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Newspaper
Baraboo Weekly News
Location
Baraboo, Wisconsin, United States of America
Date
Jan 01, 1920
Page
4
Baraboo weekly publication lists subscription options with three month, six month, and annual rates and prices per issue. The notice is a price schedule from the H R co HK Phone editors and proprietors.
An article from January 1920 urges increased daily exercise to counter rising deaths after age 40. It advises two hours of outdoor activity, walking to work, hobbies outdoors, and avoiding heavy athletics while encouraging steady, moderate practice. It cites Benjamin Franklin’s walking guidance as a model.
The Republican platform avoids full support for Lodge reservations, endorsing safeguards that preserve the Monroe Doctrine and nation’s integrity. It aims to appease Lodge and McCumber while offering little to Borah Johnson, with the Midwest not united on wrecking the treaty. The Democratic platform calls for immediate adoption of the treaty without changes.
The Christian Science Monitor notes critics say Roman roads prioritized endurance and suffered rough surfaces. It imagines Caesar in a motor car along the Appian Way and suggests Romans would have built roads to suit motorized travel, though chariots moved at legion pace.
A compilation of varied notes including fading sleigh bell use among farmers, currency speculation in New York, John Burroughs on animal scent, and Warren-Titus on Portage history. It covers Wisconsin Magazine of History articles by R&R and W. A. Titus, Jolliet and Marquette’s portage, Wallace Rowan, Prohibition rhetoric, a Dutch purse tale, and Kenningston rune stone findings with Norse exploration notes.
The New York article discusses sugar as a vital topic in the investment situation, noting European credit constraints, exchange rates, and the potential for large profits in foreign bonds. It cites sugar production figures, the wartime dip, and the impact on American industry, plus investor guidance and a memorial tribute to Ella Wheeler Wilcox.
The Wisconsin Highway Commission announces the ninth annual road school will be held in Madison from January 26 to 31, 1920. State Highway Engineer Hirst leads the program expected to surpass prior events, with past attendance over 700 and projections reaching about 1000 representatives. F. A. Cannon serves as executive secretary.
Lyman Sheet of the Great Lakes Naval Station, serving in the radio branch, returns home to spend the holidays with friends and relatives.
A. D. Dorsett invites readers to send timely opinions or questions to the department. The message notes the cold Chicago weather near the lake and asks for letters under 300 words. Dorsett, once editor of Baraboo Daily News, now works for a large public line house.
A reader from Lodi Wisconsin criticizes Wilson and his supporters for distillery policy, suggesting a strategy to demoralize the public and end the old spirit of resistance. The letter argues against perceived Democratic strategy and current administration deals.
A westerner contributes to the Technology Endowment fund and writes a humorous reply printed in the Voo-Doo magazine. He cites taxes and charity drives as reasons for withholding the check, complaining that government and organizations have consumed his income and left him unable to own or sustain his business.
A Spring Valley News letter from Mrs. Mary S. Wiggin defends Ella Wheeler Wilcox against editor scrutinies and praises her poetry. It notes Wilcox's posthumous psychic unfoldment trend and urges recognition of her works The Worlds and I and Leon Denis Life and Destiny translated by Wilcox before her death.
W R Irish reports Joe Bailey, ex senator and noted constitutional lawyer, spoke at length in Dallas during a cold snap. The Texan emphasized states rights, condemned Wilson and the League of Nations, critiqued woman suffrage, and warned of societal decline if old Jeffersonian ideals fade. Bailey, a potential future Texas governor, owns a Washington home and remains a Texan at heart.
The Erswells invite readers to visit their remote ranch location that hosts a solar heater providing hot water, a furnace, a phonograph, nine hens, a cat, and many birds. They describe isolation miles from nowhere yet boast of creature comforts and hospitality. Editor notes Mr and Mrs B S Erswell left Baraboo and friends will be glad to read their holiday note.
The Bureau of Labor Statistics in Washington states newspapers are essential in a $1,057.55 yearly budget for a single man, allowing $8.40 for newspapers and nothing for magazines or books. The bureau notes the daily newspaper is so customary and desirable.
Former editor writes from afar after thirteen years, praising The News as the best source for Baraboo community news and family reading in a concise message to readers.
The text notes that expenditure for newspapers may be necessary for intelligent citizenship. Washington papers vary in cost, with the two priciest at 8.40 dollars yearly. Individuals may choose their paper. magazines and books receive no special budget. Public libraries are available for economy.
A short verse urges lifting and helping others instead of tearing down. It compares knocking to pushing a wheel, urging readers to offer support and work alongside those who bear burdens. The poem emphasizes love over hate and ends with a note to boost rather than knock.
A playful spoof mixes pancake slogans with humorous verses about Mary and a shipwreck. The refrain celebrates pancakes as cheap and harmless, while the verses riff on familiar lines with altered endings. The tone is whimsical and satirical, echoing a lighthearted patriotic cadence.
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