Russians Retreat as Cold Devastates Bukowina Front
Central dispatches report Czernowitz fallen to Austro German forces while Russians retreat under brutal cold. Snow halts advance as Russian lines reform and fortifications rise in Bukowina. Berlin confirms driving enemy from Piktuppenen near Tilsit and gains in Vistula district with several guns captured.
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Berlin
Sayville
L. I
Czernowitz
Bukowina
Budapest
Berliner Tageblatt
Pruth
Constantinople
Korna
Mesopotamia
Pirindi
London
Daily Chronicle
Daily Mail
Botosheni
Roumania
Sereth River
Sereth
Tilsit
East Prussia
War Office
Piktuppenen
Tauroggen
Eastern Lake District
Kolno
Lomza
Vistula
Racienz
Post Office Plan to Replace Horses on Rural Routes
Wood s County Reporter says Postmaster Burleston backs replacing horses with cars on rural routes and expanding route length to fifty miles. A House bill would pay rural carriers on forty mile automobile routes $1,800 annually, up from $1,200, with $600 for buying and maintaining cheaper automobiles.
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Burleston
House Committee On Post Offices and Post Roads
House
Woods County
Bernhardt Operative Schedule Delayed for One Week
The operation on famed actress Madame Sarah Bernhardt has been postponed to occur a week later, with doctors citing scheduling and preparation considerations.
Wholesale House Still Burning in Madison Fire
The Gould, Wells & Blackburn wholesale grocery house continues burning at Madison since Friday night. Firefighters still throw water as walls collapse. The firm has leased a temporary location until a permanent site is found.
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Gould, Wells & Blackburn
Madison
Meadow Lark Sightings Near Spring Green Prompt Hopeful Winter Stay
Mayme McPhillips reports a meadow lark seen January 31 near the Tony Gruber farm in Spring Green and asks if such birds stay north in winter. Mrs. Kelsey notes occasional non migratory birds due to injury or disability, similar to a flicker seen near Baraboo years ago. The idea is suggested as a reason a blackbird winters near Wilbur Cowles' Skillet Creek home.
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Mayme McPhillips
Spring Green
Tony Gruber
W. T. Kelsey
Kelsey
Baraboo
Professor Mitchell
Milwaukee
Wilbur Cowles
Skillet Creek
State attests twenty year supply of pamphlet paper
George S. Post told Madison on Monday the state has enough pamphlet paper to last twenty years. He criticized lax labor and material conditions, noting storage rent runs about $3,000 annually and parts are kept under leaky roofs.
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George 8S. Post
Madison
Kilbourn Fishermen Land Seven and a Half Pounds
Kilbourn Rod and Gun club members fished in two groups under Capt. A P Judson and Capt. Alvin Thomas. They returned with seven and a half pounds of fish, each party catching a single fish and Judson's side claiming the extra half pound.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Kilbourn
Three Injuries In One Fall At Spring Green Home
Mrs. Frank Dyke, about 65, fell in her cellar west of Spring Green and suffered a broken leg a dislocated ankle and back injuries. Dane County paid out 58 dollars last year for animal bounties.
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Frank Dyke
Spring Green
Dane County
German note signals potential food trade pause with Britain
Count Bernstorff delivered a German note to the U S state department offering to back off attacks on British merchantmen if Britain lifts its blockade on food to Germany. Berlin says its plan is a retaliation for Britain starving civilians and warns armed British ships endanger neutral and German vessels. Italy also protested the German war zone decree.
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Washington
Count Bernstorff
State Department
Germany
Great Britain
Lmner
Berlin
Britain
Italy
Baraboo Valley Farmers Club Meets at Greenfield Hall
The Baraboo Valley Farmers' club held its February 12 meeting at Greenfield town hall. L. H. Palmer opened the session, with reports from secretary J. Stadler and a program featuring Lincoln essays, Progressive Agriculture papers, and a violin mandolin quartet. The group signed new members, heard papers on cooperative development, and planned a February 26 gathering at the John Rumpf home.
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Baraboo Valley Farmers’ Club
Greenfield Town Hall
L. H. Palmer
Sauk County
J. Stadler
Lincoln
Chester Rumpf
Lucy
Esther Schreiber
Amy
Co-operative
Willis Glover
America
John Rumpf
Temlin Tours Farms Near Richford Wautoma Ranch Visit
Albert Templin traveled about 160 miles over three days to inspect the Oak Farm Short Horn herd near Wautoma. He observed a bean oriented region north of Richford, noted Westfield’s high rye buying price, and reported a farm may lack potatoes this year. He bought a heifer calf named Clay Angel said to yield 60 to 65 pounds of milk daily, bred by May and Ottis, with Sena tor Clay lineage.
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Albert Templin
Wautoma
Richford
Westfield
Westfield Farmers
Clay
May
Ottis
Funeral for G W Murphy Held in Baraboo
G W Murphy born in Pennsylvania eighty five years ago moved to Baraboo as a boy later lived in Illinois. He died February 13 1915 after living with his nephew M M Graves. Funeral held yesterday at 10 conducted by Rev E C Henke with mixed choir and organist. Great Lutheran church dedication planned for February 28 with ministers from across the state and speeches in German and English.
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G. W. Murphy
Pennsylvania
Baraboo
Illinois
Sally Ketchum
Mary Cunningham
M. M. Graves
Presbyterian Church
E. C. Henke
Travis
Simonds
Marian Sigglekow
C. A.melzl
Luella Sigglekow
Pall
Messrs
Dan Graves
Lincoln Haskins
Chas. Catlin
Emery Catlin
Chas. Dambeck
May Brothers Escape Fatal Ice Break on Wisconsin River
The May Brothers narrowly avoided a fatality when hauling wood across the Wisconsin River in Adams County. Ice broke beneath the team and load, tumbling them into the water, but rescuers pulled them to safety after an arduous effort.
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May Brothers
Wisconsin
Adams County
English exile letters describe aid to Belgian refugees
Mrs E August Runge received a 1915 letter from Lydia K Commander, ex pastor of Baraboo Free Congregational Society, about moving to England. Herbert N Casson lectures on efficiency in London with six after lunch talks at Halborn restaurant, six topics to be presented Jan to March, praised by Viscount Midleton for originality.
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E. August Runge
Lydia K. Commander
The
Free Congregant Society
Baraboo
Herbert N. Casson
London
Halborn
Viscount Midleton
Casson
Jake Thompson Found Safe After Elusive Kilbourn Visit
Jake Thompson, missing from Kilbourn for weeks, turned up at home after hiking to Lyndon then boarding a train. He paid cash fare, complicating tracing, and said he left Kilbourn to end his visit without notifying anyone.
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Jake Thompson
Kilbourn
Lyndon
Portage Democrat
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Lon
von Hindenberg
Mme
Sarah Bernhardt
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U. S
Kaiser
Ogge
Greene
New York Telegram
Baraboo Valley Farmers’ Glue
Greenfield
Qverland
Part
Garabod
Edge OF London
Lydia K
the Dell
Church Road
Upper Norwood
S. E
England
Mr. Casson
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