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Newspaper
Baraboo Weekly News
Location
Baraboo, Wisconsin, United States of America
Date
Jun 21, 1917
Page
8
At Madison Frank Frisch and his family slept through a burglary that pried open the garage door at 334 Marston avenue and stole his six cylinder 1916 Buick touring car with license 48,200. Frisch paid about $1,000 for the vehicle and discovered the theft at 9:30 Sunday morning after returning from plans to attend church.
Strains sprains stiff joints and sore muscles find Sloan's Liniment quickly penetrates to draw inflammation from the knee ankle and bruised areas. It is cleaner and easier to apply than plasters or ointments and does not clog pores or stain skin. Available at druggists 25c 50c and 1.00.
Social roundups fill a Kirkwood column as Amos Barron family, the Schirmers, Randall and Woll clans join visits at Bisch and Fish homes near Delton. Birthday gatherings for Lois McGilvra and Tracy Randall seed a weekend of family get togethers with nieces nephews and friends from Baraboo Sun Prairie and Sauk City.
The Koenig family stopped to rest with relatives in Honey Creek during their evening return trip, balancing travel with family gatherings along the route.
Miss Clara Moelley of Prairie du Lac visits the Frank Soelle home this week. Bob Ruland of White Mound visits the Henry Huber home. Mr. and Mrs. H A Buelow and George Rischmueller visit the Albert Buelow home. Irving Greck had a barn raised Tuesday. Henry Hanusa attends his uncle August Hanusa’s wedding to Bertha Reich at Middleton Tuesday.
A long list of residents and visitors from Madison Carr Valley Wonewoc Knapp Reedsburg and Baraboo visit and travel on Sundays and weekends. Births deaths illnesses and injuries include a June 18 birth to Mr and Mrs French and a broken nose jaw and wrist injury to R M Mathews. multiple social visits and events are noted across local homes churches and farms.
The W. F. M. S. gathered at the James Lindsay home last Thursday afternoon with good turnout and receipts of 11.15 dollars. Mrs. Benjamin Kamrath and two children of Baraboo visit the Lindsay family. Miss Mary E. Green of Reedsburg stays with her grandmother Mrs. J. L. Dryer over the weekend. Miss Irene Fullmer of North Freedom visits her sister Mrs. William Rick. Several teachers attend the alumni banquet at Reedsburg training school Friday. Mrs. Norton Cone and children spend Sunday with her mother Mrs. Marrietta Weidman. The William Rick family took an auto trip to Arlington and returned via Portage.
Mrs Lovina Cobbledick returns from Pittsville after visiting daughter Mrs Cora Neve. Marie Procno wed Herman Dangs at German Lutheran church Friday. Ervin Langdon works at Edd Cobbledick home. Mrs Clark Cobbledick wins wage suit against William Nichols. John Coughlin travels to Dellona on business. Mr and Mrs Walter Montgomery of Reedsburg visit Clarence Bimel.
Dr D M Blass captured the black bass championship after a Wisconsin river outing with a six pound catch. Portage and Pardeeville items note fishing mishaps and ministerial picnic at Devils Lake. Several local families attended funerals and a Baraboo dealer sold forty Red Cross memberships in a strong fundraising week.
French children evacuated from northern villages by advancing British and French offensives reveal the savagery of modern warfare. Many are orphans or grievously wounded, with shell shock and tremors. They have lived near front lines and crave a quiet place as their heaven.
Washington reports reveal a second draft planned within five months after the first 625,000 conscripts enter training camps. Pershing’s division will gain large reinforcements and by September national guardsmen will begin overseas service, led by New York and Illinois units. Officials target transport capacity to move a great force abroad with up to about a million U S troops by summer.
Adjutant General Holway stated that counties already providing more men than the draft requires will not be compelled to furnish additional recruits. Several counties in the state have exceeded the required allotment for the draft, avoiding further mobilization.
Reports from Germany describe a severe heat wave scorching grain crops, recalling 1915. The prolonged drought has persisted since early May, leaving fields parched and yields threatened across the nation.
Martin Foley Jr took several ladies today to Reedsburg to sell tickets for the class play to be staged at the Al Ringling theater this evening. The party included Miss Lillian Foley, Miss Dorothy Rodemy, Miss Catherine Falvey and Mrs. B F Gollmar.
In London the house of commons passed the final reading of the electoral reform bill clause on women’s suffrage by a large majority. A proposal to confer the franchise on women on the same basis as men is expected. The government urged unfettered judgment and faced objections about Miss Jeanette Rankin’s stance in the U.S. Congress.
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