Fines Imposed on Three Strikers for Disorderly Conduct
In Madison superior court Albert Couch Raymond Thiede and Jesse Slusser were found guilty of disorderly conduct for calling workmen names at the Gisholt plant during a strike. Each man was fined five dollars as Judge Hoppmann warned strikers to abstain from insults and avoid violence while asserting congregated picketers have no extra rights to obstruct streets or sidewalks.
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Madison
Superior Court
Albert Couch
Raymond Thiede
Jesse Slusser
Gisholt
Scab
Hoppmann
Depot Robbery Suspect Caught After Dodgeville Break‑In
A man giving the name George Matts was arrested at Mt Horeb after allegedly breaking into the C N W depot in Dodgeville Friday night and stealing a typewriter. He was seen boarding a train with the machine, triggering a line‑wide lookout. Authorities believe the Mt Horeb arrest ties to multiple nearby railroad office burglaries. Matts, formerly a local brakeman, had recently been out of work.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
George Matts
Mt. Horeb
Dodgeville
Matis
Sheriff dies after shooting by county board madman
Sheriff Matt Sollivan of Green County died at Evangelical hospital in Monroe after being shot by Fred Voegels during an attempt to arrest him for the murder of his employer Richard Marty. Spencer Morton also injured by Voegeli was operated on and has a chance to recover. Voegeli is jailed in Janesville to deter mob justice.
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Matt Sollivan
Green County
Fred Voegels
Richard Marty
Evangelical Hospital
Monroe
Spencer Morton
Voegeli
Janesville
Sauk County Votes Large Highway Funds and Road Plans
Sauk County Board of Supervisors approves substantial highway funding at a special session. A total of 61 000 will support the La Valle Wonewoc road project with 40 000 county addition and 10 000 for the Devils Lake road after adjusting duties to satisfy Warner estate terms. The board also approves cycling path funds, court house walk widening, and summer office hours, with chairmen elected and no committees named until November.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
la Valle-Wonewoc
la Valle- Wonewoc
Edward Donahue
Dellona
Devils Lake
W. W. Warner
Madison
Baraboo
Warner
Warner Heirs
Cahoon
Horkan
McCarthy
Excelsior
Honey Creek
Prairie du Sac
Freedom
Reedsburg
Baraboo-Ableman-Reedyburg
Thomas
Steuber
Courthouse Square
Kilbourn
George W
Tooth Anniversary of the Odd Fellows Observed
Baraboo Lodge No. 51 and Rebekah Lodge No. 70 attended a joint service at the Presbyterian church to mark the 100th anniversary of the Odd Fellows. Rev. E C Henke praised the order’s service, charity, and Christian devotion linking reverence to helpful work. Music was provided by Miss Reinling, W J Tanghe, and Mrs Reisz.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Baraboo Lodge No
Order of Odd Fellows
Presbyterian Church
Rebekah Lodge No
E. C. Henke
Jesus Christ
Galilee
Miss Reinling
W. J. Tanghe
Mrs. Reisz
Portage Conductor William Russell Dies in Michigan
Telegram from Dr. Claude Russell reports the death of Conductor William Russell at his son's Lansing home. Interment held today at Silver Lake Cemetery in Portage. Russell was a long time Milwaukee Road employee dating to wood burning locomotives and the early C. M. & St. P. main line construction into Portage.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
George ‘Urison & Sons Company
Claude Russell
Portage
William Russell
Doctor Escapes Death in Gasoline Explosion at Mazomanie Farm
Dr F L Griswold of Mazomanie narrowly escaped death with painful burns to hands and face when a lantern ignited leaking gasoline in a shed attached to a barn on the Has eltine farm near Mazomanie. The blaze destroyed the barn and other outbuildings.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
DR. Griswold
Mazomanie
Lantern
F. L. Griswold
Haseltine
Lincoln
Miss Blanche Delaplaine Dies in Denver at Seventy
Miss Blanche Livingston Delaplaine, daughter of early Madison resident George P. Delaplaine, died in Denver on Saturday from heart failure at about age 70. She was visiting her sister Mrs. Fannie Galloway and had notable involvement in Colorado social reform.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Blanche Livingston Delaplaine
Madison
Denver
Mary Burdick
West Wilson Street
Miss Delaplaine
George P. Delaplaine
Madi
Fannie Galloway
Galloways
Eaul Claire
Anna Delaplaine Woodward
Eau Claire
Seattle
Florence Delaplaine Tyner
Delaplaine
Colorado
Victory Loan Passes Two Billion Mark In Campaign
The victory loan surpassed two billion in subscriptions toward a four and a half billion goal. Official figures show 2 060 742 000 dollars, 45.79 percent of the quota, with the Chicago district at 370 million and the New York district contributing 146 million in the last day. Navy Day is planned for tomorrow under the slogan watch the navy with optimism high but officials warn subscriptions remain slow. The St Louis district leads in percentage, while Minneapolis is pushing its sales force harder.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Chicago
New York
Treasury
Portage Man Dies In Chair In Sudden Heart Trouble
John Bathgate a longtime Portage resident and former printer died suddenly of heart trouble while seated in his chair at his Pleasant and Hamilton street home Sunday noon. He lived with his mother and had worked in Portage Democrat printing, led Columbia County Reported at Rio, and later served as a Portage post office clerk. He was not married.
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John Bathgate
Portage
Bathgate
Corner Pleasant
Hamilton Streets
Portage Democrat
Columbia County Reported
Rio
Badger Blade
Portage Post Office
Farmers Protest Daylight Saving Law At Stanley Meeting
A county Society of Equity resolution published in Green Bay objects to the daylight saving law. Farmers argue the change hampers work since dew is lost earlier, employees cannot be hired for desired hours, and crops must be marketed earlier. Copies were sent to President Wilson, Senators La Follette and Lenroot, and Rep. J. A. Frear.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Society of Equity
Stanley
Green Bay
Wilson
la Follette
Lenroot
J. A. Frear
War Department Sells Camps for 548000 Dollars
The War Department announced the sale of eight national guard camps and four miscellaneous camps for a total of 548000 dollars. The bidder assumed all damage claims against the government.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
United States
National Guard
War Department
Local Election Ward Assignments and Officials Named
The document lists village and city ward allocations with corresponding officials and administrators. Notable entries include Baraboo with ward leaders George W Andrews Herman Kasiska and H H Potter in third ward, Reedsburg with Henry Sorg and H B Quimby in its wards.
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Baraboo
George W. Andrews
Herman Kasiska
H. H. Potter
Reedsburg
Henry Sorg
H. B. Quimby
Frank Nott Hurt In Farm Accident Near Portage
Frank Nott of near Portage lies in St Savior hospital after a stump puller cable broke and struck him in the face, causing a compound lower jaw fracture and skull fracture. He was knocked unconscious, his crew thought him dead, as rescue brought him away. The story recalls a past injury to Earl Squires in Greenfield near Baraboo. Sauk county rural school children, sixty strong, visited Madison on an educational trip, touring the capitol, university grounds, state museum and Henry Vilas park zoo.
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Frank Nott
Portage
St. Savior Hospital
Nott
Greenfield
Baraboo
Earl Squires
William Brown
Capitol
University
State Historical Museum
Henry Vilas Park
Historical Museum
Jack
Alf. T. Ringling
Valera Larson
Tillie Schlumberger
Theresa Itzgerald
Jane Croal
Mildred Carr
Reedsburg
Bernice Boyd
D. McWilliams
Louise Bible
Carrie Bible
Harvey McWilliams
la Valle
Ray Perry
Wylder Retzlaff
Lorens Hennings
Emery Davis
Phoebe Smith
Adelia Zantow
Berthat Baer
Velma Hansch
Alba Brown
Ralph Watkins
Harold Graves
Roy Sansum
Deane Irish
Leo Pickar
Ernest Holtzmann
North Freedom
Alice Tester
Joan Grass
Herman Grass
Oscar Grass
Celia Grass
Loretta Giese
Harold Giese
Reta Accola
Allen Wilhelm
Verna von Wald
Clarence Hartman
Doris Cooper
Muriel Cooper
Prairie du Lac
Mildred Meyers
Ruth Meyer
Aleata Moulton
Ella Grass
Ruth Pigg
Hazel Goedecke
Marie Stoner
Stella Astle
Grace Smith
R. Ulrich
Ed Fredrick
P. Holzmann
Hilda Harman
Florence Fredrick
Harold Walsh
Maurice Fredrick
Obert Ulrich
Willie Mielke
Ernest Holzmann
Gladys du Bois
Maple Hill
Wisconsin Silica Rock Quarrying Expands in 1918
The United States Geological Survey reports a rapid rise in silica rock production for brickmaking and furnace linings in Wisconsin during 1918. Six plants operated, with output up 24 percent and value up 82 percent to 303,760 dollars, centered in Grand Rapids Wood County Ableman Devils Lake and North Freedom.
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Wisconsin
United States Geological Survey
Grand Rapids
Wood County
Ableman
Devils Lake
North Freedom
Sauk County
Lightning Strikes Madison Park Hotel
A bolt hit the Park hotel in Madison at 7 30 last night blowing a basement circuit breaker and starting a small blaze near the motor. Fire Chief Heyl could not locate entry point but suspects the bolt traveled via the steel elevator shaft to the basement motor, blowing fuses and igniting oil. Fire department arrived to find smoke with minimal damage beyond blown fuses.
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Park
Madison
Heyl
Plan Madison Chautauqua for Badger Honey Men
Wisconsin beekeepers plan a chautauqua August 25 to 30 along Madison lakeshore. Secretary H F Wilson announces lectures by notable beekeeping figures BE F Phillips from the U S department of agriculture and G S Demuth, his assistant.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Wisconsin
Madison
H. F. Wilson
Wisconsin Beekeepers’ Association
Wisconsin to build memorial at Devil's Lake entrance
Governor supports plan to place a Great War memorial at the north entrance of Devil's Lake State Park in Baraboo. Architect A C Clas and landscape gardener O W Spidel visited to assess the site with Warner road linkage noted. Warner heirs push will provisions as written to avoid potential suit.
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Devils Lake Park
Wisconsin
Devil's Lake State Park
A. C. Clas
O. W. Spidel
W. W. Warner
Fancher Farm Helen Sets Dairy Record for Kelley
Holstein Friesen World reports Williston Vermont cow Fancher Farm Helen owned by attorney John M. Kelley achieved 25.25 pounds of butter and over 500 pounds of milk in seven days as a junior three year old. The cow, daughter of King Auggie Legis, is part of Kelley’s Williston herd, with ties to Baraboo and Ringling Bros. prominence.
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Fancher Farm
Helen
John M. Kelley
Williston
Mr. Kelley
Baraboo
Stock Magazine
Ringling Bros
Barnum & Bailey
Forepaugh
Sells Bros
Ing
Kelley
King Auggie Legis
Worcester
Segis Pontiac Alcarta
King Joh
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Sauk County Board of Supervisors
Town Baraboo
Wilber Cahoon
Bear Creek
John Mears
Deltona
Edward Donahoe
Delton
S. S. Squires
C. A. Bartenbach
Fairfield
E. R. Thomas
Franklin
William Scallon
R. B. Dickie
Frank Cook
Chas
A. Steuber
Trenton
Milton Hemingway
Thomas Pearson
Merrimack
John Herr
John Schneider
Henry Dargel
Spring Green
Frank McKune
Sumpter
Urban D. Mather
Troy
Charles Enge
Washington
William McCarthy
Westfield
Carl Koenig
Winfield
Peter J. Horkan
the Oddfellow
Hes
Michigan
Henry Beckman
Amanda Ninnemann
Herman Kohlmeyer
Hulda Meyer
Woodland
Bert Mortimer
W. C. Holtz
Ironton
F. E. Hawkins
F. S. Barnett
Lime Ridge
J. R. Weitzel
Loganville
Henry Steckelberg
George Loos
H. M. Eschenbach
Plain—Jos
M. Nachreiner
J. P. Doll
Madison Hotel
Madison Chautauqua
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