Moonshine Found at Reedsburg Soft Drink Parlor
District Attorney H R Bohn questioned Alvin Struck in Reedsburg on a charge of possessing moonshine spirits of nitrests. He was bound over to the circuit court with a $500 bond. Assistant State Probation Officer C B Parkinton reported the liquor found at the soft drink parlor, as law allows arrest of the operator regardless of proof of sale.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
H. R. Bohn
Reedsburg
Alvin Struck
J. L. Hager
C. B. Parkinton
Madison
Special Train Delivers Milwaukee Merchants Visit
Milwaukee Merchants and Manufacturers Association members arrived by special train from the north after an Iowa and Minnesota excursion. They toured the business district with a band playing and Milwaukee pennants on their canes. Mayor Andre greeted the delegation at the station as they visited local customers to boost trade.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Milwaukee Merchants’ and Manufacturers’ Association
Iowa
Minnesota
Mankato
Albert Lea
Milwaukee
Andre
Railroads to allow 30 day ticket use in state
Wisconsin lawmakers advance a bill to let railroad tickets be valid for 30 days for intra state travel. The senate sent the measure to the assembly after passing Friday morning by a 29 to 2 vote. William Munger urged the bill as protection for the public and railroad men. The upper house rejected the Hasley Shour public printing bill and the assembly measure for detachment of territories from cities. A joint Hirsch resolution for an interim investigation committee into health and accident insurance companies was adopted.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Wisconsin
State Assembly
Senate
Assembly
Wiliam Munger
Hirsch
Diamond Dyes Offers Easy Home Dyeing Solutions
A vintage ad promotes Diamond Dyes with bold claims of rich fadeless color for garments or draperies. It warns that choosing any dye other than Diamond Dyes may result in poor results such as streaks and fading, and promises simple directions inside every package.
Baraboo Graduation List Highlighted by Diplomas
Baraboo schools held a well attended commencement with E P McFetridge presenting diplomas and Rev Coontz and Rev Savage delivering prayers and benediction. The class includes graduates from English Latin and scientific courses with Ingolf Dyrud noted as completing work later this summer as a 31 2 year student.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Donald EH. Buehler
Richard R. Crowe
Ingolf Dyrud
William Farnum
William E. Fellows
Leo A. Frazer
Ronald J. Goggin
Ralph C. Halbman
Earl W. Haugh
Estas Hawkins
Samuel L. Henke
Lawrence W. Hindes
Robert F. Holmes
Madeline Jones
Eleanor Kessler
Pauline A. Luther
Irene Mielke
Mer
Julia Elizabeth Calliss
John R. Davenport
Marion L. Fisher
Ione K. Horstman
Ruth E. Battles
Lois H. Biege
Marjorie M. Coates
Theodora R. Kartack
Lou Metcalf
Lois I. Porter
Eleanor A. Rommel Fanger
Vincent A. Thieman
Sugar Bread and Milk Scarce in Germany Visit Returns
Frank Fink returns to Reedsburg after a three month absence spent with his mother and three sisters in Germany. He toured Paris for five days and notes high taxes, scarcity of sugar bread and milk, and says nearly everything else is purchasable if one has money. He is an only son, once lived near Berlin five years, and two sisters remain in Germany. His father sold out his share of the Reedsburg Auto Co. before leaving.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Frank Fink
Reedsburg
Germany
Amelia
Paris
Mr. Fink
Farmers Attend Station Day in Wisconsin June 28
E L Luther announces Station Day at the University of Wisconsin experiment station in Madison set for June 28. Farmers from southern Wisconsin will tour demonstrations on breeding better grains testing fertilizers and other experimental work on university farms.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Wisconsin
University of Wisconsin
E. L. Luther
Madison
University Farms
Luther
President Does Not Golf on Sundays Says Harding Aide
The White House released a Capitol sourced note stating President Harding will not play golf on Sundays. It reiterates the president’s habit of abstaining from Sunday golf with former associates in the Senate cab inet.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Harding
Senate
White House
Oldest Couple Granted Chicago Marriage License
A marriage license was issued in Chicago to Manuel H. Merritt 81 and Louisa V. J. Vaughn 83 marking the oldest couple to apply for a license in the history of the Chicago marriage license bureau. Merritt a Civil War veteran said on Sunday it is a cause I am lonesome.
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Chicago
Manuel H. Merritt
Louisa V. J. Vaughn
Chicago Marriage License Bureau
Merritt
British miners to ballot on owners' settlement proposals
London conference of coal miners delegates votes to ballot in all coal fields on the mine owners' settlement proposals. The strike, tying up most of the industry, has dragged on since April 1 as a move toward peace is seen in the decision.
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London
Veterans Honor Sgt A R Marquardt In Baraboo Rites
Funeral services for Sgt A R Marquardt were held at his mother's Baraboo home. He was killed in action August 3 1918 in France and buried in Baraboo after a convoy from Hoboken. The ceremony included a Legion escort, bugler taps, two duets, and a firing squad.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
A R. Marquardt
Baraboo
France
Hoboken N. J
Rev
H. Mueller
Edward Blakewell
Ida Melzl
C. A. Melzl
American Legion
Dewey Schuster
Alfred Argyle
George Weirich
Richard Mahler
William Hattie
Charley Zantow
Glen Orton
Robert Holmes
Randall Herfort
Co. G of
Madison
Funeral Services Held for Tuscania Soldier Donald Duncan
Funeral services were held Sunday for Donald Duncan a World War II veteran and Tuscania survivor. Rev M J Cameron officiated at the Congregational church with a quartet performing. Pallbearers and fellow Tuscania crewmen attended, firing squad observed a rifle salute, and bugler taps marked the burial. Duncan's mother Mrs William Duncan received the flag at the grave.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Donald Duncan
Wm. Duncan
M. J. Cameron
Ethel Rodwell
LeMont Stanley
Elmer Arner
Donald
Edward Coughlin
Otto Arndt
James Bray
Arthur Bender
Randall Herfort
Herbert Steckenbauer
Set
George Knight
Otto Bates
Max Coates
Charles Kellogg
Rex Caflisch
Richard Mahler
George Weirich
Robert Holmes
Horace Cahoon
Emmett Dwyer
Glen Orton
Leo Frazer
Edward Harmel
American Legion
William Duncan
Baraboo
Hirst Highway Bill Passes Wisconsin Senate
The 2 percent privilege tax on motor vehicles for highway construction and maintenance was engrossed and approved in the Wisconsin senate by a 20 to 8 vote. An amendment by Sen. Jennings redirects funds from trucks and trailers licensed in Milwaukee back to Milwaukee, estimated at about $200,000 annually.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Wisconsin Senate
Sen
Jennings
Milwaukee
Randolph Man Takes Lucky Fall From Pole
Ben Larson of Randolph fell twenty feet from a telephone pole but landed on soft ground just graded and walked to a doctor’s office for treatment.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Randolph
Ben Larson
Hill Point residents scout land and berries in the North
The Goodell family returned from the North after two weeks of land hunting and report promising berry crops including red rasp and blueberries. Walter Harris visited Richland Center to see his parents. his uncle George Goodell, aged 79, is described as feeble. Grant Stern plans a sale and will move to visit his father after nine years.
Freezone Promises Easy Corn Removal
An advertisement touts Freezone, a cheap bottle sold by druggists, claiming it removes corns including between the toes and calluses without pain or irritation. The copy emphasizes instant relief and painless lifting of the corn with fingers.
Diploma Awarded After 57 Years to Fond du Lac Man
Fifty seven years after leaving school to join the Union Army Maurice McKenna now of Fond du Lac, then 18, received his high school diploma at the class of 1921 graduation exercises. He was unlisted at the time as he had left before the 1864 graduates. His grandson Maurice McKenna Hardgrove attended as a member of the class.
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Maurice McKenna
Fond du Lac
Maurice McKenna Hardgrove
Wedding Bells Foreseeable In Hillpoint Area
Church attendance noted with Miss Lydia Shults present. Chas Bohl and family from Reddsburg visited Will Stabnaw. School closed last week as Miss Shanehan finishes her third year. F W Goodell of Lime Ridge called on Hillpoint. (Too late for Weekly of June 9).
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Lydia Shults
Chas. Bohl
Reddsburg
Bohl
Will Stabnaw
Shanehan
F. W. Goodell
Lime Ridge
Hillpoint
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Wisconsin Express
Wisconsin Truck Company
Loganville, Wis
North Freedom
Ableman
Merrimack
Deering
George Carpenter
A. R
A. R. Marquardt
Baraboo Cemetery
Camels
R. J. Reynolds Tobacco Co
Winston-Salem, N, C
Hirst
Hill Point
Delton
Ford
Goodyear
Dodge Brothers
Tarnutzer Garage
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