Prices Then And Now For Main Farm And City Goods
Government figures show May price averages for one year apart across wheat corn oats potatoes hay and eggs with both U S and local figures. The report notes local items such as a water main extension project cost and street paving plans along with council actions and town officials.
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United States
Hooker Post
Memorial Day Fund
Eleventh Street
Fifth Street
Board of Health
W. H. Carlisch
H. H. Stanley
Oscar Altpeter
L. W. Sayles
High Money From Licenses This Year
More automobile licenses issued this year than all of last year. By late last week 117000 tags issued with revenues over 600000. Many applications still arrive for new and old cars as rush season ends. Projections near 150000 licenses for year end and next year fee rising to 10 dollars doubling motor vehicle revenue.
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State Department
Train robber confession in Wisconsin case
John Schaefer admitted taking part in a passenger train robbery near Sparta last week. He waived examination in La Crosse and is held for trial in circuit court on $5,000 bail. He requested an attorney as his heart condition is described as alarming.
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John Schaefer
Sparta
la Crosse
Schaefer
Richland County Youth Serves On Rockingham Gun Crew
James T. Gillingham of Gillingham Richland County served as a naval gun crewman on the steamer Rockingham. The ship was torpedoed off the coast of Ireland but the crew likely survived after taking to lifeboats. Gillingham joined the navy last fall and earned a position as a gunner and seaman in England awaiting orders from the U.S. government.
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James T. Gillingham
Harley Gillingham
Gillingham
Richland County
Rockingham
Ireland
Mr. Gillingham
Navy
England
United States
Four at Lodi join company of Reedsburg men
Lieut. H. T. Tudor was at Lodi when four young men joined the Reedsburg company. The recruits are Irwin E. Robinson Howard Kimball Ernest Schulgen and Lester Clark.
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H. T. Tudor
Lodi
Reedsburg Company
Irwin E. Robinson
Howard Kimball
Ernest Schulgen
Lester Clark
Druggists Denied Licenses to Sell Liquor
At the Thursday council meeting pharmacists were denied permits to sell liquor. Some druggists had urged denial and the request was granted. Joe
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Joe
Sauk County Christian Endeavor Rally Recalls County Banquet
The Sauk County Christian Endeavor rally began at the Congregational church with junior meetings and a model C E program by Boy Scouts. Rev Farrill urged daily Christ likeness as 92 young ladies from Baraboo Reedsburg Lyons and others attended a green and white banquet with music and toasts.
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Sauk County
Christian Endeavor
Congregational Church
Boy Scouts
Presbyterian Church
Catherine Seyler
Farrill
Baraboo
Reedsburg
Lyons
Prairie du Lac
Christ
X. May Pole
Thalia
Marcus Aurelius
Shakespeare
Heywood
Milton
Pope
Winnifred Sayles
Edna Johnson
Leora Gollmar
Margaret Brethauer
Senate passes Viue Measure to vote on liquor April 1918
In a 21 to 11 vote the Evsue bill to submit the liquor referendum to a vote in April 1918 passed the senate. Attempts to amend failed and the bill goes to the governor. Dries led the process while Schultz of Milwaukee switched to the referendum side on the final roll call. The vets did not object to a suspension of the rules.
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Senate
Schultz
Milwaukee
Final roll call lists 21 yes votes and 11 no votes
The body had previously voted to delay action. The final roll showed 21 members voting yes including Anderson Baxter Bennett Gray Clark Cunningham Everett Huber Kuchuk Perry Potts Pullen Roethe Schultz Skogmo Staudenmayer Stevens Whitman Wilcox Wilkinson Whitter Noel Albers Arnold Barwig Benfy Burke Hanson Jennings Mulberger Reinholtz Zumach. Eleven members voted no: Albers Arnold Barwig Benfy Burke Hanson Jennings Mulberger Reinholtz Zumach.
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Anderson
Baxter
Bennett
Gray
Clark
Cunningham
Everett
Huber
Kuchuk
Perry
Potts
Pullen
Roethe
Schultz
Skogmo
Staudenmayer
Stevens
Whitman
Wilcox
Wilkinson
Whitter
Noel—Albers
Arnold
Barwig
Benfy
Burke
Hanson
Jennings
Mulberger
Reinholtz
Zumach
Baraboo Red Cross send aid to European relief
Baraboo Red Cross society donated a substantial set of hospital supplies including bandages gauze napkins and bed socks to New York for European relief. A May 4 1917 letter from R W Bunten of the Red Cross Supply Service at Metropolitan Tower acknowledges receipt and promises forwarding arrangements.
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Red Cross Society
Brooklyn
New York
American Red Cross
Metropolitan Tower
Luise Gattiker
Seventh Avenue
Baraboo
Wis
Miss Gattiker
Bush Terminal
RED Cross Supply Service
R. W. Bunten
Great Opportunity for Military Training in Wisconsin
War Department invites Wisconsin men to join a three month military training camp at Ft Sheridan from May 8 to May 14 for officer commissions in the Officers' Reserve. Candidates aged 20 years nine months to 44 receive all expenses paid, with about ten thousand officers needed. Mature men valued. no pay burden on attendees.
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United States War Department
Wisconsin
United States
United States Army
Infantry
Cavalry
Field Artillery
Engineers
Coast Artillery Corps
Ft. Sheridan
Chicago
United States Reserve Officers’ Corps
Michigan
Illinois
BelendeSer
Sam
War Department
Men of
America
Elihu Root
Upton
Saratay
Tax Bill Sparks Protests in Washington Across Sectors
The Senate Finance Committee hears strong opposition from manufacturers distillers brewers tobacco and soft drink interests over the $1.8 billion war tax bill. Witnesses call the levy unjust and ruinous while government agents observe trading pits. May wheat hits $3.40 then falls to $3.18.
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House
Washington
Senate Finance Committee
Senate Committee
Trade Board Acts to Cure Wheat Price
The Chicago Board of Trade directors meet to discontinue May wheat trading. They ordered existing contracts settled by delivery or at a selling price to be fixed by a committee.
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Board of Trade
Federal District Attorney
Board of Directors
Joseph P. Griffin
Chicago Board of Trade
PARENT TEACHERS MEETING AT HIGH SCHOOL
At the high school Friday night a joint meeting of grade teachers heard Professor W. H. Cheever from the Milwaukee normal give advice to parents and teachers. He called the audience the most attentive in years. H. Grotophorst presided and A. C. Kingsford spoke on school work. Miss Elizabeth Jones urged half year promotions. Grace Olson sang, followed by a teachers reception for parents. Light refreshments, flag decor, and large parental turnout. Earlier, Cheever and Kingsford spoke in the morning.
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W. H. Cheever
Milwaukee Normal
H. Grotophorst
A. C. Kingsford
Elizabeth Jones
Grace Olson
Cheever
Mr. Kingsford
Red Cross Chapter Authorized and Forming
A Friday meeting of Red Cross supporters led to officer selection with Mayor G. T. Thaever as chairman and Miss Helen Riney as vice chair. Mrs. L. H. Palmer is secretary and M. H. Mould treasurer. Board and committees to be named. a certificate authorizing the organization has been received.
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Red Cross
G. T. Thaever
Helen Riney
L. H. Palmer
M. H. Mould
Whitewater City Clerk Vanishes After Last Seen in Madison
City Clerk Alester N. Savee of Whitewater is missing. He was last seen in Madison as investigators say his accounts appear in order and routine records remain intact.
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Alester N. Savee
Whitewater
Madison
Madison Moves to Hog Raising Plan
Madison considers closing the city incinerator and feeding refuse to hogs as a new waste strategy. City officials debate feasibility and cost while weighing environmental impact and potential odor concerns.
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Madison
Frontline updates show back-and-forth battles across multiple fronts
London admits loss of ground south of Souchez but cites German counterattacks as repelled. Paris notes German positions captured near Chevreaux while surprise German strikes northeast of Berry au Bac are repelled. Berlin and London report mixed progress with renewed French activity near Soissons Reims and continued bitter fighting in Macedonia. Serbians report capturing advanced German trenches near Dobropolje.
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London
Souchez
Flammenwerfer
Berlin
Arras
Paris
Chevreaux
Berry-au-Bac
Navarin Farm
Auberive
Ste. Marie Pass
Soissons
Reims
Macedonia
Dobropolje
Cerna
Vardar
British recruiting age extended to fifty for men
The London War Office announces the voluntary recruiting age will be extended to fifty for both single and married men, allowing more Britishers up to age fifty to join the army.
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Avenue LA Je
London War Office
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R'Chland County Youth
Sir
C. E. Rally
Viue Measur
Officers’ Reserve Corps
Trade Board
Chi
Cago
Ernment
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