County assesses real estate values to true value level
The Richland county assessor outlines a plan to raise valuations to true value, prompting boosts in towns and cities. He cites a 1912 table showing wide gaps between assessed and true values across districts and warns that detailing the extra $1.2 million for Baraboo will be difficult as the state tax commission urges full adjustment.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
State Tax Commission
Janesville
Baraboo
T. J. Bergan
Richland
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Heeeercva
Cees
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Eagle
Forest Awe
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Sk Marshall Os Orion Cic
Richwood Pere
Rockbridge
Elee Beer
Westford
Cazenovia
Orere
Lone Rock
Richland Center
Baraboo Christian Science Society Incorporated
The Christian Science Society of Baraboo Wisconsin has incorporated under Wisconsin law with articles filed and a growing membership. The society aims to worship per scriptures and Science and Health with Key to the Scriptures. Incorporators include L. H. Miner Florence Dunn Elizabeth Thaerer Mathilda Schwerdt and Grace A Williamson.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Christian Science Society of
Baraboo
Wisconsin
Mary Baker Eddy
First Church of Christ Scientist
Boston
Mass
L. H. Miner
Florence Dunn
Elizabeth Thaerer
Mathilda Schwerdt
Grace A. Williamson
Changes in Pulpits in Portage Area
The Rev. Mr. McKay of Mt Pleasant has accepted the call to the First Presbyterian church in Portage to replace Rev. J. I. Cleland who goes to California. The Rev. Mr. Bingham of New York has been invited to the Portage Baptist pulpit to succeed Rev. H. R. McMillan who moves to Wisconsin to join the state mission board. The Rev. Mr. Dietert of the German Evangelical church heads to Hartford to pastor there. The Rev. Mr. Dickvoss of Green Bay takes over the Portage church pastorate.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
McKay
Mt. Pleasant
First Presbyterian Church
Portage
J. I. Cleland
California
Bingham
New York
Dickvoss
Green Bay
Portage Church
Escapes Death From Gas Leak At Home
Mrs H M Fox aged 80 narrowly survived a gas leak in her dining room when her grandson Frank Atkinson Jr found the locked house at 8 am. After neighbor Mrs Underdown helped force entry they opened windows and called Dr Irwin. Fox was nursed and expected to fully recover.
Parade Brings Record Attendance for Barnum and Bailey
The Billboard hails this year’s Barnum & Bailey parade as the best yet with end to end costuming and a new compressed air calliope. A ladies' band led by Mrs. E Butler adds to the show while Brooklyn audiences filled the Big Top each afternoon and night during ideal weather.
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E. Butler
Brooklyn
Grand Rapids Wedding Unites Ida Schluter and Leon Vincent
Miss Ida Schluter of Loganville marries Leon Vincent of Madison at the Presbyterian parsonage in Grand Rapids Michigan. The ceremony was followed by a five course dinner at a leading hotel. The couple will reside in Grand Rapids where Vincent operates a mercantile and automobile business.
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Grand Rapids
Mich
Ida Schluter
Leon .Vincent
Madison
Wis
Montgomery
Concrete roads gaining popularity across the United States
An 1900s article notes a nationwide shift from macadam to concrete due to rising maintenance costs and increased automobile traffic. It cites New Jersey and Fairfield projects, compares costs per mile, and mentions Sauk county's quartzite resources as a future factor in road building.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
New Jersey
Fairfield
Baraboo-Kilbourn
Road construction justified on busy routes only
The passage argues that extensive construction is warranted on heavily traveled roads but not on less-used ones. It contrasts road types and implies that traffic volume guides maintenance decisions and justification.
Mission Club Meeting At Pearse Sansum Home
Over 50 members and friends gathered at Mrs. Pearse Sansum's home for the Mission club of the Congregational church. Mrs. F. EK. Lettergren was elected secretary, replacing Mrs. Carrie Nutting who resigned. Devotionals by Miss Helen Huntington followed by a paper titled A Plea for the American Highlands by Miss Laura Gill and a reading The Children of the Southern Mountains by Mrs. Sherm Luce. The papers were well given and a pleasant afternoon was enjoyed.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Pearse Sansum
Mission Club
Congregational Church
F. EK. Lettergren
Carrie Nutting
Helen Huntington
Laura Gill
Sherm Luce
Golmar Brothers Circus Benefits Socialists in Milwaukee
The Golmar Brothers circus and menagerie played Milwaukee's Municipal Auditorium for a fourteenth performance as a benefit for the Milwaukee Social Democrat party. The event drew large crowds, filling the 8,000 seat arena and marking the largest road tour stop in years.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Golmar
Milwaukee
Golimar Bros. Circus
Gollmar Brothers Ventures
Milwaukee Social Democrat Party
Gollmar
Wins Suit After Years of Litigation
Charles L. Appleby settled a 50 year civil war era damage suit against New York City for $7,500. He sought $7,300 plus interest, which could have reached $42,000, and twelve elderly witnesses testified to the mob wrecking his house.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
New York
Charles L. Appleby
Meetings Make Progress at A C Church
At a Friday service the pastor declared two woes on the congregation. He warned Christians who rest easy in Zion and urged efforts to win souls, citing social conditions, call to evangelize, and compassion as reasons. He then chastised the unconverted for voicing faith in indifferent us God and urged self‑salvation concerns.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
A. C
Zion
Capital City Citizens Urge Madison as State Fair Site
At a legislative hearing Madison residents presented reasons to move the state fair from Milwaukee. They cited central rural population, ample railroad facilities, capacity for large crowds, Madison as seat of government and capital, nearby state university, four-lake region beauty, free grounds for the fair, and the region’s finest mile race track.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Madison
Milwaukee
State University
Madison Citizens Offer Dane County Fair Grounds to State
The committee heard that Madison and Dane County residents would donate the Dane County Agricultural Association fair grounds to the state free of charge, comprising 130 acres with buildings and a track. After the hearing, members were driven to the grounds to view the site and its material aspects.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Madison
Dane County
Dane County Agricultural Association
Citizens’ Committee
Death at Reedsburg claims Mrs Harris after paralysis
Mrs. M. H. Harris died at her son Will Harris’s home north of Reedsburg on Thursday morning from paralysis. She leaves four daughters and two sons. The family had previously lived in Spring Green before moving to Reedsburg.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
M. H. Harris
Will
Reedsburg
New Baraboo Directory Project Announced
Professor A H Noyes, George Dickens, Baraboo and H H Barker of Sparta plan a new Baraboo city directory. Barker, son of former State Senator Barker, handles advertising. Senator Barker manufactures a widely sold preparation. They aim to have copies for subscribers within weeks. It has been a long time since Baraboo last issued a directory.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
A. H. Noyes
George Dickens
Baraboo
H. H. Barker
Sparta
Barahboo
Barker
Marriage of Joe Brieske and Lula McCann Announces
An engagement and wedding notice from Eau Claire Wisconsin confirms the marriage of Joe Brieske and Lula McCann on May 1. Brieske an engineer with C and N W railway, plans their home in Baraboo Wisconsin.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Joe Brieske
Lula McCann
Eau Claire
Wis
Brieske
Baraboo
What is a Christian We Examine Tonight
A church program notes special music with Eugene Henke on violin Chas Lusby clarinet and the pastor on cornet. The guiding topic for tonight asks what constitutes a Christian and invites thoughtful reflection.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Eugene Henke
Chas. Lusby
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