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Newspaper
Baraboo Weekly News
Location
Baraboo, Wisconsin, United States of America
Date
Jun 10, 1920
Page
5
A Wednesday recap details a wreck near Dead Man's turn injuring none, a pine struck by lightning with a near-miss, local deaths and funerals, property sales, arrivals and visits, club meetings, and a fatal auto collision with a train near Madison.
Population estimates place New York ahead of London while official counts near. Gov. Philipp vetoes the Severson tax plan for university support. Lime Ridge cemetery vandalism prompts police attention. Knox declines Chicago convention. a threshing engine accident at Lime Ridge. Polk resigns from State Department to be replaced by Norman H. Davis. Senate backs merchant marine bill. Madison Swingout launches commencement. Reckless driving case tied to memorial day death. census shows Madison population 38,378. Potatoes hit $9 a hundred pounds in Chicago. rail labor board signals wage boosts for workers. Baraboo legislature wrap and city scales case settled. Elks plan Chicago float funding and hall use. Local auctions, school picnics, and road conditions near the cemetery noted. Coroner to determine inquest into truck-train crash death of Sigurd Field in Blue Mounds.
In Goshen New York Sheriff William Leonard says no prisoners are available for county farm labor due to prohibition. He personally works the fields and deputized James Scott as a farm hand to fill the shortage.
Notices posted at the A. J. Bates shoe factory in Webster Massachusetts announced an indefinite closure due to canceled orders and uncertain market conditions. The plant employs upwards of 500 workers.
Say Diamond Dyes. Don’t streak or ruin your fabric with a poor dye. Insist on Diamond Dyes. Easy directions in every package.
A newspaper blurb promotes a lemon juice lotion mixed with Orchard White as a cheap, harmless facial bleach. It claims stage beauties use lemon juice for a soft rosy-white complexion and suggests daily rubbing on face neck arms and hands to reduce freckles sunburn and tan.
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