Rafting on Wisconsin River 1872 Rivermen Reminiscences
An elderly narrative recalls 1872 lumber rafting from Wausau to St. Louis with Baraboo crews including foreman Henry Snider and John Snider. The piece details raft construction, hazardous rapids from Barker’s and Grand Rapids to Little Bull Falls, life aboard dog houses, and a near-fatal accident, ending with a reflection on railroads.
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Wisconsin
Calfornia
Florida
Sauk County
Baraboo
Wausau
St. Louis
Stephen Burdick
Charles Davis
Leighing
Coloma Corners
Adams County
Stevens Point
Henry Snider
Kilbourn Steam Boat Fame
John Snider
Nate Cruson
Culver
Jerome Nichols
H. Hall
S. C. Perry
Will
Henry Briscoe
Ira Burdick
Big Buil Falls
Battie Island
Alf. Beckwith
Barker's Rapids
Conants Rapids
Five Points
Grand Rapids
The
Dells
Kilbourn’s
Barker
Alf
Little Bull Falls
Ed Turney
Nat McGuire
Chancey Blake
Gailapeis
Mt. Airy Vineyard
Lyons
Peat Eddy
Point Ross
Peton Well Rock
Greneau
Uncle Josh
Henry Pfaff
Prairie du Lac
Dan
Mattoon Notes On Weather, Crime And Local Life
Column recounts mild winter in Mattoon Illinois with melted ice and dry streets, plus local crime anecdotes from Baraboo and St Louis. Harry Clark describes job changes at a small paper, Mattoon’s industrial mix, grade crossing removal and city growth, and hopes to visit Baraboo friends.
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Wisconsin
Baraboo
High Bridge
Police and Fire Commission
St. Louis
Central Station
Carondelet
Post Dispatch
Mattoon
Coles County
Indiana
Illinois
Big Four
Chase Engine Works
Illinois Central
Central
McC
Baraboo Reading Circle Holds First Regular Meeting
The Baraboo Reading Circle will meet Saturday at 1 30 PM in the County Board room to discuss Moral Education in the School and Home by Engleman. Officers are President Dorothy Stueber Vice President Edith Tinkham Secretary Treasurer W L Gates.
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Baraboo Reading Circle
County Board
Court House
Engleman
Dorothy Stueber
Edith Tinkham
W. L. Gates
Mable McCormick
Gertrude Simpson
Bevelyn Bassett
Ruth Kimball
Lottie Blank
Genevieve Hengstler
Phoebe Smith
Bernice Hengstler
Jesse Simpson
Edna Quinn
Bernice Boyd
Edna White
Ethel Cahoon
Nellie Terry
Esther Wildrick
Myrtle Higgins
Eva Stupfell
Inez Farwell
Phoebe Judd
Eunice Smith
Nellie Goggin
Mrs. B. Lange
Lassie Patterson
Engagement announced for Alice Jones and Sydney Wood
Mr. and Mrs. Enos Lloyd Jones announce the engagement of their daughter Alice to Sydney Make Peace Wood of Upper Mount Clair New Jersey.
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Enos Lloyd Jones
Alice
Sydney Makepeace Wood
Upper Mt. Clair, New Jersey
Freezone corn remover promises painless relief
An advertisement touts Freezone as a cheap, painless remedy for corns and calluses. It claims a tiny bottle can be applied with fingers, instantly stops pain, and allows the corn or callus to be lifted out root and all without soreness.
One Language Flu Prompts Citizenship Focus at Madison Conference
Judge Evan A. Evans urges nationalization laws as a path to better citizenship while addressing undergraduates at the Madison vocational conference. President Birge and Dr. Albert J. Ochsner also speak as Wisconsin confronts a January flu surge, causing 9834 deaths in the state.
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America
Evan A. Evans Baraboo
Federal Circuit Court of Appeals
Madison
Judge Evans
Wisconsin
Birge
University
Gifts to Local Society Preserve Civil War Relics and Letters
H H Hulbert donates a Lincoln and Johnson campaign badge from 1864 worn by his father S S Hulbert. He also presents letters on the S S Gates murder, with 1896 inquiries and 1849 memories from Far Reedsburg to Kilbourn clues. Additional papers honor Robert R Crandall and show Civil War era memorabilia and newspaper copies.
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H. H. Hulbert
S.S. Hulbert
S. S. Gates
H. Bopett
Olpe
Lyon County
Kansas
Reedsburg
Kilbourn
Mr. Gates
Gates
Richardson
Hureka
Jong
M. C. Crandall
A. Fischer
Mair Pointon
Baraboo
Wisconsin State Journal
Charleston
Fischer
Hold Lot Sale at Reedsburg
The Reedsburg Land and Improvement Co held a public auction at city hall Tuesday evening. George J. Seamans acted as auctioneer with H. B. Quimby and Dr. Hulbert as clerks. A large turnout saw all 51 lots sold at good prices.
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Reedsburg
Wearproof Treads promise mileage and puncture protection
Wearproof Treads claim cost savings by delivering one half the current price per mile. Each 10,000 mile bond guarantees against punctures and blowouts regardless of tire wear. The bond is claimed superior to any tire company guarantee and emphasizes skid prevention and chain resistance. Agent WM. S Turner in Baraboo Wisconsin promotes the product.
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Abe Martin
St. Louis
Union Electric Co
Cain
Turner, Baraboo
Wis
New Directors Chosen for Reedsburg Fair 1920
Stockholders of the Reedsburg Fair association met to decide on holding a fair in 1920 and chose four days in the second week of September. E Pape, Dr F P Daly, and H B Quimby were elected as directors.
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Reedsburg
Aspirin for Headache Bayer Package Claims
The Bayer Company promotes Bayer Tablets of Aspirin in a Bayer package with directions for Headache Cold Pain Neuralgia Lumbago and Rheumatism. The name Bayer denotes genuine Aspirin prescribed by physicians for nineteen years. Handy tin boxes of 12 tablets cost a few cents. Aspirin is a trademark of Bayer Manufacture of Monoacetic acid ester of Salicylic acid.
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Bayer
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Prairie du Dac
Pomeron
Chauncey Blake
Harry Clark
Illinois City
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State Board of Health
Reedsburg Fair
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