California Fourth a Gypsying Summer Tale From Baraboo
Former Baraboo resident Mrs. G W Crook passes along a long letter from Whittier and Santa Barbara describing Fourth of July travels by auto camp near the beach. The party visits missions and ruins, notes oil derricks offshore, enjoys camp kitchens and a Santa Barbara drive, and reports trout fishing triumphs and cooler Southern California summers.
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G. W. Crook
Bernice Wichern
Will Wichern
North Friends Avenue
Whittier
Cal
Wichern
Baraboo
Crook
California
Ms. Western and I
Ecvasins Kit
Chica Bais
Vlura
Santa Barbara
Sherman Road
Ernest
Wisconsin
Contract Set On Road Near La Valle
A Chicago firm John Marsh Inc has been awarded the contract to build a dirt road on trunk highway 33 east of La Valle. The project closes the last dirt gap between Portage and Wonewoc and aims to avoid many hills.
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Chicago
John Marsh Inc., Company
la Valle
Portage
Wonewoc
State Troops Busy at Camp Douglas During Guard Camp
Wisconsin National Guard officers and 2,500 troops work through the first period of annual field camp at Camp Douglas. Gen. Orlando Holway reports high satisfaction with results. Gov. Blaine may visit on Saturday for Governor’s Day as Brig. Gen. Robert B. McCoy’s brigade passes in review in his honor.
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Camp Douglas
Wisconsin National Guard
State Military Reservation
Orlando Holway
Gov
Blaine
Holway
Robert B. McCoy
Men charged in Devils Lake auto theft case
Bob Donahue and William Ward are held in La Crosse on theft charges for taking a Dodge roadster from Frank Lucht of Loganville at Devils Lake. They allegedly borrowed the car to travel toward Minneapolis after being seen in Baraboo. Bail was set at 1000. Ward posted bond, Donahue awaiting bail.
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Bob” Donahue
Devils Lake
Chicago
William Ward
Baraboo
Frank Lucht
Loganville
S. A. Pelton
la Crosse
Donohue
Ward
Mr. Lucht
Pelton
Wm. Ward
Lucht
Chief Pelton
Baraboa
Donahue
Dan’ Donahue
Barabooth AA
Cowdrey Will Funds Local Churches And Associated Causes
The will of Susan B. Cowdrey of Baraboo is filed. It leaves 1000 dollars to the Protestant Episcopal church in Milwaukee for a perpetual fund with annual interest to St Johns home for old ladies. A 500 dollar gift to the Baraboo Woman's auxiliary fund and another 500 to Trinity Episcopal church in Baraboo support church needs. A 200 dollar infirm clergy fund is established and a window costing 200 dollars, possibly more, will be placed in the local church with a memorial inscription from a room portrait.
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Susan B. Cowdrey
Baraboo
James H. Hill
Woman’s Auxiliary
Board of Missions
Susan D. Cowdrey
Trinity Episcopal Church
Samuel B. Cowdrey
Will provisions outline Rowley Cowdrey estate allocations
The late Susan D. Rowley Cowdrey’s will, dated Sept 5 1917, names J. Van Orden as trustee and executor. It details bequests totaling thousands to relatives and churches, specific funds for Fredonia and Baraboo, and estates including a Baraboo residence and library to Seabury Divinity School.
Master Horse Shoers Convene in Baraboo for 19th Wisconsin Meet
The nineteenth annual Wisconsin state convention of the Master Horse Shoers' Protective Association will convene at the Warren hotel Baraboo on September 3 and 4. A. J. Koepp Baraboo Mayor Adolph Andre Falconer G. S. Albert and W. G. Pokrandt will speak. Willis Lockman will preside. An Asmus Cornell lecture will be heard. Sunday includes a Devi's Lake outing and banquet. Monday continues business sessions.
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Wisconsin
Master Horseshoers’ Protective Association
Warren Hotel
Baraboo
A. J. Koepp
Adolph Andre
Falconer
National Association
G. S. Albert
W. G. Pokrandt
State Association
Willis Lockman
Asmus
Cornell University
Devi's Lake
the Warren
Walton farmer mauled by enraged bull injuring him badly
Albert Good a Walton farmer was attacked by an enraged bull while at the barnyard. He was knocked to the ground and suffered several broken ribs and other injuries, with no warning given by the animal.
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Albert Good
Walton
Business Women Meet in Convention Delegates Convene
Delegates to the National Federation of Business and Professional Women clubs begin with round table discussions on state federation work. The 1921 slogan Get off the wrecker's crew Get on the construction gang is adopted. Baraboo delegates Mrs. W. E. Baringer Miss Mary Kunzelman and Miss Olga Reinking attend.
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Federaton of Business and Professional Womans Clubs
W. E. Baringer
Mary Kunzelman
Olga Reinking
Baraboo
Officials in Kenosha County face probe after resignations
A full review of official activity in Kenosha County is planned following the resignations of District Attorney Peter Fisher Jr. and Thomas Fleming of Salem, both tied to a grand jury inquiry into vice activity in the county. Fleming reportedly sought immunity before his grand jury statement regarding local contracts and nearby pleasure resorts.
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Wisconsin
Gottry
Register
U. S. Lands Office
Harrison
Taylors Falls
Minn
Law Department
U. of Minnesota
Taylor Falls
Reedsburg
Sauk County
Reedsburg Lodge No. 142
Knights of Pythias
Amy C. Gottry
Kenosha County
Dist
Atty
Peter Fisher Jr
Thomas Fleming
Salem
Fleming
Grand Jury
Iit
Brother seeks Jewish burial for drowned Aaron Bagus
Ben Bagus of Chicago, brother of Aaron Bagus who drowned in the Baraboo river, arrived in Baraboo to claim the body and arrange burial in a Madison Jewish cemetery. He asked to keep the death secret from the parents if possible, noting Aaron ran away from home.
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Ben Bagus
Chicago
Aaron Bagus
Baradboo
Baraboo
Madison
Aaron
Ben
Jellifer Leaves Town Amid Payment Rumors
Jellifer hurriedly departed Ableman after alcohol was discovered. Citizens question whether he was paid to leave as he vanished without clothes money or goodbyes, leaving a missing witness tale and a distant farewell.
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Jellifer
Ableman
Arrest of Northwestern Road Switchman Ties Cigarette Theft Ring
Walter Hansen, a Northwestern road switchman, pleaded guilty in Madison to leading a gang that stole tens of thousands in cigarettes. Police arrested Frank Kitson William Utter and another after Hansen implicated three accomplices. Cigarette cartons were moved from freight cars to Hansen’s garage and sold to dealers, with one dealer buying 15 cartons at 80 dollars each.
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Madison
Walter Hansen
Northwestern
Hansen
Henry Casson
Hanson
Jesse Smith
Frank Kitson
William Utter
West Wilson Street
East End
Burke, Baraboo
Madison Man Found Insane in Wife-Shooting Case
Lester Van Tasset of Madison was taken into custody in Rockford and later committed to Mendota after court officials ordered a sanity examination following the shooting death of Capt. Moss’s wife.
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Lester van Tasset
Madison
Rockford
Ilino
Moss
Mendota
Parrot Trail Guides Woman in West Virginia Search
Mrs. William Hawes of Crookston Minnesota pursues her husband across towns and railroads after he left with another woman. She follows a one week old trail of tobacco juice and a talking parrot asking locals if they have seen a man who chews tobacco with a woman and a parrot in an automobile.
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William Hawes
Crookston
Minn
Canada
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