Retirement for Chicago and Northwestern Conductor George E Baxter
Conductor George E Baxter retires after 38 years with the Chicago and Northwestern System. He began as a brakeman in 1877, rose to freight conductor in 1882 and passenger conductor in 1900, retiring due to failing eyesight. Baxter recalls wood fuel era and early braking methods, serving under six superintendents.
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George E. Baxter
Chicago & Northwestern
Great Corporation
Baxter
Kendall
Winona
Baraboo
S. H. Brown
Mr. Baxter
C. A. Swineford
John Hull
R. A. Cowan
Sparta
Elroy
Remarkable statement on Lydia E Pinkham's remedy
Englewood Illinois woman credits Lydia E Pinkham's Vegetable Compound with curing headaches nervousness and hot flashes after costly physician treatment. She praises the medicine for saving her life and avoiding insanity hospital. The notice urges others to seek special free advice from Lydia E Pinkham Medicine Co. Lynn Massachusetts.
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Englewood
Ill
Lydia E. Pinkham
Mrs. E. Sheldon
S. Halsted St
E. Pinkham
New York Actress Miss Marie Post Visits Baraboo Area
Th ursday visitors include Mrs C E Elliott and Miss Marie Post known as actress in A Twenty First Century Courtship and The Little Girl Next Door with American Film Company. George Weidenkopf temporarily fills in for injured Officer L W Stone as Stone recovers. Community notices cover local visits, graduation attendance and May freight from the Devils Lake quarry.
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C. E. Elliott
New York
N. E. Post
North Freedom
Devils Lake
F. E. Wichern
Railroad and Express
Post Office Department
Land title doubts prompt homestead protection steps
Bear Creek farmers report defective titles on land they have owned and taxed for years raising fear of homestead entry. Mrs. C. W. Scholl Fred Scholl and Dennis Cummings visited the Wausau land office to seek protection. Other locals have begun actions for clear title while various local residents travel and visit kin across Wisconsin.
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Bear Creek
C. W. Scholl
Fred Scholl
Dennis Cummings
Wausau
Oscar Beardsley
Washington
E. N. Beardsley
Fairfield
Cyrus Simonds
Glenville
City
la Crosse
Baraboo
Wisconsin
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The readable portion is garbled with no coherent events names places or dates to summarize. no verifiable entities or actions are present to form a factual card.
Kilbourn Baraboo Stage Schedule Expanded
Kilbourn and Baraboo stage times updated with daily service between Kilbourn and Baraboo. Special runs begin June 1 from Baraboo at 7 10 a m and 2 20 p m to connect with trains, with freight carried on both ways. Orders at Corner Drug Store Warren House or Wellington Hotel. E D Newell, proprietor.
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Baraboo
Kilbourn
Corner Drug Store
Warren House
Wellington Hotel
E. D. Newell
Hats Hats Hats Hit at The Fur Store Deals
The Fur Store promotes low prices on hats at 1.00 1.50 and 2.00 with small profits. It also offers rain coats umbrellas shirts overalls khaki pants coats at 1 each and Wear-A-Well shoes at factory-to-you prices. Briggs son advertises auto fillers and pleasure driving.
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FUR
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A. W. Page
Oak Street
B. Long
Jeffery
Kisselkars
Minnesota Flat
Minnesota
Lettergren Hdwe. Co
Dar
B. E. Doty Vulcanizing CO
Baraboo Wis
Kreso Dip
Fisher Bros
C.A
Sheldon
George Weidenkopf
L. W. Stone
Mr. Stone
August Zauft
Dora
Merrimack
Zauft
Fred Riegler
Greenfield
F. A. Cooper
Madison
Wisconsin Interurban Systems
Portage
Prairie du Sac
Janesville
Emma Pagel
Elsie Pagel
Hyland Park
Orlando Gottwinkel
Thomas Williams
George Lee
Prairie du Lac
Robert Schlag
Schlag
Gattwinkel
Savas Baraboo
Essenkay
G. A. Briggs & Son
Waseca White Rose
Chase and Sanborna
Dr. Prices
Black Cat
South Side Dept. Store
F. C. Peck Merc, CO
And
West Baraboo
National Board OF Fire Underwriters
C. S. Rich
M. F. Hill
T. Clavadaischer
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