Fairfield News Briefs Highlight Local Visits and Health
Richard Green returns home from Beloit to help with farm work. Earle Thomas family drove to Madison to visit Mrs. Thomas parents Carl and Mrs. Russell. Marshall Harrison Jr. improves after illness. Mett Norton spends weeks on the farm with brother Melvin Felt. Mert Porter of Baraboo visits daughter Roy Higgins. N M Green and B Green visit George Hanson home Saturday.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Richard Green
Beloit
Earle Thomas
Madison
Thomas
Carl Russell
Marshall Harrison Jr
Mett Norton
Melvin Felt
Mert Porter
Baraboo
Roy Higgins
N. M. Green
Mrs. B. Green
George Hanson
Durward's Glen Visitors Include Many From Far and Near
The article lists numerous visitors at Durward's Glen over a recent week. It names Herman Heyer and family with Miss Marie Zamzow and visitors Ida Rasmussen and Emma Rasmussen from Chicago, plus several locals and relatives from Reedsburg Baraboo Devils Lake and Glen Cottage.
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Herman Heyer
Will
Marie Zamzow
Ida
Emma’ Rasmussen
West No Ane
Chicago
Glen
Walter Dobratz
P. Rischmueller
Carl
Iria
Schroeder
Glen Table
Atwood Smith
Devils Lake
Herrington
Byron Graves
Audrey
Robert Elliott
Glen Cottage
Elliot
Fern Graves
Hugh Kelly
Herman Anderson
O’vallee
N. G. Abbott
Lillian Gardner
Reedsburg
Local Families Share Weekend Visits And Notes On Travel
Mr and Mrs Walter Gropp and family visited W V Luce’s home Friday night and Sunday. Mrs Charles Cute visiting Oakland sisters reports riding a railroad train during recent earthquake shocks. Chas Puttkammer and Orin Burton returned to Beloit Fairbanks Morse Co work for the 4th. R MecMarlin toured Prairie du Lac in a new car. Ed and George Waddell also drive a new Dodge. Corn growth worry farmers as Eugene Cushman harvests hay and other pieces ready for the binder this week.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Walter Gropp
W. V. Luce
Charles Cute
Oakland
California
Chas. Puttkammer
Orin Burton
Fairbanks Morse Co
Beloit
Wis
R. MecMarlin
Prairie du Lac
George Waddell
Dodge
Eugene Cushman
Plainfield Bank Robbery Nets About 12000 Dollars
A Naperville Clarion note reports that Plainfield State Bank was robbed at 10:30 am by five bandits, one man at the wheel, who forced the cashier to open the vault and escaped with about 12000 dollars in cash and 1000 in Liberty bonds.
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Naperville Clarion
A. W. Squires
Naperville
Ill
Plainfield
Danderine Hair Cure Ad Claims New Life to Hair
A vintage advertisement touts Danderine promising thicker stronger hair with less dandruff and no fallen strands after use. It asserts hair regains life brightness and color, appealing to those seeking fuller looks.
Close Games Highlight Sunday Baseball Action
Mer Moss's club fell 2 1 to Reedsburg in a pitcher duel featuring Ryan and Babble. Stewart drew a walk and stole second in the eighth, Newby’s triple tied it, then Babble delivered the go ahead hit as Ross scored on a misplay. Ryan pitched well with three hits allowed and seven strikeouts. Next Sunday Baraboo visits North Shore Devils. Lake Baraboo vs Ableman also on tap.
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Mer. Moss
Reedsburg
Ryan
Babble
Stewart
Baraboo
Newby
Ross
Gannon
Qrepton
Neuby
Ableman
Barnetts
la Valle
Sweedish
Crandall
Philsts
Tinkee Gall
Frank
Minor accident in Ironton leaves car damaged
Mrs. Mathews of Ohio visits her son William when a trip up Mason's hall ends with the car overturning. Mrs. Matthews Sr. suffers a forehead gash and several bruises while the vehicle is badly damaged. Other local residents and visitors are noted at Lake, on Sunday outings, and gatherings across town.
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Phoenix
Scoon
Hanzlik
Prairie du Lac
Vickers
Reedsburg
W. D. Hudson
James Gayner
Baby
Duluth
Edwin
Fern Dell
Region
W. D. Bible
June Mathews
Wenona Hamstock
Ithaca
Ruth
Hazel Wills
Sippy
Parfrey
Portage Names Official Tree Trimmer in Action
Portage has an official tree trimmer at work this week with his axe swinging as crews clear branches. The assignment aims to maintain safety and aesthetics along local thoroughfares and public spaces.
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Portage
Allan-Diffenbaugh Wrench & Tool leases Baraboo plant
The Allan-Diffenbaugh Wrench & Tool company leases the Elkington building on Fourth Street Baraboo and will install machinery to produce wrenches. A C Allan president and inventor says 35000 forgings are under way with plans to manufacture several wrench types and reach about 10000 units weekly capacity. He will be general manager and plans Baraboo as future home.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Allan-Diffenbaugh Wrench & Tool Company
Elkington
Fourth Street
A. C. Allan
Baraboo
Allan
Chicago
Working women vacationing at the Dells
The Dells Service Bureau has located thirty women nurses from Rochester hospital on vacation at the Dells. A second group of thirty will take their places when they return home. The bureau also coordinates with a large party from an Indiana insurance company and placed nearly 399 guests in homes and boarding houses during the Fourth.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Dells Service Bureau
Rochester, Hospital
Dells
Indiana Insurance Company
Fire at Stern home in Reedsburg causes little damage
About eleven o'clock Monday morning the fire alarm at Reedsburg sounded and the company was summoned to the Harry Stern residence on South Walnut street. Stern had just returned from town with the car when he saw smoke coming from the kitchen roof. The house, formerly Abe Thompson’s, is an old landmark. Not much damage resulted.
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Reedsburg
Harry Stern
South Walnut Street
Stern
Abe Thompson
Barn Dance Held Near Baraboo At Schultz Farm
A barn dance was held a few nights ago at the home of Mr. and Mrs. Lynn Schulz a few miles east of Baraboo in the Benjamin Simonds farm. Music was harmonious and cream was served at the end of the evening.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Lynn Schulz
Baraboo
Benjamin Simonds
Picnic at E A Hyland Home Draws Local Families
Merrimack families including Mr. and Mrs. Carpenter Joe Ragatz and family W M Buehler and family Mr and Mrs Baldwin George Accola and family and others spent Sunday afternoon at E A Hyland. They enjoyed a lawn picnic supper after calling on Mrs. Mary Hadden from Lodi and Grandfather Hadden with Mr and Mrs Stevenson of Arlington on Friday. Andrew Gruber and family also visited the Hyland home Saturday and Sunday.
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J. R. Carpenter
Joe Ragatz
W. M. Buehler
A. G. Baldwin
George Accola
J. P. P. Acecola
Cora Cliner
Jennie Baker
E A. Hyland
Mary Hadden
Lodi
Grandpa Hadden
Stevenson
Arlington
HE. A.hyland
Andrew Gruber Ad
E. A. Hyland
Wisconsin Forestry Conference Heads to Madison Lab
Wisconsin will host a forestry conference on July 24 at the Forest Products Laboratory in Madison. Educators from American forestry and engineering colleges will discuss teaching engineering in forestry programs with Dean Franklin Moon of the New York State College of Forestry at Syracuse guiding the discussion.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Wisconsin
Forest Products Laboratory
Madison
Wis
Franklin Moon
New York State College of Forestry
Syracuse
California Syrup of Figs Ad Excerpt
A promotional prompt urges parents to choose California syrup of figs for children. It claims the product aids stomach liver and bowels with a fruity taste and full directions on each bottle.
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California
Fairfield Child Recovered After Paris Green Poisoning
Robert Ballinger seven, son of Mr and Mrs Jesse Ballinger of Fairfield, was poisoned by Paris Green. He fell ill, two doctors treated him, and he is now recovering after likely incidental ingestion from a sprayer. The toxin affected the mouth and digestive tract.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Robert Ballinger
Paris Green
Fairfield
Jesse Ballinger
Ben Harrison Home Installs Telephone Amid Family News
In South Fairfield a telephone was installed at the Ben Harrison home. Mrs Ralph Plummer and son Alvin returned from Burlington with Miss Christine Miller staying for a time. Several families and visitors are noted including Miss Bessie Hewitt from Baraboo visiting the Oscar Schultz family and local travel to Dellona and Black Hawk for visits. Reverend E O Coontz received an unanimous extension to continue with the A C church for another year.
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Ben Harrison
Ralph Plummer
Alvin
Burlington
Chistine Miller
Bessie Hewitt
Baraboo
Oscar Schultz
Nelson Teil
P. P. Kelley
Hiram
Sylvan Ziegler
Tommy Clark
Ernest Bump
John Ziegler
Mary Lusby
Arthur
Black Hawk Sunday
John Hosig
Robert Malloy
William Hunkel
Ida Attridge
Dellona
Phillip Rhinehardt
Josephine Edwards
Nelson Teel
Teel
Edwards
Ora Holsaple
Frank Herth
Frank Holloway
Lyons
Max Holloway
South Dakota
Albert Ziegler
E. O. Coont
La Valle Ladies Visit Siblings and Friends
Mrs. Walter Kinney and two children visited her sister Mrs. De Hart in Galesville last week and were surprised when both visited the other that afternoon. Several locals traveled for visits, plays, and picnics with relatives in Baraboo Racine Milwaukee and Mirror Lake.
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Walter Kinney
Galesville
Mrs. de Hart
Harrison Dudleston
Baraboo
la Fayette
Ind
Clara Martin
Racine
A. J. Kropp
Jennie Clark
Spring Valley
J. R. Clark
Herbert Paddock
Reedsburg Woman Given Service Cross for Son
A distinguished service cross is awarded posthumously to Edward A. Burton first lieutenant of Company D 128 Infantry for extraordinary heroism near Cierges France August 1 1918 He was mortally wounded while carrying a wounded man to safety and died during evacuation The cross will be presented to Mrs Jessie L Burton of Reedsburg the soldier s mother by the Madison recruiting station officer.
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Edward A. Burton
Company D. 128 Infantry
Cierges
France
John Turner
128 Infantry
Madison
Jessie L. Burton
Reedsburg
Burton
Judges Bearers for Justice J B Winslow
Five state supreme court colleagues and other jurists served as honorary bearers for Chief Justice John B Winslow who died Tuesday. Funeral services were held at Grace Episcopal Church this morning at 10 30 with six Dane county bar members as active bearers. Interment followed at Forest Hill.
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Supreme Court
Siebecker
Vinje
Eschweiler
Rosenberry
Owen
R. D. Marshall
Burr Jones
H. Butler
John B. Winslow
Grace Episcopal Church
Dane County
W. R. Bagley
Frank L. Gilbert
H. T. Sheldon
C. FY. Lamb
Arthur L. McLeod
Gilson G Glasier
Rev.h. H. Lumpkin
Forest Hill
Damen Circle Ablemans Picnic and Local News Notes
Damen Circle members and families held a picnic in Holtz park with about 40 attendees. Various residents and visitors are noted for small events including visits, travel, a hangar bungalow construction, a church festival, a Karlius Hall dance, and trips to Madison and Chicago.
Wisconsin Holstein Secretary Visits Brattleboro Conference
L. L. Oldham of Madison, secretary of the Wisconsin Holstein Friesian association, spends the week in Brattleboro in the interests of Wisconsin Holsteins. Wisconsin breeders are noted for foundation families that helped 21,000 animals reach 48 states and several countries. Representatives from New York, Pennsylvania, Colorado, California, Washington, Canada join the conference.
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L. L. Oldham
Madison
Holstein Friesan Association of
Wisconsin
Brattleboro
Mexico
Canada
Europe
New York
Pennsylvania
Colorado
California
Washington
Oldham
Shipping Board Seeks Damages for Sunken Steamer Like Trampton
United States Shipping Board seeks 1.5 million dollars in damages for the steamer Like Trampton sunk in collision with the Comus off the New Jersey shore.
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United States Shipping Board
Trampton
Comus
New Jersey
White kitten halts Newark parade for fifteen minutes
A white kitten got caught in a streetcar track switch in Newark New Jersey delaying a parade by about fifteen minutes. Crews lifted the rail to free the kitten and restore the procession.
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Newark
N. J
Next Winter Butter Stocks Rise in Wisconsin Storage
Wisconsin dairy and food commissioner reports next winter's butter moving into storage, with total stock up from 169,102 pounds in June to 834,431 pounds by July 1. Oleomargarine remains near bottom, beef and veal fall sharply, pork increases, lard rises, eggs both in shell and out grow, fish and poultry show mixed changes.
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Dairy and Food Commissioner of
Wisconsin
Wisconsin Can Half the Nations Peas This Year
Wisconsin's pea growing and canning industry expands with 10 new canneries planned this year. Already 88 canneries in 1919 produced over 100 million pints annually, with about 50 000 acres devoted to canning peas. State agricultural officials credit Experiment Station work on disease control breeding and inoculation for improved pea varieties and growth. Cooperation among growers, station, and canners drives future expansion.
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Wisconsin
R. E. Vaugan
College of Agriculture
Madison
Vaughn
Veteran Northwestern engineer visits Kendall town
Engineers George McDormit of Madison and his wife spent a few days in Kendall, recalling Kendall as a railroad town. He weighs about 330 pounds after losing weight from 360 and expects to regain form while helping with trains on the Galena route. Locals, including old timers, enjoyed the nostalgic visit. Mrs Dormit previously lived in Baraboo.
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George McDormit
Madison
George
Galenaway
Mr. Dormit
Kendall
Lang Syne
Kendall Kaystone
Baraboo
Coal Scarce Delays Ironing Day at Spring Green
Owing to fuel scarcity the electric service for ironing, planned for Wednesday afternoon, will be discontinued at Spring Green until further notice.
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Spring Green
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