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Newspaper
Baraboo Weekly News
Location
Baraboo, Wisconsin, United States of America
Date
Jun 27, 1912
Page
10
An advertisement touts S S S as Nature's blood purifier and tonic made from roots and herbs. It claims to cleanse impurities from blood, heal sores and skin eruptions, and permanently cure eczema acne and related diseases with medical advice free. The Swift Specific Co Atlanta GA promotes the patent remedy.
Thursday Miss Elsie Kartack was named kindergarten teacher for Hartford for the coming year. She graduates from Milwaukee Normal school and is daughter of Mr. and Mrs. J. F. Kartack. The item lists local movements, weddings, travel, and incidents across Baraboo and nearby towns.
The class of 1912 boasts a higher profile than 1911 with fresh paint on the high school chimney reading 712 about 50 feet above the other date. Artists say the long handled brush was used from the roof, labor heavy, and the result resembles a geography lesson. If kept up, the chimney may resemble an Egyptian pyramid in years to come.
An advertisement touts PARISIAN Sage as a pure hair tonic free from dyes and lead. It claims to nourish roots kill dandruff germs and enhance hair vitality with the Auburn haired model appearing on bottles. Sold in large 650 cent bottles at Fisher Bros and dealers nationwide.
Anson T Case died at 9 36 pm Friday at his home corner Moore and West Linn Street from a stroke suffered Monday. He was nearly 80 and remained active. daughter Mrs Robert M La Follette alerted but arrived too late. He leaves son LeRoy H Case Baraboo and daughter Mrs La Follette Washington DC. Grandchildren include Fola La Follette Middleton New York and Leonard Case Baraboo. Funeral Sunday at 230 pm at the home. Senator La Follette absent.
Mrs E J Campbell of North Freedom came to the city with her mother Mrs Angelina Campbell for a few days. They plan to go to Sauk City to visit Frank Campbell, her son, at his home.
The Ringling and Gollmar circus herds in Baraboo could not consume the large 1911 hay crop. Railcars keep delivering hay while farmers rush remaining bales to Chicago. R L Glazier reports shipping over 700 tons and continues shipping as new hay enters the market.
The article urges early prevention of fly breeding through sanitary practices and school education. It highlights fly-killing contests as effective both for pest control and civic lessons, citing Woods Hutchinson on the danger and calls for wider adoption this year.
The passage extols life as thriving energy and urges Hood's Sarsaparilla as a medicine that restores strength. It claims the tonic builds up the whole system, enables daily duties, and transforms existence into life, advising the weak and debilitated to try it.
The annual state grand lodge convention at Oconomowoc closed on Wednesday with H. L. Halsted named grand prelate and A. C. Taylor of Portage named vice grand chancellor. Chippewa Falls was chosen as the site for the 1913 convention.
Albert Premo and Emil Gust from Baraboo opened Premo & Gust, a combined grocery and meat market in South Friendship. Hollis Bassett, who fell in a barn incident, is recovering after a 25 foot slip and scalp wound. A London cabman quips to a large lady about carrying a shilling.
The Billboard reports Gollmar Bros plan several stands in Canada this year Walter S Gollmar toured Campbell Bros Shows in Blue Earth Minnesota The Aerial Youngs ex La Mont Bros join the Gollmar Show At Wahpeton North Dakota on June 12 Gollmar members visited graves of storm victims from the 1896 Ringling Show funeral offering placed by popular subscription.
C B Rader of Lewisburg thanks Electric Bitters for curing ten years of stomach trouble and rheumatism. The letter claims the remedy fits dyspepsia indigestion and cleanses kidney poisons causing rheumatism. Fisher Bros sells bottles for 50 cents guaranteed to satisfy.
Curry's Sluggers defeated Spooner 10 to 7 at the Fire men's tournament in Reedsburg. The Sluggers felt elated by the win despite poor fielding and costly errors.
The Sluggers hit strongly scoring seven runs off Spooner who pitched three innings then faced a right handed spitball pitcher. Sunday Curry's Sluggers gear up to face the fast Gisholt team from Madison at the lake, a rival in the same league as Fuller & Johnson from last Sunday.
Estella Hall and Anna Do bratz with William Becker and Joe Bell visited Devil's Lake Sunday. Beaver Dam guests Mrs. Earl Cramer and daughter Stella stayed with Mae Cramer. Prairie du Lac pair Meisser visited M J Kindschi. John McCormick couple traveled to Baraboo and Mae Cramer to Madison. M O Keefe of Lodi guests son William. William G Clark and grandson William Smith went to Madison for the soldiers meeting.
About 2,200 soldiers rested near Spring Green on the way to Madison. The force included detachments from Nebraska Minnesota and Iowa with others from additional states. The band played and Spring Green residents enjoyed the entertainment. Mrs G H Schmitt and daughter left for Milwaukee to visit relatives.
Henry J. Goldstein of 14 Barton Street Boston says five years of severe rheumatism left him unable to work. After taking Hood's Sarsaparilla he recovered fully and now recommends the remedy. Available in liquid or Sarsatabs chocolate tablets.
Miss Catherine Turvill of Madison and Mr Eben H Toole of Baraboo wed at Turvill Wood Madison in a three o clock ceremony performed by Rev E G Updike. The couple will honeymoon northward including Ashland Apostle Islands and Houghton Michigan before settling on Pansy Heights Baraboo. Relatives and close friends attended along with Dr Reuben Gold Thwaites and Mrs Thwaites. The bride received a one hundred dollar gold piece among gifts and the Toole family plans active management of Pansy Heights flowers.
Mrs Susie Templeton of Hooper Nebraska describes five years of female troubles and terrible pain before taking Lydia E Pinkham's Vegetable Compound. After seven bottles her health returned, she could work again and even cared for boarders, and she endorses the medicine for others.
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