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Newspaper
Baraboo Weekly News
Location
Baraboo, Wisconsin, United States of America
Date
Jun 01, 1922
Page
3
Fire crews from Ableman battled a gasoline tank explosion on Edward Meyer’s farm north of the village on Monday afternoon. The rest of the text lists local social visits, church events, and family movements in the area.
Mrs Marie Christine Meyer of Tomah Wisconsin wife of Oliver W Meyer died May 22 1922 after two weeks of scarlet fever and complications. Born January 4 1895 in Waukesha she moved with her parents to this region in childhood. She married Oliver W Meyer March 15 1916 leaving husband three children five brothers and many relatives. Interment at Jacksonville cemetery near Tomah May 24 open air services with Rev Gruetzmacher officiating.
Mrs. L H Pratt entertained the neighborhood at a miscellaneous shower Thursday afternoon for her granddaughter Miss Helen Frazier. Ice cream and cake were served. Miss June Frazier of Baraboo and friends from Reedsburg attended. The Camp Meeting drew a large crowd Sunday with daily services planned through next Sunday. Dr. Philip Slack of Hesper Iowa visited local friends.
We express gratitude to the Rev. Chas. Butcher of Walton for comforting words after the death and burial of our daughter. Our thanks extend to the Friends church choir, Spring Brook school staff and pupils, and all friends and neighbors who assisted during this time.
North Winfield residents share visits and gatherings midweek. Mr and Mrs M Kelley of Maulton spent Monday at the R Fleming home. James Gavin hosted a Friday dance. Peter Parkham joined a dance at Frank Gleason's on Wednesday. Annie McCormick visits the Gavin home for a few days. C J Flynn and family called on Dean Du Bois on Sunday. M W Harrington and family spent Sunday with the Schultze family. P J Byrne and J Gavin traveled to Baraboo on Monday for business.
John Arment of Milwaukee called on relatives in the city last week. Mrs. Chas Sladeck of Chicago visits her cottage for summer vacation. Miss Elizabeth Knipschild of Madison returns home for a visit. Several local families hosted guests including the Fuchs and Doroughty couples from Harrisburg and Prairie du Sac. Mary Oniel spent a week in Madison. Walter Mettel went to Pittsburg to join his wife and daughter visiting relatives. Louis Voss was in Milwaukee on business for several days.
A gathering at the Robert Weelke farm in Black Hawk surprised Mr. and Mrs. C. F. Dahm and their family with friends. The evening featured visiting and dainty refreshments. Other notes mention Miss Helen Steuber visiting Madison area homes and various travels and social visits among local residents.
Mr and Mrs John Zick of Denver visited Mrs John H Niemann in White Mound on Sunday. Emmett Alice and Lucile Karey of Lydon joined relatives at Mrs Niemann's home. Their mother Mrs Jas Kaney returned home after caring for son Wilfred who is critically ill. Lucile, formerly at Manston High School, spends vacation with her sister Mrs J H Niemann.
Neilsville couples Dr. Walter French Scott and Mrs Scott visited Kilbourn over the weekend with L N Morse. Lyndon hosted Mrs Gus Kauffman and Irene. Neilsville families were guests of Miss Grace Clough and Mrs Peter Powers. Nakoosa residents Ed Roembach family joined Mrs Anna Roembach. Harve Cone visited from Big Spring. Kate Crissman house on Superior street welcomes C Wohlfert’s move. Portage resident Lottie Bishop vacationed in Kilbourn. Archie Courtwright spent the weekend with his parents. Will Stevenson and daughters Wilma and Faith visited White Creek. Miss Hattie Belter now employed at Drummond Hotel.
A settler recalls a tale from Plain where whites and Indians coexisted. A prank on a small Indian near a spring led to a surprising hug and a struggle, ending with the joker allowed to depart after an unexpected embrace.
Relatives in Sauk County recall Captain Vesper Dorneck of Belmont County Ohio. The Ohio Archaeological and Historical Society received Dorneck’s sword and silk sash from his nephew O D Brandenburg of Madison Wisconsin for the society’s museum. Dorneck served 1861 to 1865 with Company K 15th Ohio Infantry, fought at Shiloh Murfreesboro Chattanooga Chickamauga and Nashville, and took part in the Atlanta campaign. The verses by Dorneck, never published before, accompany the mementoes.
Lieutenant James S. Eledredge piloted an aircraft with Sentinel staffer Paul V. Carpenter as it fell from 2500 feet into Lake Michigan. Both survived after swimming to the breakwater and being rescued by local bystanders including James Tarantino and his companions. Damage was limited to several aircraft sections.
Mrs. Goodell recalls frontier life in Hillpoint Wisconsin with Indians and bears abundant in early days. She describes keeping a cow, trading for poultry, fences, and shifting threats from bears, fires and war disruptions, plus encounters with Ah-ho-cho-ka and his family.
In Greenfield District No 1 Miss Esther Thomas of Portage led a closing day May 17 picnic attended by many parents and friends. The afternoon featured a lunch and a garden scene praised at L Helm’s garden with a 12 foot dogwood tree in bloom. Walter Winkelman has recovered from mumps.
Baraboo merchants announce a weekly half holiday starting June 8 with businesses closing Thursday afternoons all summer. Agreement aims to provide midweek rest and local relief in the city.
Tom Gufton was charged with entering the Charles Toy restaurant in Portage and received a 20 year sentence in Waupun. He obtained $500 in the raid.
Wayward verse in Wayside Tales contrasts a sailor’s lover with a golfer’s wife and notes the lass who loved a sailor did not lead a lonelier life.
In a New Haven address at the American Missionary Association anniversary Booker T. Washington used quiet humor to critique prejudice. He recounted a race man wanting travel in a first class Pullman sleeper from New York to San Francisco, disguising as an East Indian with a red fez to prove objections stem from cap color, not skin.
A University of Wisconsin student traveling from Elroy to Madison was held up by an armed man near Portage. At seven o'clock the highwayman stopped him at gunpoint, took about ten dollars, and allowed him to continue.
Trade listing notes a 1921 Dodge sedan and a Ford Sedor alongside a used Buick Case tractor. The compact item references multiple classic vehicles and a farm equipment piece in a single listing.
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