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Newspaper
Baraboo Weekly News
Location
Baraboo, Wisconsin, United States of America
Date
Jun 03, 1920
Page
2
August Zivieg death noted with funeral at Lutheran church. Several local visits and movements include Kenneth Sloniker visiting his mother, pastor Rev Bechtolt preaching, and various residents visiting kin. Community announcements cover upcoming Children’s Day, society meetings, moved households, and health updates.
DELTON notes Esther Turner travels Saturday to Wazuka Minnesota to visit friends. Timme Bros move a barn from their village property to the mills rocks to convert into a grain elevator. Local residents haul dirt for lawn top dressing around the new hotel. Royal Neighbor lodge Decoration Day program by school children honors soldiers at the cemetery.
Miss Hather Hoppe visits aunt Mrs. C Leykauf in Harrisburg. J H Diehl returns from California after three weeks away. Mr and Mrs Philip Hess and Mrs Hannah Talbot travel from Lloyd, with Hess and Talbot staying longer. Mary Babington ill with measles. Fred Braun family leaves for Eau Claire via Reedsburg to visit relatives. Leykauf party attends Prairie du Sac commencement. Diehl Moely among graduates. School closes June 11. Walter Leykauf and Chris Von Behren return from South Dakota.
Mr and Mrs Fay Pool and daughter of Cazenovia visited the Swafford home in Sandusky Saturday evening and Sunday. Mr and Mrs Will Earl of Bear Valley spent Sunday with Joe Weitzel. Mr and Mrs Clayton Prouty and Mrs C L Constantine spent Sunday with friends in the area.
Miss Fern Markham and Miss Sarah Powcell called in Lime Ridge this week. Mrs Hazel Grover visited Madison after weekend. Mr and Mrs L H Conlon of Chicago stayed Thursday with G A Powell and toured Reedsburg and Sandusky. Baraboo graduation drew locals. Edward Clossey and Herbert Zobel visited G A Powell. John Johnston of Baraboo and Mable Johnston of Lime Ridge joined C B Powell at home.
Miss Marie Layden daughter of Mr and Mrs J W Layden of Chicago married Royden C Estborn sales manager of White Investment Co Los Angeles California on May 29 in Los Angeles. They will live in Hollywood California. Mrs Estborn is former Baraboo resident. Estborn is son of Mr and Mrs Charles Estborn of Chicago. Separate notice states John W Yost of Alliance Ohio and Ursula Aliesch of Sauk City wed by Judge J H Hill and plan to reside in Alliance where groom is employed.
The infant child of Mr and Mrs William Ray died Tuesday at the parental Baraboo home. Funeral services are at 2 PM from the home and 2:30 PM at the Lutheran church with Rev H Mueller officiating. Interment in Baraboo cemetery. A Mrs Margaret Apker funeral services held at St Josephs church earlier this morning. Singers were Mrs A W Melzl Miss Ida Melzl and C A Melzl. Pallbearers named and relatives from Minneapolis and Madison attended, interment again in Baraboo cemetery.
Ralf T. Runge and his mother Mrs. KE Aug. Runge traveled with Miss Margaret Gatti to Prairie du Lac on Monday to attend the funeral of H. E. Naffz. The group’s motor trip reflected local customs following the death.
The little son of Edward Generiel was christened on Sunday. The mother wished the baby named Keith Edward. Visitors filled the Glen including Mr. and Mrs Halsted Mr and Mrs A F Reimer and others. A Missionary society meeting with Mrs Wallace Towers was followed by a guest shower for Mrs Walter Harvey Jr.
Mrs. Roy Higgins and baby spent weekend in Baraboo with her parents Mr and Mrs M L Porter. Ellsworth Dodie of Milwaukee visited relatives here Sunday. Mrs. Vern Crosby and her son of Merri...
A Memorial Day report from North Freedom lists M W A Hall events and cemetery exercises with Judge J H Hill as orator. The piece records numerous local visits and travel by residents across Wisconsin and Illinois, including families from Richland Center Madison Baraboo and Reedsburg, along with school and church activities and garden notes.
Mack spends time with Mr and Mrs J Dodie. Mr and Mrs Frank Brandt and Ramond Donahue of Portage visit E C Green home. Miss Kathryn Carlisch of Chicago visits her mother. District No 2 students Lloyd Lewie Harvey Holt Roger Caflisch and Everette Caflisch earn diplomas. Miss Gladys Hackett of Baraboo visits Mc Hanson family. Margery Caflisch finishes schooling in Denver and returns home. Belen Green and Irene Lusby visit in North Freedon.
The Flinch club met Saturday evening with Mrs. Anna Powell. Arthur Weiland had a throat operation at Reedsburg hospital. Doris Blachley taught in Madison and visited Dr. E. J. Lawton in Milwaukee for Decoration Day. Marjorie Lohman and Verda Lohman returned from the County Training School. George Douglas and family spent time on their farm in South Delton. M J Carpenter visiting daughter Mrs. C L Richardson in Prairie du Lac. Charles Pitel visited from Jarvesville, returned Monday. Lester Bonnell home from Beloit briefly. Mable Scott spending weekend near Lyndon Station. Sunshine club hosted by Mrs. T. J. Tracey. Jack Dickie, injured in a tractor accident, came home from Reedsburg hospital. Mrs. Hunt of Michigan visiting Mrs. John Cooke. Clarence Corning ill at home with his parents.
The Wisconsin supreme court on Tuesday recognized a clear distinction between the practice of medicine and surgery and osteopathy and surgery. The ruling marks a milestone for the osteopathic profession within the state.
Madison police officer Matthew B Lynaugh will be arraigned in superior court on two counts murder in the first degree and manslaughter in the second degree for the shooting death of university sophomore Carl E B Jandorf. Mrs Lynaugh appeared cheerful at the Tuesday hearing as testimony mirrored prior reports.
William Von Kuhn of Arizona seeks marriage with Marie A Bittrich of Baraboo Arnold K Harder of Reedsburg Hilda Grosskruger of Westfield Roman A Ganser of Sauk City Soloma Boehmer of Prairie du Sac Robert J G Boettscher and Violet Carlow of Honey Creek George 8 Kent of Baraboo and Rose B Besaw of Baraboo seek life partners through typed notices in this edition.
The Thimble club of the Presbyterian church met at Mrs. A. G. Albert's home with Mrs. Hugh Hughes and Miss Esther Hart assisting. About the usual number attended, the evening was social, refreshments were served, and it marked the last regular meeting until fall. An annual picnic is planned for July 22 at Devils Lake with Miss Nellie Swetland.
The Inter Se club held its annual June banquet Tuesday at Mrs. J. E. Stekl’s Devils Lake cottage. Twelve members and two visitors attended, enjoying luncheon, fishing attempts, visiting, and stories. Supper followed at 5 30, with all praising Mrs. Stekl as hostess before departures by auto or train.
A fire early Tuesday levels a Yucatan sisal warehouse owned by New York firms and a Galveston Wharf company warehouse valued at 1.5 million dollars. Origin of the blaze remains unknown.
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