Old War Veterans Over Top at Labor Day Festivities
Labor Day celebration by World War Veterans drew the crowd through downtown and the fairgrounds. About 2200 attended a ball game and races, auto show, and fire parade. Baraboo edged Portage in baseball while motor races and a jazz display entertained the crowd. Mueller’s Hall hosted a lively dance with Netzo’s orchestra after a Marine Band concert.
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Mueller
Fair Grounds
Marine Band
J. M Kelley
D. J. Roberts
Wisconsin Marine Band
Courthouse Square
Third and
Oak Street
Walter Klopstein
Beloit
Muellers Hall
Netzo
Mueller‘s
Kenosha Man Killed in Train Crash
Philip Miller of Kenosha was killed when his automobile stalled on the Ryan road crossing of the Milwaukee road in Oakland. Two passengers were seriously injured and may die, with no witnesses reported. The crash occurred Thursday night. Miller is believed to have been the driver.
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Philip Miller
Kenosha
Ryan Road
Milwaukee Road
Oakland
Miller
Auto borrowers take Ford from church lot then return it
The L. B. Irish Ford was stolen from in front of the Methodist church Thursday evening and found Friday morning on Birch street between Second and Third. A spare key enabled the car to be started and no damage was reported. Suspects have not been identified.
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Methodist Church
Birch Street
Second
Third Streets
Wisconsin river dam planned near Lone Rock and Gotham
A proposed dam across the Wisconsin river between Lone Rock and Gotham would flood bottom land up to Spring Green and power nearby cities. The project, modeled after Prairie du Lac, would use land on both riverbanks and is expected to yield about a third more power. surveys are ongoing and land purchases completed with compensation promised to affected farmers.
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Wisconsin
Wisconsin River
Lone Rock
Gotham
William Felton
Iowa County
Peter Bremmer
Richland County
Prairie du Lac
Power Company
Spring Green
U W Senior Dies Saving Girl Life
Harold Thompson Murray a University of Wisconsin senior was crushed beneath a speeding Chicago auto while saving a young woman he was escorting. Murray stepped before the car to shield Miss Lucile Cumfer who was injured in the tragedy as the vehicle struck them.
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Harold Thompson Murray
Chicago
University of Wisconsin
Lucile Cumfer
Murray
Circuit court opens with no criminal cases on calendar
District Attorney Bohn has cleared the slate. next Monday Judge O Neill will oversee a docket featuring only civil matters. Listed are multiple issues of fact for jury and for court, including cases between residents, towns, and corporations such as American Refractories Co and the State Bank of Sauk City with various defendants and plaintiffs.
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Circuit Court
Bohn
O’neill
L. C. Peters
Jerome Parks
Arthur M. Drought
C. F. Wilkin
Louis A. Arnold
Delia Shields
Carrie Schulenburg
Edwin Schulenburg
Laura Fondays
de Lance Fonda
Ida Siver
Joseph H. Harris
Christena Stone
John L. Stone
Otto Schadde
Fitz R. Winslow
Frank Musich
George Rochrig
Bertha Wold
Arthur G. Powell
John Fitzpatrick
Dennis Fitzpatrick
Roy Shehart
Clare Sherhart
American Refractories Co. US. C. Williams
Anna Crane
Alonzo Crane
Millie Ethel Lee
William H. Lee
H. H. Stanley
Mary E. Smith
Henry UL. Larrington
John L. Ward
State Bank of Sauk City
Arthur L. Aldrich
John EB. Bonham
C. de G. Moore
J. C .Payne
John Meisser
T C Richmond Dies Suddenly
Thomas Charles Richmond a 74 year old Madison attorney and Civil War veteran died suddenly at the general hospital in Madison while recovering from a minor abdominal operation ten days earlier. He was a noted Wisconsin orator who spoke before the state legislature on important bills and was born in Ireland in 1846.
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Thomas Charles Richmond
Madison
Wisconsin
General Hospital
Ireland
Plain Pupils to Entertain at Sauk County Fair
Secretary S A Pelton of the Sauk County Agricultural Society reports Rev Charles Surges of Plain says about 300 pupils will attend the fair next Wednesday with complimentary tickets. The students will perform a patriotic program a soldiers drill and national songs to entertain visitors.
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Sauk County
S. A. Pelton
The
Charles Surges
Plain
Regrading of Baraboo Portage Road Advances
The Baraboo Portage road near the J. S. Palmer farm is progressing with widening plans. After grading and culverts, the highway will gain federal aid and be much improved beyond initial plans. Culverts are being extended and work continues.
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Baraboo Portage
Portage Road
J. S. Palmer
Baraboo High School registers record crowd in high school congestion
Three hundred forty pupils enroll at Baraboo High School, a record, with thirty more pupils than seats. Students from Ableman Loganville Merrimack Dejton Caledonia and neighboring communities attend. Supt Kingsford and faculty strive to meet the crowding issue.
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Baraboo High School
Ableman
Loganville
Merrimack
Dejton Caledonia
A. C. Kingsford
Dempsey defeats Miske in quick Benton Harbor bout
In Benton Harbor Monday Jack Dempsey the world heavyweight champion scored a three round win over Billy Miske. Dempsey landed the decisive blow causing Miske to sit in a chair and blink to wakefulness as about 19 000 spectators paid to watch the slugging.
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Benton Harbor
Jack Dempsey
Billy Miske
Dempsey
Five Porters Pinched Rum Running Charge
Federal prohibition agents arrested five porters of the Metropolitan line steamer Calvin Austin as they stepped ashore with 17 suitcases of whisky. The liquor valued at 2500 dollars. The men were brought before a federal commissioner for arraignment.
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New York
Boston
Metropolitan Line
Calvin Austin
Premier Lloyd George urges peace guarantees in Erin
A London Viege dispatch quotes David Lloyd George saying guarantees stopping police killings in Ireland could lead to the release of hunger strikers like Lord Mayor MacSwiney, which he argues would be disastrous to Irish police morale and undermine government stability. Other dispatches support the interview.
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London
Viege
Switzerland
David Lloyd George
Ireland
MacSwiney
New Ball Field Planned for Bara Boo Ground
Base enthusiasts in Bara Boo discover a city owned field across from the pumping station suitable for conversion into a baseball diamond. Survey indicates it could serve as a playground for local team games, with possible use later this year if plans mature.
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Baraboo
Baraboo cattle win premiums at Milwaukee show
Baraboo cattle earned premiums at Milwaukee with Carpenter and Carpenter Short horn cattle taking herd prizes and grand championship for a female. George Premo won a first with Angus cattle. The Wilson Packing Company of Illinois and the Rott herd of Woodland also received honors amid sharp competition.
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Carpenter & Carpenter
Milwaukee
Wilson Packing, Company of
Illinois
George Premo
W. H Premo
Woodland
Marshal Foch to Visit United States Next Spring
Marshal Foch will visit the United States next spring according to an announcement made in Strasbourg recently.
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Marshall Foch
United States
Marshal Foch
Strasbourg
Ringling Circus Horse Joscelyn Receives Service Star
A Ringling Brothers and Barnum & Bailey act includes Joscelyn the horse. He earned a service star for his WWI service and travels with Yvette Renee and her French family to Portage. The horse and riders speak French and share a storied circus lineage from Europe.
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Ringling Circus
Portage
Ringling Brothers
Barnum & Bailey
Joscelyn
Yvette Renee
Francois
Paris
Chasseurs
Mlle
Renee
Europe
Jean Renee
America
P. T. Barnum
Milo Renee
Jotcelyn
France
England
Belgium
Mile Renee
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Fire Department
Homer Jeffries
Edwin Coughlin
Rollo Curry
Fairgrounds
Moss
Haugh
Big Bean
Peterson
Portage Corcoran
Ross
Alexander Gorman Witt
Stewart
Ryan
Reif Gannon
Smith Taylor Rice Peterson Bachman Haugh
Warren Benn
U. W. Senior
Lucy N Case
City of
Brown
Martin Rossiter
Henry Doron
Freida Ninneman
Harvey Ninneman
John D. Marshall
Wisconsin River Power Company
Clarence E. Weed
E. A. Prouty
George Beardsley
William Schaefer
Henry Schenck
Emil Schulz
George Ebersale
John Khoezi
H H. Pretsch
H. M. Ringelstat
Albert Aron
A. C. Pope
F. A. Barnard
Turkey
Ajlun
Jerusalem
Haifa
Palestine
Damascus
Aming
T. C. Richmond
Miske
Erin
Doyd George
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