Wisconsin Farmers Gather to Endorse New Political Ticket
About 500 farmers in Madison formed a new Wisconsin organization to push a ticket led by Roy A. Wilcox for governor and E F Dithmar for lieutenant governor. The assembly favored Merlin Hull for secretary of state and Philipp Lehner for attorney general, with Tittemore named by the earlier meeting, while Socialists opposed the conference nominees.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Madison
Wisconsin
T. H. Tittemore
Omro
Harley L Nickerson
Milwaukee
Merlin H3ll
Black River Falls
J. Fred Larson
Ellsworth
J. G. Blain
Boscobel
Roy A. Wilcox
Eau Claire
E. F. Dithmar
Baraboo
Merlin Hull
Alvin Peterson
Soldiers Grove
Philipp Lehner
Princeton
Mr. Tittemore
Oshkosh
Society of Equity
Senator la Follette
D. O. Mahoney
Viroqua
National Society of Equity
Tittemore
Farce at Sumpter church draws big crowd
Thursday evening eight youths staged a three act play titled Tompkins Hired Man at the Sumpter church. A tale of wealth loss, foster care, and a hidden reunion ended in family harmony. Proceeds totaling about forty eight dollars were donated to the Sumpter Red Cross chapter.
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Tompkins
Home
Sweet Home
Sumpter Chapter
The
Red Cross
America
Total solar eclipse sighting expected June 8 in Baraboo region
Baraboo and vicinity will witness a total solar eclipse on the afternoon of June 8. An astronomical authority schedules Portage for about 1 30 with the best view around 3 p m. The event description notes a fragment about Hindenburg's star resembling the last moments of a toy balloon.
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Baraboo
Astronomical Authority
Portage
Hindenburg
Sauk County Young Men in the Army Letters Wanted
The Sauk County paper invites brief extracts from letters and items of news from local men serving in the army. Readers are asked to write short messages and send them to the newspaper office for printing.
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Sauk County
Soldier Letters Featured for Public Letters
Readers copy brief extracts from soldiers letters to publish in The News. Note sender, location, and recipient. Include the most interesting lines to let friends at home and in camps hear from them.
True Spirit John Zimmerman at Camp Custer records war doubt and hope
John Zimmerman of Reedsburg writes from Camp Custer about practicing ball, possible transfer to Wisconsin's Own 340th, and rumors of France or another camp. He expresses longing for peace, duty, and returning to loved ones, noting a company quartet and his bass singing.
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John Zimmerman
Reedsburg
Camp Custer
Harry
340Th
Wisconsin
France
Big Skeeters Over There
Albert Hunter of Reedsburg writes from France on March 13 describing roadside scenes with people on foot ox carts horses and buggies. He mentions a coon band playing music and notes the noon hour difference and smooth stone buildings with red roofs while he works as a carpenter among engineers.
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Albert Hunter
Reedsburg
France
Henderson
Machine Gun Practice Near Camp Colt Details
A letter from Louis P. Gerou describes take training at Camp Colt Gettysburg Pa with Lewis machine guns and tanks. He notes measles in the company and mentions rifle range practice, construction of guns, steam tanks in France, and a captain praising Company C's readiness while awaiting deployment.
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Louis P. Gerou
Camp Colt
Gettysburg
France
Company C
Liberty Loan Edition Praises Loganville Group Bond Drive
A reader commends the newspaper's Liberty Loan edition and notes a local campaign launched in Loganville with all participants taking out a bond.
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Loganville
Local Graduations and Promotions Noted From Camp McClellan
Receives Commission Herman C. Miller of Reedsburg has been graduated with the rank of second lieutenant from the twenty ninth division at Camp McClellan Alabama. The second lieutenancy for Robert M. Rieser of Baraboo has been confirmed at Washington.
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Herman C. Miller
Reedsburg
Camp McClellan
Ala
Robert M. Rieser
Baraboo
Washington
Soldier from Adams writes of long voyage and camp life
Raymond Briscoe son of Mr and Mrs A P Briscoe Adams writes from France about health fatigue and a heavy pack from the United States. He describes rest camps in England and France speed and hunger, boxcar travel, a long hike to a French camp, and plans to move bases in about two months. He mentions Wayland Kier and others from the Tuscania and jokes about John O'Brien and clay pipe factories after landing in Ireland.
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Raymond Briscoe
Supply Co
Hook
France
A. P. Briscoe
Adams
Charles Pugh
Baraboo
United States
England
Wayland Kier
Tuscania
John O’brien
Ireland
Butcher Shop Notes From France Soldier Bates Writes Home
Rolly Bates reports from France after 45 days in trenches. He describes gas and shelling, German trenches seen as a butcher shop, and ongoing fighting as English forces press the Germans. He hopes for cross channel passage for Charlie and favorable weather continues.
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Rolly Bates
France
E. Bates
Baraboo
Charlie
O. K
Work, Rain or Shine April 5 1918 in France
A soldier writes from France dated April 5 1918 noting daily work rain or shine, restrictions on sharing details, and occasional home news from a Baraboo paper. He mentions not yet seeing George, fears about Tuscania sinking, and promises to send a souvenir.
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France
Tuscania
George
I am your son Louis Schultz writes from war letters
A war era note from Louis Corp. Schultz of Co. F 107 U S Engrs A E F via New York asks Clyde why he does not write and promises to write more, recounting hello and goodbye as an old story. The letter mentions an embroidered gift with national colors treasured by Mrs Schultz on Cheek's Hill.
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Clyde
Will Close
Son
Experiences at Sea by Oliver H. Winchester
Oliver H. Winchester of Reedsburg recounts a perilous eight day drift with a rudderless convoy ship off the Irish coast. The crew laid a 4 inch cable across while tug and destroyer assisted, enduring gale, loss of wireless and mast parts, and drifting about 120 miles through ice fields toward Halifax.
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Oliver H. Winchester
Reedsburg
Halifax
Giving the French a Lesson Letter from France
A letter from France describes a town sealed to soldiers with military police guarding all routes. The writer suggests temporary closure could teach both French shopkeepers and soldiers fair dealing and improve American soldiers trade, while implying soldiers would learn their privileges.
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W. E. Wolters
Reedsburg
France
Letters From World War I Soldier Share Daily Farm Life
Mrs E T Ross receives a letter from Corporal Earl Veerhusen of 107th supply train 32d division A E F. The note describes cottage cheese and homemade bread eaten in a farmer's upstairs room, nearby mess kitchen, finds of canned pears and beans, a French boy delivering chocolate, and villagers helping with farm chores as battle fronts push forward.
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E. T. Ross
Earl Veerhusen
Herfort
Ringling Show Bonds Sell Well in Chicago
Liberty bonds move briskly at the Ringling circus in Chicago with workers selling thousands of dollars to spectators. Miss Nina Curtiss and Miss Kathryn Arney led sales in the dressing rooms while performers opened their wallets. Saturday and Sunday drew record crowds in the Coliseum, the managers said. John O. Markesan of Madison pleaded guilty in Columbia County circuit court to a Portage hotel arrest and received a one year term at Waupun state prison. Mrs. Florence Beach remains jailed with pending preliminaries next week, amid a long-running, troubled affair beginning in Grey Eagle in 1916.
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Ringling Circus
Chicago
Liberty Loan
Nina Curtiss
Kathryn Arney
Ringling
Arney
Clown Alley
Coliseum
Ringlings
John O. Markeson
Madison
Portage
Florence Beach
Chester A. Fowler
Columbia County
Waupun
Beach
Markesan
Baraboo
New Trunk Line Map Issued By State Highway Commission
The Wisconsin state highway commission issued a new trunk line map, with routes numbered and posted at the courthouse. Routes include No. 12 Geona Junction to St. Paul road and No. 65 Portage to Baraboo, among others. The map also notes mile, county line, and patrol posts. A note warns of a past bid-tide scheme by a map firm and confirms a revised, sale-ready map with valuable information.
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State Highway Commission
Wisconsin
Highway Commissioner
Barabog
Geona Junction
Madison
Sauk City
Baraboo
Kilbourn
Mauston
New Lisbon
St. Paul
Portage
Ableman
Reedsburg
Camp Douglas
Spring Green
Richland Center
la Valle
Cazenovia
Binding twine may be scarce this year
S A McCoy of North Freedom visited Baraboo with a note on binding twine supply. Prices set to 26 28 and 30 cents per pound with retailer margin about 2 percent. Harvests start in the south and move north, stock dwindling by Wisconsin. Farmers urged to order early due to limited supply and slow freight. A stitch in time may be an excellent thing at this time.
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S. A. McCoy
North Freedom
Baraboo
Wisconsin
McCoy
Five Hundred Badger Boys Called for Michigan Studies
Five hundred Badger young men of draft age will be called on May 16 to take mechanical studies at the agricultural school in Michigan. A grammar school education suffices and volunteers will be accepted. County Clerk F A Cooper has received instructions.
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Agricultural School
Michigan
F. A. Cooper
New Signs On All Trunk Lines Statewide Markers Planned
The plan calls for marking every mile of 5000 miles of trunk lines by July 1 with triangle signs four feet above ground at one mile intervals and at crossroads county lines and schoolhouses. Signs will show State Trunk Highway number Wis county names patrol district numbers and patrolmen names for accountability.
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Wis
Power Company Loses In Suit At Madison
Wisconsin River Power Company ordered to pay damages for lands in Columbia county damaged by the Prairie du Lac dam. The case, Nos 51 and 52, involved condemnation of lands and a claim of set back water making marsh land too wet to work. Heirs of William L. Wells sought appraisers of damages. the company contested payment for land not actually flooded. The supreme court affirmed the condemnation ruling.
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Madison
Supreme Court
Columbia County
Horace Wells
Coumbia County
Wisconsin River Power Company
William L. Wells
Circuit Court of
Prairie du Lac
Power Company
Woman buried five husbands after six marriages in fame of Madison
Janet Haskins once of Madison Wisconsin died near Los Angeles after six marriages five husbands are buried. Her spouses included Jackson David Melvin David Elmon Dorsey Daniel Wesley Austin and Every Haskins with the surviving husband described as very wealthy. She wed first in 1861 at Freeport and listed as Methodist minister’s wife during later years.
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Janet Haskins
Madison
Wis
Los Angeles
Freeport
Jackson David
Melvin David
Elmon Dorsey
Rockford
Daniel Wesley
Austin
Mason City
Iowa
Every Haskins
Milwaukee
Haskins
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Redross
Louis
Markeson
Badger
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