Tapping for turpentine seen during Florida trip
Mrs. G J Flickner reports Sauk County travelers camping in Lake Worth Florida as they join the Tin Can Tourists club. They describe campgrounds, orange groves, old plantations, and a glass bottom boat ride at Silver Springs, noting turpentine tapping by local workers.
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G. J. Flickner
Delton
Sauk County
Lake Worth
Florida
Baraboo
Suwanee River
Tin Can Tourists Club
Suwanee
Lake City
Gainsville
Union
Grange Lake
Michigan
Ocala
Silver Springs
Yellowstone Park
Several Take Chances on River at Cassell
Adolph Mellenberger and sister Mrs Fred Moseman with a guest from Arena left by auto to cross Cassell river. Driver Herbert Farris hauling wood from Badger Valley chose a long way down river and met smooth ice. He then found the Cassel crossing after the risky detour, missing air holes in the dark remains a mystery.
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Cassell
Adolph Mellenberger
Fred Moseman
Arena
Herbert Farris
Badger Valley
Badger
Cass
Engineer McMahon's Death Shocks City
The remains of Engineer Thomas McMahon were brought home to Water Street from Harvard Newfoundland after a fall into a cinder pit at the Harvard roundhouse. He died yesterday morning at age 58 after nearly forty years with the C. and N. W. railroad. He is survived by his wife and four children Thomas Jr Helen Mae and Bernard. The family has lived here for years near the Foley nursery offices.
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Thomas McMahon
Waterstreet
Harvard
Harvard Roundhouse
McMahon
Mission Club Meets At Home Of Mrs Astle
The Congregational Mission club met at Mrs G C Astle's home on Wednesday afternoon. After business the program The Church on the Frontier was presented. Mrs Astle read two frontier articles for Mrs Sneathen who discussed frontier work in her Oklahoma town and the Good school for Indians Riverside.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Congregational Mission Club
G. C. Astle
Church On the Frontier
La Crosse Bar Endorses Judge Stevens for Bench
The La Crosse bar endorses Judge E Ray Stevens for the supreme bench. Many residents have written Governor Blaine stating they would be pleased to see Stevens elevated to the higher position.
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la Crosse
E. Ray Stevens
Supreme Bench
Blaine
Stevens
James McQuade a 1832 born Irish native dies in Reedsburg
James McQuade died recently in Reedsburg. Born in Ireland in 1832, he resided in Lodi for several years before his passing.
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James McQuade
Reedsburg
Ireland
Lodi
Radio lessons and city voices from Milwaukee campus
A university radio program records a two hour evening of broadcasts with audience calls, storm notes, and a Cleveland style reception. The piece includes reflections on wireless storms, signals from Detroit and Caruso, and letters from readers about California and Wisconsin life.
Reelsburg Girl Helen Bennett Missing After Disappearance
It is the third week since Helen Bennett a Reelsburg girl and daughter of Mr and Mrs Dave Bennett vanished. The mother remains in Sioux City searching for any trace while the missing Reeds High School student reportedly cashed a liberty bond and may have boarded a train to parts in Iowa.
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Sioux City
Helen Bennett
Dave Bennett
Winfield
Reeds- 1
Iowa
Experiences in South America amid missionary life in Colombia
Mrs Maude Newell writes from Bucaramanga Colombia where she and her family have lived for years. They describe their water struggl es in a sun drenched yard with donkey carts bringing water, a lively tropical garden in bloom and a simple house without modern plumbing or a stove. The piece notes their school for Protestant children and a forthcoming missionary meeting in Medellin with travel by mule train steamship and coach over rough trails.
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Maude Newell William
W. H. Newell
Baraboo
Bucaramanga
Columbia
South America
Mr. Williams
Barrow
Wisconsin
Northlands
Colombia
Medellin
Republic
Magdalena
Bogota
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Eng. McMahon
Mission Club
Madison
Planet
Mars
C. D. Brandenburg
Brandenburg
Texas
M. P. Hanson
Detroit Symphony Orchestra
Detroit News
Michigan Advocate
Mr. Hanson
New York State
Illinois
Indiana
Ohio
Pittsburgh
Caruso
California
Mr. Crandall
Dellona
Baraboo High School
Mike Maher
Charles Stadler
Hat Case
Marve Russell
Hat
Esau
Rocky Mountains
Milwaukee
Railroad and Express
Chas. Stadler
Baraboo Bluffs
H. M. Johnston
Mike
Rhode Island
Japan
Mexico
Hugh Kelley
Lincoln Avenue
Milwaukee, Wis
Caboose
Brakey
E. Acker
Indian Farm
Merrimack, Wis
L. A. Dudley
N. M. Smith
Adame
St. Petersburg
Fla
Frank Herfort
John Ringling
Cortez
Independent
Smith
Wisconsin Society
F. A. News
Herman Grotophorst
William Aton
Mason City
Mrs. Smith
11Th Avenue North
11Th Avenue
Socialists
R. D. Evans
Phil Cheek
LaValle
James Bonham
Terry Town
Col. Welch
Dick Evans
James Brennan
Jim
Republican Party
King’s Corners
Socialist Group
Mayor Hoan
Victor Berger
A. K. Bassett
Ski-Hi Pruit’Farm
Ollapodrida
Reelsburg
T Cononuet
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