19 Feb 1914
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Newspaper
Baraboo Weekly News
Location
Baraboo, Wisconsin, United States of America
Date
Feb 19, 1914
Page
1
A community celebration marks a first Christmas tree event for children in Bucaramane, America, aiming to bring festive cheer to local families. Organizers emphasize unity and charitable donations to ensure all kids share in the season.
Maude Newell Williams describes Christmas in Bucaramanga Colombia where days of explosions and fireworks replace religious observance. A local effort organized by Mr Williams and volunteers provided Christmas trees gifts and food for two thousand poor children. Moving pictures opened to the city’s poor children marking the first such charity event.
At Reedsburg justice court A W Foster of Baraboo faces gossip charges with Rev Fr O Reilly as the principal witness. Five state witnesses testified. Foster had none. Circuit Court in Baraboo opens May 3 to hear the case, with District Attorney J H Hill for the state and J W Frenz for Foster. A new bond for former Reedsburg City Clerk Huebing was set and will be heard next term.
The Fellowship club met in the Presbyterian parlors with Rev. Allison speaking on Lincoln and Emancipator ideals. Floyd H. Newell presided. Miss Schenck sang. Baraboo and public schools held patriotic programs led by Rev. Mayhew and Rev. Ray.
The Sauk County Historical Society received gifts from Baraboo residents including a portrait of early Baraboo figure R. M. Strong from Harry Sly. Mrs. N. F. Sherman donated a Lucy Underwood letter from the Baraboo Female Seminary era. H. E. Paddock of La Valle sent fourteen hop picking tickets with numbers and text.
A Baraboo collector list details items donated to the society including a basin of war letters from the 17th Wisconsin Vol Inf and portraits of Capt. McCawley Lieut Apker and Col Malloy. Other gifts include a powder flask from Switzerland a Pewter pitcher and a gun hammer. Rev E P Hall spoke at the school building on the occasion.
Along the Baraboo area a high terminal moraine formed by ancient glaciers rises as a western horizon. The article describes Davils Lake and nearby quartzite outcrops near Devils Lake, noting the Baraboo valley fold and the protective, secluded riverbank spot with birch and mosses. It calls for preservation of such spots through simple protection, as nature does the rest.
Free Garden Seed offer delivers ten five cent packets from J Briggs and Co Baraboo Wis with a $1.25 subscription to The Baraboo Weekly News. Readers mark choices and mail with payment before March 15 1914. Includes extensive list of vegetable and flower seeds such as Asparagus Kale Beet Cabbage Lettuce Tomato Marigold Sunflower Petunia Nasturtium Phlox and more.
In Winfield a dispute over past assessments ended with the state tax commission's ruling guiding this year’s corrections. Some residents will get refunds while others pay more as town officials and an expert from Madison reconcile the books and cover the costs.
Circuit court opens in Baraboo on March 3 with about 35 friends staging a surprise party for Mr. and Mrs. H. H. Porter near the Baraboo river narrows. Supper and entertainments accompanied the event.
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