Bill to Move Wisconsin State Fair Sees Central Location Debate
Madison committee approves Assemblyman Carpenter plan to relocate the Wisconsin state fair from Milwaukee to a more central site. A 11 member commission would choose a new location offered free of charge. Supporters argue Milwaukee undercuts attendance and education. opponents cite financial and educational concerns.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Madison
Committee On Agriculture
George Carpenter
Baraboo
Milwaukee
Assembly
Senate
J. P. Keenan
Citizens’ Business League of
Mr. Carpenter
Birthday milestone for Civil War veteran Gibbons in Sauk County
G B Gibbons marks his eighty eighth birthday with quiet greetings from friends. A Wiscon sin resident for 68 years and Sauk County for 62, he enlisted December 19 1861 in Co A 19th W V L and rose to commissary sergeant. He also served in the 3rd U S Cavalry and was discharged in 1865 for disability. He joined the Masonic order soon after its local founding.
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George B. Gibbons
Gibbons
Mr. Gibbons
Wisconsin
Sauk County
Co. A
3Rd
U. S. Cavalry
Masonic Order
Kilbourn Residents Remember John R
A notice notes the community mourns the death of John R and honors his life. It mentions sympathy from local families and friends and that services followed at the church with a gathering at his home.
Free want advertisement in Baraboo daily and weekly
Free want advertisement offered for Baraboo audience on Saturday March 8 for The News Baraboo Wis. Ads must be in office before 9 a.m. March 8 and limited to 25 words. Include items for sale exchange wanted found lost money loans or asks.
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Baraboo
Wis
Opossum Hunt Down in Ark
Mr and Mrs Joseph Johnson of Lynn Street returned from a several week stay at Hot Springs Arkansas An unclear fragment mentions a hunt and Arkansas but specifics are missing.
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Ark
Joseph Johnson
Lynn Street
Hot Springs
Syste
Mrs W H Donald Dies From Bronchial Trouble
Mrs W H Donald died at her home southwest of the city from bronchial trouble after a years illness. Born in Syracuse in 1844 she moved with her family to Sauk Prairie at age 12 and later lived in Caledonia and Baraboo before settling Loganville. She was a member of the First M E Church. She is survived by her husband and sons Frank Donald Walter Donald L A Donald and daughter Nettie Donald plus a daughter in Coomer Wisconsin.
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W. H. Donald
Syracuse
New York
Sauk Prairie
Caledonia
Bara- Shemarr Loganville
Boo
M. E
Michigan
Middleville
Bear chase and kill tale from Wiscon sin river island
Narrator recounts an 1912 bear chase and killing on a Wisconsin river island copied from The Shara coo Weekly News. W. T. Thomas of Madison wrote the account. the author claims personal participation in the hunt at age 77, recalling a Brigg oxen incident with bread biscuit and whiskey.
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Napavine
Washington
Shelton
Monroe County
Sharacoo Weekly News
Wisconsin River
W. T. Thomas
South Mill Street
Madison
Wis
Thomas
How to get the News Free and a Garden Seed Offer
Easy method to obtain Beraboo Weekly News for one year by sending three new subscribers and $3.75. The club organizer gets a free parcel post map valued at $1.50. Between now and March 15 ten seed packets are given to each subscriber. Sample copies available for those who want to club.
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Beraboo Weekly
Dorcas Society Celebrates Twins Birthday in Greenfield
The Dorcas society of Greenfield marked the birthday of Mr. and Mrs. Pearson’s twin daughter Ai age 18 with a cake and flaming candles. Thirteen society members recalled the thirteen colonies and several members led presentations on Washington’s life and times.
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Dorcas Society of
Greenfield
C. L. Pearson
Thirteen
Colonies
Frank Capener
Wm. Schreiber
Cut Out Horse Races at Fair
At a Boscobel fair association meeting last week a three day fair was decided for this year and horse racing was abolished. The Dial notes that racing has been an expensive farce and will be cut out until management can assure a quality racing program.
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Boscobel Fair Association
The
Dial
Land of the Sky climate noted in Hendersonville report
A Hendersonville article describes western North Carolina’s climate as ideal for pulmonary diseases with sunny days and mild winters. It cites mean seasonal temperatures, a 2 250 foot elevation, and notes California comparisons, rainfall patterns, and the origin of the name Land of the Sky.
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Hendersonville
N. C
North Carolina
Inykneta
Christian Reid
California
Four Generations Celebrate S C Kenyon Birthday in Middleville
J C Payne of this city received Middleville Sun noting the four generation birthday event for S C Kenyon born in Monroe County New York in 1820s. The gathering at R I Kenyon home included relatives and friends with Kenyon’s widow Louisa having died four years earlier.
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J. C. Payne
Middleville
Michigan
Sun
S. C. Kenyon
Sauk Prairie
Baraboo
R. I. Kenyon
Mr. Kenyon
Monroe County
New York
Yeango
Louisa Pay
Mrs McGmon Recovering After Fractured Limb
Mrs McGmon of Mulberry street is in Chic hospital with a fractured limb from an injury while visiting the windy city. Mr and Mrs Thomas Rogers of Portage with Mrs Rogers' mother Mrs Andrew J Hall of Lyndon Station were Baraboo visitors yesterday.
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Robert McGmon
Mulberry Street
Chic: Hospital
Windy City
Thomas Rogers
Portage
Rogers
Andrew J. Hall
Lyndon Station
Baraboo
Gust of living in the South
A terse report notes rising living costs in the southern United States with mention of North Carolina. It outlines how price increases affect households and the regional economy.
Free Seed Offer for Baraboo Subscribers Publicized
A Baraboo seed firm partners with the local paper to give free seeds to subscribers. Old subscribers offering $1.25 before March 15 1913 receive ten five cent packets. paying 65 cents extends six months. A new subscriber-subscriber referral also yields seeds. Seed list includes flowers and vegetables such as Nasturtium Chrysanthemum Petunia Tomato Lettuce Squash and more.
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Carpenter
Lincoln Wistion
Iment
G. B. Gibbons
Rkers
Kilbourn
Swellig
Lydia Hoft
Mily
John R . Place
En Is
W. H. Donald di
Daughress
Frank Donald
Walla Walla
Wash
Frank Fairland
Coomer
Walter Donald
L. A. Donald
Mis
Nettie Donald
John Briggs
Land of the Sky
S.C. Kenyon
Ucts In
N.C
J. Briggs & Co
Sweet Asylum
Nasturtium
Morning
Larkspur
Sweet William Sweet Peas
Wall Flower
Carrot
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