04 Nov 1920
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Newspaper
Baraboo Weekly News
Location
Baraboo, Wisconsin, United States of America
Date
Nov 04, 1920
Page
1
T. F. Risley, guest of a Chicago firm, returns from a journey to large mills in Virginia and North Carolina. He toured facilities and inspected production lines highlighting expansion and regional trade links.
Wisconsin merchants toured the North Carolina Cotton & Woolen Mill Co. plants at Spray, Baker, Leakville, and Fieldale. The firm plans a 10,000 population town with 50 boilers and extensive power, housing 4 000 workers, welfare programs, Y M C A facilities, bands, and nurses.
An Emporia Gazette editorial questions who caused price tumbling and exalts the practical man. It claims Henry Ford sparked the decline, dismissing him as an idealist while noting other noted figures like John Brown and Francis of Assisi were killed for their pains.
The Prohibition party in Kansas cannot field a full slate of candidates this year due to high costs. The lack of a full ticket is seen as a setback in Kansas politics during the presidential year.
The Ottawa Herald extracts a satirical riff on a county attorney’s ruling about legs in voting booths and a distorted comparison to Indiana ballot rules. The piece mocks rural urban clashes and criticizes partisan theatrics amid a chaotic political campaign.
The article reflects on players who accepted bribes to throw games, noting their pursuit of money for temporary pleasure. It argues material gains fade and spiritual values, especially loyalty, determine true happiness and success. The piece frames the offenders as betrayers to a cause, friend, or institution.
Dr W D Sansum and his family leave Chicago for Santa Barbara California. He is son of Mr and Mrs David Sansum of Baraboo and notes his wife has rapidly recovered from a serious illness. He will head the metabolic clinic at Santa Barbara Cottage Hospital continuing his diabetes and metabolism research. Dr Sansum has worked with Dr R T Woodyatt in Chicago for seven years.
Baraboo hosts Reedsburg in a Saturday football game at the fairgrounds. Reedsburg, led by sharp passing and rapid second-half scores, defeated Baraboo 35 to 0 as the locals struggled to contain the visitors. The city council met, debated a 15 thousand dollar loan, and discussed city finances and tax issues amid a busy session.
The turkey gobbler will be scarce this season as a general shortage grips the nation. Reports from the National Poultry Butter and Egg Association in Chicago last week indicate the shortage will affect Thanksgiving and Christmas dinners across the country.
Farmers from Spring Green and Plain establish a feed store in a Spring Green warehouse owned by Mrs. Christine Schoenmann. The new venture centralizes local grain, feed, and supplies for area farmers.
A Ford touring car owned by Philip Hanston was stolen after a Republican rally at the Al Ringling theatre. The vehicle, parked across from the theatre, was found later across from the Methodist parsonage with the engine running. Hanston lives on the Reedsburg Kilbourn road near Fern Dell.
An electrical storm struck late Wednesday afternoon and a bolt of lightning hit the county farm storehouse at Reedsburg. The strike was severe but caused little damage.
In Reedsburg the school system faces serious crowding and proposes adding to the existing high school building to ease the workload and accommodate more students.
Professor Gordon H True travels to the Sandwich Islands to judge a fair for two days, Houdini plans a book exposing "Miracle Mongers and Their Methods," and Robert Welles Ritchie writes of a cattle-thief pursuit. John Burroughs spends summer at Wood-Chuck Lodge in the Catskills with a wood-chuck coat and rug, while housing and travel trends surge in Los Angeles and beyond.
A transient man told Baraboo merchants he lost all his clothes and arranged C O D shipments to Hustler for cash repayment. Purchases at Hopper and Brewer-Rowland totaled $94. Goods were sent and later found safe at the Hustler express office after a nighttime visit. Pattern mirrors six month old criminal trick. no loss in Baraboo.
Baraboo visitors overwhelmed Kilbourn 56 to 12 as coach Bogard used up to thirty players including Baraboo's third team. Kilbourn’s Thom stood out for two Kilbourn touchdowns and the crowd from Baraboo outnumbered locals.
W W Biege about 34 died late Wednesday in C and N W yards at Elroy while turning a switch for an extra train from Wyeville. Believed to have stumbled and fallen in front of the engine. Survived by wife three children and three brothers. Remains brought to city. engineer Henry Block on the caboose train.
The Reedsburg city council fixed the budget for the coming year and announced taxes will be increased. The official statement warns residents of the higher levy.
Overnight a large pile of farm machinery and debris blocked the main street in Prairie du Sac village. Rain continued through Sunday, and no one moved the obstruction.
A short poem from The Gateway in Detroit questions why Adam did not resist temptation. The speaker laments Eve’s influence and reflects on human frailty and the fall with moral overtones and biblical allusion. The piece uses measured, ironic tone to critique temptation and choice.
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