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Newspaper
Baraboo Weekly News
Location
Baraboo, Wisconsin, United States of America
Date
Jun 29, 1916
Page
2
In years your baby will feel the effects of proper feeding. Cow milk offers far less iron than mother's milk, so Thompson's Food Peptonized is prepared to equal maternal iron content. Ready to use by adding water, with a 50 cent package guarantee.
Lieutenant Harry Tudor, after securing seventeen recruits in Reedsburg and Baraboo, was ordered to report to headquarters and bring all reports. He and his new soldiers left for Camp Douglas by morning train. Veo Gibbons returned from Chicago to answer the county’s call and joined Tudor en route to Camp Douglas. Private Marty Babb reportedly injured his foot with details pending. Commissary supplies have been ordered from Reedsburg for Company A at Camp Douglas.
It claims a thorough cleansing of the system to improve complexion with Dr Kings New Life Pills. The advertisement promotes mild action without griping and relief for the liver through bowel action, suitable for all ages, priced 25 cents at druggists.
Miss Ida Chase hosted a festive gathering at the Warne home with over twenty friends in honor of her upcoming marriage. A large basket of gifts for the new home was presented, games were played, music provided by Mrs. Agnes Eissman, and refreshments served.
A health note urges improving strength by fortifying habits in mid life to prevent weakness later. It promotes Scott's Emulsion as a blood nourishing food tonic and medicine to boost blood quality, ease rheumatism, and ward off sickness, noting no alcohol in the product from Scott & Bowne, Bloomfield NJ.
Flora Stanley of Baraboo won the gold medal in a W C T U contest at North Freedom on Friday. Contestants included Grace Ward of Reedsburg Frances Platt of North Freedom Loveta Dierken of Reedsburg Mabel Schenck of Baraboo Edna Wolfe of Merrimack and Flora Stanley. Judges were W E Smith G W Davies and Mrs Bohn. Music by local choirs and soloists accompanied the event.
Esther Lange 18, employed at Wurster restaurant in Reedsburg, disappeared after asking for pay Saturday claiming to go to Baraboo. Parents from Wonewoc assisted by district attorney and officers search, noting she is a slight blonde who had planned to spend Sunday with family.
Carpenter & Carpenter returned from Sioux City where they sold all their cattle with an average price per head of 527 dollars, about 157 dollars above the field. Garden & Weaver of Iowa followed with 370 dollars. The sale was weak due to war talk and market uncertainty. They also bought several head at a Jasper Minnesota sale.
A sheriff was sent from Baraboo to Reedsburg to remove Kipp a man accused of insulting the American flag. Crowds surrounded the hardware store where Kipp hid on a second floor and he was paraded through town with an American flag pinned to him. The incident followed days of local uproar after remarks attributed to Kipp about President Wilson and the flag. Captain Darrenougue intervened to prevent harsher action and the crowd’s anger cooled somewhat after the sheriff arrived.
County cattle enthusiasts gathered at the Kirkpatrick farm for a Holstein picnic. About 200 people enjoyed music, a free ice cream dinner, and farm tours. Speakers highlighted dairy herd improvement and cow testing results, with registered cows on display and a record butter fat yield noted.
An old advertisement invites readers to cut out a slip and send 5c to Foley & Co. in Chicago Illinois for a trial package including Foley's Honey and Tar Compound Foley Kidney Pills and Foley Cathartic Tablets. The notice highlights relief for bronchial coughs colds and croup and mentions suitability for stout persons.
A parade in Reedsburg featured a banner carried by a boy ahead of G A R veterans and guards bound for Camp Douglas. The banner read If you can't lick them, let us know and we will come and help you.
Baraboo wedding notice for Milton E Starner and M Violet Graves. The brief entry records a marriage license in Baraboo and notes the couple’s names and residence. A second item reports a postal letter from Abernathy Texas arriving water damaged with a notation about a wrecked train car carrying the mail.
The text urges mothers and nurses to use Barker's Antiseptic in bath time to soothe soreness chafing and irritation in children. It claims instant relief from burning itching and odor and notes it for sale by Fisher Bros.
Perfect womanhood depends on health and beauty. Hollister's Rocky Mountain Tea promises a clear complexion red lips bright eyes and filled hollows. It claims to regulate bowels tone the stomach and purify the system with tea or tablets sold by J. B. Donovan.
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