Gifts listed to Sauk County Historical Society collection
The Sauk County Historical Society received numerous donations including Mrs. Fannie Wilhelm’s shell and relics collection with rare Confederate money, and items from Arthur Clark, Joseph Rabuck, Frank Niles, F A Cooper, Miss Florence R Farwell, T Clavadatscher, and others. Also received are directories, books on war and peace, historical artifacts, and a tailor’s goose from the old Roberts site.
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Joseph Rabuck
la Valle
Rabuck
Sebastian Karstetter
Frank Niles
England
F. A. Cooper
Baraboo
Florence R. Farwell
T. Clavadatscher
St. Louis
Sauk County
Clavadatscher
Massachusetts
Conference of Historical Societies
Solon J. Buck
Washington
George H. Doran Company, Publishers
New York
J. P. Bang
Gilbert Parker
London
W. MacNeile Dixon
Buckingham Gate
Verdun
Somme
Harry E. Brittain
Houghton-Mifflin Company
Boston
J. W. Headlam
Carnegie Endowment For International Peace
West 117Th Street
New York City
Cosmos
Arthur Judevine
Hudson Couple to Wed Before Sailing to France for War Work
Miss Helen Kermott daughter of Dr and Mrs E P Kermott of Hudson will marry Wilder Penfield also of Hudson a former Rhodes scholar at Oxford and hospital worker in Paris. They will sail June 9 for France where she will do Red Cross work and he will serve in hospital duties. Penfield survived the torpedoing of the Sussex in March 1916 and did ambulance work in France after leaving Oxford.
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Helen Kermott
E. P. Kermott
Hudson
Atlantic Ocean
France
Wilder Penfield
Rhodes
Oxford
Paris
Kermott
Penfield
Sussex
Folkesstone
Dieppe
Johns Hopkins University
Richland Center
Despondent Wisconsin Woman Ends Own Life
On Wednesday in Fairfield Mrs. Thomas Barrows shot herself through the heart. She had been ill for some time and was despondent. The family resides on the bank of the Wisconsin river, formerly Merrimack. Mrs. Barrows was about 36 years old.
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Fairfield
Thomas Barrows
Wisconsin River
Merrimack
Barrows
Iowa-born woman Lavina Drown, mother of five, buried Friday
Lavina Drown, born in Iowa and wife of a husband not named, leaves five children. Her funeral is to be held with burial at Merrimack on Friday.
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Iowa
Lavina Drown
Merrimack
Forest fires blaze in the north region
Forest fires continue to burn in the north forcing residents to flee to Duluth and other nearby areas as authorities battle the blazes and assess evacuation needs.
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North
Duluth
Othe Goe
Iowa to Enforce Blue Sunday Closures Statewide
Attorney General Hadner directs all county attorneys to enforce the Iowa closing law next Sunday. Polk County reported 100 arrests last Sunday for playing professional baseball operating moving picture shows selling popcorn cigars and other Sunday activities. Des Moines cigar and drug stores and refreshment parlors were closed and will remain shut next Sunday if enforcement continues. Baseball players club owners and theater proprietors arrested last Sunday appeared in Des Moines municipal court on Thursday.
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Hadner
Iowa
Polk County
Des Moines
Hazing at Wonewoc High Nearly Fatal Freshman Ordeal
Expulsion is expected for several junior boys after heaping abuse on Russell Carter freshman before they attempted to hang him in the gym. Carter, faint and nearly unconscious, was rescued when the hazing was discovered and Professor Stillman alerted.
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Wonewoc
Russell Carter
Carter
Professor Stillman
Young Carter
Baraboo Band Scheduled for Lodi Picnic Night
The Baraboo Marine band is engaged to play for the M. W. A. picnic at Lodi on June 7. Miss Jensmore’s Columbian Orchestra will provide the evening entertainment.
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Baraboo Marine Band
Lodi
Miss
Sharpers Are Too Sharp For Him
Carl Christianson of Gallishaw Alberta Canada traveled from Hot Springs Arkansas through Chicago to Minneapolis wiser but poorer by 20000 dollars. In Hot Springs he shared a room with Stafford of North Dakota and found a wallet with papers deposits and a 75000 bond. They found the owner Ludwig a New York stock exchange field agent who rewarded their honesty by sharing a possible scheme. Christianson collected 110000 but waited for 20000 he had invested to clear. He now offers 200 reward for each arrest of the slickers.
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Carl Christianson
Gallishaw
Alberta
Canada
Hot Springs
Ark
Chicago
Minneapolis
Stafford
North Dakota
Ludwig
New York Stock Exchange
Mexican education and labor views from Portage interview
E C Alsmeyer, returning from the Rio Grande valley, argues Mexicans are misread in the U. S. He describes Mexican labor in onion farming, wages around six cents per crate and about five dollars weekly, and notes Mission Texas has a 3000 Mexican population with a separate schooling system up to eighth grade before high school. He contrasts mining districts’ rough conditions with calls for education to enlighten the Mexican community.
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E. C. Alsmeyer
Portage
Rio Grande Valley
Texas
Mission
Government Egg Inspector Visits Hillsboro Dealers
A government egg inspector visited Hillsboro dealers and directed them to candle their eggs. He supplied candlers and warned that the law would be strictly enforced with prosecutions for selling bad eggs. Applies to all egg sellers and chick traders.
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Hillsboro
Man fined for drunk driving after barbed fuel mix mishap
Adry Brattrud of Madison toured Baraboo to show a truck and mixed Kentucky flavoring extract with gasoline. His car collision with Miss Raschein’s new vehicle caused $16 in repairs. He was fined $10 plus costs $3.24 and fired by his Madison employer.
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Adry Brattrud
Madison
Baraboo
Kentucky
Brattrud
Warren House
Twentieth Century Club Holds Library Meeting
The Twentieth Century club held a special meeting at the library on Thursday afternoon May 17. Miss Smith a nurse from Concord New Hampshire spoke on the vocation of a nurse with emphasis on district visiting nurses duties. Miss Platt outlined future club study plans for the coming year.
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Twentieth Century Club
Miss Smith
Concord
N. H
Governor Philipp Replies to G A R Post on Patriotism
The letter from Governor Philipp to Commander James Dibble of Joe Hooker post expresses gratitude for loyalty resolutions while urging a younger generation to bear the nation’s defense. He emphasizes guiding future soldiers in living as patriots and carrying the flag to victory, noting aging veterans as guests of the nation.
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G. A. R. Post
Philipp
James Dibble
Joe Hooker
G. A. R. Iat
Girl Tries to Take Her Life Near Loyd
Stella Fry seventeen daughter of Mr and Mrs Willis Fry near Loyd attempted suicide with a 22 rifle early Thursday. The bullet missed the heart by over an inch and lodged in the lung. She was taken to the Reedsburg hospital, Dr Thadlee attending, and is recovering with no operation needed unless an abscess forms.
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Stella Fry
Willis Fry
Loyd
Thadlee
Lime Ridge
Reedsburg
Case of Brother Against Brother in Family War Divides Klein Family
The Whitewater Register recounts the Klein family split by World War I loyalties with four sons killed serving in the German army or fighting for France, leaving Joseph Klein of Delavan as the sole survivor. Born near Rochester New York, he moved to Alsace Lorraine, served as a German sergeant, and later returned to America at 22 to pledge loyalty to the United States. The parents were German and French, intensifying the wartime rift.
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Whitewater Register
Gaul
Klein
France
Joseph Klein
Delavan
Rochester
N. Y
Alsace-Lorraine
America
Delavan Enterprise
Strassburg
Joseph
Brothers in war divide by duty across nations
The narrative recalls Joe and his brothers born in Lorraine who joined German and French forces, with two marrying in France and four serving in the German army. The youngest learned his brother was in the eighteenth German infantry, met him briefly at the line before battle, and later died in combat while a Waterloo Indiana sister received word two months earlier.
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Joe
Lorraine
France
Waterloo
Ind
Old Country
Lauderbach
Daily drills and meals shape future officers at Fort Sheridan
Dr Clausen Steckl, in training at Fort Sheridan, reports the intensive routine of budding U S Army officers. Recruits begin at 5:30 am with back to back drill and hikes, then study field nourishment and gear. Lessons cover packing, bayonet clearance, and haversacks as crucial survival elements amid wartime strain.
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J. E. Steckl
Clausen Steckl
Fort Sheridan
Steck
United States Army
New National Army
Guard to Deploy in Three Installments for European Duty
Unofficial Washington briefing says the national guard will be called to colors in three installments starting July 15 for early service in Europe. Midwest units go July 15 Iowa Michigan Wisconsin. July 25 Illinois. August 5 Indiana Kentucky. Earlier plan for June 15 was dropped after a Quartermaster General training feasibility report.
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Washington
National Guard
Europe
Iowa
Michigan
Wisconsin
Illinois
Indiana
Kentucky
General Staff
Wisconsin Guard Expected at Camp Douglas in June
The Wisconsin guard is to be assembled at Camp Douglas in June by order of Governor Philipp. The move signals preparation for possible mobilization and aligns with state defense plans.
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Wisconsin Guard
Camp Douglas
Philipp
Registration Date Set For June 5 Draft
President Wilson issued the proclamation to enforce the selective draft act. Men aged twenty one to thirty without prior military service must register on Tuesday June 5 at their election registration precinct. Those already in the military or reserve forces are exempt.
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Wilson
Congress
United States
Regular Army
Navy
Federal
Naval
Lightning Strikes Barn at Belton Cause Destruction
A barn owned by Bert Washburn at Delton was struck by lightning Friday evening. The stock and horses were saved, but hay corn and other articles in the barn were destroyed. This is a great loss at this time of year.
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Bert Washburn
Delton
Baraboo Family Seeks Plattsville Illness Update
Conductor F T McGirr learned his daughter Miss Carl McGirr, who plans to finish normal school at Platteville next month, is ill with pneumonia. Mrs McGirr left yesterday to be with her daughter, and Mr McGirr and son Gerald may travel to Platteville over Sunday.
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F. T. McGirr
Carl McGirr
Platteville
Refreshing Rain Falls on Baraboo Storm Hits with Hail
After several days of summer heat a tropical thunderstorm drenched Baraboo last night. A pre dawn hail storm followed the rain, causing no reported major damage, and residents welcomed the shower as a blessing.
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Baraboo
Ben
Obituary Mrs. B. A. Martini Dies at 36
Mrs. B. A. Martini, aged 36, died this morning at Baraboo hospital after a period of ill health. She and her family resided on the Henry Ringling farm in Fairfield town. She leaves her husband and a two year old son.
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B. A. Martini
Baraboo Hospital
Henry Ringling
Fairfield
Draft bill signed by the president outlines army expansion
The draft bill sets a selective service for males 21 to 30 with exemptions, increases regular army strength, federalizes national guard units, and envisions 500000 initial conscripts with another 500000 if needed. It contemplates 4 divisions of volunteer infantry, salary raises from 8 to 15 dollars monthly, and prohibits liquor sales near camps to protect soldiers’ morals.
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Senate
Federal Service of National Guard
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Mexico
H. L. Philipp
Baraboo Boy
Belton
Baraboo Young Lady III
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