This is just the beginning! Our collection holds over 300 years of history, including rare newspapers, obituaries, marriage records, birth records, and so much more—most of which you won’t find anywhere else!
This newspaper page contains 17 articles. Subscribers can read the full text of each article.
Newspaper
Baraboo Weekly News
Location
Baraboo, Wisconsin, United States of America
Date
Jun 01, 1916
Page
9
The Hagen weekly edition promotes subscription rates and flower loving ideals. It features reflections on life effort and optimism, urging readers to set goals and pursue open roads, with lines about sunlit outlook and self-improvement. The issue also notes Melin’s hardship and death in an almshouse, urging a brighter view.
Baraboo tips on respect for fathers and labor. A Spokane Spokesman-Review note urges youth to honor fathers, pursue better work, and strive for ideals rather than snappy labels or excuses. It emphasizes self respect, usefulness, and ambition across professions.
Bernard Shaw, an Irishman, offers a mixed view calling the revolt silly and ignorant yet honorable and brave and republican, remarking on Irish character and politics with pointed contrast.
Dr. Walter F. Rittman of the United States Bureau of Mines argues gasoline prices will keep rising due to surging demand. He notes growth in automobiles from 350000 in 1910 to 2250000, with annually added engines and farm use, plus 300000 motor boats consuming fuel while petroleum supply falls as exports rise and total production shifts.
The Baraboo Weekly News celebrates its thirty third year since first issue May 26 1884. The newspaper notes long time patrons and a loyal family circle who support the paper through sunshine and storm. Editors thank readers as a new linotype enhances the office and paper’s appearance.
The article profiles a Wisconsin North Carolina linked secret club named Get-out and Get-On, founded seventeen years ago by ten men. Members seek vitality via bark roots, spring tonics, exercise, and fresh air with annual dinners when a member is named a Success. The hoe handle medicine is promoted as a cure-all boosting color, wind, and appetite.
Emporia notes celebrate W A Gardner a hometown telegraph operator who became a leading railroad executive with immense salary and responsibility. The piece links his success to Emporia’s values and urges careful check drawing to prevent forgery with bank guidance and safety tips.
The Federal Council of the Churches of Christ in America proposes a Memorial Sunday collection on May 28 to aid war relief in Europe. It appeals to 100000 ministers and urges widespread giving beyond the small number of donors. The note urges Americans to act not only for others but for their own national spirit, contrasting per capita generosity with Canada and Holland.
The piece notes young defendants often ask newspapers to withhold their names to protect their mothers. It argues newspapers show restraint but criticizes the nerve needed to seek privacy from a court case. It asserts many offenders seek media discretion while failing to respect their mothers.
Wisconsin leads in breeders associations and potato yield at 37 million bushels. The state reports $57 million yearly from lumber, 50 million pounds of tobacco, top corn per acre and a large pure bred seed grain supply. It also notes many lakes and five beet sugar factories with strong tobacco and cabbage outputs.
A reader ponders the ideal of a contented gardener woman and compares such cheer to John D. Rockefeller's Pocantico Hills estate actions. The tale shifts to Rockefeller’s purchase near a saloon run by John Jacob Melin, who refused to sell despite offers. Rockefeller bought surrounding land, prompting locals to leave, isolating the ramshackle saloon.
Ghis and Edward Eaton formerly of Sauk County write from Strool South Dakota that the ranch hosts 1000 lambs with 1000 more expected. Wool stands at 30 cents a pound and lambs at about $10 per 100 pounds. Eaton is eighty. F E Wichern receives word that A A Johnson will live with them in Denver after returning from France last winter.
The clipped notes list residents and businesses: I M Strate of Crooksville Ohio Miss I B Damm of Washington Indiana Ione Cotton of Memphis Tennessee Popp & Son dairy at Midland Pennsylvania a store sign in Eaton Ohio I O Baker butcher grocer in Cincinnati Ohio and a Haggart family in Clark County Kentucky with sons Arie Erey Orey and Urey plus E H Combs and Agatha Curl of Cincinnati noting their marriage last Saturday.
A collage of short items notes Roosevelt pulling teeth without a dentist, station agents and undertakers, almanac makers, Czar Nicholas, hardshell deacons, auto repairers, baseball umpires, Pittsburg residents, and a meter reading verse. Also cited are New Jersey Agricultural Experiment Station bulletins on grape pear beans grains and forage crops with ties to Dr. Cook and Dr. Stout. A light verse about Olga and a Winnipeg liquor issue observed as well as a Crandall Enterprise note on the Johnsons of Winnipeg and Shakespeare on a bottle patient audience shifts.
The city of Two Berrs, Texas sues for permission to rename itself arguing to shed its 10 cent whisky image. The filing notes the town’s desire to escape the “low-class” stereotype associated with Texas.
The puzzle asks to remove a letter from Oreg on's name and then state the average American's sentiment toward the conferees on the border. It frames a wordplay task and a general opinion query.
A political notice states the following was authorized and funded by Simon Cobleigh. The statement specifies approval for campaign-related costs and indicates payment responsibility rests with Mr. Cobleigh.
We want people to find what they are looking for at NewspaperArchive. We are confident that we have the newspapers that will increase the value of your family history or other historical research. With our 7-day free trial, you can view the documents you find for free.
People find the most success using advanced search. Try plugging in keywords, names, dates, and locations, and get matched with results from the entire collection of newspapers at NewspaperArchive!
You can also successfully find newspapers by these browse options. Explore our archives on your own!
Browse by location and discover newspapers from all across the world.
Browse by date and find publications for a specific day or era.
Browse old newspaper publications to find specific newspapers.