Bandit Robs Passengers on Train Near Sparta
Description of a robber aboard Chicago, St. Paul, Minneapolis and Omaha rail line No. 412 near Sparta forced crew to compliance and searched sleeping passengers. Brakeman John Hackett, kicked from a moving rear car, crawled to a Medary signal tower despite injuries. Conductor W F Frenz alerted police as a posse searched for the suspect.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Sparta
Chicago, St. Paul, Minneapolis & Omaha
John Hackett
Medary
Hackett
W. F. Frenz
Baraboo
Frenz
Henry
Milwaukee
Diamond Hill Community Club Hosts Notable Rural Meeting
At Diamond Hill near North Freedom the Diamond Hill Community Club heard leader Lily Andrews of Baraboo lead community singing while W S Pease and J T Bates spoke on the value of local groups. President G E Veeck illustrated farm accounting as A S Kingsford urged patriotism and progress in Sauk County. Mrs George W Davies, Miss Andrews, Mrs Alice Veeck and others attended.
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Diamond Hill
Baraboo
G. E. Veeck
A. S. Kingsford
Sauk County
Steiner
America
George W. Davies
Lily Andrews
Alice Veeck
Davies
D. J. Davies
Spring Green
Vzlcre Larson
North Freedom
Transmission line survey completed to Cahoon mine Baraboo
The Prairie du Sac to Baraboo transmission line survey is finished. Wires will be stretched immediately with wooden poles, routing from Cahoon mine south of town to the Baraboo power house, aided by a right-of-way man with the survey team.
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Prairie du Sac
Baraboo
Cahoon
Indian Sentenced to Five Years for Shooting near Mather
Fred Little George an Indian man was convicted in Mans ton circuit court and sentenced to five years at Waupun for assault with intent to murder in a November 10, 1916 shooting case at W A Fowler’s home near Mather. Miss Ida Attridge of Baraboo barely escaped a bullet.
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Fred Little George
Waupun
Manston
W. A. Fowler
Mather
Fowler
Little George
Juneau County
Miss Attridge
Arthur Attridge
Fairfield
Baby Week in Baraboo Highlights Infant Care Education
Baraboo's Twentieth Century club staged Baby Week at the library with talks on infant hygiene and maternal care. Health Officer L W Sayles presented birth and death charts, praising hygienic and eugenic education to improve future babies while noting local waterways and milk quality. Edison and Victrola numbers accompanied the program, with outfits prepared by club members.
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Baraboo
Twentieth Century Club
Irwin
Sayles
Dr. Sayles
Edison
Victrola
Melzl & McGann and Shults
Rosé Platt
R. Grosinske
Prized Domestic Science Exhibition Supports Mothers Club
The meeting showcased practical patterns and a new washable waterproof material from the university extension department. Free literature for mothers drew visitors as Mrs. George Ziegler led a capable committee. Kingsford donors donated chairs for the club room, completing furnishings formerly pending since the Twenty First Century club era.
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University Extension Department
George Ziegler
A. S. Kingsford
Twentieth Century Club
Two Supreme Court Appeals In Baraboo and Spring Green
Judge O Neill settled the city of Baraboo’s bridge automobile driving case bill of exceptions. City Attorney Cady will perfect the appeal this week. Attorney T W King of Spring Green filed Mrs Rose Hill’s supreme court appeal from the Post suit arising from Spring Green hotel property services. The jury awarded Hill, but O Neill set it aside and Post was awarded costs, triggering Hill’s appeal.
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O'Neill
Baraboo
Bridge
Supreme Court
W. H. Cady
T. W. King
Spring Green
Rose Hill
G. F.post
Opening Day at New Farmers and Merchants Bank
The Farmers and Merchants Bank opened in Baraboo in a stone building at Fourth and Oak with N H Gerber guiding tours. New quarters feature beamed ceilings and quartersawed oak, plus twentieth century enhancements and direct lighting. President George C Astle and Victor R Schaefer the clerk assisted. B E Trimpey organized the bank’s launch and brought the Gerbers to Baraboo.
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Farmers’ and Merchants’ Bank
N. H. Gerber
Bank
Fourth and
Oak Streets
Ruggles Law Office
Victor R. Schaefer
Gerber
George C. Astle
B. E. Trimpey
Wonewoc Newspaper Changes Ownership
O. D. Whitehill sold the Wonewoc Reporters to Leslie P. Shear of Hillsboro. Whitehill has no announced plans for the future.
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Wonewoc Newspaper
O. D. Whitehill
Wonewoc
Leslie P. Shear
Hillsboro
Mr. Whitehill
Suit Alleges Alienation of Wife in Baraboo Case
A. H. Clark filed papers Thursday in Baraboo alleging Edward Koerth now of Adams caused Mrs Ethel J. Schroeder to leave her husband, prompting a $10,000 damages suit. Schroeder, of Baraboo, seeks divorce action begun last February, trial set for fall. The case involves a Baraboo family with a five year old daughter. Koerth has children by prior marriages.
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A. H. Clark
August H. Schroeder
Baraboo
Ankesha
Edward Koerth
Adams
Koerth
Schroeder
Ethel J. Schroeder
Arrest Suspect Held in Northwestern Train Robbery Case
John Seiffer, a stranger, is jailed in La Crosse on suspicion of holding up a Northwestern passenger train at Sparta Wednesday morning at gunpoint. Sheriff Webber arrested him after he changed small coins into bills and he matches the bandit description. Conductor W. F. Frenz of Baraboo will try to identify Seiffer. Missing watches were not found.
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John Seiffer
Otk
la Crosse
Northwestern
Sparta
Seiffer
Webber
W. F. Frenz
Baraboo
Baraboo Accepts Warner Bequest For Roadway
Baraboo will receive a $40,000 gift from the late W. W. Warner for a concrete highway from the Baraboo high bridge to Devils Lake, about two and a half miles. Madison declined a $75,000 park gift and the $40,000 option to Baraboo now stands, with local officials seeking legal guidance to obtain the funds.
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Baraboo
W. W. Warner
Madison
Devils Lake
George Carpenter
Sauk County
Wilber Cahoon
Charles Getzman
E. C. Kunzelman
Shade Bakery Closes on Oak Street After Six Years
H G Shade has closed his Oak Street bakery citing rising product prices and ongoing losses. Mr and Mrs Shade and their daughter operated the shop for six years and say they are grateful for patronage. Shade will pursue other work.
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H.G. Shade
Oak Street
An Incident of the Civil War Evrett Washington
A Civil War scene unfolds in Evrett Washington with local residents recounting a skirmish and its effects on the town. Witnesses describe soldiers, improvised defenses, and the day’s disruption to daily life amid surrounding campaigns.
Baraboo Comrade Recalls 1863 Yorktown Arrest Story
Robert T. Warner of Everett, Washington, recalls with comrade George J. Paddock a Civil War incident at Yorktown where they arrested Gen Isaac J. Wistar and a staff officer after a water crossing. He cites the Wistar will bequeathing brain and right arm to science and notes Wistar’s 1862 Balls Bluff wound.
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Palmer
Pietzsch
Fry
Baraboo
19Th
Wisconsin
Yorktown
Cornwallis
Washington
Count de Rochambeau
Magruder
McClellan
Iasac J. Wistar
George J.paddock
Brooks
9Th
Vermont Regiment
Wistar
Philadelphia
Isaac J. Wistar
University of Pennsylvania
Paddock
Balls Bluff
Potomac River
Washington, D. C
California
Edward D. Baker
Lincoln
Oregon Territory
Political Equality League Meeting Delayed Discussion
The Political Equality League met Wednesday afternoon with poor attendance as attorney F R Bentley was absent. Suffrage topics dominated the discussion including Montana's Jeannette Rankin presenting her first speech in Congress in favor of a federal voting rights amendment. The debate highlighted the difficulty of amending multiple state constitutions versus federal action.
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Political Equality League
F. R. Bentley
Jeannette Rankin
Montana
Winners in Lodi Contest Highlight Local Oratorical Victories
In Lodi on Friday night the oratorical and declamatory contest among Reedsburg North Freedom and Waunakee produced winners. Lloyd Hackett of Reedsburg spoke on Americansim and Harry McGuire of Waunakee on The Hope of Peace. First in declamatory style was Ann Faber of Reedsburg with The Man With One Talent. second was Aileen O Keefe of Waunakee with The Lion and the Mouse.
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Lodi
Reedsburg
North Freedom
Waunakee
Lloyd Hackett
Harry McGuire
Ann Faber
Aileen O’keefe
Lion and the Mouse
Whitewater
E. C. Meland
Elizabeth Patterson
Alice Hansen
de Forest
John Holzman
Eugene Hageman
Hazel Dickie
Priscilla Bartholomew
Will Sail for Front in France Nurse Orders Sailed
Miss Ella Pawlisch R N writes her parents in North Freedom that she has orders to sail the first of the week for France. She is a Chicago trained nurse who has served in the city and joined eight other Red Cross nurses from her flat bound for the front.
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Ella Pawlisch
R. N
Mrs. C. Pawlisch
North Freedom
France
Miss Pawlisch
Chicago
Red Cross Movement
Fire on Fred Halbersieben Farm Near Reedsburg
A small fire spread across a straw stack and barn at the Fred Halbersieben farm southeast of Reedsburg on Thursday. Neighbors helped extinguish the flames before major damage occurred. cause of the fire was not determined.
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Second City
Fred Halbersieben
Reedsburg
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Iamond Hill
Baraboo Bridge
Spring Green Hotel
Higher Court
NEW Bank
Affec
Baraboo Town
Warner
G. H. Carpenter
Zimmerman
Evrett, Washington
Robert T. Warner
Everett
Political Equality League Meeting
The
Red Cross
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