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Newspaper
Baraboo Weekly News
Location
Baraboo, Wisconsin, United States of America
Date
Jun 14, 1917
Page
2
Sauk county executives announce a large Fourth of July pageant featuring a living flag with 200 children, spearheaded by the Misses Varnell. A Spirit of 98 segment with Rough Riders, plus an auto race program with four to five events, will draw crowds. Free parking for 1,000 autos and police protection are planned.
Otto Herwig of Delton paid a $10 fine plus $4.74 costs in Justice Adolph Anders court for driving through North Freedom village faster than fifteen miles per hour on the evening of June 10. Village marshal S W Hayes filed the complaint.
Mrs Henry Risley and son of Madi son return from visit to Charles Risley home. Ed and Howard Baer honored on June 11 with ice cream and cake for birthdays. Bernice Boyd returns from White Mound where she taught. Susie Baer returns home after teaching locally. Simon Cobleigh sells hogs in Baraboo. Mrs Art Hewitt and Mrs R A Hewitt visit Baraboo. Mr Anderson has a runaway Monday causing minor damage. Baer family trips to Kilbourn and A Britton home. Cora Hoag and mother visit Baer home. Thomas Smith returns from Benton.
A vintage remedy ad urges readers to use Sloan's Liniment for rheumatic pains toothache neuralgia sore muscles and sprains. It claims better results than previous treatments and notes easy application with no skin staining, priced 25c 50c or 1.00 at druggists.
Rod erick H. Schultz of Baraboo received Racine college silver cup in the oratorical contest on June 9. He also captured first honors in the athletic contest during commencement week. He is the son of Mr and Mrs W R Schultz of Baraboo.
Three 100 foot long barracks at Camp Robinson near Sparta collapsed late Monday afternoon. Over six hundred workmen had been ordered to other buildings, preventing injuries. The accident was reported to the war department.
A Baraboo 15 year old boy, Alfred Meyers, drowned in the Baraboo river while swimming with friends near Lyons. Rescue attempts used boats, grappling hooks, dynamite, and a spear attached to a pipe before the body was found at 12:30 pm thirty feet from where he sank in twelve feet of water. The victim, a Baraboo high school freshman, left behind parents, two brothers, and five sisters.
Candidates for commissions in the reserve officers training camp at Fort Sheridan received their first pay this week as the paymaster arrived. Two engineering companies were paid, with others to follow for field training. Medical re examinations began to assess fitness for continued training. Officers faced a war game drill as pay was sounded for the first time.
A Tuesday night storm affected Wisconsin with Baraboo receiving the tail end and Janesville reporting a cloudburst. Torrential rains fell between 8 and 9 o'clock after a day that reached about 85 degrees in many locations.
Rescue crews found a boy in the river after he had been in the water for hours. His parents traveled from the country upon hearing the news, hoping for a recovery before life was extinct, but were met with the final loss at the scene.
Mrs. Arthur Gomon sustained a severe left forefinger injury while dropping potatoes with a machine premier at Kirkwood on Tuesday evening. The injury required amputation at the first joint.
A few more days like yesterday and home grown strawberries will be on the market. G H Glover who resides near Glenville states that he will have berries ripe in about a week. Some owners of large fields are already advertising for pickers.
A Fur Store advertisement lists men's and boys shoes with low prices including gunmetal button or lace styles from 1.68 to 2.98 and tennis shoes from 0.88 to 1.98. The ad promotes other goods like overalls shirts hats and gloves and offers made to measure suits at no higher price than hand me downs with fit guaranteed.
Provost Marshal General Crowder stated the conscription act will create an army of about 2,750,000 men who offered themselves without exemption claims. Total registration is expected near 9,500,000, with some losses due to future exemption rules but offset by more refusals of freedom from service. Michigan leads in registration at 113.6 percent of census estimates, ahead of Ohio at 113.3 percent.
The University of Wisconsin will award degrees to over 900 graduates during three days of ceremonies June 14 to 20. Events include library school exercises, music concert, a bicentennial address by Dr. Hugh Black, class day activities, ivy ceremonies, senior farewell, ivy ode, a pipe of peace ceremony, alumni reunions, and commencement day with dozens of class reunions.
Six Milwaukee men were arrested by deputy U S marshals after a Justice Department probe found steps to oppose the draft. Five face violations of the proclamation and one is held for failing to register. Two more detainees from Kenosha joined them in Milwaukee jail. Officials say the men are alien enemies likely to be sent to detention or held without trial during the war.
Fourteen year old John Katonak aimed to imitate munition workers and made a homemade device from a pencil filled with powder and sealed with dynamite caps two ends. A crossed wire caused an explosion injuring his right hand and knee. Meanwhile British forces advance near Messines and report capture of Gespard.
A Monday graded school field meet at the first ward school grounds drew schoolchildren and few parents. Harold Hirn led in第四 grade events with top marks. Myrl Hirn won multiple fifth grade events. sixth grade top honors went to Boyd and Bonine. Rev E C O’Reilly awarded diplomas and class colors while Supt G W Davies stressed health, clear thought and hard work.
Freda Daley held on a statutory charge in Livingston will face Judge Stevens in Madison after waiving examination at a hearing before Justice Adolph Andre. District Attorney J. H. Hill questioned her as her mother and sister from Reedsburg attended.
Frank J. Cheney states his firm F. J. Cheney & Co. will pay one hundred dollars for each case of catarrh not cured by Hall's Catarrh Medicine. Sworn December 6, 1886 before A. W. Gleason Notary Public. Toledo Ohio. Hall's Catarrh Medicine taken internally and acts through the blood on mucous surfaces. Sold by druggists 75 cents. Hall's Family Pills for constipation.
Popular ad options list daily and weekly word counts with charge per run. rates include 15c for 25 words and 25c for multiple insertions. Larger ads priced proportionally. All ads require cash in advance.
A yearling bull is reported missing on Bara Boo bluffs. Notify Frank Roznof at R. 2 with any sighting details.
WANTED items include a canvas stolen from Gollmar's garage and a berry picker job at J. H. Seaborn fruit farm one mile north of city with restrictions on children under twelve. Also a request for a girl for general house work with June 15 arrival, apply by mail to Mrs H E Cole Baraboo Wisconsin.
Job offers direct liability policy with low rates and no competition. Seek age, experience and references. Also notices of sale of old schoolhouse in District No. 7 Baraboo Fairfield on June 18 at 8 p.m. cash or six month bankable note at 6 percent interest. Also livestock and miscellaneous items for sale with contact details.
Classified notice offering rooms for rent at 423 Lynn Street with options furnished or unfurnished. Contact Judge Andro or L. A. Donald for details.
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