Geological Wonder Devil's Lake Park Nature Tour
Devil's Lake State Park showcases a thousand acres of scenery with a glacially formed lake, bluffs, and historic sites. The piece details the Baraboo landscape, iron mines, roadways funded by W. W. Warner, notable rock formations such as Elephant Rock and Tomahawk Rock, and ancient geologic history from Archean rocks to glacial epochs. It notes early sightseeing figures like James S. Albin and the Cliff House hotel site, and records lake metrics, Indian mounds, and surrounding features, ending with a poetic note and a promise to continue.
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Devil’s Lake
Devil’s Lake State Park
Baraboo
W. W. Warner
Madison
Caledonia Hills
Alps
Rockies
Alleghenies
Cliff House
W. B. Pearl
Elephant Rock and Cave
Women’s Health Testimonials From Dr. Pierce Remedies
Read as two customer letters praising Dr. Pierce’s Golden Medical Discovery Favorite Prescription and Pellets. Mrs. S. A. Douglas of Fond du Lac Wisconsin notes life on a farm and long walks while using the remedies to stay well. Mrs. C. Guell Jr. of Milwaukee describes building strength during school years and later use for pregnancy recovery, calling Favorite Prescription essential for weak women.
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Twining, Mich
Dr. Pierce
A. Douglas
Fond-du-Lac
Wis
Potatoes Sold for Five Thousand Dollars in Freeman Hill Area
Freeman Hill near Birchwood, in Perkin, reports the sale of 2,300 bushels of potatoes for 5000 dollars in cash. The price was 3.50 dollars per hundred pounds.
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Freeman Hill
Perkin
Birchwood
Early Greenfield Gristmill Tied to Falkenstein Site
Baraboo resident William Capener recalls a note from History of Sauk County 1880 about an early Greenfield gristmill at the Bikey district now occupied by C. F. Falkenstein. The piece mentions a Beavers’ dam on Rowley Creek and limekiln operations by William Hikey nearby, with Capener’s 1869 lime haul for Baraboo’s high school.
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Greenfield
William Capener
Baraboo
Sauk County
Blue Mounds
Bikey
Andrew Prentice
William Bikey
Steinmetz
Mr. Capener
Caledonia
Lfe
New Bridge at Prairie du Sac Planned by State Highway Commission
A $165000 bridge across the Wisconsin River at Prairie du Sac about a mile below the waterpower dam will be built this year by the Wisconsin highway commission. The 1420 foot structure will be part of the trunk highway from Prairie du Sac to Lodi Columbus Clyman Hartford and Hus.
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Wisconsin River
Prairie du Sac
Wisconsin Highway Commission
Lodi
Columbus
Clyman
Hartford
Hus
Masquerade Dance at Moeller Brothers Hall Draws Hundred
The Moeller Brothers hall hosted a masquerade with over one hundred couples dancing to Redwell orchestra music Friday night. Prizes awarded included Best dressed gent Sylvan Rooney 3 dollars and Best dressed lady Elenore Brilliott 2 dollars.
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Moeller Brothers
Redwell
Sylvan Rooney
Elenore Brilliott
Perry Traxler
Lorene Cummings
al. Brilliott
Irene Huntington
Milwaukee Influenza Cases and Asbestos Fatalities Reported
Judges Adolph Andre E H Groth and George Golding Sr presided as Milwaukee reports over a thousand influenza cases. In the city eight men were buried beneath tons of asbestos and one fatality occurred.
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Adolph Andre
E. H. Groth
George Golding, Sr
Milwaukee
Cascarets Promise Quick Relief From Headache and Bloat
An ad claims sick headaches arise from a torpid liver and poisonous intestinal buildup. It asserts Cascarets cleanse the stomach, remove sour undigested food, and purge poisons, with users feeling clear and rosy by morning as they sleep.
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Devils Lake
Cahoon
North Freedom
Mother Earth
Devil’s Nose
Niagara Falls
West Bluff
East Bluff
South Bluff
Lake of the Hills
A. Lapham
Wisconsin
James S. Albin
Bluffs
Elephant Rock
Potsdam Sea
Devil’s Doorway
R. D. Salisbury
William C. Alden
Alaska Grotto
Palisade Park
A. R. Ziemer
Kirkland
Claude
Ambleside
England
Lake
Coe
Essex
Iowa
Cincinnati
Sauk County Distributors
Baraboo, Wis
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