Baraboo items span sugar tapping iron gouge to scholarly exchanges
Sauk County Historical Society notes include W M Cowles donating a nine inch iron gouge used for maple tapping, T M Case sampling slate cores from Winckler property, N W Morley’s silver medal for dairy honors and promises a butter industry history, Samuel Bridge manuscripts, and copies of local directories and periodicals.
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Sauk
Cowles
T. M. Case
Lion River
Mich
Winckler
N. W. Morley
Wisconsin
United States
New York
Waukesha County
Sauk County
Sheboygan
Morley
Honolulu
Gabriel Lee
Merrimack
Samuel Bridge
Frank Avery
Devils Lake
Wis
Emily Avery
Avery
Boston
Mass
Baraboo
Peetz Welcomes New Baby Sumpter June 14
Mr and Mrs Otto Peetz announce the birth of their child Sumpter on June 14 at their home in On.
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Mrs
Otto Peetz
Biggest Egg Story Hits Gibbons Farm Tour
Philip Gibbons moved to a new farm near the boulevard lights. A boy visitor robbed hens and gathered a half bushel of eggs, risking disrupting incubation and the hen setting. The owner faced the task of reassigning eggs to nests as the flock awaits hatching.
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Philip Gibbons
Mr. Gibbons
Gibbons
Drowned in Wisconsin River Near Kilbourn
Clarence Trussell 15, son of Mr and Mrs G F Trussell of Baraboo, drowned while swimming with two companions in the Wisconsin River north of Kilbourn. He had been staying with new employers, the Brittons of Baraboo. Funeral Sunday at 2 at parental home. The Trussell family has suffered prior losses, including a fatal quarry accident and a daughter’s death.
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Clarence Trussell
G. F. Trussell
Dyrud
Wisconsin
Kilbourn
Albert KE. Britton
Baraboo
PUNCTURE IN HIS STORY
George Wall faces a Sauk county jail address while a courtroom dismissal reveals a puncture in his tale. The judge sentences five days in jail after hearing Wall’s account of beatings and robbery amid tense darkness and police action.
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George Wall
Sauk
Sauk County
George
Milwaukee
Walt
Andre
Wall
Silver Wedding anniversary for Stolte couple
Mr and Mrs Henry Stolte of Reedsburg celebrated their silver wedding. Mrs Stolte was formerly Annie Kifert and the couple were married in 1888 by Rev Kessley.
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Henry Stolte
Reedsurg
Engineer Kills Chicago Worker In Wisconsin Night Crash
J Roberts formerly of Chicago and Northwestern in construction was killed near La Valle after a night of drinking. He wandered away after last being seen at 11 p m and was found about 2 16 a m on the south track. an engine and caboose passed over the same track. Interment planned at La Valle. no inquest held. Home believed San Francisco. age about 25.
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J. Roberts
Chicago & Northwestern
la Valle
Wonewoe
Te Camp
San Francisco
James}h. Hill
LaValle
Only Soldier's Grave Recalled by West Point Volunteers
A reader recalls West Point in 1861 when nearly all in a school district volunteered. Early enlistees included William Madison James Henderson and Michael Donahue of Company A Wis Vols. They served three years or during the war, were not wounded and returned home in good health. Madison is long deceased, Henderson lives in Manistee Michigan, and the writer asks that these names be read again.
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L. A. Dudley
Durward’s Glen
Glen
Dudley
West Point
William Madison
James Henderson
Michael Donahue
Reg
Manistee
Mich
Dells
Local notices from Kilbourn and Fairfield residents
Fairfield E Englebretson and wife of North Dakota and Mrs H Englebretson of Kilbourn visited Mrs Atkinson Monday. Mrs John Luce and Mrs J A Luce visited on River street Wednesday. Some high school graduates are helping locally. John Davenport returns from Madison for a couple weeks. R J Martiny began haying the first of the week. Corn is growing fine.
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E. Englebretson
North Dakota
H. Englebretson
Kilbourn
Atkinson
John Luce
J.A. Luce
River Street
Fairfield
John Davenport
Madison
R. J. Martiny
Veteran Drowns in Ash Creek Near Richland County
Lewis Miller, of the Sixth Wisconsin battery, drowned in Ash Creek near his Richland County home. Driving cattle with his son after a heavy rain, a cow rushed him into the stream and his body was recovered downstream.
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Lewis Miller
Sixth
Wisconsin Battery
Ash Creek
Richland County
White grub devastates Wisconsin corn says entomologist
Professor J G Sanders state entomologist warns that white grub pests are ruining southern Wisconsin corn. He cites Grant county as nearly ruined and estimates 30 to 90 percent state losses. He explains the grub becomes a June beetle after three years and recommends crop rotation and fall plowing to combat the infestation.
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Wisconsin
J. G. Sanders
Sanders
Grant County
Real estate transfers listed in Ironton Franklin and Delton areas
A sequence of property transfers shows Christ Riedel selling land in Ironton to Jerry Smith for 125 dollars and John Hearn selling a half block in Ironton for 225 dollars. Transactions continue in Franklin with multiple parcels including lands sold to August Dieske, Edward Krey, and Alois Bauer for 300 525 and 400 dollars respectively, plus Cramer to Sauer in Franklin for 225 dollars. Further transfers include Spring Green and Prairie du Lac parcels and a Delton lot, with nominal prices of 1 dollar each and Ironton transfers totaling 1.0 in value to Frank Gasser from Charles Gasser.
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Christ Riedel
Jerry Smith
Ironton
John Hearn
Harry Newcombs
Martin Sprecher
August Dieske
Franklin
Edward Krey
Mrs. S. Cramer
Alois Bauer
William S. Cramer
Joseph A. Sauer
John 8. Sliter
Calvin Sliter
Spring Green
Charles Gasser
Frank G. Gasser
Blue River
Wis
Ann Jane Baker
Sarah E. Kendall
Prairie du Lac
S. Squires
J. Holloway
Delton
Will Establish Boys Summer Home Near Milton Junction
Rev Jenken Lloyd Jones buys a large tract near Milton Junction to start a boys summer home. The plan aims to provide a shelter and activities for local youth in the coming months.
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Jenken Lloyd Jones
Milton Junction
New Marriage License Law Tightens Special Permits
A new law narrows special marriage permits to only two cases, raises a two dollar fee directed to the county treasury, and requires a 30 day residency. Senator Tiue authored the change, aimed at increasing public notice before weddings.
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Tiue
Amusing the Insane At Sauk County Asylum
Mrs. C Christensen matron at the Sauk County asylum outlined how inmates are amused. Proposals included music and dancing at meals, a large graphophone, screen pictures, Christmas observances, monthly religious services, circus visits in Reedsburg, fairs, picnics, and access to books and periodicals.
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Sauk County
Reedsburg
Accident Ends with Rifle Misfire Injuring Youth
Howard Chase son of Mr and Mrs Irwin was accidentally shot while on a gopher hunt. The 22 calibre rifle discharged and the bullet entered his thigh. The incident was reported by the Lodi Enterprise.
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Howard Chase
Irwin Ae
Young Ase
Lodi Enterprise
Pretty Wedding Unites Myrtle Kramer and Earl Warn
A Wednesday evening ceremony at 210 Eighth Avenue joined Myrtle Kramer and Earl V. Warn with Rev. Coontz presiding under ferns and syringas. About sixty five guests attended from Portage Barron Merrimack Belvidere Indiana Reedburg Friendship and other areas. The couple will reside at East and Eleventh streets after July 1.
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J. D. Kramer
Eighth Avenue
Myrtle
Earl V. Warn
Rev. Coontz
Carrie Kramer
Henry Warn
Eva Hopper
Kramer
Nelson Bartley
Ella
Warn
East
Eleventh Streets
Simons and Bower Wed in East Side Home Ceremony
Glen L. Simons and Clista G. Bower were married at the bridegroom’s parents’ home on East and Eleventh streets with Rev. HE. C. Henke officiating. The ceremony drew twenty relatives and friends and a neighbor gathering as the couple received congratulations. They will live on Second Street after a wedding supper and gifts of silver linen and furniture.
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Glen L. Simons
Clista G. Bower
Horace B. Simons
Eleventh Streets
HE. C. Henke
Presbyterian Church
Louis J. Shults
Della I. Cooper
Simons
Prothero & McGinnis
Halweg and Griegel Wedding at German Lutheran Church
On Wednesday afternoon about 4 o'clock Martha Griegel became the bride of Albert Halweg in the German Lutheran church. Rev. Wiestenz officiated as Lohengrin’s wedding march accompanied the bridal procession. The bride wore a white gown trimmed with lace and tulle, radiantly described in the account.
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Martha Griegel
Albert Halweg
Lohengrin
Rev. Wiestenz
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Torical Society
Iron River
Bar
Aboo
Dairymen’s Association
Elkhorn
Sumpter
Alderman
Kilbouin
Clarence Trussel
The
Wisconsin—Body
County
Bastile
Wonewoc
Webster
Chicago News
Professor Sanders
C. Christensen
Waukesha
Dan Cupid
Warn—Kramer
Halweg-Griegel
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