Motion Picture Actors Leaving Hollywood As Fraught Freight Rates Hit Crops
Foreign films drive thousands from Los Angeles as studios close. exodus of actors and directors follows along with 14 000 studio workers out of work. High freight rates threaten California fruit farmers while rain and weather break 44 year records. Building permits surge and rail travel booms with Elks convention traffic anticipated.
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Hollywood
California
Joseph Scott
Order of Saint Gregory
Los Angeles
Benedict XV
United States
Cantwell
U. S
Eastern Railroad
Elks
Hoppe Co Buys Kilbourn Clothing Store
Members of the Julius Hoppe Clothing Company of this city purchased the Phillip Knipple clothing store in Kilbourn. The Kilbourn enterprise will be updated with a leading clothier line similar to Hoppe’s Baraboo store. R. M. McCoy of Baraboo will manage Kilbourn operations.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Julius Hoppe
Phillip Knipple
Kilbourn
Hoppe
Baraboo
R. M. McCoy
Portage Draws Record Crowd for July Fourth Celebration
Portage hosted a large gathering on July 4 with Sauk and Columbia county residents attending the Portage B P O E celebration. At the fairgrounds events included ball games fireworks aeroplane flights and balloon ascensions drawing the biggest crowd in years for a single event.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Portage
Sauk
Columbia County
Portage B. P. O. BE
Blaine Signs Bill for New Dane County Court
Gov. Blaine signs the Sachtsen bill creating a senior and a junior judge for Dane County’s superior court. The senior judge will oversee all court work. the new judge is elected next April. Judge Hoppman will earn 5000 dollars annually from the state. the junior judge paid by the county. The measure expands Madison’s court capacity to relieve Judge Stevens. Sauk County is included.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Gov. Blaine
Herman W. Sachtsen
Dane County
A. C. Hoppman
E. Ray Stevens
Hoppman
Madison
Stevens
Sauk County
Kilbourn Woman Reaches Sixtieth Birthday Milestone
Friends and neighbors surprised Mrs. James White in Kilbourn on her 60th birthday with light refreshments as well wishers gathered. The item notes local visits and movements of residents including Norma Martin, Mae Williams, Charles Rodwel, Henry Marston, Marion Bishop, the Moody family, and Mae Brown among others.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
James White
Kilbourn
Norma Martin
Rockford
Ill
Mae Williams
Janesville
Lewis Martin
Charles Rodwel
Madison
Henry Marston
Portage
Marion Bishop
A. J. Newell
Fairfield
C. Moody
Plainville
Jesse Blatchley
Little
Margaret
Sidney Moody
Mae Blatchley
Ed. Heffenger
Milwaukee
Chas
Class Meeting at Irish Home Seeks Stand on Conduct
The M. E. church Men s Bible class met at L B Irish s home on June 28 for a social and business session. A read paper warned that without a standard of conduct individuals and nations drift to self serving expediency. The class urged U S government action to provide permanent protection for Armenians and to mobilize Christian forces in support.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
M. E. Church
L. B. Irish
United States
Landmark of Nature at Ironton Falls to Make Way for Dam Road
A giant elm at Ironton, guarding the state road, was felled to clear the path for the Maca Dam road project between Ironton and La Valle. Weeks of work included dynamite and careful rope work. the tree toppled eastward without impacting utilities. The elm’s age is undetermined, but it stood as a forest monarch when Jonas Tower surveyed the village in 1845.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Ironton
la Valle
Jonas Tower
Brentano Considered for German Ambassador to U.S.
The German cabinet is weighing Prof Lujo Brentano as a potential candidate for the post of German ambassador to the United States.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Brentano
Prof
Lujo Brentano
The
United States
Jane Addams Joins Vienna Women’s Congress
Jane Addams from Chicago travels to Vienna to attend an international congress focused on women’s issues and advocacy. The trip places Addams among notable female delegates shaping global discussions on gender rights.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Jane Addams
Vienna
Chicago
Veterans Association Holds Portage Reunion
The Columbia County Veterans Association gathered at the Portage courthouse for its annual session and reunion with a barbecue and campfire. President J. E. Jones of Kilbourn leads the group, urging continued fraternity charity and loyalty until taps sound.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Portage
Columbia County Veterans’ Association
J. E. Jones
Kilbourn
Early Prairie du Sac resident pays ferry toll after delay
J C Payne of Bara Boo recalls his father J C Payne crossing the Dane Sauk county river in the 1840s without cash to pay ferry fare. The ferryman allowed delayed payment after Payne promised to pay when he reached his home. The tale marks a transition from toll ferry to a free bridge now spanning the river.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Prairie DU Sac
J. C. Payne
Baraboo
Payne
Dane County
Wisconsin
Sauk County
River
Baraboo Ore Rates Cut by Interstate Commission
The Interstate Commerce Commission in Washington reduces ore shipping rates from Baraboo to Granite City Illinois and from other Wisconsin and Michigan points. The St. Louis Coke and Chemical Co. sued Alton and Southern and others. Baraboo rate now 2.35 per ton. other points 3.25 per ton. No ore is being shipped from the Cahoon mine this season.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Interstate Commerce Commission
Washington, D. C
Baraboo
Granite City
Ill
John J. Esch
St. Louis Coke & Chemical Company
Alton & Southern Railroad Company
Wisconsin
Michigan
Hurley
Florence
Iron Mountain
Cahoon
Baraboo Couple Celebrates 25th Wedding Anniversary
A Baraboo couple, Mr. and Mrs. James Murray of 309 Seventh Street, marked their 25th anniversary with a Sunday family gathering. Guests from Dellona Kilbourn North Freedom and Baraboo joined a surprise dinner and presented gifts. the pair married in Albany in 1896 and have lived in Baraboo 17 years.
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James Murray
Seventh Street
Murray
Albany
Wisconsin
Baraboo
August Mundth
Claude Mundth
Charles Mundth
Dellona
George Fish
Florence
Lyman Montgomery
Kilbourn
Charles Randall
Tracy Randall
Kirkwood
H. Woll
North Freedom
M. Beaver
Sedate Honeymoon Party Ends With Rice Shower
Mr and Mrs Harry M Stout of Terre Haute Indiana arrived at the Morris Hotel Delton for their honeymoon. They left with cheerful farewells from Chicago friends Mr and Mrs C R Corbett and Mr and Mrs Thomas Schrader. At the Chicago Northwestern station rice showered them and others as the train pulled away, causing mirth and a scattering of belongings.
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Harry M. Stout
Terra Haute
Indiana
Morris Hotel
Delton
Baraboo
C. R. Corbett
Thomas Schrader
Chicago
Chicago & Northwestern
Wanderer to Hang July 29
Art Chicago reports Judge David has set Wanderer’s execution for July 29. The condemned man, when informed, merely yawned.
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Wanderer
Art Chicago
David
Baraboo Man Digs Potatoes For Dinner
John Lange of Baraboo announces that potatoes were taken from his garden and served for dinner. The tale, noting that early tubers arrive around July 4, wryly marks the surprising harvest.
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John Lange
Stone Named Wisconsin State Day Officer for Prohibition
James A. Stone of Reedsburg is designated the federal prohibition director for Wisconsin after a Senate nomination by President Harding. He succeeds Thomas A. Delaney of Green Bay and ends a heated patronage contest that drew in multiple candidates and even a direct intervention by Senator Senroot. Stone, formerly a Progressive lawyer, shifted during the war and has backed Senator Lennott in recent years.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
James A. Stone
Reedsburg
Wisconsin
Stone
Senate
Washington
Harding
Thomas A. Delaney
Green Bay
Sen. Lennott
Local girl Jenny Lange honored at Island Woolen mill shower
A group of women from the Island Woolen mill held a miscellaneous shower for Miss Jenny Lange at Mrs. Fred Kunzelman’s home in Baraboo. The event celebrated Lange’s upcoming marriage to Everett Bump of the city with gifts of china and glassware and a lunch of ice cream wafers and cake.
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Jenny Lange
Fred Kunzelman
Baraboo
Miss Lange
Everett Bump
Tejn
H. W. Lange
Wonewoe
Mr. Bump
E. A. Bump
Island Woolen Co
Elroy Hotel Burglary Loses About 150000 Dollars
The Union Hotel at Elroy reports a burglary totaling about 150000 dollars. Stolen funds were from the rooms of Mrs Howell and Mrs Barkenhagen, wages paid by boarders after the bank closed Saturday afternoon. No clues found yet.
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Elroy
Union
Howell
Miss Gale Named to Wisconsin Library Board
Zona Gale of Portage, noted author and poet, is slated for appointment to the Wisconsin Free Library Commission. The board now lacks two members and Governor Blain will announce the decision soon.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Miss Gale
Zona Gale
Portage
Wisconsin Free Library Commission
John J. Blain
Christine Farnsworth fiftieth birthday celebration in Caledonia
Mrs Christine Farnsworth of Caledonia marked her seventy fifth milestone with relatives and friends gathered at her home in Columbia County. The event drew about fifty attendees including Wm Farnsworth and Dorothy of Baraboo, A L Farnsworth family of Baraboo, and Walter Farnsworth of Portage, among others who brought gifts and best wishes for many happy returns.
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Christine Farnsworth
Caledonia
Columbia County
Wm. Farnsworth
Dorothy
Ralph
Baraboo
A. L. Farnsworth
Ida
Mae
Ruth
Beech
John
Walter Farnsworth
Eleanor
Jéan
Portage
Frank Ramsey
Christine
Abraham Frankie
Glen
Fairfield
Isaac
John Aaron
Arthur
Edwin
Christenson
V Schneider
Ableman
Christian Schneider
Charles Schneidersi
Viola
Wm. Mattke
Freedom
Rudolph Steinweg
Herman
Hilda
Paul
Selma
Elmer
Merrimack
Robert Ramsey
Walter Konkel
Greenfield
Hulda Pietz
Auto Run-Over at Baraboo Injures Two on Portage Road
Runaway team of horses caused by a buggy collision led to damage to vehicles and injuries on Oak Street. Ernest Belter was ejected. Mrs. Samuel Welch dragged but survived with facial injuries. Another Oakland car overturned on Portage Road injuring several, with Dr. Stekl and Herman Anderson assisting victims.
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Oak
Fourth Street
Second
Third _ street
Ernest Belter
Greenfield
von Wald
Belter
Oak ‘Street
Samuel Welch
Melzl and McGann
J. J. Scheaha
Chicago
Hillsboro
Wells
Portage Road
Oakland
Portage
Baraboo
C. F. Stekl
Herman Anderson
Stekl
Portage Man Owns Local Aeroplane in Pasture
Ernest Zastrow of Portage is the first local resident to own an aeroplane. The aircraft resides in the Staudenmayer pasture near Portage.
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Ernest Zastrow
Portage
Staudenmayer
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Mike & Hanna Maher
Margo Street
Hoppe CO
Blaine
Klinger
Mers
Mae Brown
Louise Field
George Field
Oconmowoc
James Lathman
Chester Heffel
Shirley
Lewis Hungerford
White Creek
Kline
Kee HK HK
Jas. A. Stone
Oak Street
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