Local Society Gifts Highlight Sauk County Records
The Sauk County Historical Society receives gifts from Mrs. Frank Avery Baraboo and the United States Shipping Board Philadelphia of Liberty loan posters. O D Brandenburg donates a Victory Liberty loan medal cast from a German cannon. T S Wells Merrimack contributes fishing gear and a wood jack. Baraboo and Madison residents add historic fishing and Civil War artifacts. The St Louis University graduates include the Finnegan family from Sauk County with multiple degrees. Major General Leonard Wood delivers the commencement address. In Chicago the appellate court upholds sentences for mail fraud tied to a Madison milk condensing plant, with penalties for three defendants.
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Sauk County
State Society
Baraboo
F. C. Sharp
Men
Mary Shew
Paul Shew
Beloit
St. Louis University
Finnegan
la Valle
Wisconsin
Charles Robert Finnegan
William Lee Finnegan
Lawrence Raymond Finegan
Frank Roman
Kansas
Europe
Asia
Africa
Leonard Wood
Warner Road Work Commenced Between Baraboo and Devils Lake
Work has begun on the Warner road between Baraboo and Devils Lake with the first dirt moved on Walnut Street near the city limits. In early July concrete paving will start as funds of 40000 dollars are spent on the project.
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Warner Road
Baraboo
Devils Lake
Walnut Street
Westfield Picnic Planned at Ableman in Pyffereon's Park
Mrs. Grant Weidman reports the annual Westfield picnic will be held in Pyffereon's park in Ableman village on Thursday June 19 1919. Bring baskets and enjoy the day.
Obituary Mrs. William Schutz of Ableman
Mrs. William Schutz aged 54 died at home in Ableman after years long illness from heart disease and rheumatic trouble. Born in Westfield May 22, she lived there until moving two years ago. Survived by husband and five children, plus sisters and brothers. Funeral Monday at 10 30 from the home.
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William Schutz
Ableman
Schutz
Westfield
M. E
West Ffeld
Harry Schutz
George Schutz
Blanche Koenig
Stella Behn
Lydia Harmel
Baraboo
Nettie Nippert
St. Aarles
Ill
Charles Hammer- 1Aster
Frank Schuster
George
Moog
Emil C. Moog
Herbert Moog
Wisconsin Guernseys Bring Averages at Fond du Lac Sale
Fifty-two pure bred Guernseys sold for 18,815 at Fond du Lac. The group averaged 351 per head with six bulls at 1,345 total and 46 cows at 17,470 averaging 379 each. The sale was the first joint event of the Fond du Lac and Winnebago Guernsey Breeders associations.
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Fond du Lac County
Guernsey Breeders’ Association
Winnebago County
Fond du Lac
Appleton Man Dies Chasing Pig
Barnard Saiber ich of Appleton collapsed and died of heart failure while pursuing a pig, according to local report.
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Barnard Saiberich
Appleton
County Court六月案例汇总仍在继续
本次县法院列出多起遗嘱与遗产案的听证与裁决事项 包括 Barbara Schelen William Westenhaver Glenn Pelton Huebner Ennis Byron Randall Francis Maegerlein Aron Ernest Walter Pesch Coleman Riedel Montange Wheeler Corcoran Hoyt Sparks Ohland Bindl Hirt Brandt Stewart Schlungbaum Lonsdale Plantistiehl Odell Korth Elliott Pettis Darrow Sigglekow Henrietta Busch Emma Hill Schneider Maloney Fish Smyth Ingham Burnham Henry Wolf Odell Buckley Capener 等有关人名与遗产管理 监护及税务终结等裁定。
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Barbara Schelen
William Westenhaver
Glenn E. Pelton
H. J. Farnum
Edward Huebner
Christopher Ennis
Byron Randall
Francis Maegerlein
John Aron
Ernest Walter
George Pesch
A. P. Coleman
George Riedel
John Montange
Leander Wheeler
Christopher G. Corcoran
Isabelle L. Hoyt
Thomas Lonsdale
J. P. Sprecher
Marie Plantistiehl
Jasper Odell
David B Conger
Christ Korth
Jefferson D. Elliott
Frank Pettis
Nathaniel Darrow
Moses Sigglekow
Henrietta Busch
Emma L. Hill
Henry W. Schneider
Mary Maloney
R. B. Maloney
Adelbert Fish
John H. Smyth
William Ingham
Calista P. Burnham
Henry Wolf
Lewis D. Burtch
Linda D. Buckley
Emma E. Capener
Kilbourn Pair Wed at St. Josephs Church
Miss Celia Gottschak of Kilbourn and Harry Vellious of Waukesha married at St. Josephs Church in Waukesha officiated by Rev Fr Miller. Miss Frances Gottschak and Thomas Farlos attended the ceremony. The couple will reside in Waukesha where the groom works in a responsible post.
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Celia Gottschak
Kilbourn
Harry Vellious
Waukesha
St. Joseph’s Church
Fr. Miller
Frances Gottschak
Thomas Farlos
Red Cross Sauk County Meeting Report Summary
The Sauk county chapter A R C held its regular June meeting. Treasurer reports $2603.69 in local funds. $55.98 in bills paid. Sixteen branches show $5272.34 on hand. two branches remitted full funds. Refugee and used clothing drives reported shipments. county quota 7000 pounds for the drive, with nearly half shipped. Knitting committee notes 2 helmets missing from prior report.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
R. W. Perry
H. M. Acott
Reedsburg
Sauk County
American Fund
V. S. Pease
Premonition of Death Foreshadowed by Young Woman
Miss Ida D. Raymond of Swampscott Massachusetts predicted her death saying she would be dead before morning. She died before dawn at her sister Mrs Annie Murray’s home after about a month of illness.
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Ida D. Raymond
Swampscott
Mass
Annie Murray
Man awarded damages over wife's body moved from cemetery
At Wausau Warren Howland received 500 compensatory and 1000 punitive damages after his wife’s body was moved from a lot he bought in St. Joseph’s cemetery to another place amid maintenance fee disputes. The association later moved the body back, and three children are buried on the lot with their mother.
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Wausau
Warren Howland
St. Joseph’s
Howland
Wisconsin records lowest venereal disease rate among draftees
Government health statistics show Wisconsin at the lowest percentage of general disease among the second million drafted men. The state trails only Vermont, South Dakota, Porto Rico, Utah, North Dakota, New Hampshire, and Hawaii in this measure.
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Wisconsin
Stat Board of Health
Vermont
South Dakota
Porto Rico
Utah
North Dakota
New Hampshire
Hawaii
Local Social News and Obituary Mention June Death
Mrs Alvina Ballanz died Monday June 2 after a long illness. Mr and Mrs Eugene Stewart hosted relatives including Arena visitors last week. Minnie Buelow and John Mueller of Leland along with Herman Buelow and family visited Reedsburg. Julius Alwings and relatives visited White Mound Thursday.
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Eugene Stewart
Arena
Minnie Buelow
John Mueller
Leland
Herman Buelow
Reedsburg
Julius Alwings
White Mound
Alvina Ballanz
Railroads Prepare To Handle Enormous Grain Traffic Soon
Director Aishton notes over half the 1918 wheat was grown in the northwestern rail served region and adds railroads are taking steps to ensure sufficient box car supply for the coming harvest.
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Aishton
Fiume Letter Appeals to Senate Over Wilson Policy
A cabelgram read in the U.S. Senate from Adrea Ossinack, Fiume’s plenipotentiary, appeals for self determination for Fiume and accuses President Wilson of denying it. The message asserts Fiume’s Italian character, threatens resistance, and asks whether the Senate will share responsibility for Wilson’s policy.
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Wilson
Fiume
Senate
Washington
Senator Lodge
Adrea Ossinack
National Council
America
American Senate
Abraham Lincoln
George Washington
May Set June 16 for Wire Strike
Postmaster General Burleson ordered dissolution of operating systems until private control is restored. S. J. Konenkamp warned of a nationwide strike by June 16 covering electrical workers on wire systems, with plans to extend to Washington and New York. He promised a further union statement from Chicago and telegraph to F. J. Campbell.
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Burleson
S. J. Konenkamp
Commercial Telegrapher’s Union
Konenkamp
Washington, D. C
New York State
Chicago
F. J. Campbell
Waukesha Banker Killed by Train
Walter P. Sawyer aged 72 longtime president of the Waukesha Exchange National Bank died after being struck by a Soo Line passenger train on the way to a hospital. Born in Vermont in 1853 he moved to Wisconsin and began work in 1864, helped organize the Exchange Bank in 1882.
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Walter P. Sawyer
Waukesha Exchange National Bank
Soo Line
Wisconsin
Vermont
Waukesha County Bank
Exchange Bank
Drivers Propose Eastbound Lineup For G A R Hall Load
In Sauk County residents discuss traffic reform for a busy day. A local farmer suggests directing autos east on Third avenue and street to the G A R hall then return via Ash and Third to keep right and ease flow. The idea earns "Capital plan" from listeners.
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Sauk
Third Avenue
Third Street
G. A. R. Hall
Ash
Fourth Avenue
Broadway
G. A. Briggs
Juvenile Apple Blossom Raid Cites Education Gap
A group of high school students on a Friday afternoon raided an orchard six miles from Baraboo, pulling apple blossoms and branches from trees after trespassing past fences. A farmer’s family member interrupted the depredation and questioned the youths’ understanding of wild pasture versus cultivated fields. The letter from Mrs L. H. Palmer urges better school teaching on property respect and identifying cultivated trees to prevent future harm.
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Baraboo
L. H. Palmer
Conductor J H Hubbard Attends Grand Division Convention
J H Hubbard returned from St Louis where he attended as delegate the 36th session of the Grand Division Order Railway Conductors of America. The May 12 to June 3 meeting saw heavy business and leadership changes including the resignation of A B Garretson as president. Walker D Hines urged cooperation with rail labor and Presbyterian greetings supported labor movements.
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J. H. Hubbard
St. Louis
Grand Division Order Railway Conductors of America
United States
Canada
Organized Labor
A. B. Garretson
Order
Garretson
Church group to restore equal rights in 1922 convention
The article notes the O R C will hold its next convention in 1922 earlier due to warm weather with St. Louis chosen as a permanent meeting place. Mrs J H Hubbard of Baraboo Wisconsin is quoted praising the church's role in safeguarding equal rights regardless of faith race or color.
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St. Louis
J. H. Hubbard
Baraboo
Wis
Humpty Dumpty Takes a Fall in Local Egg Market
Eggs drop from 42 to 28 cents in Baraboo markets as merchants pay producers 26 to 27 cents. The decline lacks a known cause though city quotations run lower.
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Baraboo
Milwaukee Selected For 1920 Odd Fellows Meet
The 73rd annual session of the state Odd Fellows ended at Green Bay with Milwaukee chosen to host the 1920 meeting. Delegates from Baraboo were James Dalling and Roy Meyers. Rebecca lodge sent Miss Ina Jenswold and Miss Effie Melbury. A vote raised the minimum weekly dues from 6 to 11 cents.
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Green Bay
Baraboo
James Dalling
Roy Meyers
Rebecca Lodge
Ina Jenswold
Effie Melbury
Milwaukee
State
Odd Fellows
Funeral of Clarence Johnson Held in Fairfield Church
The funeral service for Clarence Johnson was held at 2 30 PM at Advent Christian church with RE O Coontz officiating. Organist Ruth Prothero and singers Mrs Charles Rooney and Rev Coontz performed as bearers John Trapp Orin Hoege Frank Hewitt Herman Lehman John Bayles and Herman Wilkinson. Burial followed in the city cemetery. He was born January 2 1867 near Fairfield and died June 4 1919 at his Fairfield home of heart trouble aged 52 years 5 months 2 days. He married Sophia Peterman in 1888 and leaves four children plus a wife two brothers a sister and two grandchildren.
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Clarence Johnson
Advent Christian Church
RE. O. Coontz
Ruth Prothero
Charles Rooney
Rev. Coontz
John Trapp
Orin Hoege
Frank Hewitt
Herman Lehman
John Bayles
Herman Willkinson
City
Henry Peterman
Charles City
Carl Dreger
Heaman Johnson
Sophia Peterman
Arthur Lehman
Baraboo
Lynn Schult
Greenfield
Ernest
Laveta
G. W. Johnson
Imogene Bostetter
Milwaukee
Richard and
Jewel Schult
Baraboo Honor Roll list revised for city origin
The paper reports a corrected honor roll for Baraboo showing only residents who left the city to join the army. It notes prior additions from outside Baraboo and cites liberal methods in determining who belonged in the home town roll. The paper invites other towns to send their lists for printing.
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Baraboo
Baraboo College Ladies Meet for Reminiscences
A Baraboo Baraboo Col legiate Institute gathering brought together Mrs Emma Mertzke Mrs Hattie Haines Mrs E M Hoag Mrs Mary Blachly Mrs Belle Tallman and others including Judge R D Marshall and Mrs W W Warner in Madison. They were hosted at Mrs Hoags home as memories of past events were shared noting a year since the pioneer school last held a general reunion.
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Baraboo
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Ableman Soon
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