Baraboo High School Alumni Banquet Welcomes Class of 1917
The Baraboo high school class of 1917 joined the alumni at the K P hall for the annual banquet. Fifty seven seniors attended a dinner with harp music, speeches, and humor. Officers for next year were named: George Weber president Myrtle Real vice president Lillian Reinking secretary Ernest Isenberg treasurer. The evening ended with dancing and a glowing account from new members of the fun had and the entertainers among the old alumni.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Baraboo High School
Alumni Association
K. P. Hall
Leora Lewis
Glen Orton
George Hood
A. C. Kingsford
Frank Terbilcox
J. W. Frenz
F. R. Beriley
George Weber
Myrtle Real
Lillian Reinking
Ernest Isenberg
Almuni
Carload of ensilage cutters boosts local corn care
J. A. Martiny expects a car load of Silbergahn ensilage cutters, the first shipment into Baraboo by rail. Farmers are realizing the importance of timely, proper corn crop care, aided by these cutters.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
J. A. Martiny
Silbergahn
Fairfield Visitors and Hospital News In Wisconsin Town
Tina and Dillie Getchell and Bara Boo visit Grandma Atkinson and friends in Fairfield before moving to Milwaukee. The Wisconsin River water is high and rising. Miss Myrtle Turner is recovering from surgery at Baraboo hospital. Mrs. Mark Getchell of Fort Morgan Colorado arrived for a family visit.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Tina
Dillie Getchell
Baraboo
Grandma Atkinson
Fairfield
Milwaukee
Wisconsin River
Myrtle Turner
Mark Getchell
Fort Morgan
Colo
Hospital Notes From Baraboo Hospital
Frank Emery underwent a serious operation at the Baraboo hospital on Saturday. Mrs Emma Cook underwent an operation at the Baraboo hospital Saturday.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Frank Emery
Baraboo Hospital
Emma Cook
Anuric Offer Claims to Reverse Premature Aging
Article advises that excess uric acid ages people early and causes gray hair and wrinkles. It prescribes drinking lots of water and taking Anuric before meals to expel uric acid and relieve backache, lumbago, rheumatism, and gout symptoms.
A Mother's Wisdom on Dr. Pierce Remedies
Mrs Exvira Richardson of Stevens Point testifies to using Dr Pierce medicines Favorite Prescription Golden Medical Discovery and Pleasant Pellets for womanly weakness general illness and her son's health. She praises their effectiveness and recommends the remedies based on long family use.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Stevens Point
Wis
Eighth grade exercises held Friday morning
The eighth grade annex graduation followed with Vernon Buchner presiding. Diploma awards went to twenty five graduates as A C Kingsford spoke on why boys fail in high school. Readings, songs, poems, and prophecies featured, with many parents in attendance.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Vernon Buchner
America
Gladys Coon
Claude Hanson
Robert Brethauer
Marjorie Coates
Madaline Jones
Iane Horstman
Sam Henke
Unusual Sixth Grade Attendance Record in Second Ward
Miss Ruggles and her sixth grade class at Oschner's grove enjoyed a picnic after a Thursday outing. The pupil group has made an unusual record with ten students never absent or tardy all year, eight weeks of which feature perfect attendance. nineteen pupils in other grades share the never absent or tardy distinction.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Miss Ruggles
Second Ward
Oschner’s Grove
Big Prices Paid for Hogs This Week
Local shippers paid 14.75 for light hogs and 15 to 15.25 for heavy hogs this week. baraboo farmers sent their first hog shipment to the Madison packing plant raising questions over net returns versus Baraboo prices.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Madison
Baraboo
Reedsburg Woodmen Honor Departed Members
Reedsburg Camp No 24 Woodmen of the World decorated the graves of departed members Sunday afternoon. About 25 members with wives and children attended, noting the lodge has lost twelve members since its founding. Afterward they shared ice cream and wafers.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Reedsburg Camp No. 24
Woodmen of the World
Reedsburg
Lodge
Old Bay Mare Quietly Triumphs Over Modern Cars
A Brooklyn Eagle poem praises a trusted old horse like auto for safe joy rides with a companion. The speaker extols reliability, fuel efficiency, low repairs, no tickets, and calm conduct, contrasting it with newfangled machines. The piece humorously highlights the mare's enduring practicality and steadiness.
Baraboo News Mixed: Farm Injury and Local Notes
Edward Steinbrink on the C F Cooley farm at North Freedom was injured when a hay wagon tipped as he drove to town. US federal investigators probed Ableman quarry tensions affecting war material production. Unidentified worker killed near Winona after being dragged under a locomotive. Baraboo teachers head to summer vacations. Senior class buys liberty bond. Red Cross drive next play. Local court warns after bottle incident. Wedding in Milwaukee. Prairie du Lac assessors set Wisconsin River Power property at 3 million. Eighth graders add patriotic numerals and banner at annex.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Edward Steinbrink
C. F. Cooley
North Freedom
Steinbrink
Elizabeth Steinbrink
Winona
Della Nabor
Mayville
Mary McArthur
Superior
E. P. Rosenthal
Plymouth
G. W. Winchester
Detroit
Isabelle Gambrill
Moline
Ill
Selma Polton
Zelpha Meyers
Adam Vorlop
Reedsburg
Letha Metcalf
Spring Green
Gertrude Hanson
Richland Center
August Dahlke
Milwaukee
George Muehlbauer
West Bend
Wisconsin River Power Company
Prairie du Lac
State Tax Commission
Baraboo Official McIntosh Heads to Madison for Summer
W H McIntosh longtime Baraboo manual training head leaves with Mrs McIntosh for Madison to reside near University Heights this summer He plans to build a home on one of his three lots but may not return in fall Eugene Henke Carroll college delegate to a central west Y M C A study group travels to Lake Geneva for ten days. Ice on Superior Lake May 20 appears unusually thick with ships stuck in harbor and ice blocks in Portage area.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
W. H. McIntosh
Baraboo
McIntosh
Madison
University Heights
Eugene Henke
E. C. Henke
Lake Geneva
Carroll College
Central West
Boethe
Burke
Superior
Portage
Duluth, Massabee & Northern
Prairie du Sac Problem Sparks Rail Coach Proposal
The suggestion proposes that Twin Cities businessmen obtain a railroad passenger coach, outfit it with motor trucks controllers and storage batteries to run between their villages and Mazomanie. The dam provides ample power and maintenance would be low. The motor car could haul one or two trailer freight cars if needed.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Twin Cities
Mazomanie
Bold Robbery in Reedsburg Near Orpheum Theater
Thompson, visiting at Johnson’s Orpheum Theatre home in Reedsburg, was attacked by two men Friday night. One struck him unconscious, they bound and searched him, taking about $470. He remained unconscious for hours and could not identify the assailants. authorities had no leads the following morning.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Reedsburg
Thompson
Mr. Johnson
Orpheum Theatre
Madison Youth in First Lines in French Trenches
Albert Gilmore of Madison, a Red Cross ambulance volunteer with the Wisconsin unit, reports from the front about German activity, intense shelling, and relief efforts as his unit advances toward the trenches. He notes friends Kraig and Williams, a drive from Bordeaux to Paris, and dramatic sights including a French dirigible and the Eiffel Tower.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Albert Gilmore
F. A. Gilmore
Madison
Baraboo
Gilmore
University of Wisconsin
Red Cross
Harry Kraig
Wisconsin
Will Irwin
Churchill
U. S. Army
United States Army
Notre Dame
Paris
Roy Williams
Kraig
Wisconsin Court Notices Encumbrance Suit Over Property in Sauk County
First publication June 14, 1917. Johanna Schneider sues Margaret Rettgen, Peter Rettgen, Michael Rettgen, Elizabeth Kammer, Peter Schneider, Elizabeth Retter, Margaret Schneider, Eugene Philippe, and unknown heirs or devisees of Marie Schneider Philippe and Franz Schneider. The case concerns encumbrances on parts of sections 14 and 23 in township 11 N, range 5 E, Sauk County. Defendants must appear within twenty days to defend or a judgment will be entered. Attorney W H Cady, Baraboo, Sauk County.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
State OF Wisconsin
Sauk County
Johanna Schneider
Margaret Rettgen
Peter Rettgen
Michael Rettgen
Elizabeth Kammer
Peter Schneider
Elizabeth Retter
Margaret Schneider
Eugene Philippe
Marie Schneider Philippe
Franz Schneider
Township Eleven
Range Five
Wisconsin
P. O
Baraboo
Circuit Court
W. H. Cady
City Council Passes Night Closing for Pool Halls
Thursday evening session extended past midnight as council approved an ordinance forcing pool and billiard halls to close at 11 pm and to be on the first floor with doors and windows open to view from street or alley. A dog licensing proposal raised female fees to 10 dollars and male fees to 3 dollars and was laid over. Tarvia oiling of extra streets was also discussed.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Tarvia
Hood’s Sarsaparilla and Pepticon Pills Claim Boost
Nostalgic ad extols Hood’s Sarsaparilla with Pepticon Pills for nerve and blood ailments. It touts mutual relief, economy, and fourfold benefit while praising Peptiron Pills as a teeth friendly iron option. Ends with availability through druggists and address in Lowell, Massachusetts.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Hood
C. I. Hood Co
Lowell
Mass
Fisherman John Kennedy Returns With Two Pickerel
John Kennedy of 808 Lake Street went on a fishing trip to Mirror Lake on Sunday and returned with two pickerel. One weighed 10 pounds and the other three pounds.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
John Kennedy
Lake Street
Mirror Lake
Greeney Farm Auction in Sauk County Court Case
Referee Henry J. Bohn will auction the Greeney farm property in Excelsior town Sauk County at Baraboo courthouse steps on July 23 1917. Real estate includes parts of Sections 31 and 32 with five to seven acres on a highway north side and Narrows Creek boundary plants. Plaintiffs in the 1917 Sauk County suit include John S Greeney Sadie D Greeney Eva Colyer and others against several defendants led by Charles E Greeney and Getta M Greeney Reilly.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
State OF Wisconsin
Sauk County
John S. Greeney
Sadie D. Greeney
Eva Colyer
Thomas H. Colyer
Frank Carpenter
Leona Greeney
Anna Paff
Blanche Greeney Reilly
Charles E. Greeney
Anna Edmond Greeney
W. C. Miller
F. R. Bentley
Bentley
Kelley & Hill
la Verna M. Greeney
Getta M. Greeney
Loura Greene
Narrows Creek
Township Twelve
Range Five
Excelsior
Wisconsin
Ableman
Henry J. Bohn
Reedsburg
Wis
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W. M. Pierce
Iane Horstmann
Madeline Jones
Martha Green
Lillian Kunzelman
Viva Platt
Alice Bayer
Samuel L. Henke
John R. North
William Fellows
Robert Moog
John R. Davenport
Walter Schenck
Edwin Rich
Douglas Duncan
George Lowes
Curt Page
Everett Bump
Monroe Weirich
Forrest Stadler
la Verne Sutherland
Brooklyn Eagle
H. L. Halsted
United States
Wolfe
James Barry
Herman Nichols
Adolph Andre
Neitzel
Pelton
Andre
J. T. Bates & Son
Reinking Block
Donovan’s Drug Store
F. E. Shults
W. S. Pease
Chicago
Elcho
Antigo
J. H. Seaborn
Mr. Seaborn
Prairie DU Sac
Castoria
George
Rockwell
Eifel Tower
Washington
LaFayette
Hotel de la
A. J. Gemmill
Baraboo, Wis
Wellington
Lueth Bros
Fourth Ave
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