Man Travels Forty Miles for Tanlac Benefit
Carl Swene of White Water Wisconsin journeys forty miles to Milwaukee Central Drug Co to praise Tanlac seeking relief from indigestion rheumatism and nervousness. He claims a year of pain ended, 30 pound gain, restored appetite and better sleep after taking Tanlac. Sold in Baraboo Reedsburg and Sauk City.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Tanlac
Carl Swene
White Water
Wis
Central Drug Co
Milwaukee
Mr. Sweno
Baraboo
Fisher Ros
Reedsburg
Henry Kemann
Sauk City
Giffz
Adv
Two Young Ladies Honored at North Fairfield Party
Mrs Marshall Harrison Jr and Mrs Charlie Bearsley hosted Emma Newell and Ina Newell at a Friday evening gathering for about 130 guests at the Mielke home. Rev Hotchkiss spoke. Attendees included the Lewises Jensens and Newells.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
North Fairfield
Marshall Harrison Jr
Iarlie Bearsley
Emma
Na Newell
Local Social Notes From Madison Area
Lissa Berry who is attending W. at Madison, was at home over a day. Mable Geier visits relatives at Madison. Mrs. Wm. Rischmueller and son Otto visited relatives at 20 on Thursday. Mr. and Mrs. John Sheehan end the week in Chicago. Mr. and Mrs. Henry Schoepheerster at the Ed Kaurath home at Witwen on Friday. Mrs. John Rischmueller of Honey spent the latter part of last week at the Rischmueller home. The Schoephoerster family spent part of last week at Okee.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Liss Lynda Berry
Madison
Iss Mable Geier
Wm. Rischmueller
Otto
John Sheehan
Chicago
Henry Schoepheerster
Ed. Kaurath
Witwen
John Rischmueller
Honeyeek
Wm Rischmueller
Henry Schoephoerster
Okee
Milwaukee couple returns home after city visit
Mr and Mrs And Sprecher with son Wolds returned to Milwaukee on Friday after a vacation in the city with relatives. Florian Reuter of Chicago is at home visiting his mother.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
and. Sprecher
Wolds
Milwaukee
Florian Reuter
Chicago
Weitzel Family Visits Devils Lake for Blueberries
Sandusky notes report Mr and Mrs Joe Weitzeland and family with Miss Fern Markham returning from a northern trip with blueberries. Mrs A C Kissling arrives from Milwaukee to visit Prouty family. Local turnout attends the Country Life picnic at Devil's Lake. Families of Weitzel Angle Prouty and Powell plus Nettie Zwieg visit Devils Lake.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Joe Weitzeland
Fern Markham
A. C. Kissling
Milwaukee
J. B. Prouty
Country Life
Devil’s Lake
Jake Wolf
George
Hope
Ironton
Joe
Local Folks Attend Picnic and Visits Around Reedsburg
White Mound residents host Miss Bell Niemann from Chicago at home with brother George Nieman. Edward Dorow and Mrs. R Prouty drive to Wonewoc. Many locals attend a Devils Lake picnic. Lem Cooper family visit Spring Green. Eddie Hoefer visits uncle near Reesburg. Mrs. Wm Westenhaver returns from Montana and Minnesota to Reedsburg. Earl Westenhaver's family visits North Freedom.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Bell Niemann
Chicago
George Nieman
Edward Dorow
R Prouty
Wonewoc
Devils Lake
Lem Cooper
Spring Green
Eddie Hoefer
Reesburg
Wm. Westenhaver
Montana
Minnesota
Reedsburg
Earl Westenhaver
North Freedom
Fairfield Community Notes with Visitors and Travel
Charlie Puttkammer and Orin Burton attended from Beloit on Saturday evening. Orin returned to Fairbanks Morse Co. Sunday. Charlie stayed at home. S. H. Burton’s guests included the Riel Plummer and Charles Higgins families. Amos McMarlin left for North Dakota after five months with his brothers. Morris Mocco, recently discharged after 18 months overseas, is visiting Fairfield friends.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Charlie Puttkammer
Orin Burton
Beloit
Orin
Fairbanks Morse Co
Charlie
Riel Plummer
Baraboo
Charles Higgins
South Fairfield
S. H. Burton
Amos McMarlin
North Dakota
Randall
Monroe
Morris Mocco
Fairfield
Merrimack Visitors Stop at Hyland Home
Sunday guests at the BE A Hyland residence included B E McCoy and daughter Mrs B A McCoy, Mrs Cora Keysar, Leonard Platz, a Prairie du Lac nephew, Austin Simons, S Squires and family, Miss Ella Macksfield, Maud Hyland of Delton, and Mrs Squires who stayed to keep house. Hyland visits Miss Jennie Baker at Lake Wisconsin and calls on friends in Prairie du Sac.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
BE. A. Hyland
B. E. McCoy
B. A. McCoy
Cora Keysar
Leonard Platz
Prairie du Lac
Austin Simons
S. Squires
Ella Macksfield
Maud Hyland
Delton
Squires
Mrs. Hyland
Jennie Baker
Lake Wisconsin
Prairie du Sac
Local residents visit and travel notes from Sparta area
Emil Dargel and family helped on his mother's farm in Sparta. James Martin of La Valle visited his sister Mrs Alonzo Goodrich last Sunday. The Decots and Dora Schuelle plus Mrs Wm Thieding traveled to Eau Claire and back. Bramert Schultz and family hosted by Walter Schutte. Hugo Theiding and others visited relatives here. Numerous calls to Reedsburg Loganville Baraboo and North Freedom. missionfest at Big Creek. Dargel family visit Narrows Prairie.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Emil Dargel
Sparta
James Martin
la Valle
Alonzo Goodrich
V. J. Decot
Dora Schuelle
Eau Clairie
Wm. Thieding
Bramert
Ida
Reedsburg
E. A Seeley
Daniel
June
North Freedom
Local visits and relatives noted in Tomah and nearby towns
Mrs. F. W. Goodell and daughter Laura visited relatives in Tomah this week. Mrs. Leoren Kenney hosted her cousins Miss Mary Mengelt and Mrs. Anna Mengelt of Minneapolis from Monday to Friday. Mr. and Mrs. Will Wheeler traveled to Richland Center Saturday to attend a circus. Hazel Cahoon employed at
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
F. W. Goodell
Laura
Tomah
Leoren Kenney
Mary Mengelt
Anna Mengelt
Minneapolis
Will Wheeler
Richland Center
Hazel Cahoon
Local Visitors and Trips Across the Area
Janeville residents spend time with sister Gertrude Werth. Ira Wheeler travels to Wonewoc. Norman Walker debuts a new car. Dewey Phillips visits Clinton parents Sam and Marion Phillips. Barkley party meets Miss Adams in Reedsburg as she serves as U B C pastor. Alta Blackman takes a millinery job in Richland Center. Fred Waddell and daughters of Madison visit the Blackman family for the day.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Janesville
Gertrude Werth
Ira Wheeler
Wonewoc
Norman Walker
Dewey Phillips
Clinton
Sam Phillips
George Barkley
Reedsburg
Miss Adams
Alta Blackman
Richland Center
Fred Waddell
Madison
Wm. Blackman
Ice Cream Socials Highlight Reedsburg Community News
Mrs Anna Scoon returned from a weeks stay with relatives in Superior. The BE Fish home ice cream social on July 22 drew many. thirteen gallons were consumed. An Aug 12 social will be at Maurice Carr home. Neighbors and families visited homes of Cady Schultis White Haugh Powers Tilly and others. Kenneth Scoon works at the condensary. Lipke improving at daughter’s home.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Anna Scoon
Fred Maas
Harry Turgasen
Frank Haugh
Bessie Powers
Tilly Montgomery
Manston
Julia Cady
Reedsburg
Kenneth Scoon
Condensary
Tom Mcintosh
Hilda
Henry Tietje
Local visits and family gatherings noted in Baraboo area
Harold Jones of Baraboo visits Bruce Trussel home while Mas O’Brien and sister tour John O’Brien’s. Families Jesse Reel, Charles and Tracy Randall visit at Devils Lake. Louie Wichern attends a Guernsey sale at Waukesha. Mrs. Leonard Francisco from Lower Narrows visits brother Bruce Trussell. Maude Lee a Beloit teacher visits Charles Randall’s and Reedsburg.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Harold Jones
Baraboo
Bruce Trussel
Mas
Matt O’brien
John O’brien
Jesse Reel
Charles
Tracy Randall
Devils Lake
Louie Wichern
Waukesha
Leonard Francisco
Lower Narrows
Bruce Trussell
Maude Lee
Beloit
Charles Randall’s
Reedsburg
Walton Church Guests Visit and Local News
Reverend C Quackenbush and Reverend J M Thornton visited Kedron Minnesota with Mrs Quackenbush remaining longer. Thornton preached at Friends church. Families including Hawkins Hudson Bingham Mortimer and others spent time with relatives. Several members went berry picking near Sprague and Russell Mortimer’s wrist recovery is noted.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
C. Quackenbush
J. M. Thornton
Kedron
Minn
Quackenbush
Thornton
Pleasant Ridge
Guerdon Mortimer
Abbottsford
David, Miller
South Dakota
Baraboo Live Stock Shipping Assn Weekly Hogs Cattle Calves Sheep
Baraboo live stock shipping association ships every Wednesday inviting all farmers to bring hogs cattle calves and sheep. If you cannot notify them they will be there. Manager W. C. Rodewald at 1633 F21.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
W. C. Rodewald
Local Visitors Share Time With Area Families
North Freedom resident Miss Ruth Denter from Baraboo has been visiting relatives nearby. Mr and Mrs Wilbur Haines of Chicago spent last week with his sister Mrs J M Blachly. Mrs Trumpf and daughters Miss Caroline of Reedsburg and Mrs Harkness of Waukesha joined the visit Thursday.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Ruth Denter
Baraboo
Wilbur Haines
Chicago
J. M. Blachly
Trumpf
Caroline
Reedsburg
Harkness
Waukesha
Local residents return home for visits and summer stays
Edwin Pawlish returns to work in Chicago after vacation at home. Ruth Spaulding visits her sister in Wauhoo sa. Mrs C J Johnson spends time at Camp Douglas. Hattie Phippen summers with her uncle in Plymouth. Julia Born of Chicago visits brother William Born. Mrs Byrd Pritchard visits mother Mrs George Douglas. James Draper comes home from La Crosse. Mr and Mrs Richard Prine return from South Dakota. Emma Koester and daughter Lucille return from Randolph. Kate Thom home from Beloit. Willie Harkins, long at the County Asylum, visits home and improves after flu. Supt Christianson accompanies him. Aurora Kuester home from Madison for Sunday. Emma Pagel home from Reedsburg for Sunday. Priscille Vietsch returns from Wales Sanatorium. Mr and Mrs William DuBois host Chicago relatives.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Mary Draper
Edwin Pawlish
Chicago
Ruth Spaulding
Wauwoosa
Bert Phillips
C. J. Johnson
Mr. Johnson
Camp Douglas
Hattie Phippen
Plymouth
Julia Born
Byrd Pritchard
Minneapolis
George Douglas
Richard Prine
South Dakota
James Draper
la Crosse
Charles
Dodgeville
Emma Koester
Daugher
Lucille
Randolph
Kate Thom
Beloit
Willie Harkins
County Asylum
Supt
Christianson
Aurora Kuester
Madison
Emma Pagel
Reedsburg
Priscille Vietsch
Wales Sanatorium
Wm. DuBois
Ice cream social planned by The Helper's Union
The Helper's Union in South Fairfield will hold an ice cream social on Friday July 30 at Mrs. Mary Lusby's home. Local residents including Mr. and Mrs. A O Ziegler and family spent time at Valley Junction with Mrs. Otto Ziegler, and the Kunkels with Mrs. Malloy and Miss Hoege returned to Adams. M O Frazier went to Owen Wisconsin to help daughter Mrs Dan Smith and family with farm work as Mr Smith remains ill.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Mary Lusby
A. O. Ziegler
George
Baraboo
Valley Junction
Otto Ziegler
Wm. Kunkel
Adams
Robert Malloy
Jeanette Hoege
M. O. Frazier
Owen
Wisconsin
Dan Smith
Mr. Smith
Notice of Highway Discontinuance Hearing in Freedom Town
The town board of Freedom Sauk County Wisconsin gives notice that an application to discontinue a highway has been filed by six residents. A public meeting to decide the request will be held August 14 1920 at 2 PM at Albert Minter’s house.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Township Eleven
Albert Minter
Hill Point boy injured as horses bolt while haying
Ernest Gandenswaker of Hillpoint was badly hurt Saturday when horses hitched to the hay safe bolted in a barn yard and knocked him unconscious for about two hours. His present condition is not known.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Ernest Gandenswaker
Hillpoint
Wm. McCarthy
M. T. Dera
Chicago
Grant Stern
la Crosse
Harvest Work Keeps Reedsburg Farmers Busy
Reedsburg reports strong harvest efforts with crops improving though a timely shower would help. Visitors include Frank Kroeger and ward Miss Nieber from Illinois on a two week vacation, Mrs Scott Knoll and children from Westville Indiana visiting Mr and Mrs Fred Kollmeyer, and the Harris family traveling to northern Wisconsin for blueberries. Houstin spoke to a full house at Hillpoint Friday evening.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Reedsburg
Frank Kroeger
Rise in Boys Entering Agricultural Schools Signals Change
An increasing number of boys are entering agricultural colleges as shorter high school courses prove unsatisfactory. With land prices rising, farmers seek maximum production per acre and must learn modern science across farming branches, Elkorn Independent notes.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Elkorn Independent
Sugar sold in Washington cigar stores at 26 cents a pound
Sugar is being sold in Washington cigar stores at 26 cents per pound. A cigar shop offers four pounds for $1.04 with advance orders possible for more. Grocery stores limit purchases to two pounds. Jewelry stores have not offered sugar.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Washington
Paisley Shawl Vanishes From Market After 1880 Fashion Fade
No Paisley shawl has been woven since 1880 as fashion moved away from the ornate patterns inspired by Cashmere shawls. Originating from Scottish weavers aiming to rival eastern needlework, the Paisley shawls once surpassed their models.
Salt Shortage Threatens Rock County Livestock Industry
Shortage of common salt in Rock county endangers livestock and dairy operations. The shortage is blamed on a lack of freight cars and telegram appeals have been sent to Chicago Milwaukee St Paul and Chicago Northwestern railroad heads for car releases. Rock county supplies part of Chicago's milk.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Rock County
Chicago
Milwaukee & St. Paul
Chicago & Northwestern
Handbag Returned to Mrs. E. N. Trumbull
While in Baraboo Mrs. E. N. Trumbull of North Freedom lost a handbag containing a gold watch and other valuables. The property was found and later returned to the owner after being left at the home of Mr and Mrs. M. Hoover.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Baraboo
E. N. Trumbull
North Freedom
M. Hoover
Red White and Blue Potatoes Grow in Sunbury
At Sunbury Pennsylvania John Buck showed friends his luck in potato growing. He planted blue seed potatoes with pure white varieties and the breed mixed to yield a red white and blue skinned hybrid.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Sunbury
John Buck
Wedding Report Corrected as Fight in Piquitana
Magistrate May states the published wedding notice for Tony Bear and Lizzie Flint at Piquitana was mistaken and describes a fight instead. The clarification notes the incident was not as initially reported.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Tony Bear
Lizzie Flint
Piquitana
The
Herald
May
One of Nature's Wonders Found in Wisconsin
A geyser in Benton Wisconsin shoots water to 80 feet on an old shut mining property. The discovery highlights a natural feature amid a once active ore site.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Wisconsin
Benton
Early Wisconsin priest dead at Merrill
Rev. Engelbert Blume aged 83, a Catholic priest, died in Merrill Wisconsin. Ordained 52 years ago at St Francis seminary near Milwaukee he said his first mass at St Louis Missouri and in 1876 was appointed by the bishop of Green Bay to oversee Sturgeon Bay and northern missions. He was sent to Merrill in 1885.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Engelbert Blume
Merrill
Wis
Father Engelbert
St. Francis Seminary
Milwaukee
St Louis
Green Bay
Sturgeon Bay
Little sensible advice on taking care of self
The piece urges turning attention from illness of others to personal health. It emphasizes maintaining clean habits and not assuming contagion from others. It advocates positive feelings over exposing feelings of illness and stresses preventive self care.
Bayonne Man Claims Whisky Sold Wood Alcohol Made Him Blind
Mike Kulik alleges he became blind after drinking wood alcohol sold as whisky by Samuel Greenberg in Bayonne New Jersey. He seeks 100000 dollars in damages.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Mike Kulik
Samuel Greenberg
Bayonne
N. J
Kulik
English minelogist locates coal origin in vegetation
English mineralogist Jeames Lomax concludes after extensive study of coal seams that most coal formed from decayed vegetable matter on the site. He notes leaves twigs bark and fruits supplied seeds and fructiferous cones from large trees, with smaller mosslike plants enriching a humus bed for higher plants to develop.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Jeames Lomax
Calvins Date Back For Many Generations
A family tree of Calvin G. Coolidge traces his British ancestry to John Calvin Coolidge, father of Gov. Calvin Coolidge. The lineage includes Calvin G. Coolidge, Galusha Coolidge, and Calvin Coolidge, with John Coolidge noted as a Lancashire England native.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Calvin G. Coolidge
John Calvin Coolidge
Gov. Coolidge
Calvin Vin
Rainfall Estimate Continues Global Figure
A noted scientist estimates Earth’s mean annual rainfall over the planet at about thirty six inches. The figure reflects global averages and may inform climate discussions and water resource planning.
Bryan Declares Wet Governors Cannot Be President
William Jennings Bryan warned in Fargo that no wet governor of New Jersey will ever be the Democratic nominee for president. He also labeled Gov. Cox of Ohio and Senator Hitchcock of Nebraska as wets during the address at a local lecture association.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Bryan
New Jersey
U. S
Wm. Jennings Bryan
Fargo
Gov
Cox
Ohio
Hitchcock
Nebraska
Longfellow Honored with Bust in Westminster Abbey
Among Westminster Abbey memorials a bust of Henry Wadsworth Longfellow stands as the sole American honored with such a statue.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Longfellow
Westminster Abbey
Resolute Wins Fourth Race for America Cup Tie
Defender Resolute defeated British challenger Shamrock IV in the fourth race of the 1920 America's Cup, tying the score.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Resolute
Shamrock IV
Madison Woman Visits Ill Sister in Madison
Mrs. Florence Hilliard returned home to Madison after visiting her sister Mrs. G W Johnson who is very ill.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Madison
Florence Hilliard
G. W. Johnson
France Punishes profiteering with jail fines and ads
A French court punishes profiteers by jail time a substantial fine and the cost of advertising the sentence in leading newspapers. The offender's sentence is posted outside the business for a year, a practice contrasting with American views on interference with business.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
France
Mackey Family Returns Home to Reedsburg for Mausoleum
A Chicago donor Mrs H M McIntosh funds a Greenwood cemetery mausoleum for the Mackey family. The granite structure on a hill has ten crypts, five per side, with two subterranean. Calla Mackey’s lineage traces to 1860s bankers and hop buyers, linking to Frank Mackey of Leamington hotel fame and a polo figure once connected to Edward. The Mackeys, early settlers, return to their old Reedsburg hometown.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Greenwood Cemetery
H. M. McIntosh
Chicago
Mackey
Leamington
England
Edward
Reedsburg
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Joe Lewis
Helen Lewis
S. Gust Lewis
Norma
Amna
Cenia Newell
Vdces
S. Theodore Jensens
Newport
Foster Harrison
Tldren
Marial Harrison
Gust Lewis
Marshall Harrison, Jr
A Royce
Cenia Ne
S. Marshall Harrison
Lloyd Lewis
Joe Ewis
Sandusky
Merrimack
East
Kirkwood
Will Smith
J. Leatherberry
Roy Mortimer
R. N. Hendrick
Glen Good
Sprague
Russell
Hill Point
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