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Newspaper
Baraboo Weekly News
Location
Baraboo, Wisconsin, United States of America
Date
Jan 08, 1920
Page
4
The Baraboo Weekly News includes a New Year reflection marking 1920. It compares time to a dissolving ocean and asks readers to act now, pause for past mistakes, and resolve for a prosperous year ahead. The note ends with well wishes to readers for the new year.
A statewide essay laments urban crowding and rural depopulation as farm families move to cities. The piece cites high city wages and postwar uncertainty as drivers, warning of a long term housing crisis and demographic shifts.
Wisconsin Marketing Commission member Edward Nordman argues high prices result from prohibition as money shifts from saloons to essentials and luxuries. He contends demand raises costs until supply grows, while noting prosperity for many and concerns about intoxicated driving. The piece transitions to a history of Milwaukee beer and its cultural rise, citing early breweries, notable customers, and the role of ice in expanding beer’s popularity, concluding with a broad note on irrigation and the desert’s persistence.
Miss Thelma Albertus daughter of Fred T Albertus a Wisconsin Minnesota realty dealer wed Rufus Palmer former Evanston Press Club president in Prairie du Lac Wisconsin. The ceremony at the bride's home featured village band music as the couple selected between a large farm or a city business.
A prominent woman visited a brokerage with a sizable bankroll and a tip. The junior clerk advised replacing the tip stock with a different one he believed had real investment value, given the desire for rapid profit.
The product OOD'S SARSAPARILLA remains popular as doctors prescribe remedies and customers report continued satisfaction, helping steady sales despite competition.
A biographical sketch praises Lager Beer as a great American figure and debates where he was born between Philadelphia and New York City. It notes early American beer history, including English ale, pre lager brews, and colonial breweries on Manhattan and nearby Philadelphia sites before lager emerged.
La Crosse county will create picnic grounds at several spots for residents and auto tourists. The rural planning committee led by R W Davis proposes marking historic sites such as the Winnebago trail from Sparta to La Crosse, creating community centers, and improving roads and roadside plantings.
A fragmentary Rural Democrat page reports William Marshall walking with difficulty after a cellar fall and recovery, a Fox Hunt near Hub City with Hunter Gib Cockroft missing a shot, Portage Basketball losing to Watertown Athletic Club 37 to 27, highway office moving to County Clerk F A Cooper, Baraboo New Year visit by Shults and Schults families, and a Bureau of Commerce note equating coal to wood in heating value.
The county plans aid to beautify villages and preserve surrounding forests in the district. Efforts include cleaning underbrush in recreation grounds and sustaining lake ecosystems for public use.
Misses Marie Hein Susie Milhbauer and Alice Lang return from Baraboo for Christmas vacation. Rufus Morrill of Wonewoc receives a buffalo roast from son Charles at Redfield S. Oak. Several western parks slaughter buffalo herds for meat markets. Maude and Grace Monroe return to Detroit after holiday visit. Dr. E R Hackett of Harrington Maine visiting uncle J L Hackett. Henry Kramer undergoes an operation. patient improving. Mr. and Mrs. Richard Baxter of Racine visit Baraboo. Mrs. Thomas Cain of Madison visiting her Baraboo parents. her ill father examined. Thomas Lesters, former Baraboo resident, dies in Billings Montana. brother J B Borders in Reedsburg. Iver Inglebretson of Mayville ND visiting Christ Lee. Andrew Accola Jr falls from hay wagon breaking leg. L Downie visits Baraboo bowling alleys sets new record. Eggs up 15 cents in Sheboygan. butter and lard up 6 and 4 cents.
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