04 Jan 1917
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Newspaper
Baraboo Weekly News
Location
Baraboo, Wisconsin, United States of America
Date
Jan 04, 1917
Page
1
The Bara boo Valley Poultry association held its annual banquet at the G A R hall with 100+ attendees. Speakers covered poultry profits, fox ranching, and industry growth while awards honored best displays and birds from Baraboo area exhibitors.
Dane county highway committee will recommend buying five or six cooking and sleeping wagons for road construction gangs. Each wagon costs about 200 dollars and they compare with Sauk county outfits. The panel also weighs the Lingard bond proposal of 1 million dollars for a trunk line system. voter approval hinges on petition signatures.
A Wednesday afternoon children’s party for A N A members drew about 150 guests with music dancing games and Christmas songs. A large tree sat with candy sacks as treats were handed out ice cream cake and candy followed. In the evening Royal Neighbors elected officers led by Oracle Allie Barrett and Manager Helen Berg for three years.
A Madisonian recalls a siding incident where a cat fell into a barrel of soft soap to escape a pursuing dog. The dog reached the barrel as the cat resurfaced and both animals swallowed soap, ending with peace restored.
Mrs Emma Wetzel born November 12 1886 in Portage died at a La Crosse Sanitorium on Christmas night after arriving that day for relief. Daughter of the late Gustav Manthey she married Rudolph Wetzel May 17 last moving to Fort Atkinson. Survived by husband two sisters Mrs Herman Kleist Mrs August Herman and three brothers Fred George and Walter.
A Madison Journal feature traces the Daniel Webster farm transfers near Old Helena Iowa county and Hillside Home School, noting sale dates 1839 and 1842 with prices 2750 and 2000. It includes a Captain George E. Albee letter recalling Civil War days at the Journal office and Culver’s writing room anecdotes.
The state has 211 teachers drawing annuities from the teachers' retirement fund with an average yearly pension of 362.76 dollars. Since inception 221 certificates issued, many returned to teaching or died. Fund resources total 430,413.07 dollars, with 411,413.07 invested in bonds at 4.56 percent.
The Sauk County Historical Society has received a $200 bequest from the late W. W. Warner of Madison. Warner, a former Baraboo resident, was noted for his interest in historical work.
Mrs. Al Ringling executes a quitclaim deed transferring her interest in the brown stone mansion and the Al Ringling theatre to Alfred T Ringling Charles Ringling John Ringling and Jenny Ringling. The will allocates use of the house and income from the theatre to Mrs Ringling for life, then to the four brothers.
Word has been received from Rev Albion E Smith and his wife formerly of Madison now at Colon. They left New York December 12 and after visiting the Panama Canal will travel to San Jose Costa Rica for the winter. They are well known in Sauk county.
The Wisconsin Highway Commission reports total costs to finish and maintain state roads and bridges could reach 87 million dollars. It projects 6.06 million dollars yearly for maintenance and outlines mill tax implications, while urging direct funding and modernized road construction practices.
Mr. and Mrs. Paul Wagner of Madison welcomed a son on Thursday December 28. Mrs. Wagner is formerly Miss Daisey Torpey.
It has cost $17,347.94 to operate the state power plant at Madison since the first of the year, according to M. F. Blumenfeldt, superintendent of public property. The power plant furnishes power for the electric plant of the capitol and runs the elevators.
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