Makers Visit New York City on a Wisconsin Tour
The Mahers recount a long train journey from Baraboo to Milwaukee to Chicago and on to New York City. They describe subways and elevated trains, Coney Island, prices, housing, a Billy Sunday tabernacle, and a 40,000-strong Irish 69th baseball crowd. They note New York's population, finances, and extensive roads, ending with greetings from 552 West 184th Street.
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Baraboo
Milwaukee
Chicago
New York
Jim
Jersey City
Hudson
East
Wisconsin River
Coney Island
Billy
James Butter
Sereet Gocze
Bsag
United States
184Th Street
42Nd Street
Mike and
Hanna Maher
West 184Th Street
Concrete Ship 10 to be Built at San Francisco
W G Kirchoffer reports a San Francisco group plans a $200000 test of ocean going vessels built of concrete. Alan MacDonald will supervise a 300 foot hull, six inch thick shell reinforced with steel, aiming for lighter weight than wooden hulls and fast construction in a new Bay area yard. If successful, ships could be produced rapidly without eastern steel mills.
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San Francisco
W. G. Kirchoffer
Madison
Baraboo
Engineering News
France
Alan MacDonald
MacDonald & Kahn
San Francisco Bay
Redwood City
MacDonald
Joke or Not A Joke On Sweetheart Lost Items
A brief note suggests that a boy who lost his vest recently should consult Agent C. M. Cronk for guidance. It also mentions a person who misplaced a notebook on a platform containing sweetheart letters and references walk star as part of the scene.
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C. M. Cronk
Norwalk Star
Alligator Found in Devils Lake Near North Cottage
On Thursday an alligator about two feet long was discovered on the rocks at Devils Lake near the cottage of Mr and Mrs Harry North. Mr North captured the reptile with a rake and landing net. The origin of the alligator remains uncertain and it is now in the Norths possession.
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Devils Lake
Harry North
Not Elope Drama Baffles Baraboo Courthouse Crowd
A humorous Baraboo tale recalls a dinner party led by a famed physician and a state legislator. An auto journey across the Wisconsin river bridge to Baraboo ended with a hotel dinner at the Warren under unusual public attention. Sheriff attempts to intercept the party before it arrives are foiled by real-life marital considerations.
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Doe
Doc
Wisconsin River Bridge
Robert
Baraboo
Warren
Klabunde
Bob
West
Lodi
Death of Fort Winnebago Farmer After Farm Stub Accident
Phillip Smith a longtime Fort Winnebago resident died after an accident on his farm two weeks earlier. He tripped over a stump while walking to visit a brother, sustained internal injuries, and died at 1 am Wednesday. Survived by four sisters and three brothers. one brother John Smith died in 1916. Born December 12 1868.
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Phillip Smith
Fort Winnsbago
Portage
Phil
Mr. Smith
Fort Winnebago
Patrick Smith
Michael Tobin
Milwaukee
Mary
Elizabeth
Rose Smith
Charles
Patrick
Hugh
John Smith
Edward Gray Retains Senses After Baraboo Crash
Edward Scotty Gray, who suffered a fractured skull and severe shaking in a Baraboo fairground race accident on July 4, has suddenly regained his faculties after days in a stupor. He recalls nothing after the crash and has spent time on Sauk City streets and in his garage since leaving Baraboo hospital.
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Edward
Scotty) Gray
Baraboo Fair Grounds
The
Prairie du Lac
Gray
Baraboo Hospital
Sauk City
Grave romance from Civil War memories revived in Kilbourn
An aged couple linked to the 12th Wisconsin infantry’s blue army were laid to rest beside the first husband in Kilbourn cemetery. Mrs Allen, once Mag Allen during the war, returned with her last husband to be buried beside Tom Allen, a cook with company E. Survivors and G A R veterans led the final rites.
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Kilbourn
Humbolt
Tenn
Tom Allen
12Th
Wisconsin Infantry
Natchez, Miss
Tom
Company BE
Allen
Company
Family Repaid Life Insurance After Man Thought Dead
John P. Quinn of Little Rock vanished in Kilbourn during a fishing trip and was presumed drowned. His family collected $14,500 of a $17,000 policy, but he reappeared later in St. Louis and repaid the insurers after recovering in Chicago. he had little money with him.
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John P. Quinn
Kilbourn
Wisconsin
Little Rock
Ark
Briggsville
George Ager
Hile
Lower Dells
St. Louis
Quinn
Chicago
Former Baraboo Resident Visits for Flowers on Parents’ Graves
Lorenz N. Schrofer of Chicago, formerly of Baraboo, visits to place flowers on his parents’ graves and to reconnect with local friends including Sheriff Hulbert and Hugh Kelley. He notes family members across the country and his continued loyalty to Baraboo, now a deputy commander of Illinois Maccabees.
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Lorenz N. Schrofer
East 62d Street
Chicago
H.H. Hulbert
Hugh Kelley
Schrofer
Joseph P. Schrofer
Joseph Schrofer
Chicago & Northwestern
Illinois
The
Maccabees
Order
Dells
May Have Canning Factory at Lodi
A company plans to operate a canning plant at Lodi in an effort to establish a local food processing facility. The move indicates new industrial activity and potential job creation in the area.
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Lodi
Wisconsin River at lowest stage of the season at Portage
The Wisconsin river reached its lowest stage of the season on Wednesday morning at Portage. Water level fluctuates due to Kilbourn dam waste gates, with only a rivulet in the main channel and sand bars extending into the bed.
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Wisconsin River
Portage
Kilbourn Dam
Young Soldier Describes France Service Shift
W G Kirchoffer of Madison, a sanitary and hydraulic engineer and Baraboo resident, writes from France about joining the American Field Service's belligerent transport unit. Forty Cornell alumni left Paris for front training to drive five ton Pierce Arrow trucks in convoy, with diaries promised and health reported strong.
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W. G. Kirchoffer
Madison
Baraboo
France
T. M. 23
Paris
Andrew
Cornell
United States
Ambassador Sharp
Birth Announcement for Meyer Couple’s Newborn Son
To Mr and Mrs Leo Meyer of Lynn Avenue a baby boy weighing eight pounds was born.
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Leo Meyer
Lynn Avenue
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E E. Brownrigg
Browning
Cornell Agricultural College
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