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Newspaper
Baraboo Weekly News
Location
Baraboo, Wisconsin, United States of America
Date
Jun 06, 1912
Page
7
Dr Jinas A Haas advertises visits in Baraboo and Wisconsin with hours 9:00 to 4:00 claiming to treat rheumatism enlarged veins fistula piles and many chronic conditions. He appeals to young men and women for free consultations, home correspondence, and absolute secrecy, offering no charge for consultation and promising safe permanent cures.
The Wisconsin Lutheran synod elected officers at its Waupun annual meeting. Officers include President Rev. F Augustine Kay Claire, Vice President Rev. J N Weing Oshkosh, Secretary Rev. F Schalhauser Loganville, Treasurer Rev. 4H Hoering Menomonie. English conference posts go to President Rev. H Fritschel Milwaukee and Secretary Treasurer Rev. Otto J Wilke Madison. Next meeting set for Oshkosh in 1913.
The Baraboo Valley Association held its annual picnic today at Devil's Lake. Morning games included baseball croquet and quoits. A bountiful noon dinner was served. Some attendees returned to Baraboo on the afternoon train due to rain, ending the month’s meetings until fall.
An advertisement touts PARISIAN Sage as a scalp remedy that stops itching kills germs and prevents hair loss overnight. It emphasizes safety with no lead and offers a large bottle for 50 cents at Fisher Bros and other dealers with the Auburn hair model on the packaging.
Sunday at Ableman home Mr and Mrs Frank hosted the marriage of their daughter Minnie Frank to Louis H Funk of Janesville. Rev Popp pronounced the ceremony in front of relatives and friends amid rice showers. The couple plans to reside in Janesville after a train trip. Funk formerly worked at the Warren House in Baraboo.
At Portage last week the rural carriers held a state meeting electing G. W. Arle of Sturgeon Bay as president Edna Fuller of Merrimack as vice president Er J. Demorest of Waupaca as secretary C. C. Granger of Sheboygan as treasurer W W Morse of Baraboo as state organizer Janesville was chosen for the next gathering with various speakers addressing the group
Plain resident John T. Rhuland suffered serious injuries when painting a mammoth machine shed in Plain. He fell fifteen feet to a scantling and another fifteen feet to the ground, fracturing several ribs and damaging a lung. Eyewitnesses say the accident was nearly fatal.
From Omaha Theodore Hanusa entertained at Sunday dinner at the home of his uncle and aunt Mr and Mrs D P Lynch. Guests included Walter Lehman Miss Elma Peters Miss Emma Peters Miss Elma Hehl and Miss Frances Hehl. Theo Hanusa attends a business college in Council Bluffs Iowa and is son of Chas Hanusa of Loganville Wisconsin. They expect a visit to her brother Chas Hanusa and Mrs R C Sechwauer at Roxbury Wisconsin.
The Modern Woodman of America camp held its annual memorial services with graveside decorations at the cemetery and short services led by George Andrews. Rev. E. C. Henke delivered the memorial address at the Presbyterian church praising fraternalism and noting the Woodman tuberculosis sanitarium in Colorado Springs. The drill team, in uniform, attended the cemetery service under Captain M. E. Smith.
In Madison the Baraboo high school baseball team fell 2 to 1 to the Baraboo's hosts. Madison scored in the first inning and again in the sixth for the eventual margin while Baraboo answered in the fifth. Battery for Baraboo was McDonald and Royer with strong support.
Fred J. Pritchard sued Professor O R Butler for 45000 damages claiming alienation of his wife’s affections. After a three hour wait the Madison circuit court jury returned a verdict for the defendant Saturday afternoon. The trial began last Monday with closing arguments at 11 AM and the verdict recorded at 2 15 PM.
A Hillpoint group of seven youths visited Loganville to paint the town vermillion. They knocked down a doctor, smashed windows, and rough handling of Constable Fisher and Justice Leischer followed. Citizens then arrested six, placing them in the village cooler. one escaped.
The Leslie’s current issue touts Wisconsin Lake Michigan trips from Chicago for economy and pleasure. It highlights resorts within fifty miles, such as Burlington Lake Geneva Waukesha Oconomowoc and Devils Lake and notes the Yerkes telescope at Lake Geneva. A Rush Street steamer to Milwaukee followed by a short trolley ride to Waukesha is offered as a longer trip option.
Miss Mary Leinenkugel and Wilfred Cork of Mazamanie wed at high noon in Sauk City Catholic church with Rev. Charles Youngblood presiding. Relatives from Reedsburg and North Freedom visited, the couple traveling by car. The issue notes local errands and a gasoline powered road roller arrival, plus several regional car trips by residents and a senior class play titled The Time of His Life.
The Thimble Club of the Presbyterian church met at Mrs. Thomas Cain’s home on Fourth avenue with Ladies Aid officers present. Members reported active work, contributed funds from the manse improvements, and donated a large kitchen utensil set plus hemmed dish towels to the Ladies’ Aid, presented by Miss Maud Archer in verse.
Service advertises Chicago to New York and return for 27 dollars and Boston round trip for 26 dollars with reduced eastern rates and variable routes. Liberal stopovers noted. Inquiries to local agent or address John Y. Valaden A. G. Pp. A. 66 West Adams St. Chicago.
A. Ch. Reisz reports hearing a whiz and a bullet strike the ground near his Sixth Avenue home on Memorial Day. Two bystanders noted the sound, believe it came from an old musket, with no audible report and no identified direction as the ball seemed to fall straight down.
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