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Newspaper
Baraboo Weekly News
Location
Baraboo, Wisconsin, United States of America
Date
Jun 15, 1916
Page
9
Arrest the Speeders and Road Safety Measure
The district attorney backs arrests of speeding drivers to protect roads and riders. First offense carries 10 to 50 dollars fine. second offense raises to 25 to 100 dollars or up to sixty days in jail. An agricultural circular urges sewerage for country homes and notes the value of a well-equipped country bedroom.
Congress Cannot Blunder Here in Baraboo Chronicle
The Philadelphia Ledger urges restraint as Congress faces workload and past idle time. Abraham Lincoln and John Adams are cited as examples of dissatisfaction, yet the piece defends Congress’s value while urging prompt action. Baraboo notes the largest graduating class on record with forty nine students. Trinity church members receive engraved rings from Rev. Wilson, commemorating Verdun 1916 and bravery, plus a stained glass keepsake from Reims cathedral.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Baraboo
Trinity Episcopal Church
C. A. Wilson
Republic
Verdun
1916
Wilson
Reihms
Blackburn College and its self help mission
Blackburn College in Carlinville Illinois upholds a self work based education model with 126 students and a wait list aiming to reach 1000. Students work on campus earning room and board and pay 150 dollars first year 100 dollars annually thereafter with a fund to assist if needed. Prairie Farmer notes the method emphasizes character health and purpose.
Milk price rise inspires Baraboo poetess verses
Miss Seal Blakely of Oak Park Illinois granddaughter of Baraboo pioneer William S Grubb penned verses in a Chicago paper after milk dealers raised milk to nine cents a quart She visits Baraboo friends noting earlier kerosene price jumps provoked only a mild protest while many suffered most
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Seal Blakely
Oak Park
Illinois
William S. Grubb
Baraboo
Sauk County
Chicago
Miss Blakely
The Minister’s Wife Twenty Four Hour Job
William Allen White notes the minister’s wife bears the brunt of a move to a new town. She unpacks, arranges children in school, and learns every woman in the congregation while masking their critical judgment of her life. The article contrasts the minister’s smoother entry with his wife’s relentless social and personal adjustments.
Finds An Old Relic Found Among Starks Goods
Mrs. P Fleming discovered an 1864 National Union ticket among her late sister Mrs A W Starks belongings. It lists Lincoln Johnson as the ticket and names officers including Thomas D Lang James G Train W I Carver S S Barlow J JGattiker D B Hulbert and A West.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
P. Fleming
A. W. Starks
National Union
Lincoln & Johnson
Thomas D. Lang
James G. Train
W. I. Carver
Ss. S. Barlow
Board of Supervisors
J. J. Gattiker
D. B. Hulbert
A. West
Ghis and Ghat The Return of Guy O Glazier Recall
The tale recalls Guy O Glazier of San Diego California as a youth who tested a vacuum hat hook by hanging his hat on a church window pane in Fairfield. The hat's support attracted the audience and distracted the sermon as the service concluded.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Guy O. Glazier
San Diego
Calif
Fairfield
Place name parody poem about Yawn and the Putitoffs
A playful verse describes the town of Yawn on the River Slow with the Waitawhile flower and Goeasys. It characterizes the Putitoffs as a tired, listless folk living in Lettisside’s valley of Whatsit.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Stheuse
Lettisside
Oil magnates and milk men spark price protests
A humorous verse notes oil magnates boosting gasoline prices and auto travel costs, with the public urged to pressure Congress. It adds milkmen joking about a penny rise as farmers seek more pay, pointing to the burden on the poor as the rich profit.
This Woman Bosses Wisconsin Farmers
A Washington Star feature by Walt Mason shows Adda F. Howie of Elm Grove seated under trees playing a mandolin for cattle. Mason quips that the cow herd becomes part of the farm’s charm when modern methods are embraced.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
E. L. Luckow
Baraboo
Walt Mason
Washington Star
Adda F. Howie
Elm Grove
Mason
Cowey
Woman Farmer Leader Gaining Statewide Acclaim
Elm Grove Wisconsin resident serves on the State Board of Farming as its first woman member. She captivates audiences with study of cattle and breeding, promotes data driven farming, and inspires farmers with music wit and practical tactics. Her work spreads optimism and modernizes farm life beyond old prejudice.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Elm Grove
Wisconsin
State Board of Farming
Farm Institute
Lawyer Recalls Fee Snafu Over Watching Court Case
A lawyer recalls a case where a client had only a nonfunctional watch as assets. The lawyerChristened the fee demand as outrageous, while a newspaper man quips about whether the lawyer took the case at all.
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