05 Sep 1912
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Newspaper
Baraboo Weekly News
Location
Baraboo, Wisconsin, United States of America
Date
Sep 05, 1912
Page
1
A 17 year old boy and a 16 year old girl left Sauk City on a Wednesday night in a car after an elopement. The incident involved alcohol and prompted police attention as details remain unclear.
Madison police and Sauk City officials chased a 17 year old chauffeur and his 16 year old companion from St Louis. The couple escaped pursuit when Middleton marshal trapped them behind a private farm gate and the car sped away through fences and gates. Mrs. Randolph fears an early marriage and seeks help from Illinois authorities.
A telegram from Columbus reports George Carpenter of Baraboo won ten first prizes at the Ohio State Fair. He captured the championship for all senior and all grand prizes, exhibiting his short horn Scotch cattle at the event.
Chicago Giants beat the Sluggers in a decisive matchup, securing the win and boosting their standings. The victory showcases strong pitching and clutch hitting as the teams split the series.
The event titled Fastest Game of Season is set to take place at the Fairgrounds on Thursday. Organizers promote a brisk pace and expect strong crowd interest as competitors race for early-season momentum.
The Chicago Union Giants, a fast colored team from Chicago, beat the Curry's Sluggers 18 to 10 yesterday. Despite the Sluggers outhitting the visitors, errors and weak pitching in the field cost them, while Giants stars Adams Black Thompson and Frenz contributed three-base hits and a homer in the sixth. Over a thousand spectators saw a well played contest with standout catches and timely hits.
Miss Alice Ringling, University of Wisconsin graduate, rehearses in Chicago for the drama Kindling with a leading part during the coming season. Her sister Miss Mattie Ringling of Baraboo also travels to attend a rehearsal. Alice was prominent in university drama and led in Red Domino and the Senior class play, plus Wisconsin Dramatic Society productions.
William Lamberton of Kendall has returned home following a visit with A. E. Britton.
The Seventh-day Adventist Church plans a Baraboo fall camp meeting from September 5 to 10 with about 3 000 Wisconsin members. Speeches will cover gospel progress, world events, and end-time signs, plus medical talks by W T Lindsay M D from Madison Sanitarium with nurses. Public services begin September 5, with daily Bible study and preaching sessions.
G. M. Kerney of Gary South Dakota to Kathleen Hoxie of Spring Green wed in a license ceremony. Emil Kowalke to Olga Gall both of Freedom were paired in a separate nuptial license.
Edwin Ellis Woodman veteran of the Civil War and longtime railroad figure died at Shell Lake Wisconsin on Thursday at age 75. He served as Monroe Wisconsin school principal Baraboo editor legislator aided Gov Rusk on staff Civil Engineer for Chicago and Northwestern Railway and secretary of the Chicago St Paul Minneapolis and Omaha Railway from 1864 to 1907.
Fred W. Hein died Thursday night at his Merrimack home from heart disease. Born in Germany 75 years ago, he immigrated about 50 years ago and lived in the Merrimack area. He leaves a wife and numerous children including Julius Hein Merrimack August Kutzner Baraboo Mrs Charles Torrence Baraboo H E Jones Baraboo Bernhard Hein Merrimack Charles Hein Merrimack Agnes Hein Baraboo Edith Hein Baraboo.
In Fair Oaks last night Bob La Follette Jr played a political gag with four men leaving the Holmes Oldrich meeting. He flashed a tack hammer like a six shooter, prompting fear before the joke moved to a village hall campaign invitation.
A sixty day National Geological Society tour brought seventy specialists from Germany France England and other nations to Devils Lake. They examined cliff formations near Cliff House and elephant rock with Prof N J Fenneman leading guides. They heard talks on Potsdam sea boundaries rock types and economic minerals as blasts and echoes punctuated the visit before proceeding to Camp Douglas Lake Pepin and Saint Paul.
About a hundred Baraboo merchants and professionals gathered in Gollmar building to discuss forming the Baraboo Commercial Association. The group adopted a charter, will elect a president, secretary, treasurer, and a eleven-member board, with annual dues of five dollars. The club aims to protect home industries and attract factories and railroads to Baraboo.
The funeral for Mrs. Mace E. Smith, who died Sunday, was held Wednesday at her home 914 Broadway. Rev. E. C. Henke officiated, with a large gathering and floral offerings. Bearers were Earl Graves, Leslie Graves, George Graves, Roy Graves, Claude Haskins, and Roy Haskins. A quartet sang and interment was in the city cemetery.
A booster meeting is scheduled for Friday evening in September. Details such as the exact date and location are not provided in the fragment.
Solomon K Cramer plans to build a house. Theressa Dischler with her father and Joseph Schreiner were taken to Madison General Hospital for appendicitis surgery. Ed Hood family of eight visited Jr Volk and Elizabeth Schweiss Sundy. The engagement of Gee Bauer Jr and Anna McPle announced from St Luke's pit Sunday. George Bauer of Frederick Dakota visited in the area several days. Oliver Schoenman hosted Sunday at Sauk City with He. Mrs A T Bruhn and Harrisburg visited the vicinity and returned to Madison. Charles Brown of this vicinity on business.
A notice records the return of a valuable East item linked to Marriott to Mrs W H from the advertiser. The fragment confirms ownership transfer and the party involved. Further details are not readable in the excerpt.
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