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Newspaper
Baraboo Weekly News
Location
Baraboo, Wisconsin, United States of America
Date
Jun 13, 1918
Page
10
A brief, sharp note from L. O. Bass of Reedsburg demands strong action against Kaiser, jokingly promising to renew efforts next year.
In a Wis town near Lodi a sewing circle with 23 members learned all but one had been hospitalized. One woman, after a talk with her husband, decided she must have an operation and sought a doctor.
A physician allegedly operated on a woman seeking relief for three weeks of stomach pain. Under anesthesia she was kept over an hour. Post recovery she asked what was done and the doctor claimed he removed the abdominal button and inserted a hook and eye. The tale then shifts to a man entering the scene.
Baraboo reader Hugh Kelley reports Charles Loos an engineer on the Madison division of the N W line caused a garage explosion after a wind storm. He started a car with a 160 pound pressure gauge in forward motion and the vehicle crashed through the rear of the building causing a deafening blast.
A group of Indians went door to door selling carp in the Glen area. Neighbors bought the fish hoping for a treat, but after cooking the fish proved uneatable due to a strong bitter flavor. Only a single woman and her brother found the fish acceptable. The woman soaked hers in strong brine overnight. I A Pudley.
Mrs. Byron Graves of Madison submits a poem condemning supporters of German Kultur and praising Allied figures. It attacks calls for neutrality while denouncing violence, rape, and war crimes, naming artists scientists and leaders who should be honored instead of Prussian supremacy.
A Cassel resident Marion Farris sent a photograph of a forest growth object, tall as 5 feet 4 inches with a 10 foot 8 inch circumference, labeled The Kaisers Tombstone. He wrote verses titled The Kaiser to Meet His Doom praising democracy and Uncle Sam’s stance against aggressive forces.
A long wartime poem from Baraboo presents Allied and German themes with verses invoking Kaiser Wilhelm and Uncle Sam. The piece includes references to submarines and Edison, interwoven with calls to support the U S war effort and mockery of German aggression.
Last Monday in Merrimack an Indian man and two women were seen shopping. The older woman wore a blanket and moccasins and likely was the mother. the young woman and the man were well dressed. The party left town in a buggy with a fine pony team, the papoose seated with the mother in the rear. Durward's Glen. L. A. Dudley.
A Baraboo letter claims grasshoppers devastate Montana pastures though the writer has seen none this summer. Stock men oppose new settlers who reduce free range. A Billings resident, landless yet with large stock, runs about 50 horses roaming north.
H W Savage of Acton Montana reports 181 acres sown with wheat corn beans oats and potatoes. He notes heavy spring rainfall limited field work to half to one and a half days weekly. A frost on May 19 damaged early potatoes and rain continued May 25.
A reader letter from Hugh Kelley reflects on public skepticism about a book burning incident and his own perceived neglect for merit. He recalls personal success in educating many students, including Miss Lusk, the Waukisha schoolteacher, and expresses pride in his independent teaching record.
A reader in Reedsburg Wisconsin requests Baraboo News discontinue the paper by June first 1918. The letter signed Nick Luehrsen expresses the desire to end subscription and thanks the paper for past service.
A Missoula resident requests discontinuation of The Weekly News until contacted again. Mrs Harley C Johnson writes from 331 South Fourth, Missoula, Montana, returning May 26 from La Valle and plans coastal relocation, asking future copies be sent upon locating a new address.
The verse by Ella Cahoon laments soldiers in blue and khaki. It invokes divine protection and victory for twenty one, praising the first to go and their sacrifice against tyranny.
Ferdinand Keller of Honey Creek paid ten dollars and costs after being cited by a county motorcycle patrol between Sauk City and Prairie du Sac for speeding. The town notes a light apple crop and possible honey production rise in 1918. Keller travels to Chicago to visit relatives in Montrose Colorado. his brother Richard has gone to France with the Red Cross. A night letter from Milwaukee mentions Virgin S. Minnick to his father.
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