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Newspaper
Baraboo Weekly News
Location
Baraboo, Wisconsin, United States of America
Date
Jun 22, 1922
Page
4
Baraboo weekly newspaper led by I B Cole and A K Page announces subscription rates with one year at 1.50 and ongoing pricing details. The note lists editors and proprietors and provides pricing terms for readers.
A 1922 note compares long living graduates of colleges. It mentions Rev. Dr. George Gaby Rice of Vermont aged 102, Rev. John Junt from Brown University aged 79 or 95, and Rev. A P Botsford from Union University aged 95, illustrating past clergy graduation rates.
A Judge magazine sketch humorously notes students adopting radios while science cites animals using wireless ideas. It contrasts Father’s stubbornness with progress, claiming Father learns nothing yet forgets nothing as generations change.
In New York Judge Otto A. Rosalsky declares the unwritten law a myth and condemns private gun justice. He cites sentencing of Solomon Allege for wounding a rival in a love dispute and asserts only the state may condemn life, not individuals.
Wisconsin leads the nation in dairy production with near 200 million dollars yearly and dominates cheese output. It ranks high in canning peas, hay, vegetables, potatoes, rye feed, barley and honey, and holds top silos and significant lumber production across tree species.
The advertisement extols Hood's Sarsaparilla as the most widely useful household remedy. It claims to address various ailments and stresses its popularity across households.
The document notes Wisconsin produces 6.5 million gallons of mineral water yearly and 700 million eggs from hens annually. It reports cows yielding 860 million gallons of milk in twelve months while highlighting mineral resources iron zinc lead clay granite limestone and sandstone. It claims water power equals 2 000 600 tons of coal in annual energy.
A Chilean writer asks who are the twelve greatest living American women by the National League for Women Voters. The list favors self-made achievement over connections, noting six of the twelve have never married and some have no children. New York Times commentary.
Veterans recount the Civil War mascot Old Abe and the Eighth Wisconsin. Johnny Hill, who carried the bird, shared how he was wounded at Corinth on Oct 3 1862. Hosea W. Wood told how the eagle was traded and sought as a prize, then honored in Madison and at the state capitol.
New Yorkers, age 93, and S. A. Skinner of Beloit, 73 on Nov 25, recalled their Civil War ties. Skinner voted for Lincoln in 1864 at age 15. J. F. Carle of Janesville named department commander candidate, R. K. Boyd of Eau Claire for senior vice commander. Janesville asks for next year’s encampment. H. A. Dobson of Madison recalled Ford’s Theatre night after Lincoln's assassination. Baraboo attendees praised the meeting.
About 2500 uniformed firemen joined the Wisconsin Firemen convention parade at Portage on Thursday. Cities including Whitewater Milwaukee and Portage sent contest teams. Oconomowoc won first in the book and ladder events. State officers named were President Henry Wassel of Oconomowoc Vice President Ernest Hansen of Fort Atkinson Secretary KB. R. Buri of Jefferson treasurer John West of Barron.
At a Baraboo meeting of the county highway committee several bridge contracts were awarded. Arden Allen Co. Milwaukee secured a 100 foot steel span with concrete abutments for 1147 dollars west of North Freedom. Krueger and Meyer Reedsburg won three Ironton La Valle road bridges totaling 4850 dollars. Hart and Meyer Reedsburg took Dietzman bridge 830 dollars. Kreuger and Meyer earned Finnegan bridge 945 dollars. E Stein Pittsville won Kramer Spring Green 1060 dollars and Grubbr Spring Green 1100 dollars. Ierdoif La Valle bridge went to E Stein for 1331.95 dollars.
The 30th Sauk County W C T U convention met June 14 and 15 at Merrimack. Delegates from North Freedom Baraboo Reedsburg and Mazomanie attended. Achie Shanks Merrimack village gave welcome. Mrs H G Mertzke Baraboo gave the response. Reports highlighted progress in temperance work including student essays on scientific temperance. Mary Scott Johnson state president spoke on law enforcement and the Milwaukee convention.
Mr and Mrs Robert Malloy and son Harry visited the Will Ramsey family on Websters Prairie. Rev E O Coontz called at the Albert Barstow home. Miss Elizabeth Attridge, recently teaching at Crandon, returned home.
Rev J H Truesdale appointed as pastor of United Brethren Church at Reedsburg arriving with wife and family from Florida. He formerly served Richland Center and spent winter in Florida. The church had lacked a regular pastor since April after Rev Warren resigned.
Lightning struck the Evangelical church steeple in Harrisburg on Saturday. A report notes community activities including Children’s Day services and a large Saturday crowd with a good collection. Local residents and visitors are mentioned with various calls on social visits and travel.
Maple Hill Henry Stabnaw of Greenwood visits relatives in the area. Mrs. Bert Fisk of Elroy calls on kin. Willie Meilke of Sumpter and Earnest Voss of Wyeville stay with local families. Visits extend to Iowa, Hartford, Madison, Loganville and Witwen with several social gatherings noted. Fishing trip to Briggsville and multiple neighbors stopping by the Leo Wood and J. E. Walsh homes mark a busy week in the community.
Betty Dayton Payne, daughter of Mr. and Mrs. Dayton Payne, was severely kicked by a horse last week, cutting a large gash on her face and nose but she is recovering. Mrs. William Alwin of Baraboo stays with her daughter Mrs. Earl McGilvra. Local residents attended a normal school commencement and reported Children’s Day exercises as a success at the M. BE. church.
Miss Gertrude and Pieper families report home improvements with new paint at the Conrad Leykauf bungalow and Farris barn. Mr Babington and son Samuel drove to Whitewater Saturday, with Miss Sean joining for Christmas week. Just spends a few days with his daughter Mrs. R. during summer vacation.
Mr and Mrs J H Rogers of Portage celebrated their golden wedding with a banquet at the Ember House. Judge W W Crond acted as toastmaster and Miss Iona Gale was among the speakers.
The Chautauqua closed Sunday night with Hon. William Jennings Bryan of Lincoln Nebraska delivering "The World's Greatest Need." He warned of taxation, harsh industrial conditions, lax law enforcement, profiteers, and war while praising scientific advances and notable founders. He opposed Darwinian evolution and urged stronger Bible faith. A small deficit remains and next year’s event is undecided.
Adrian Rubell of Monroe is hospitalized in Baraboo after a Sunday Sauk road motorcycle upset. Riding with a Monroe Janesville and Beloit party, Rubell’s sidecar machine failed to slow at Hazeltine corner and went into a ditch. He suffered cuts and bruises but no broken bones. a companion continued home.
Sauk City brief mentions several local families and students: Mr. and Mrs. O W Hahan visiting son Walter in North Freedom. Richard Walser from Marquette Milwaukee home for vacation. Mrs. Robert Buerki visiting relatives in Milwaukee and Baraboo. Dr S C Keller and family with Ed Accola. Mailman Edwin Gasser enjoying vacation near Black Hawk with brother Theodore. John Fosbinder filling in. Miss Emma Geler of Wisconsin Madison home briefly.
An advertisement asserts rheumatism is constitutional and local cures fail. It claims Hood's Sarsaparilla purifies blood and provides lasting relief by correcting the acid condition in the blood, combining effective ages in treatment.
The Baraboo Cow Testing Association reports Edw Egerer’s grade Guernsey lead with 70.5 pounds fat as the highest producer. Ed A McGilvra Jersey herd had the top average 44.4 pounds per cow. 339 cows tested. an association picnic is set for July 4 on Earl Thomas’s Fairfield farm. invites extended to all dairying interests.
The St Peters Lutheran church at Reedsburg held its annual Missionfest collecting over $900 for missions. Services lasted all day with evening activities.
S H Peck former Baraboo resident returns from Dates millpond with a 934 pound pickerel caught in Columbia county. He weighs the fish at Klewerts Drug store as part of the big contest pushing Oscar Helmann down a notch and leaving T Harry’s Mirror Lake entry ahead.
Fairfield residents hosted and visited over the weekend with Miss Dorotha Lippitt of Baraboo staying Saturday night, Miss Mildred Waddell, and Mr and Mrs Fred Flynn among attendees. Camp Douglas carpenters worked on a Barn roof while Rev Savage and wife from Baraboo called on friends in Fairfield. Mrs Ernest Bass and daughter attended a shower for Miss Marie Metcalf at the Astle home in Excelsior last Thursday.
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