Eighty Miles Without a Stop on the Santa Fe Line
A Baraboo traveler recounts long coast trains through Illinois and Missouri toward Oklahoma and Texas. He notes oil fortunes, backwater farms, abundant stock yards, and passengers sharing lunch baskets and thermos bottles. A friendly traveler on a California-bound trip reflects on thrift and small comforts aboard the journey.
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Baraboo
Texas
Illinois
Chicago
Fort Madison
Iowa
America
Sauk County
Oklahoma City
Wisconsin
Santa Fe
Oklahoma
Missouri
California
Suitor of Senator Culberson's Daughter Faces Kidnapping Charge
Alec E Robertson, a British war veteran and former University of Texas student, alleges John E Ellis and two accomplices kidnapped him in Newark New Jersey to force him to flee the United States over a love affair with Miss Mary Culberson, 21, daughter of Senator Charles A Culberson. Robertson, living with an aunt in Bloomfield New Jersey, claims Ellis worked for a detective agency and the case involves a Washington finishing school for Miss Culberson.
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Alec E. Robertson
Newark
N. J
John E. Ellis
Ellis
Mary Culberson
U. S
Charles A. Culberson
Texas
Robertson
University of Texas
Austin
Miss Culberson
Washington
Bloomfield
New $20,000 School Building Approved at North Freedom
North Freedom voters approved a $20,000 school building on Thursday night by a 121 to 59 vote. The meeting began at the present school and moved to the M. W. A. hall to accommodate the crowd.
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NO. Freedom
North Freedom
Baraboo May Enter Hose Race and Mutual Aid Plan
Baraboo may join the hose races at the state tour in Portage June 14 to 16. Portage and Baraboo fire chiefs discussed sharing hose connections and training plans, plus a potential cross city aid arrangement in case of large blazes.
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Baraboo
Portage
Essary
Dempsey Plans Marriage to American Girl Edith Rockwell
Jack Dempsey announced on Friday night after returning from Europe that he will marry Edith Rockwell a 19 year old from Boulder Colorado The World heavyweight champion confirmed the engagement during a cable report fueled tour buildup years earlier.
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Jack Dempsey
Jack Says
Edith Rockwell
Boulder
Colo
District of Columbia moves to curb Sunday construction
The DC commissioners draft an amendment making Sunday labor on building sites and within 100 feet of churches illegal with fines from 5 to 440 dollars. Sunday jazz dances and card parties remain allowed. The reform may be tested in the district before spreading to the states.
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District of Columbia
Prowler Found In Film Star Bebe Daniels Home
Deputy sheriffs responding to a midnight alarm found Charles Caprice in the living room of film star Bebe Daniels in Los Angeles. He claimed to have traveled from San Francisco to kill the actress for pay of Pete McNamara, a narcotics peddler. Caprice would be sent to a psychopathic ward for mental evaluation.
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Los Angeles
Bebe Daniels
Charles Caprice
Caprice
San Francisco
Pete McNamara
McNamara
Daniels
St Mary's Ringling Memorial Hospital Named
The Baraboo hospital project selects St Mary's Ringling Memorial Hospital and Sanitarium as its name. Mrs Della Ringling and her son Richard donate, honoring their family and Baraboo legacy. Sisters of St Mary will oversee operations once changes are complete.
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Ringling
Baraboo
Della Ringling
Richard
Sisters of St. Mary
St. Mary’s
Memorial Hospital
Sisters of St
U. S. Firm in Decision to Quit Rhine by July
The War Department announced all American troops on the Rhine will be home by July 1. Germany and France had urged leaving some troops, but the decision stands.
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U. S
Rhine
War Department
Germany
France
Madison Robins Ride With House Mover Work
In Madison and Maple Bluff, robins calmly ride as houses are moved. Patrick Barry recounts robins nesting under eaves on a Conklin warehouse move, feeding young without fear. At Maple Bluff a waterspout nest and Brandenburg cottage relocation also show birds nearby during the operations.
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Madison Robins
Patrick Barry
Madison
Conklins
East Madison
Williamson Street
Baldwin
Maple Bluff
O. D. Brandenburg
North Freedom High Seniors Banquet Celebrated
On Saturday evening May twentieth the Juniors of North Freedom High hosted a banquet at Deyhl's hall for Seniors, faculty, and the school board. The event featured a four course dinner, decorations, student performances, and thanks from Principal Ryder.
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North Freedom High School
Deyhl’s Hall
Dometic Science
Kathryn Jansen
LaVerne Black
Helen King
Rosella Leider
Dorothy Draper
Rosella Lieder
Robert Swartz
William Deyhl
Miss Judd
Miss Heisler
High School Girl Fires at Lover in Lovers Quarrel
Irene Granstedt a 14 year old Mountain View California girl says she shot Harold Galloway 17 accidentally during a church party confrontation. She borrowed an automatic revolver from Curtis Morgan to frighten him into an apology. the weapon wounded him fatally.
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Irene Granstedt
Mountain View
San Francisco
Harold Galloway
Curtis Morgan
Galloway
Presbyterian Sunday School 30 Years Ago Enrolls 187
A 30 year retrospective shows the Presbyterian Sunday school enrollment at 187 in 1889. Rev D E Long served as pastor, F T Brewster as superintendent, with S Howard Cady as assistant and Mrs Tuttle as primary superintendent. A long list of pupils includes E O Holden Byron Lee Mrs Levi Crouch Mrs Savage and many others.
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M. E. Sunday School
F. E. News
Presbyterian Sunday School
Osme
D. E. Long
F. T. Brewster
S. Howard Cady
Tuttle
Homer Cowles
Arthur Amy
E. O. Holden
Byron Lee
Woodruff
Levi Crouch
Savage
Marion Doppler
May Wood
Anna Cady
Alice Whistance
Florence Doppler
Freda Cowles
Ida Bliss
Lizzie Ruggles
Sadie Ruggles
Lizzie Milby
Norma Mould
Susie McFetridge
Susie Cornish
Jennie Helden
Mable Wood
Mamie Wild
Mamie Ruggles
Maude Carrow
Alice Metcalf
Mabel Metcalf
Blanch Clarke
Bert Dekoyer
Earl Wright
Harry Ewing
Robert Ewing
Robert Rich Lewis
Dyrud
Virgil Cady
Chris Dyrud
Harry Worthman
Johnnie Baldwin
Oscar Doppler
Leo Doty
Clifford Noyes
Clinton Archer
Arthur Hoag
Reed Worthman
Harry Walsh
Gustave Sanberg
Autie Reinking
Willis Moore
Herbert Carrow
Irwin Carrow
Carl Brown
Charlie Gloyd
Willis Crouch
Hans Dyrud
Clara Mould
Della Gloyd
Delia Fellows
Amelia Brown
Mabel Waite
Mamie Karcher
Tillie Dyrud
Annie Wright
Fannie Stott
Susie Holden
Helen Holden
Ira Humphry
E. Archer
Stella Hoag
Tim Lewis
Cora LeMay
A. H. Gillett
Mary Witwin
Bert Willett
E. K. Tuttle
Mrs Ellinwood Reedsburg settler dies suddenly
Mrs. Hannah Ellinwood a foundation builder of Reedsburg died suddenly in Seattle Washington She had planned to spend the summer in Reedsburg and was known for helping establish the community.
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Hannah Ellinwood
Reedsburg
Seattle
Washington
Ellinwood
Former Portage Woman Dies in Cambria at 85
Mrs. William Sauer, formerly of Portage, died at her Cambria home on Tuesday at the age of 85.
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Portage
Cambria
William Sauer
Cost of living drops 4.2 percent in 1921 23 period
The average cost of living in the United States fell 4.2 percent from December 1921 to March 1923 and 22.9 percent from June 1920 to last March, according to statistics cited.
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U. S
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