from a horse kick and had been suffering stomach pains blamed on that incident. The screw disappeared without further immediate treatment, and the doctor considered an operation in Rochester but postponed it.
The Southern Wisconsin Power Co raised river water two additional feet this week, pushing the Wisconsin River above the old mill dam at Okee, per the Lodi Enterprise.
Baraboo Weekly News offers ten five cent seed packets from J Briggs and Co Baraboo Wis to readers who pay 1.25 for a subscription. Choose seed types mark and sign. offer ends March 15 1915. Send 1.25 with name and address to The Baraboo News.
Unclear wartime conditions disrupt grain flow from Chicago elevators. Market observers warn shipments and prices may swing as supply chains adjust to ongoing conflict.
Baraboo reports higher flour and bread costs while farmers weigh holding wheat against potential price shifts. U S wheat stock estimates range from 400 to 800 million bushels with limited elevator storage in Sauk County. Baraboo oats 52 cents, flour from 1.55 to 2.15 per 49 pound sack. corn 72 to 80 cents.
Harold F. McFarland of Baraboo and Miss Alice M. Trebilcock were united in marriage by Rev. E.C. Henke at the bride’s parents home in Freedom. The ring ceremony was performed in pink and white decorations. After a sumptuous dinner the couple left on No. 516 for Sarasota Florida to start a fruit ranch.
Dr Stork in Madison delivered a baby last week at 2007 Elm Side Boulevard Madison. The newborn boy weighed seven and a half pounds. Parents are Mr and Mrs Ira D Brown formerly of Baraboo. the baby is Stanley Chester Brown.
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