Brava Aid in Saving Lives Plan
Aims to improve medical aid by BRAVA program and partner teams to save lives. Details outline training, quick response, and resource coordination to reduce fatalities in emergencies.
29 Jan 1914
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Newspaper
Baraboo Weekly News
Location
Baraboo, Wisconsin, United States of America
Date
Jan 29, 1914
Page
1
Aims to improve medical aid by BRAVA program and partner teams to save lives. Details outline training, quick response, and resource coordination to reduce fatalities in emergencies.
Madison resident Sidney P. Rundell received a gold plated medal from local business friends for rescuing nearly 50 children trapped when Lake Monona ice broke on January 11. He led the effort with others to bring the group to shore and later saved four boys found on a cake of ice in mid lake after transporting a boat over three ice floes.
Harry Darrow, son of a Milwaukee saloonkeeper and a lifelong cigarette smoker, was found guilty of murdering Mrs. Emily Will, sister of Lieutenant William Maas. Evidence showed he was in Kilbourn on the way from the west just before the Milwaukee crime, with at least one witness noting he was drunk when the act occurred. He is to serve his sentence at Waupun.
Captain J P Drew died morning after a brief illness at his daughter's home on Eighth Avenue. Born June 30 1835 he traced a notable genealogy including Thomas Drew master of the Pelican under Sir Francis Drake in 1579. A Civil War veteran, he leaves daughter Mrs Ellen Short and son David A Drew professor at Indiana State University Bloomington.
North Freedom farmer H Weinke reports a calf at his place weighing 103 pounds shortly after birth. Baraboo counters with calves 114 pounds born Nov 9 1913 and 106 pounds born Jan 19 1914. Lawrence Sieverver notes the 114 pound calf.
A list of new territorial residents and their origins includes Mrs Alm (Teel) Hackett born Stockholm 1843 who moved to Baraboo in 1845. Aaron Teel born Stockholm 1837 moved to Baraboo in 1845. Mrs Porter (Teel) Buck born Stockholm 1840 joined Baraboo in 1845. Lynam Norton born Ohio 1840 moved to Walworth then Sauk counties by 1849. W H Newell born Erie County 1842 moved to Rock County 1816 and Baraboo 1848. W H Capener of Baraboo born London 1846 migrated to Ohio 1847 and Valedonia 1848.
Givers include K T Hopkins with a pamphlet Minnewaws and J P Doll with a campaign torch from the 70s or 80s. George DeRoeyer donates a rope used to hang Will Norman in Hot Springs Arkansas in 1913. Other items include a Welsh letter from Even Owen in 1847 and histories of local families and churches.
Members and friends of the First M. E. church enjoyed an elaborate banquet in the church parlors on Wednesday evening. Miss Clara Risley performed several instrumental selections before and during the meal served by the Ladies Aid society.
The text notes that the two newborns were weighed shortly after birth and identified as pure bred Helsteins, highlighting their pedigree and early measurements.
On Thursday at the Madison courthouse the state industrial commission heard three personal injury suits against Sauk county. Workers injured building roads could receive awards after the commission weighs evidence. decisions expected in a few days. Herman Salzwedel Loganville fell from a scaffold and was injured. G Alwin Loganville lost an eye from dust and warned by foreman about dust exposure. Alfred Scoon Reedsburg raised a blister on his hand and later recovered.
J Lynch died very suddenly Wednesday morning at Kilbourn after falling ill the day before. Despite all efforts to save him, he did not recover. He leaves a wife, one brother and one sister.
Madison internal revenue chief H H Manson designates William M Wells of Sparta as chief deputy collector replacing E H Burlingame who moves to field work with Madison as headquarters. Burlingame was appointed by former collector F L Gilbert.
P. Tuttle died last night at Merrimack and was buried at four this morning. His wife and other family members, formerly of Minnesota, had come to stay with Mr. and Mrs. A. Gebnske. Their little daughter died last Sunday. The family planned to move elsewhere. It is believed diphtheria caused the illnesses.
The funeral for Miss Clara Clement was held in Sauk City today. Died Monday, aged 32, she was born in Sauk City and leaves brothers Henry, John, Edward, Lucius, Benjamin, Joseph and sisters Mrs Whitelaw, Mrs Haberman, Mrs Neu, and Mrs Kindschi in several nearby towns.
Wardens Andrew Sampson and Mathew Berschens charged J. H. Neibuhr Alex Hippemeyer Eugene Stringer and Arthur Marsh with rab bits hunting using a ferret. A theatre was rented for the trial and a free show preceded the verdict. The jury acquitted the defendants at nine o'clock. The ferret was claimed to be for rat control at Septim's parn Curtain.
Janesville police add two young bloodhounds to the K9 unit as part of a plan to improve tracking and search operations. The dogs will undergo training with handlers while city officials expect quicker responses in missing person and scent trail cases.
George DeKoeyer provides a summary of state game warden expenditures for 1912 and notes a balance of 60,044.89 was placed in the general fund. The letter cites licenses, salaries, and miscellaneous items and invites copies of the 1913 report from John A. Shorts, Madison.
John Schneller has sold his shoe store in Lodi to H. G. Reupert of Lake Mills. Schneller, who previously ran stores in Baraboo and Chicago before relocating to Lodi, has worked in shoes since age seventeen and may become a traveling salesman.
M. J. Kindschi, a Merrimack merchant for twenty years, will close his business and relocate to Platteville to join his brother George Kindschi in partnership at a shoe store there.
The team will begin training immediately as part of preparations. Baraboo is slated to have one or two additional sessions set to kick off soon.
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