County Supervisors Debate Taxes and Training School Rules
January session weighs dog tax and auto license changes. Hankering for dog tax repeal opposed by Koenig. plan to restrict public dances at Sauk County Training School approved with a ban on outsiders. Urban D Mather elected to fill Waterbury seat amid debate on ground for stance.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Herman Kasiska
Carl Koenig
Westfield
Wilber Cahoon
Koenig
Loganville
State Highway Commission
Training School
Training School Board
J. W. Waterbury
Urban D. Mather
Sauk County Training School Board
Mr. Waterbury
Mr. Mather
F. C. Dipple
Dipple
Nix
Nixon
Sauk County Training School
County Board of Supervisors
How County Spends Money on Excessive Public Expenditures
County records reveal nearly $800,000 drawn by the County Clerk’s office in the past year with major outlays tied to highways, bridges, and construction. The ledger itemizes taxes paid, state aid, penal fines, school funds, and numerous county office expenses totaling about $3.2 million in outlays against receipts of $914,714.03.
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Baraboo
Reedsburg
Ableman
North Freedom
la Valley
Andrews
la Valle-Wonewoc
Highway Committee
Highway Commissioners
Statecamit Tae
Fang Ooo Oe
Scheol Library
Ces
Pr. du Sac
Justics Courts
Clark
Circuit-Court
C. C
Ocovorer
Dino
Fire damages Lever restaurant in Wonewoc on Christmas Day
A fire at The Lever restaurant in Wonewoc caused several hundred dollars in damage after sparks from two gasoline torches used to thaw water pipes in the basement. No injuries are reported and the cause is linked to the thawing process.
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Lever
Wonewoc
Large unemployment figure across the United States listed
A survey by Clint C. Houston for Labor reports 2,325,000 workers idle nationwide, claiming the current slump is the worst since 1907. Major unemployment by industry includes building trades 300,000, automobiles 250,000, textiles 225,000, railroads 200,000, steel 150,000, shipping 125,000, and various others at 50,000 each.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Clint C. Houston
Washington
Plumb Plan League
Houston
Will Bar Liquor Imports in Canada February 1
Ottawa announces an official order fixing February 1 as the date from which importation of alcoholic liquor into Nova Scotia Alberta Saskatchewan and Manitoba will be illegal.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Canada
Ottawa
Nova Scotia
Alberta
Saskatchewan
Manitoba
Legislature to Redistrict State Senate and Assembly
Lawmakers begin a session focused on redrawing all state senate and assembly districts to reflect 1910 population shifts. Republicans reportedly aim to redraw lines to diminish socialist and Democratic influence in the state legislature.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Assembly
Senate
Teen Age Girls of M. E. Church Hold First Meeting
The M. E. Girls Teen Age class held its first year meeting at the church parlors with eleven of fifteen members present. Virginia Wright was elected president and Stella Goman vice president, with Mary Fitzsimmons secretary treasurer. Officers serve six months and the program centers on physical culture and Indian club swinging taught by Mrs. Ed McGilvra. An annual banquet and a mothers’ banquet are planned along with other social events.
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M. E
Weer
Virginia Wright
Stella Goman
Mary Fitzsimmons
Leota Harris
Sunshine
Irene Hanuser
Reba Sturdevant
Beatrice Gollmar
Irma Thompson
Lila Briscoe
Elizabeth Curry
Marjorie Thomas
Jeanette Smith
Ed. McGilvra
Ancient Wisconsin sugar bush on old homestead sought
An old Wisconsin homestead with a long family lineage still maintains a productive sugar bush supplying yearly maple sugar. The State Historical Society seeks reports of other old homesteads with such sugar bushes and notes 1870 census records showing farms listing maple sugar among products.
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Wisconsin
Waukesha County
State Historical Society
Banquet Honors Baraboo High School Football Men
In the Warren hotel blue room Baraboo High School students who played 1920 football and earned a B were hosted by Coach and Mrs. Bogard and Prof. A C Kingsford. Kingsford acted as toast master as Holmes Henke Hanson Tanghe and Bogard spoke. Captain Claude Hanson chosen for next fall.
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Warren Hotel
Baraboo High School
Herman Bogard
A. C. Kingsford
Robert Holmes
Samuel Henke
Claude Hanson
W. J. Tanghe
Buehler
Hanson
Collins
North
Haugh
Page
Compton
Conway
Holmes
Isenberg
Halbman
Kasiska
Werich
Cooper
McGinnis
Hawkins
R. Thomas
Henke
J.C. Mutch
H. W. Hawkins
Portage Men Re-Arrested Under Mulberger Law
Wm Buchanan W R Miller Thos H James and F G Beckerbeck of Portage were rearrested Monday on charges of possessing and dispensing beverages with alcohol content above the Mulberger law. Three Kilbourne citizens Frank Schweda Turk Julion and Fred Witt were also arrested with Witt charged for false testimony.
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Wm. Buchanan
W. R. Miller
Thos. H. James
F. G. Beckerbeck
Portage
Mulberger
Kilbourne
Frank Schweda
Turk
Julion
Fred Witt
Portage Register-Democrat
Women Officials Named in Columbia County Roster
Columbia County ranks high with three women elected to top offices. Miss Jennie S. Dunn is treasurer, Miss Gladys L. Zamzow serves as clerk of the circuit court, and Miss M. B. Clark is the county superintendent of schools.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Columbia County
Jennie S. Dunn
Gladys L. Zamzow
M. B. Clark
Guernsey Folk Hold Meeting At Reedsburg
The Sauk County Guernsey association met in Reedsburg's opera house with remarks by president R. F. Klemm Baraboo and Harry Griswold West Salem on Guernsey merit. Officers were elected with Hochmuth La Valle as president and Capener Baraboo as secretary treasurer. The next annual meeting is set for Baraboo.
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Reedsburg
Sauk
Guernsey
R. F. Klemm
Baraboo
L. M. Wichern
William Milner
William McCarthy
Lime Ridge
Herbert Hochmuth
la Valle
Edward Egerer
North Freedom
W. J. Dwars
Ableman
James W. Mortimer
Wonewoe
William Hinze
Portage
Theodore Herwig
Charles Stepp
Alois Bindl
Spring Green
Wisconsin
Wisconsin Guernsey Breeders’ Association Meeting At Madison— R. F. Klemm
Herbert Rochmuth
G. W. Davies
Madison
Wisconsin Live Stock Breeder’s Association
Clifford Capener
Glen Johnson
Henry Weinke
State Historical Society buys Dakota newspaper files
The State Historical Society of Wisconsin purchased files of the earliest Dakota newspaper published at Yankton from Hon. George W. Kingsbury. The papers span 1861 to 1902 with gaps and include early history and later issues. The collection aids tracing Wisconsin emigration to the Dakotas.
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The
State Historical Society of
Wisconsin
Dakota
George W. Kingsbury
Yankton
South Dakota
Kingsbury
State Historical Society
Dakotas
Ironton Youth LaRue Interred By Two Brothers
Ironton honors Thomas Bertrand LaRue a World War I private of Co A 128th Infantry 32nd Division killed at Juvigny Sept 1 1918. His body returned from overseas for a New Year’s Day funeral with Solemn mass by Rev M Weishar and a flag draped casket carried by Co A comrades. He rests beside two younger brothers who died later.
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Ironton
Thomas Bertrand LaRue
Luke LaRue
Co. A
128Th Infantry
Chateau Thierry
Aisne
Juvigny
National
M. Weishar
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County Training School Board
Palma H. Grahn
Miss Grahn
Washington D
Russia
F. A. Cooper
United States
Peary
Capt
Godford Hansen
North Pole
Admiral Peary
Capt. Hansen
Greenland
Hansen
Amundsen
M. E. Church
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