Baraboo Folk Down in Dixie for Wisconsin Tourists
Wisconsin tourists flock to St. Petersburg for winter season with Baraboo residents among arrivals. Through sleeper service via Dixie Flyer and Seminole Limited draws travelers, plus semi monthly Wisconsin tourist society meetings. Free Highlander concerts, Kitties show, new hotels, boat trips to Pass-a-Grille and Bradenton planned. Weather mild, coal worries minimal for locals. roque and horseshoe tournaments set for February. fishing reports remain strong.
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St. Petersburg
Wisconsin
Baraboo
Chicago
Cincinnatii
The
Board of Trade
F. A. ‘News
Mary A. Andrews
Martha J. Mariott
F. W. Mould
F. E. Lettergren
Alice Lettergren
Frank Herfort
Lawr
Rence Herfort
Charles BE. Getchell
Charles E. Gettcheh, Jr
Jeane le Febvre Getchell
D. A. Lewis
Leora Lewis
Royal Scottish Highlanders
Passe-a-Grille Island
Manatee
Bradentown
Tampa
F. A. Nehs
Lemons Grow In Portage Exhibit At Home Tree
John A. Graham displays a Portage grown lemon weighing seven ounces. The fruit was raised on a tree at his Portage home, with several more growing on the same tree. Mr. and Mrs. Arthur Moertzke and daughters Ruth and Lucile of Whitewater are guests at the Kartack home.
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Portage
John A. Graham
Arthur Moertzke
Ruth and
Lucile
Whitewater
J. F. Kartack
Over Thousand Boys and Girls See Santa Claus at Elks Event
Baraboo Elks hosted a Christmas program at the Al Ringling theatre with more than a thousand children in attendance. Santa Claus arrived to distribute gifts as Briggs the Reedsburg cartoonist provided film entertainment and a live orchestra added festive music. Committee members Adolph Andre E T Ross J A Malone F E Morey George Isenberg M F Foley supplied decorations and the Elks shared in a joyful scene praised as one of Baraboo’s happiest Christmases.
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Lodge of Elks
the Goodfellows
Briggs
Reedsburg
E. Morey
Santa Claus
North Freedom
Mr. Poser
Mr. Morey
Adolph Andre
E. T. Ross
J. A. Malone
F. E. Morey
George Isenberg
M. F. Foley
Baraboo
Coming Into Its Own the Corn Cob Pipe Returns
History shows cycles of popularity for the corn cob pipe as cigar prices rise. Smokers rediscover briar neerschaum and clay pipes, while even Mark Twain’s favorite bowls inspire renewed interest in simple, affordable comfort at sea and shore.
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Mark Twain
Monumentalist Martin Jenners Found Dead in Indianapolis
Martin Jenners a 87 year old whose self erected tombstone objecting to all religion drew attention in Indiana. He was found asphyxiated in his Indianapolis room, ending a noted public stunt connected with his monument.
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Martin Jenners
Indiana
Indianapolis
Suit against Montgomery seeks 50000 damages
De Vera Kenney sues Judson E. Montgomery now in prison for second degree murder alleging his car driven drunk at 35 mph or more caused injuries and two sons killed in a Thirteenth and Wells street incident on March 19, 1919. Co-defendant is Sarah E. Montgomery owner of the car residing at 1129 Cedar Street Baraboo.
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Judson E. Montgomery
Milwaukee
de Vera Kenney
Thirteenth and Wellssts
Sarah E. Montgomery
Baraboo
Montgomery
Cedar Street
Sugar Seizure Report Hints at Price Probes in Wisconsin
A notice from Frank O Connor United States marshal says 386000 pounds of granulated sugar are seized in the Western District of Wisconsin with claims due by January 3 1920 in Madison court. The action targets profiteering as state authorities seized about 1200 barrels through M Leach Son Beloit Nestle s Food Co Reedsburg and Menomonie with investigations into butter eggs cheese and flour hoarding and a federal probe on high prices.
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Frank O'Conner
United States
Wisconsin
United States of America
Madison
M. Leach & Sons
Beloit
Nestle’s Food Co
Reedsburg
Menomonie
Milwaukee
H. C. of L
Nordman
Mr. Nordman
Corps of
Certified Public Accountants
Department of Justice
Leila Johnson Leads in Milwaukee Primary for Europe Tour
The Milwaukee Journal reports Leila Johnson leading the primary with 3151 votes as 17 candidates vie to elect two teachers per county for the final election. The tour funds the Journal European battlefield trip, selecting one winner per congressional district.
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Leila Johnson
The
Milwaukee Journal
Europe
Elizabeth Quinnell
Bayfield
M C. Palmer
Columbia
Fanny Warner
Nora S. Carey
Dodge
Marie Gaynor
Fond du Lac
Harold Stephen
Jackson
Catherine Moore
Jefferson
Milwaukee
Joseph Murphy
Mrs Williams Home From L A
Mrs Maude Newell Williams arrives from Barranquilla Colombia and stays with her parents in Baraboo Wisconsin. She plans to sail from New Orleans January 5 with her parents to visit Panama then return in spring after a brief Barranquilla stop.
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Maude Newell Williams
Barranquilla
Colombia
S. A
W. H. Newell
Hast
Panama
Mrs. Newell
Wyoming
Baraboo
Rev. C. S. Wiliams
Barrenquilla
Portage Woman Has Finger Amputated At Hospital
Mrs Frank Bulgrien of Portage, ill seven weeks with a blood poisoned hand, underwent amputation of a finger at Portage hospital several days ago.
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Frank Bulgrien
Portage
Portage Hospital
Mould Heads to Evanston for Yuletide Visit
M H Mould travels to Evanston to spend Christmas with his daughter Mrs Patrick and family.
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M. H. Mould
Evanston
Yuletide
Mrs. Patrick
Young Men Find It Is Expensive To Drink
In Janesville two young men, T Schieve and Nomran Hull, were fined 31 dollars each after paying a stranger 12 dollars for a quart of whiskey. They were arrested for intoxication.
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Janesville
T. Schieve
Nomran Hull
Reverend Michael Benson, D D, Dies at 88
Baraboo mourns the death of Rev. Michael Benson D D born December 24 183? in Ontario. He died about 5 pm on December 24 1919 surrounded by relatives including his widow and children and was famed as a long time Methodist pastor and church builder in Wisconsin and Canada.
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W. D. Stanley
Baraboo
Eau Claire
Michael Benson
D. D
Darlington Ontario
J. M. Benson
la Crosse
I. V. Wiltrout
Chippewa Falls
L. H. Griffin
Salina
G. W
Benson
James Benson
Whitby
Canadian Methodist Church
Sybil Pray Hamilton
Port Burwell
Canada
Albert University
Wisconsin
West
United States
Methodist Church of America
Brooklyn
N. Y
Philadelphia
Charles Bayard Mitchell
St. Paul
J. W. Irish
E. E. Horth
Donates Grove to Beautify La Crosse County
Assemblyman Orrin Fletcher Burns becomes the first La Crosse County donor under rural planning law by gifting a grove. The land may serve as a summer picnic ground for residents.
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Orrin Fletcher
Burns
la Crosse County
Fletcher
Whitewater Masons Burn Mortgage on Temple
Grand Secretary W. W. Perry of Milwaukee and F. S. Hyer president of the normal school spoke at a banquet of the Whitewater Masonic lodge honoring the burning of the mortgage on their temple erected fourteen years ago.
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W. W. Perry
Milwaukee
F. S. Hyer
Normal School
Masonic Lodge
Whitewater
Travel Boycotts California Tourists With Large Winter Arrival
The piece notes 200000 visitors forecast for the California southland this winter, the first train arriving, and a plan for private families to house roomers. It cites rising rents, scarce vacancies, and a trend of buying homes as people seek stability amid abundant work and wages in the East.
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Southland
Chamber of Commerce
Ninth and
Olive Street
Anderson
Ventura County
William Rinwalder
Elsie Devillien
Geo. H. Scheibe
Dinty Moore
Count Gazink
Victor A. Rossbach
Rossbach
Silent Smith
Illinois
Los Angeles
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Dixie
John Lodwick
al. Ringling Theatre
Frank O'Connor
United
Miss Johnson
Mrs. Williams
L. A
Rev. M. Benson Worthy
Whitewater Masons
Temple
California
Mike Maher
Arizona
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