Former Kilbourn Man D. E. Dell Dies in Chicago
Word reaches Kilbourn of the death of D. E. Dell aged 47 in Chicago. He leaves a wife two children and one brother. Burial will be beside his parents in Kilbourn. Dell ran a skating rink and dance hall in Kilbourn summers and worked in Chicago winters with his brother Herbert in the coal business.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Kilbourn
D. E. Dell
Chicago
Kilbourny
Herbert
Frank Gibson
Anna Voltz
F. R. Kessler
M. Scanlon
Austin Showers
Portage
Will Gillespie
Baraboo
Walter Barton
John Arntz Resturant
Hattie Belter
Dorothy
C. Steffan
Albert Auerback
Port Edwards
C. Wohldfert
Mary Marlow
Johanna Connor
Ablemar Claire and Edwin Casper seize timber claim
Claire and Edwin Casper secured another large timber claim hewing a timber with the mate of a prior killed man. They chased a second tree before the blizzard but could not fell it. County Judge James H. Hill to hold juvenile court in Spring Green monthly starting in March with the first session on Friday February twenty seventh.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Claire
Edwin Casper
James H. Hill
Spring Green
Mar
George Kosmoski
Damen Club
C. Colwell
Beloit
R. Luedtke
Ruth Luckensmier
Reedsburg
Henry Manthey Sr
Barabou
Clara Steinhorst
Milwaukee
Herman Steinhorst
Charles Geissler
Chicago
Otto Meyer
Richard
Emil Gall
William Gall
W. H. Schultz
Hazel Hindes
Oregon
John Hindes
Charles Downley
Baraboo
Inlaw
Walter
Danderine: Claim of Dandruff Cure and Hair Revival
An advertisement touts Danderine as a scalp soothing tonic that cleanses and nourishes the hair roots, claiming it stops itching and hair loss, leaves hair lively and thick, and is sold cheaply at drug or toilet counters. The copy emphasizes rapid improvements after a few applications.
Durward's Glen Obituaries and Farm News
Three residents of Durward's Glen died after census work by a local man. Funeral services for Mrs Bilkey, Robert Schuler, and Robert Schwanz were held Monday. Portage high basketball prepares for Friday game with Baraboo. local farms plan spring improvements and feather sales.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Bilkey
Robert Schuler
Robert Schwanz
Will Graves, Jr
J. H. Dudley
Portage
Agnes Marshall
Carl Greener
Peter Rischmueller
Glen
Will Benz
Hilda
Glen Cottage
Roy Mueller
Baraboo
Portage High
New Vat Installed at Cheese Factory Amid Milk Shortfall
Cassell reports a new vat added to the cheese plant because the old one cannot handle all the milk. Schools resume Monday after a six week break due to illnesses among students and teacher. Evan Farris leaves his room after weeks with pneumonia. The Genz family, last stricken, are recovering. Most patients improve though Mrs. R S Ott remains confined with neuralgia and stomach trouble. Mrs. Peter Scheefer of Colorado visits her daughter Mrs. Lawrence Goodyear and old neighbors.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Evan Farris
Genz
R. S. Ott
Peter Scheefer
Colorado
Lawrence Goodyear
Cut This Out It Is Worth Money
Newspaper reader offer promises a trial package of Foley remedies for coughs colds and croup if the slip is mailed with a 5 cent stamp and the name and address to Foley Co Chicago Illinois, with a note that the product line includes Honey and Tar Compound Foley Kidney Pills and Foley Cathartic Tablets.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Foley & Co
Sheffield Ave
Chicago
Ill
Foleys
Foley
Fairfield H H Porter hosts visitors from Baraboo and Fairfield
Community notes record visits and small events in Fairfield and Greenfield. Timely items include Bates auctions postponed due to a storm with one held on March 9 and another planned for March 11. People attend shows, celebrate weddings, and family visits occur amid church events led by Rev Ira Bradley.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
H. H. Porter
Greenfield
Baraboo
Fairfield
Ben Holt
Olin Hanson’s
Glenn Porter
Herbert Thomas
Verne Crosby
Merrimack
Green’s Corners
Burr Russell
Navy
Earl Thomas
F. A. Carlisch
W. Allen
Wesleyan Methodist Church
Ira Bradley
Weblake
Foley’s Honey and Tar credited for cold relief
A reader from Zahl North Dakota reports a winter cold that lingered until trying Foley’s Honey and Tar, which she says completely disappeared. The letter notes the product is sold everywhere.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Nick J. Whres
Zahl, N .D
Foley
Rail men meet to discuss traffic changes in Baraboo
F. H. Hammill assistant general manager of the Chicago North Western led a traffic meeting in Baraboo with Superintendent W. A. Hayes and officials from the division. He outlined plans for managing passengers and freight after the roads returned to private ownership, accompanied by E. B. Hall assistant superintendent of motor power.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
F. H. Hammill
Chicago & Northwestern
Baraboo
W. A. Hayes
Rural teachers visit Y W C A for social gathering
Rural Reading Circle teachers from Baraboo met at the Y W C A for a Saturday evening party. County superintendent and supervising teachers see value in occasional social time. The sample program showed promise and another gathering is expected.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Wrk
Baraboo
Merrimack Community Notices and Local Movements
Merrimack notes show neighbors assisting in care after a hip fracture, travel for family visits to Baraboo Madison and Pardeeville, job changes at Schultz Mercantile, illnesses and recoveries, birthday party, and new births. Several residents visit relatives, with transient travel to Sefton Portage and Beloit, and a Michigan guest staying nearby.
Cascarets Offer Gentle Relief from Liver Bowel Poison
A health ad touts Cascarets as a mild laxative to remove bile poisons and waste that cause dizziness coated tongue offensive breath and sour stomach. The copy claims Cascarets do not gripe or sicken and work while you sleep.
Local Youth Groups Meet At Community Homes
The Young People’s club gathered at Miss Ruth Pigg’s home with her parents Mr and Mrs H R Pigg on Friday evening. The Boys club met with Howard and Oscar Lobratz Friday evening. Arthur Brownrigg has recovered from a recent illness and was mentioned in the report.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Monroe Mitchlein
Young People’s Club
Ruth Pigg
H. R. Pigg
Howard
Oscar Lobratz
Arthur Brownrigg
Anniversary at Baraboo store marks fifty years in business
T Clavadatscher celebrated fifty years in business with a Saturday event at his Baraboo shop on March 6 1920. Old-time patrons including Mrs George Claus Gilbert Robson Mr and Mrs John Bremner Mr and Mrs W D Porter and others registered or sent greetings recalling days gone by.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
T. Clavadatscher
Clavadatscher
Bower, Obert & Co
Merchant
George Claus
Gilbert Robson
John Bremner
W. D. Porter
Eliza
Chapman
Minerva Hall
F. C. Peck
A. Fry
J. L. Hackett
Watson Prayne
Adam Thaerer
Aug. Kamrath
Alice Gollmar
E. N. Marsh
J. G. Wells
Sol DeKoyer
J. H. Newman
Fred Farwell
Leila Harrison
A. Getchell
Marion Harrison
Charles Davis
James Dibble
Michael Putz
Portage Worker Fractures Rib in Ladder Fall
George Zimmerman, a Wisconsin Power Light Heat employee, fractured a rib after falling from a ladder at the Portage power station. He was injured at work and taken home for care.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
George Zimmerman
Portage
Wisconsin Power, Light & Heat Company
Zimmerman
Oak Hill School Reopens After Flu Vacation
Oak Hill School resumed last Monday following a two week flu break. Local residents Mrs August Tessmer and Mrs Dora Schutte visited. Miss Flora Helma returned home from winter with her aunt in Spartan. Mrs Marie Spratt of Baraboo visits friends nearby. Mrs Marie Spratz visited Saturday with Mrs W O Schutte. Mrs Carrie Cannon and daughter of La Valle visited relatives here. Hubert Theis recovered from flu relapse and is about. Mrs John Tait and children visited Baraboo with her parents. Theis and Schutte families shared a Sunday at the Decot home.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Gall
Arthur Schoenbach
A. Schoenbach
Selma Herritz
Myrtle Dwarf
Baraboo
John Aland
Fred Hinz
Charles Hintz
Janesville
Julius Hintz
Selma Luckensmier
A. C. Luckensmier
Louis C. Halbman
Merrillan
Wis
J. R. Devlin
Devlin
Hugh Borchers
Thomas Corcoran
Sefton
Will Baraboo
Herman Ratsberg
Madison
Edgar Quinne
Mary Corcoran
BE. L. Goss
N C. Swanson
Clarence Swanson
Walter Towers
Schultz Merchantile Co
Will
Portage
Dakota
Edward Meyers
Ableman
Mitchlein
Michigan
Rev
Owen
Monroe Mitchlein
Walter Mather
Elson Mather
Mildred Besitzky
E. C. Besitzky
Arthur J. Brownrigg
H. Dahnke
Gust Gallu
John Gallus
Prairie U Sac
Gallus
William Wilson
C. F. Bayles
S. King
Farnum
Emmett Dwyer
A. G. Hein
William Achterberg
Edward Vanderpool
Peter Boyd
Beloit
George A. Gross
Henry Goedecke
James Stoner
Robert Borders
la Valle
August Tessmer
Big Creek
Dora Schutte
Flora Helma
Spartan
J. A. Decker
Marie Spratt
McCarthy
W.S. Schutte
V. J. Decot
Severe influenza sweeps School District One families
An influenza epidemic rages for weeks leaving only one of twenty district families unscathed. Eleven Paepke family members sick at once, Henry Mengs children ill, Miles with a nosebleed, Evan Farris recovering from chronic pneumonia. Miss Jones and La verne Ott ill, Mrs Ott in bed with dental and stomach troubles. nurse Mary A Jones returns home, school likely to resume next Monday. Hugo H Schultz to remodel and reopen Prairie du Lac Commercial Hotel March 15 1920 with first class opening planned April 1.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
William Paepke
Mrs. Paepke
Henry Meng
Miles
Evan Farris
Miss Jones
Cassell
Laverne Ott
R. S. Ott
Mary A. Jones
Spring Green
Hugo H. Schultz
Prairie du Lac
North Freedom Club Elects Officers
Victor Peters returned from Beloit as North Freedom residents elected new officers for the Home Culture club with Mrs. Henry Griep as president and Mrs. Arthur Knapp as vice president. A Baraboo circuit court session drew many locals, alongside news of visits and hospital stays, and the W N Fisk funeral at the M E church.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Victor Peters
Beloit
Arthur Knapp
Henry Griep
Mary Draper
C. E. Meyers
Royal Neighbors
Erling Frostad
M. E
Supt
Martin
Bert Fisk
Elroy
Maple Hill
Douglas Loomis
Montana
Florida
Ted Klein
Ripon College
Richland Center
Sturdevant
Baraboo
Hugenet Bonnell
E. J. Lawton
Milwaukee
Frank Theo
J. F. Hackett
Valley Junction
R. M. Burt
Freeport
Ill
L. M. Burt
Brooklyn
Wis
Official History of the 32d Division Sent to Printer
The state history commission sent the official history of the 32d division to the Madison state printer after a capitol conference attended by all members including General Charles King of Milwaukee. The history was authored by General Haan.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Madison
State History Commission
Capitol
Charles King
Milwaukee
Haan
Funeral Held in Caledonia for Robert Schwartz
The funeral of Robert Schwartz aged 28 was held in Caledonia. He died Friday at his home after a weeklong illness of pneumonia. He was born in Caledonia and lived there his entire life. He is survived by two brothers and two sisters Mrs Charles Spoon of Albert Lea Minnesota and Mrs Fred Benke of Oregon plus two half brothers Walter Radant and Paul Radantz and two half sisters Elva and Thelma Radataz of Caledonia.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Robert Schwartz
Calidonia
Charles Spoon
Albert Lea, Minn
Fred Benke
Oregon
Walter Radant
Paul Radantz
Elva
Thelma Radataz
Birth Announcement for Sorena Hill
Born to Mr and Mrs Ralph Hill Sorena a son. Father formerly resided in Sumpter.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Ralph Hill
Sorena
Sumpter
Four Complete Tickets Filed for Delegates in Spring Election
The deadline passed at midnight Saturday with four complete delegate tickets filed from un instructed or stalwart Republicans progressive La Follette Republicans Democrats and prohibitionists. Six candidates for circuit judges were also filed alongside delegates with names including E Ray Stevens of Madison in the 9th district.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Secretary of State
la Follette
Third Circuit
E. Ray Stevens
Madison
Portage Near Bond Limit Surpasses by Fifty-Two Thousand
Portage is now 52000 over the bond limit. Two years earlier under Mayor S H Peck the city stood 36000 below the surface.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Portage
S. H. Peck
Prairie du Sac Residents Visit West Allis Daughters
Mr and Mrs Christian Bariuart visit their three daughters in West Allis. Mr and Mrs Hugh Owen departed Monday for Lime Springs Indiana on business. Miss Myrtle Schmidt hosted a large old fashioned party Wednesday evening with many friends.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Christian Bariuart
West Allis
Hugh Owen
Lime Springs
Myrtle Schmidt
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Ablemar
Durward’s Glen
Oak Hill
North Freedom Club
Caledonia
George W. Burnell
Oshkosh
George C. Hume
Clinton
Daniel E. McDonald
Byron B. Parks
Stevens Point
George Thompson
Hudson
EB. Ray Stevens
Otto Bosshard
la Crosse
Wiliam H.hatton
New London
Emanuel L. Philipp
Herman C. Schultz
George A. West
George H. Gordon
James A. Stone
John J. Blaine
Boscobel
Edwin J. Gross
Henry Krumrey
Wisconsin
James Thompson
John Hatz
Town
Bangor
H. J .Mortensen
New Lisbon
John C .Karel
T. J. Flemming
C. D. Conway
Grand Rapids
Joseph S. Davis
Arthur Bentley
Harley W. Jefferson
Sparta
Willis C. Calderwood
Minneapolis
Charles H. Randall
Los Angeles
Marie C. Braun
Long Beach
Cal
Frank S. Regan
Rockford, Ill
Mary Scott Johnson
Superior
Charles H. Mtt
Oliver Needhan
Midway
Henry H. Tubbe
Elkhorn
O. S. Ballinger
C. H. Shattuck
Spatra
Prairie DU Sac
Blackman
Salt’ Brickc
Ackman
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