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Newspaper
Baraboo Weekly News
Location
Baraboo, Wisconsin, United States of America
Date
Jun 13, 1912
Page
2
A vintage advertisement touts PARISIAN Sage as a weekly hair dressing that prevents dandruff scalp itch and hair loss. It claims to banish baldness impart shine and lists a large bottle at 50 cents sold by Fisher Bros and other dealers.
A paid advertisement by A. G. Malloy requests Baraboo and Sauk County voters to consider him for sheriff. Malloy notes lifelong residency, Republican voting history, and asks friends for support at the upcoming primaries.
C M Du Bois announces candidacy for the Register of Deeds in Sauk County requesting primary support on September 3. He pledges to conduct office business to the best of his ability and thanks supporters in advance.
Mr. and Mrs. Jim Johnson and Mr. and Mrs. Wm. Rotzell were Sunday hosts at the Frank Werren home. The Phillip and Smith families spent Sunday visiting, and Floyd Smith hosted a school picnic and evening entertainment. Visiting from Virginia, Rease Thompson stayed with O. G. Thompson. Various local households hosted Sunday gatherings including Tenent, Green, Hunt, Borland, Gibson, and Smith families.
Tuesday Benjamin Sutherland of Kilbourn died suddenly Friday night aged about 55. He owned and managed the Schofield cottages. A. B. Porter of Chippewa Falls visits his brother W. D. Porter on Eighth street and is a Civil War veteran who served three years at the front. At Bataboo Creamery this morning the proprietor had his hand caught in an ice machine, injuring three fingers.
Excavations are under way on Langdon street for a two story brick addition to the former J M Olin home to become the new university medical department. The rear addition provides multiple rooms for each doctor to speed patient treatment threefold. the work should be finished by September.
An 1900s political notice by a Vernon county assembly member and state treasurer candidate praises Robert M. La Follette and urges Wisconsin voters to support progressive reform. It calls for tariff cuts on wool, cotton, and steel, and urges physical valuation methods for interstate railroads and utilities to set rates and tighten control.
The statement outlines a program to regulate rates and service via ICC, government ownership of express business under the postal system, Alaska resource control, La Follette anti-trust amendment exemptions for unions, free trade with Canada on trust products, a new currency plan, opposition to gag rules, commitment to open records, and opposition to ship subsidies. Dahl appeals for support in the September 3 primary.
Sauk County place names describe Dellona Delton Devils Lake and Garrison post offices. Dellona’s post office ran from 1854 with postmasters E. D. Messenger Caleb Cook and Myron Reynolds before discontinuation. Delton’s village origins trace to 1849 plat by Edward Norris with name changes from Norris to Delton around 1852. Devils Lake post office in Kirkland opened 1897 with name changes following the Cliff House era, becoming Devils Lake by 1903. Garrison site near Baraboo river gained fame via Mrs Garrison and had a post office with Ann Garrison as postmaster in 1858.
Mrs A D Dorsett writes from San Antonio that her recent Galveston trip lasted two days. She praises Galveston as the City of Oleanders with blooming pink and white oleanders, palm lined streets, and fragrant cape jasmine. She notes the two mile causeway across the bay, opened recently at a cost over 2 million dollars, featuring four railroad tracks and a premier motor road.
Mr and Mrs J T Lawton of Freedom enjoy a stay at their cottage for the summer. Gladys Golding improves after illness. Archie Murray returns to mail duties after vacation. Edna Harrison's mother travels to Wonewoc due to Edna's illness. Baraboo crowds visit Fern Dell. Architect Max Hillbig improves John Wright farm and prepares for cultivation. Joe Golding’s horse injury, Fern Dell dance rainout, Delton visits, and among locals swapping calls and fishing chatter.
A citizen reports Gustave Raatz died by taking poison. Mrs. P M Winnie of Reedsburg suffered a stroke and is in serious condition with consciousness not regained by noon. Mrs. Fred Stewart departed for South Bend Indiana as her husband nears graduation from Notre Dame engineering program.
The Ableman bank project gains a contractor J Zarske for 3600 as plans trimmed from about 4000 to fit state budgeting limits. Mrs J G Train will travel to San Francisco for a national women’s clubs convention as a Baraboo delegate visiting many friends along the way including names in Omaha Salt Lake and Olympia.
Miss Feight was called to Crandon Wisconsin for her sister's illness. Alta Bohn teaches the primary school. The L A S S will meet with Mrs Henry Stoll next Thursday. Several attended the Yankee Robinson circus at Reedsburg May 31. Emily and Olive Hastings and John Miner of Reedsburg are visiting here. Rev Becktolt and wife went to Monroe Saturday for his father's funeral. Families from Reedsburg and North Freedom were guests here.
Guy O. Glazier shares a photo of his San Diego shell shop with Mr and Mrs Glazier and staff. A newspaper clipping notes the Industrial Workers of the World have decided to abandon San Diego and focus efforts on Los Angeles.
Saturday reports residents report encounters with gypsies and lost items while the Sauk County Training School begins in Reedsburg July 8 to August 16 with teachers listed. A Oneida work report from Mrs. Whiting and burial of Frank Mackey’s wife ashes, plus a Baraboo river rescue of four Reedsburg boys aided by Frank Karl and others.
State Forester E M Griffith writes Senator J M True that Professor O J Spensler of the University of Nebraska will visit Wisconsin around mid June to study farm woodlots. Two northern and two southern counties will be surveyed, Sauk County included, with general plans and specific timber data to guide farm management. The aim is to produce a practical report for farmers.
C B Rader of Lewisburg West Virginia credits Electric Bitters with curing a ten year struggle with stomach trouble and rheumatism. He says the tonic suits his case perfectly and recommends it for dyspepsia indigestion jaundice and to rid the system of kidney poisons causing rheumatism. Fisher Bros sells bottles for 50 cents guaranteed to satisfy.
Mrs. W. A. Pierce of Jewell Kansas visits W. S. Pierce home. Alf Emory visits his brother-in-law Harry Vollen of West Point this week. R. B. Babington and family vacation at Cassell. Mr. and Mrs. George Anbler of Black Hawk spend Sunday here. Mr. and Mrs. Bruce Babington and family visit Grandpa Becker of Prairie du Sac for his birthday.
Arthur L. Mc Elrose of Milwaukee announces his engagement to Miss Pauline Riemer of Lime Ridge in a formal betrothal notice.
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