Freedom dash ends with Churchill’s jailbreak mock escape
Baraboo residents and officials intercept a fake escape plan as Charles FE M Churchill is aided by Marquardt and Ableman. Churchill, wearing a black hat and light coat, is taken toward Baraboo after being spotted fleeing downgraded jail duty. He faces a Waupun sentence for fraud, with details disputed.
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Martin
G. R. Marquardt
Ralph Ableman
Churchill
Bonham
Park View
Baraboo
Adolph Andre
Otto Harmel
Charles FE. M. Churchill
Waupun
Julius al, Kroll
Reedsburg
City Wile Vote on Bond Issue for Junior High
At a Thursday council meeting the city moved to seek a bond issue of 200000 to buy land and build a junior high school, with 165000 for the building and 35000 for the land. The board of education supported the proposal as alderman William Carlisch and assistant city clerk Miss Etta Clark resigned to be effective after a successor is installed.
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Noyes
Board of Education
William Carlisch
Iron bar assault case heard in Sauk County circuit court
Alfred Frick sues Micheal Ringelstetter for two thousand dollars after being knocked unconscious with an iron bar in Plain. A storm earlier wrecked the nearby church and a barn sold to Frick became central to the dispute. Jurors awarded Frick 575 dollars in compensatory damages with no exemplary damages and the defendant to pay costs. Ringelstetter's counter claim was denied.
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Alfred Frick
Micheal Ringelsetter
Sauk County
Plain
Walter Seigel
Micheal Ringelstetter
Frick
Ringelstetter
Walter Siegel
Michigan
Baraboo
H. H. Taylor
George Voltz
William Cramer
W. Ey. Bartenbach
Barley Yield Ties Sauk County with Dane in Wisconsin
The Madison crop report lists Sauk County as tied for eighth in barley with 33.5 bushels per acre, alongside Dane in sixth in corn at 40.8 bushels. Other top county yields include Jefferson 49.4 oats and 2.02 tame hay, Sheboygan 45.8 corn, Barron 22.4 ty e barley, Walworth 25.6 winter wheat, Forest and Florence 124.2 potatoes, plus a note on bridges and local driving.
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Wisconsin
Madison
Jefferson
Sheboygan
Iowa
Barron
Kenosha
Walworth
Forest
Florence
Dane County
Breach of Promise Verdict Hits 6500 in Wisconsin Court
Miss Martha Klitzke of Reedsburg sues Melvin Davis of Milwaukee for breach of promise. Jury awards 5000 in compensatory and 1509 in exemplary damages totaling 6500, the county’s largest verdict in years. Davis had married another woman after returning from war. trial crowds hear letters and engagements details.
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Martha Klitzke
Nm Hee
Melvin Davis
Reedsburg
Miwaukee
Davis
Klitzs
Carroll Colege
Waukesha
University
Klitzke
Camp Dix
France
Milwaukee
Miss Klitzke
Reedsburgh
James Gregory
Bertha Davis
August Klitzke
Wm. Cremer
Wm. Frosch
George Walk
W. F. Schroeder
A. Good
Dennis Cummings
Fred Powell
Floyd Danials
G. I. Richardson
Aa Jordan
Lee Seamans
Charles Th
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