23 May 1912
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Newspaper
Baraboo Weekly News
Location
Baraboo, Wisconsin, United States of America
Date
May 23, 1912
Page
1
Fire destroyed the Sansum home after Mrs. Sansum poured kerosene into a stove causing a blaze fanned by a southwest wind. A boy and girl were rescued with a few furnishings. organ, beds, clothing, stoves and carpets all burned. Relics and coins suffered. insurance was only 500 dollars. Three unpaired shoes were saved.
The Wisconsin Knights of Columbus closed their eleventh annual council at Green Bay with a social and smoker. They allocated 1000 to St Paul Catholic chapel Madison and 500 to support a chaplain at Waukesha boys’ industrial school. Delegates named include John F Martin Green Bay John F Doherty La Crosse and Thomas Cleary Plattville. KF D Kelley Manitowoc elected deputy supreme knight with others chosen as officers and delegates for the national convention.
The Reformed church ladies aid society hosted a social at Woodman hall Sauk City on Tuesday. A large crowd from the twin cities and nearby areas attended. The evening featured a fine musical program performed by the church choir.
William Reely, an octogenarian and longtime Spring Green resident, died at his home after months of illness. Born August 10, 1828 in Kent England, he emigrated to the United States at eighteen and settled in Spring Green in 1849, leaving a legacy of integrity and kindness.
Baraboo reports unusually strong demand for hay as farmers bale and ship surplus to cities. Drought south of Wisconsin shrank crops while meadows yielded, pushing prices to about 18 and 20 dollars as buyers seek hay from Baraboo and nearby counties.
Mrs. David J. Marshall of Merrimack died Friday night at the general hospital in Madison following an operation. She was about 84, survived by her husband, parents, Mr and Mrs John Steele of Caledonia, and a sister Mrs William Marshall. She had narrowly escaped death years earlier when struck by a passenger train at the depot platform.
Frank Hill an longtime Kilbourn resident died this morning at 4 o clock at age 73 after suffering a stroke. He leaves a son and a brother in Iowa while his wife and daughter are deceased. He had lived in Kilbourn most of his life and traveled after his wife’s death.
Postmaster Frank Beau of Calvary Wisconsin is among the latest victims of the Spanish prisoner mail scam. The con artist in Madrid writes to government officials and others asking for funds to secure release, a ruse aimed at pocketing money from gullible recipients.
Vance Hall of Troy Ohio was fatally hurt and William Smith of Athens Ohio seriously injured when a two horse rig driven by Ringling Circus workers overturned and plunged down a hillside at Fairmount West Virginia.
Dealers report falling prices as barley and marsh growth items move off the Baraboo market. R L Glazier sold some on the track for 22 dollars while overall values trend downward toward 12 dollars.
Postmaster General plans to establish city delivery in all towns with rural routes. Rural carriers would handle city deliveries before and after completing country routes. Trial implementation expected at several Illinois points starting July 1.
The Matthews Boat Company of Port Clinton Ohio is building a 50 foot seaworthy motor boat for Mr and Mrs Charles E Ringling of Baraboo Wisconsin. The boat is for use in Sarasota Bay Florida and short trips on the Gulf and will launch in August. It features ample outside space and a cabin seating eight. The Ringlings recently completed a ten room house on Sarasota Bay with modern conveniences and three bathrooms. The Florida home is near the New York Ringlings’ Florida property.
Percy H. Wood, with wife in Los Angeles, reports securing a fine position with the Salt Lake railroad and living at Ocean Park twenty miles from Los Angeles. He notes twenty Shriners floats in an electrical parade costing a thousand dollars each, and describes a parachute descent from 2,600 feet with a slight injury to one flyer on wires.
A 1912 letter from Mrs. Mauda Newell Williams in Bucaramanga Colombia describes slow mail deliveries, shipwrecks near New York, riverboat sandbar incidents, and ongoing efforts to settle in with evangelistic work among men while women face harder outreach. She compliments the reader papers and hopes to write more when possible.
Henry Brswell reports sighting two flocks of passenger pigeons near town, estimating 80 and 40 to 50 birds while they flew northward. Naturalists doubt living wild pigeons remain, with a $1,000 reward for proof of any wild birds. Eastern ornithologists renew prizes to spur intelligent search for the species before extinction.
Miss Maggie Neumaier of Sauk City and Christian Kings of Roxbury were married at St. Aloysius church Tuesday morning May 14. Fr. Youngblood officiated and the couple will reside in Sauk City.
Rudolph Schram, about 65, drank after saloon hours then entered the river on a late night break. Passengers on a bridge heard cries and found him clinging to timber in the mill race. He was rescued, taken to the county jail, and resting in bed today.
Mrs. Samuel Ganfield of Cascade Iowa died suddenly Wednesday morning while visiting her son-in-law and daughter Rev and Mrs Peter Bock of Prairie du Lac. Diabetes was the cause. She was 62. Remains were taken to her Iowa home for interment.
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