Wonewoe 10 Delays New Depot Construction
Wonewoe 10 plans a new depot but project delays loom due to high costs of building materials and labor.
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Newspaper
Baraboo Weekly News
Location
Baraboo, Wisconsin, United States of America
Date
Jun 07, 1917
Page
8
Wonewoe 10 plans a new depot but project delays loom due to high costs of building materials and labor.
Clayton Rodwell son of Mrs. Thomas Rodwell Baraboo and Eleonor Holtz Barron wed this morning at Trinity Episcopal church. A surprise party followed at the Apollo theatre banquet hall with dancing vocal solos by Mrs. James Zanias and a silver gift for the newlyweds before an elegant 11 o'clock supper.
Miss Amanda Peters and Henry Harms were married at St. Peter's Lutheran church in Reedsburg Thursday evening. The couple will reside on a farm near Loganville.
Miss Olga Kaercher traveled to Beloit last evening to visit her sister Mrs. Cc. R. Viehle.
Fifty six graduates listed with events from May 25 junior reception to June 16 alumni banquet. Activities include baccalaureate June 10 at the Presbyterian church, Class Night, Class Play Merchant of Venice Up to Date, and commencement on June 14 at the high school assembly hall.
Conferences in Washington end with agreement to lend Italy 100 million dollars in June. Italy will participate in the proposed common purchasing agency for allied agencies as the loan is spent in the United States.
Fairfield The Green's Corner school closed last Friday with Miss Campbell as teacher. The Peck's Corner school closed June 1 with Miss Myrtle Higgins and a picnic near the schoolhouse. A patriotic service at the Baptist church featured Baraboo and other choir members singing. Rev. J. W. Johnson preached on Our Flag to a full house. Mrs. Sarah Smith is very ill at her sister Mrs. Webster's home.
The national defense council in Washington awarded a contract for 3,450,000 pairs of army and navy shoes. Delivery is due within eight months at an average $4.85 per pair, distributed among 27 firms. The army receives 2,000,000 pairs and the navy 850,000, a total value near 17 million dollars.
British headquarters reports May 31 day tally shows 3 412 German prisoners taken on the Western Front including 68 officers. Allied artillery intensified on the Scarp Arras and Ypres fronts as one field gun 80 machine guns and 21 trench mortars were seized.
Lieut Guynemer of France was officially credited Tuesday with the destruction of four enemy aircraft in aerial action. His exploits continued to elevate French air morale as the war effort pressed on.
The report notes additional German machines raising his total to forty three planes. Two of the last four victims fell together. From May 17 to 31 the French claim thirty one enemy aircraft destroyed and fifty seven shot down behind enemy lines.
On Thursday in Fairfield neighbors gathered at Norman Anchor's home and plowed thirty three acres for him. The act demonstrated strong local spirit as the Anchor family relocated from Milwaukee to the Meyers farm, now owned by Henry Ringling B. A. Martini, who had occupied the farm last year, moved to Baraboo.
Italian forces press the offensive as Austrian losses reach about 300,000 killed wounded and missing. Four divisions near Auzza and Grigido on May 19 were wiped out, and May 20 two counterattacks failed to retake Allingortmont and nearby Vodice sector costs Austria at least three regiments.
O D Brandenburg of Baraboo forwards a Long Beach Long Island program listing notables such as Charles Hughes Jane Addams Felix Adler James Beck Louis Beer Butler and more. Small town notices follow with local residents visiting relatives and war fund contributions.
The advertisement promotes Kickapoo Worm Killer as a safe mildly laxative candy tablet for children to remove worms. It lists symptoms such as sallow complexion dark circles and stomach discomfort and notes availability at druggists for 25 cents.
Referee Henry J. Bohn set to sell at public auction the Greeney farm in Excelsior town Sauk County Wisconsin on July 23 1917 at 10 o clock. The property includes SE quarter Section 31 south ten acres SE quarter NE quarter Section 31 half of SW quarter of Section 32 north and west of Narrows Creek and a land strip along the south side of the west half NE quarter Section 31 near Ableman village.
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