Loganville Firm Expands Car to Truck Conversions
Leicher Brothers of Loganville are expanding a truck conversion business converting used cars into trucks. With a well equipped factory and veteran mechanics, they plan to handle full conversions locally to save materials and boost volume, aiming for a stronger truck line while addressing steel shortages. A related Los Angeles trip notes a former Baraboo barber visiting with a wife and two daughters.
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Leicher Brothers
Loganville
Narrow Escape After Runaway Horse Hits Plain Driver
George Hetzl of Plain escaped serious injury after a bolt dropped and caused a shaft to fall, frightening the horse and triggering a runaway on Saturday night. He was thrown to the ground and sustained a bad head injury but survived.
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George Hetzl
Plain
Mr. Hetzl
California Orator Woertendyke to Speak in Sauk County
Noted California orator James H. Woertendyke will tour Sauk County giving talks in Waiton La Valle North Freedom Reedsburg Baraboo. The 60 day campaign for war prohibition and ratification of the national prohibition amendment by Wisconsin ends at Baraboo. His address near here is titled Over the Top and aims to rally support for the cause.
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James H. Woertendyke
California
North Freedom
M. E. Church
Reedsburg
Baraboo
Woertendyke
Wisconsin
Pastor William Dawson Accepts Portage Church Pastorate
Rev William Dawson of Madison has accepted the pastorate at St John s Episcopal Church Portage He will assume duties on July 1 Dawson has spent the last two years in financial field work Two years ago at Devils Lake he gave the address for the bird ground tablet unveiling
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William Dawson
Madison
St. John’s Episcopal Church
Portage
Dawson
Devils Lake
Bird Ground
Obituary of Mrs Sadah Urban at Urban Hotel
Mrs Sadah Urban wife of George Urban died at the Urban hotel 123 Ash Street about 1 o clock Sunday morning. She was born in Michigan October 12 1881. Funeral services will be held at the home Tuesday 2 30 p m Rev BE C Henke officiating. Interment will follow in Baraboo cemetery.
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Sadah Urban
George Urban
Urban
Ash Street
Michigan
BE. C. Henke
Baraboo
Obituary: J Greenfield Dies in Madison at 76
J Greenfield longtime Portage resident died at his home in Madison after a lengthy illness at age 76. Remains were buried in Rockford, where the family formerly lived. He leaves a wife and a daughter, Mrs Edna Greenfield Host.
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A. J. Greenfield
Portage
Madison
Rockford
Edna Greenfield
Mrs M F Hurley Dies at 92 in Spring Green
Mrs M F Hurley died at her Spring Green home Tuesday morning at age about 93. Funeral services were conducted at St John’s Church Thursday morning, June 20.
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M. F. Hurley
Spring Green
St. John’s Church
Mrs Huebing Dies After Brief Illness in Reedsburg
Mrs. Albert Huebing died at home on West Main Sunday evening after a week with typhoid fever. Funeral will be held Wednesday. She is survived by her husband five children the eldest a seventeen year old daughter her parents Mr and Mrs Henry Hahn and other relatives. She was about forty years old.
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Albert Huebing
West Main Street
Reedsburg
Henry Hahn
Huebing
Mrs. Al Huebing Dies After Typhoid Illness
Mrs. Al Huebing, longtime resident of Reedsburg, died at her home Sunday night after a week long illness with typhoid fever. Her passing follows a period of illness that kept her in her residence. Surviving relatives were not listed in the notice.
Mrs G Weidenbacher Dies In Milwaukee Age 88
Mrs G Weidenbacher died at her daughter Mrs Minnie Lang’s home in Milwaukee at eighty eight. The remains were taken to Kilbourn last Sunday. Funeral services were in the M E church led by Rev Walter Trench Scott with interment in Spring Grove cemetery. She lived in Kilbourn for many years and after her husband’s death moved to live with her daughter. She is survived by two sons George of Kilbourn Herman of Milwaukee and another daughter Yetta of California.
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George
Kilbourn
Herman
Milwaukee
Yetta
California
Marriages Recorded in Adventist Church Ceremony
Charlie Zantow and Ruth Rohde wed at Adventist Christian church with HE O Coontz officiating. Lucile Tramblie served as ring bearer and Mildred Tramblie as organist. The couple will reside in Baraboo, employed at the overall factory. A reception followed at the bride’s sister’s home.
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Charlie Zantow
Ruth Rohde
Adventist Christian Church
HE. O. Coontz
Lucile Tramblie
Mildred Tramblie
Harry Watson
Agnes Gall
Baraboo
Otto Lee
Lynn Avenue
William Rohde
W. C. Rohde
Henry Rohde
Dalton
J. Potter
Cambria
Plain Couple Wed In Low Key Plain Ceremony
On Wednesday June 19 at 9 am in Plain Rosa Nachreiner daughter of Mr and Mrs Simon Nachreimer married Alfred Frick with Rev Father Shorm officiating. The bride wore white georgette crepe and lilies of the valley. Bridesmaid Clara Nachreiner sister of the bride. Best man Fred Granvogl. The couple planned a wedding trip to Madison and other points and will reside in Plain after June 22 where the groom works as a butcher.
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Plain
Rosa Nachreiner
Simon Nachreimer
Alfred Frick
Shorm
Clara Nachkreiner
Fred Granvogl
Madison
Alma Hutter and Anthony Frank Wed in Simple Ceremony
Miss Alma Hutter and Anthony Frank of Plain were married by Rev. Fr. Brudermans of Spring Green on Tuesday June 18. They plan to live on a farm near Lone Rock.
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Alma Hutter
Anthony Frank
Plain
Fr. Brudermans
Spring Green
Lone Rock
Taylor Greene wed in Mazomanie home ceremony
Henry Taylor son of Mr and Mrs Charles A Taylor and Miss Dotha E Greene daughter of Mr and Mrs James B Greene united in marriage at the bride’s Mazomanie home on June 8. Rev H L Hartwell officiated using the ring ceremony. After a wedding trip they will reside at 725 West Dayton Madison.
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Henry Taylor
Charles A. Taylor
Dotha E. Greene
James B. Greene
Mazomanie
H. L. Hartwell
Taylor
West Dayton Street
Madison
Born to Mr and Mrs William Lehmann A Baby Boy
A son was born Sunday to Mr. and Mrs. William Lehmann, adding a new member to the family.
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William Lehmann
Foley Cathartic Tablets Advertised as Safe Remedy
An old advertisement warns that neglect of constipation can lead to serious conditions like piles ulcers and appendicitis and urges prompt treatment with Foley Cathartic Tablets. It claims the tablets work surely easily and gently without harming the stomach or intestines and contain no habit forming drugs. Sold everywhere and marketed as suitable for overweight individuals.
Former Milwaukee Resident Heads Mission to London Conference
A. M. Simons of 921 Bartlett Avenue Milwaukee will lead a seven member pro American Socialist and labor mission to the London conference of entente and neutral Socialists called by the British Labor party for June 28. The group includes Louis Kopelin and John Spargo among others with Professor George Herron joining after crossing the Atlantic. The mission, approved by President Wilson, will also visit France and Italy before returning. Simons, born October 9 1870 in North Freedom Wisconsin, has been a noted socialist writer and editor and was expelled from the Socialist party in 1917 for warnings against the St. Louis platform.
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A. M. Simons
Bartlett Avenue
Milwaukee
United States
London
Entente
Labor Party
American Alliance of Labor and Democracy
New York
Wilson
Alliance
Samuel P. Gompers
American Federation of Labor
John Spargoon
Mr. Simons
Washington
Louis Kopelin
New Appeal
Alexander Howatt
District 14
United Mine Workers of America
John Spargo
Socialist Party
Europe
Atlantic
George D. Herron
Berne
Switzerland
Charles Edward, Russell
Frank Bohn
France
Italy
North Freedom
Wis
University of Wisconsin
Chicago
Workers’ Call
Chicago Daily Socialist
Internationalist Socialist Review
Milwaukee Journal
The
New Republic
America
Simons
Baraboo
Horace B. Simons
East Street
May Wood
Slow murder of British prisoners on Russian front revealed
A Royal Naval division member, after escaping Germany, describes a brutal policy of collective punishment. Of 500 prisoners, 36 were to die for alleged German prisoners murdered by British sentries. Groups of three were punished, suspended by a pole for hours in freezing cold, resulting in forty deaths over fourteen nights.
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Royal Naval Division
England
Germany
Admiralty
Wireless Press
London
Miss Mamie Hagerty Visits La Valle With Parents
Miss Mamie Hagerty spends a few days in La Valle with her parents, enjoying the countryside and local sights.
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Mamie Hagerty
la Valle
Liberty Colony appoints J T Bates as local immigration agent
J T Bates named local immigration agent for Liberty Colony in Baraboo Wisconsin on Third avenue. The 60000 acre demonstration project plans to place settlers on made to order farms with houses barns and stock and three years free before payments. W N Clark directs agriculture with three demonstration farms and free classes. Over 150 settlers have taken farms and the project aims for 1000 families.
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J. T. Bates
Third Avenue
Baraboo
Liberty Colony
Sawyer County
Wisconsin
Ireland
Australia
New Zealand
Denmark
W. N. Clark
Michigan Agricultural College
America
Upper
Red Cross Day at La Valle a Great Success
Red Cross Day at La Valle drew a large crowd for an auction of ponies calves poultry eggs canned fruit and hay. Proceeds totaled about 1200 benefiting the village society and Buckwheat Valley. Postmaster Towne Hyslop and others led the event with speeches by A S Kingsford and R P Perry of Reedsburg.
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Red Cross
la Valle
S. A. Towne
William R. Hyslop
Buckwheat Valley
A. S. Kingsford
R. P. Perry
Reedsburg
Baraboo Girl Wins English Scholarship
Mrs. W. R. Schultz returns from Fond du Lac where her daughter Miss Judith Schultz graduated at Grafton Hall. Judith Schultz won the English scholarship prize. She will spend the summer at Vicksburg Mississippi and Owen's Wells nicknamed the Waukesha of Mississippi.
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W. R. Schultz
Fond du Lac
Grafton Hall
Judith
Vicksburg
Miss
Owen’s Wells
Waukesha
Mississippi
Foley's Honey and Tar Compound Praised as Remedy
A reader from Bishop California reports a persistent cough and cold were quickly helped by Foley's Honey and Tar Compound. The testimonial says the medicine acted like a charm and was sold everywhere.
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Margaret Smale
Bishop
Calif
Foley
Cornerstone Laying Marks New Era for Local Church
A large crowd attended the cornerstone laying of the new Evangelical church. The event featured scripture readings, prayers, greetings from pastors, musical performances, a bishop's address, and a display box with religious keepsakes and a flag. Superintendent A C Kingsford spoke on war savings stamps noting a holy war if Germany wins. The cornerstone box was placed in the east wall above the 1913 marker.
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Thuerer
E. C. Henke
Prairie du Sac
L. H. Seager
C. E. Maves
A. C. Kingsford
DANCED ON RAFTERS NOW A CORPSE
Valentine Barnhart an 84 year old carpenter died after dancing on naked barn rafters at a Keif farm celebration near Waukesha He slipped fell and fractured his head He died at Waukesha Municipal Hospital leaving a wife and two children
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Valentine Barnhart
Keif Farm
Waukesha
Grace Lusk A Model Prisoner At Waupun
Grace Lusk sentenced to nineteen years for the murder of Mrs. Mary Newman Roberts is described as a model prisoner in the state prison at Waupun. Though nervous and unaccustomed to prison life she has not begun work yet awaiting improved health before assigned sewing and laundry duties.
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Grace Lusk
Mary Newman Roberts
Waupun
Adjutant General Allocates Men to Military Camps
Madison district completes July allotments for state men to camps. Columbus barracks receives 6,000 with July 5 and July 15 departures. Camp Zachary Taylor to take 5,200 from Milwaukee and Lake Shore counties on July 22. Camp Grant 8,000. eastern counties supply some, most from western areas. Sauk county contributes 261 men with trips set to Columbus O July 15 and Camp Grant July 22. 14 head to Camp Riley Kan this Friday.
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At. Madison
Orlando Holway
District Board
Columbus Barracks
Zachary Taylor
Milwaukee
Lake Shore
Camp Grant
Richland County
Sauk County
Daly
Columbus
Ill
Camp Riley
Kan
Foley Kidney Pills Promise Relief for Ailments
Customer letter from Mrs. Frank P. Wood of Morris Maine reports quick relief from rheumatism and kidney or bladder issues after using Foley Kidney Pills. Her husband also benefits, once unable to stoop but now feels no pain. Sold everywhere.
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Foley
Frank P. Wood
Morris, Maine
Rubber Import Ban Denounced by War Trade Board
The War Trade Board announced in Washington that importation of manufactured rubber articles is prohibited after June 25. The action follows ongoing wartime controls on strategic materials and aims to limit foreign supply.
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War Trade Board
Washington
Former State's Attorney Bancroft Recovering From Smallpox
At Richland Center Levi H Bancroft quarantined at home with small pox is on the road to complete recovery according to a physician statement issued Monday. The article notes a food shortage scare with beans and beef in relation to the case and concerns from Bancroft's relatives and friends.
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Richland Center
Levi H. Bancroft
Banistration
Croft
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Los Angeles
Sauk CO
Waiton
Bible School
Portage Church
Mrs
H. J. Greenfield
Burdette—Gould
Burdette Gould
Mrs. al. Huebing
G. Weidenbacher
Zantow—Rohde
Tuttle—Palmer
Walter Palmer
Fifth Avenue
Marie Anna Wendels
Asaph Marsh Tuttle
South Pasadena
Redland
Frick—Nachreiner
Frank—Hutter
Taylor—Greene
Move
East Wall
New Evangelical Church
G. T. Thuerer
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