Former Residents Now at Acton Montana
H W Savage writes from Acton Montana describing location 14 4 miles north of Billings and 2 1/2 miles south of Acton. He reports daily rain since May 19, promising wheat potatoes and beans with sizable acreage and high prices for farm products. He notes antelope on the wheat and outlines hunting prospects for sage hens and jack rabbits this fall.
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H. W. Savage
Baraboo
Billings
Acton, Mont
Wisconsin
Modern Dairy Barn at Stone Farm Sumpter
A large, new dairy barn on L. E. Stone’s farm in Sumpter village measures 34 by 92 feet with 34 by 52 recently added. It features no interior posts, patent stalls and managers, cork floors for cows, total-ceiling, electric lighting, running water, and a mechanical milker. John Foy paid $4.24 total after $1.00 fine in Justice Andre’s court for abusive language, with L. A. Donald as complainant.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
L. E. Stone
Sumpter
Agers
Sauk County News
John Foy
Wisconsin veterans to gather in Kenosha June 19
Kenosha hosts the fifty first encampment of the Wisconsin veterans department from June 19 to 21. The event marks Kenosha’s first Civil War era tribute in years and may be the last general encampment of the Wisconsin division with many activities planned by the organizing committee.
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Kenosha
Wisconsin
Wisconsin Department of the Grand Army of the Republic
Wisconsin Veterans
Grand Army of
Train 10 service cut at Mazomanie Sauk City line
The Milwaukee road will discontinue the Mazomanie connection with the 4:50 Madison westbound train. Sauk City and Prairie du Sac riders face overnight stays or waiting in Mazomanie. Morning connections remain. protest to railroad commission discussed.
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Mazomanie
Sauk City
Prairie du Sac
Milwaukee Road
Madison
Railroad Commission
Typhoid Fever Awards Made in Eau Claire Case
Industrial commission ruled typhoid contracted from employer supplied polluted water is a personal injury. Five New Dells Lumber Co. workers fell ill in 1914 and two widows, Frieda Vennen and Holet, will share nearly 5700 dollars. Mrs. Vennen had previously pursued action to the supreme court.
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Industrial Commission
Eau Claire
New Dells Lumber Company
Frieda Vennen
Holet
Vennen
Lumber Company
Supreme Court
Sixty One Men Registered from Freedom Town
Freedom town records list sixty-one young men who registered for service on June 5. Immense names appear including Black, Domke, Kowalke, Page, Schmidt, and Zimmerman among others.
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Town of Freedom
Grant E. Black
Ralph W. Blackman
Reuben R. Blackman
Harry B. Cheng
Robert L. Dickie
Albert Drescher
Albert H. Dunse
John E. Domke
Otto H. Domke
William A. Dunse
Obert John Egerer
Clarence M. Egerer
John Gaetzke
Merril Lamore Fosdick
Edward F. Hi
Plans for universal soldiers life insurance proposed
The Council of National Defense will consider a plan to issue 4000 life insurance at no cost to every American service member during the war, with options for higher coverage via premiums. A government insurance bureau would oversee the program and ensure pensions are preemptively addressed, avoiding past abuses.
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Council of National Defense
Sweet
Commerce Department
France
De Laval Milker Installed Near City
H. M. Beach of the De Laval Separator company is spending days at J. A. Martiny’s home supervising the installation of a De Laval milker on Walter Pierce’s farm southwest of town. The new milker features De Laval design backed by a company with 50 years of operation, seen as sure to gain popularity among dairymen.
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H. M. Beach
de Laval Separator Company
Chicago
J. A. Martiny
de Laval
Walter Pierce
Mr. Martiny
Local notices from Adams and area
Kilbourn and Wohlferts summoned for illness of H Cone in Adams. Alvin Lumby reports birth of a daughter on June 9. James Wildrick visits from Cambria. Martin family and Dunham daughter visit. Opinsrye couple back from Milwaukee winter. George Field buys new car. Martha Belter visits from Superior. Mrs Herbert Alhorn dies June 8 at about 70 after stroke. She leaves sons Adolph George Will and daughter Anna. Funeral at home Sunday afternoon.
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Martha Belter
Superior
August Belter
Herbert Alhorn
Adolph
Plainville
George
Will
Anna
Hood's Sarsaparilla Tonic Promoted as Best Blood Purifier
An advertisement touts Hood's Sarsaparilla as the best tonic to cure tiredness. It claims the product purifies blood and restores energy.
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Hood
Farm for Sale in Sauk County Wisconsin Greeney Farm
Referee Henry J. Bohn will sell at public auction to the highest cash bidder on July 23, 1917 at 10 o clock in the forenoon at the Baraboo courthouse front door. Property includes parts of sections 31 and 32 in Excelsor Township, Sauk County, west of Ableman, totaling five to seven acres. Plaintiffs list includes John S. Greeney et al and defendants include Charles FE Greeney and others. Attorney A J Gemmill represents the plaintiffs.
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State OF Wisconsin
Sauk County
John S. Greeney
Sadie D. Greeney
Eva Colyer
Thomas EF. Colyer
Frank Carpenter
Leona Greeney
Anna Paff
Blanche Greeney Reilly
Charles FE. Greeney
Anna Edmond Greeney
W. ©. Miller
F. R. Bentley
Bentley
Kelley & Hill
la Verna M. Greeney
Getta M. Greeney
Louia Greeney
Circuit Court
Baraboo
Sauk
State of
Wisconsin
Narrows Creek
Township Twelve
Excelsior
Ableman
Greeney Farm
Henry J. Bohn
Reedsburg
Wis
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Weyman-Bruton Company
Broadway
New York City
Nemo
A. Reinking
Freedom Town
F. A. Cooper
Towns Baraboo
Bear Creek Dellona
Delton Se
Fairfield Franklin Sa
SN Freedom
Greenfield
Honey Creek Wa
Ironton
Merrimack
Prairie du Lac
Reedsburg Ag
Spring Green
Troy
Washington
Westfield
Woodland
Kilbourn
H. Potterville
Fourth Street
Cash Store
Fletcher
What Is
Castoria
Kilbourn High School
G. A. R. Hall
E. C. Dixon
la Crosse
A. J. Newell
Fairfield
Menominee Motor Truck Company
A. J. Gemmill
Plaintiffs
Baraboo, Wis
Wellington
Lueth Bros
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