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Newspaper
Baraboo Weekly News
Location
Baraboo, Wisconsin, United States of America
Date
Jan 29, 1920
Page
4
A finance writer recalls the 1919 German mark’s collapse from nearly three cents to ruinous levels. The piece notes spikes in prices, loss of gold and silver, and reliance on the American dollar, with Germany looking to the United States for salvation.
The page blends curious anecdotes about tourists and famous families with local updates. It notes shifts in Who's Who representation between the Smiths and Cohens, a Southern Pacific deer incident, and animal training stories. It also reports on Wakulla Spring, a turkey prank by Columbus Kansas high school girls, and a roster of local names and events from Spring Green News.
The Emporia Gazette argues that national prohibition will face a long struggle. Constitutional challenges will shape enforcement and require potential rewrite. The paper predicts a lengthy campaign to Kansasize states like New York and Milwaukee and strengthen the Volstead Act.
Applications list names Della M Doering located in La Valle and Merry Henry M Peterson in Westfield seeking unspecified roles or filings, indicating personal or professional submission activity.
An old advertisement claims appetite and energy improve after taking Hood's Sarsaparilla for blood purification. It emphasizes lack of ambition and strength as signs needing the remedy.
The G A R Veterans met at the Warren Hotel to plan for the State Encampment next June. Reports from Chicago and Baraboo note injuries, paper shortages, and local civic activity. Community notices include influenza health rules in Portage and a Milwaukee contest leader in county elections. A Portage man Dominic Moran dies. other local events include church meetings, a garage expansion in Reedsburg, and a deer case involving L D Pease.
Town notes report Walter Du Bois delayed by illness while visiting Long Branch California and a Baraboo coach company preparing a sixteen passenger Buick bus for spring service between Baraboo Kilbourn Mirror Lake and Devils Lake. Local births marriages deaths and civic updates include dog tax changes, new officers for Westfield Farmers Fire Insurance, a Baraboo shoe shop sale, injuries at Milwaukee Road yards, and community meetings.
Born to Mr and Mrs William L Berkley a daughter Vivian Rachael is announced in a local birth notice noting the new arrival and the family names involved.
The newspaper lists the encampment committees for the upcoming G A R meeting next June. Executive chair J S Worthman with Nathan Farnworth, George Carpenter, W E Baringer and L H Hill as secretary. Other groups include Decoration Transportation Music First Aid Canvassing Publicity Sanitation and a Reception led by Mayor G T Thuerer.
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