No Peace Within Eighteen Months Seen by Allies
Washington dispatch notes Allied leaders demand three core terms before any peace talks: complete restitution, complete reparation, and firm future guarantees, including German disarmament. Russia, France, and Britain unite against German terms and warn no settlement before these conditions are met.
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Washington
Europe
Lloyd George
The
Hague
Russia
France
Duma
Council of Empire
Belgium
Serbia
Montenegro
Romania
Poland
Lithuania
Balkan
Bucharest
Alsace
Lorraine
Petrovitches
Germany
London
Alsace—Lorraine
Antwerp
Baltic
Mediterranean
Dardanelles
England
Berlin
Busy Year for Post Office Reflects Mail Delays
The postoffice department reported a large increase in mail this season. Night work was necessary and the force was taxed to the limit. Train service was poor before Christmas and quick dispatch was hard. Milwaukee paths and mail arrived near 11 oclock. Mail carriers were late and unable to meet schedules as parcel post expanded.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Milwaukee
Parcel Post Department
Teacher Daus resigns from Immanuel Lutheran school
A. Daus, teacher at Immanuel Lutheran parochial school, resigns and will move to Loganville Wisconsin to teach at a local school. Fred Kuttke of Loganville is called to take Daus' place and will assume duties after the Christmas recess.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
A. Daus
Immanuel Lutheran Parochial School
Loganville
Wis
Fred Kuttke
Mr. Daus
Leap Year Charity Ball Promises Silk Gown or Love
The 1916 leap year theme at the Turner Opera House charity ball offers local women a chance to win a life partner or a silk gown. The piece recounts leap year legends and historical notes about February 29 and calendar reforms.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Turner Opera House
St. Patrick
Lough Neagh
St. Bridget
Patrick
Bridget
Scotland
France
London
Rossini
Local firm Archie & Sons buys Oliver marble works
J. J. Archie & Sons purchased the marble works of E. E. Oliver & Co. at Waupun to enlarge capacity. Five Archie members operate in Watertown, Waterloo, and Waupun. W. K. Eagleberger, long-time Oliver engraver, will stay with Archie in Waupun. which Archie member leads the new concern remains undecided.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
J. J. Archie & Sons
E. E. Oliver & Co
Waupun
Wavupun
Archie
Watertown
Waterloo
W. K. Eagleberber
E. E. Oliver Co
Wisconsin Products Special Train Exhibition
An equipped free exhibition train, a State Fair on Wheels, tours Water town from 7:55 a.m. January 11 to 5:17 a.m. January 12 with Wisconsin farm product displays. Lectures by the Commissioner of Agriculture and the Director of Immigration accompany farm pictures, offered free to the public. For details contact Chicago & North Western ticket agents.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Upper
Wisconsin
Watertown
Chicago & North-Western Railway
Man Found Dead Near Humboldt Street
The body of August Wiselius was found by a Milwaukee road train crew buried in snow near the Humboldt street crossing about noon Tuesday. The cause of death is uncertain though an electric car strike is considered possible. Identified by his daughter Mrs. Joseph Kutchera at the city hall morgue. District Attorney A L Stengel left the matter to Justice of the Peace Schmutzler who expects no inquest.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
August Wiselius
Milwaukee Road
Humboldt Street
Joseph Kutchera
Atorney
A. L. Stengel
Justice of the Peace
Schmutzler
Bonus pay for American Express workers and Wells Fargo staff
George C. Taylor announces bonuses for employees of American Express with one year of service earning $2 000 or less, equal to one extra month’s salary, payable quarterly and totaling about 1 250 000 for roughly 12 000 workers. Wells Fargo also offers a one month bonus for eligible staff. local agents Al Durst H J Tessen dorf and Percy Behlke are noted.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
George C. Taylor
American Express Company
al Durst
John Carey
Frank Bertram
Wells-Fargo Express Company
Watertown
H. J. Tessendorf
Percy Behlke
Haase Couple Celebrates Golden Wedding on Emmet Farm
Mr and Mrs Henry Haase marked their 50th anniversary on Tuesday December 26 at their Haase farm in Emmet town route 2 with relatives and close friends. He immigrated from Germany in 1857, settled in Water town then Sun Prairie before marrying in 1866 at St Mark's church. They reside on the farm for 44 years and have five sons John of Clyman William Frank Henry and Arthur with two grandchildren. Henry born September 17 1853 in Weigh Mecklenburg Schwerin and Mrs Haase born January 3 1849 in Teutenwinkel near Rosbach.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Henry Haase
Emmet
Haase
America
Germany
Watertown
Sun Prairie
Bading
St. Mark’s Church
Teutenwinkel
Rosbach
Electric Home Needs Drive Record Holiday Sales
John Pfaffenbach of Wisconsin Gas & Electric reports a very heavy holiday season for Universal Electric Home Needs. Sales this year nearly triple last year with popular items including combination grill stove and toaster, round grill, twin toasters for hotels and large families, coffee percolators, and desk lamps. Electricity as a household commodity is rising as it lightens labor for housewives.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
John Pfaffenbach
Wisconsin Gas & Electric Company
Universal Electric Home
Dates of Interest to Farmers in Wisconsin
From Jan 1 to 5 a state poultry convention and show will be held in Madison under the Wisconsin State Poultry association. Farmers institutes take place Jan 2 and 3 at Holcombe Arpin Prairie du Chien Eleva and Athens. Sand and marsh soil institutes are set for Packwaukee Endeavor Bancroft Coddington and Mount Horeb Jan 2 and 3.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Wisconsin State Poultry Association
Madison
Holcombe
Arpin
Prairie du Chien
Eleva
Athens
Packwaukee
Endeavor
Fruit and Garden
Mount Horeb
Jim Falls
Riverside
Mount Hope
Fairchild
Unity
Bancroft
Coddington
Uncalled Advertised Letters at Watertown Post Office
List of remaining uncalled letters for week ending December 27, 1916 includes Theo Ebert D Egen Wm Hayes Frank Langhie James W Moore P M.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Watertown
Ebert
Theo. Egen
D. Hayes
Skating Rink Assured for Watertown Citizens
Mayor Mayo has ordered ice to be scraped near Silver Creek for a future skating rink. Weather now prevents progress, but once temperatures drop again Watertown skaters will have a safe ample area. A fundraising drive will fund construction and flood lighting similar to Oconomowoc.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Mayo
Serger
Silver Creek
Watertown
Draper
Oconomowoc
Reading tastes grow in America with new fiction
Library notes praise rising readership and the flood of modern novels by Bennett Wells Conrad Galsworthy and Moore. It lists popular works Odd Wives Tele Mr Britling Sees It Through Victory Lord Jim and The Rise of Silas Lapham plus classic backgrounds by Austen Balzac Defoe Dickens Eliot Hawthorne Meredith Scott and Thackeray as enduring reading.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Miss Little
England
France
America
Galsworthy
Conrad
Bennett
Wellis
Shaw
Lou
Pride and Prejudice
Balzac
Petey Oliot
de Foe
Robinson Crusoe
Dickens
Martin Chuzzlewitt
Eliot—Mill
Hawthorne
Scarlet Letter
Meredith
Ordeal
Richard Feverer
Scott
Quentin Durward
Thackeray
Vanity Fair
Wisconsin Farmers Close Accounts in Fifth Farm Management Year
Wisconsin farmers across twenty one counties pursue the fifth annual farm management contest begun in 1912. About 75 percent of the 900 registered will complete and audit their ledgers with prizes funded through business and school partnerships. R A McClure of the College of Agriculture will collect records from twenty Jefferson county participants and meet farmers in Watertown Jefferson Fort Atkinson Lake Mills during early January.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Wisconsin
W. Hoard
Barron
Douglas Dunn
Eau Claire
Fond du Lac
Green
Jefferson
la Cross
Langlade
Lincoln
Oneida
Polk
Price
Racine
Rock
St. Croix
Sauk
Taylor
Waukesha Winnebago
Wood
R. A. McClure
Farm Management Office
College of Agriculture
Jefferson County
Mr. McClure
Commercial
Watertown
Johnson Creek
Fort Hotel
Ft. Atkinson
Lake Mills
Bricklayers Elect Officers At Annual Union Meeting
At the annual meeting of the Brick Layers and Masons union Saturday the following officers were elected: President John Glaser. Vice President William Greinert. Corresponding Secretary L H Kunitz. Financial Secretary Otto Yahn. Treasurer Gust Glaser. Door Keeper Emil Lietzke. Warden Emil Hoefs. Trustee 3 years William Lanhs. Trustee 2 years Casper Hub. Deputy Fred Ott. Alternate Carl Asmus.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
The
Bricklayers and Masons Union
John Glaser
William Greinert
L. H. Kunitz
Otto Yahn
Gust Glaser
Emil Lietzke
Emil Hoefs
William Lanhs
Casper Hub
Fred Ott
Carl Asmus
High Milk Prices Boost Dividend at Ixonia Creamery
The Ixonia Butter and Cheese Company paid October milk dividends of 2.37 dollars per hundred weight, nearly the same level as a year earlier, signaling continued strong milk prices for farmers.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Ixonia Butter & Cheese Co
Big Wisconsin Bowling Tournament Attracts 160 Teams
The Wisconsin bowling event runs January 25 to February 12 with over 160 teams anticipated. Cities include Kenosha Racine Menasha Sheboygan Oshkosh Fond du Lac Janesville Juneau Horicon Ripon and Beaver Dam has reserved twenty teams. Over 400 entries competitive prize money of $6000 draws Milwaukee and Watertown participation.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Kenosha
Racine
Menasha
Sheboygan
Oshkosh
Fond du Lac
Janesville
Juneau
Horicon
Ripon
Beaver Dam
Bob” Lueck
Mulberger
Watertown
Wisconsin
Lueck
Milwaukee
New Cheese Factory to Rise on Thaner Farm
The Emmet Grove cheese factory will be rebuilt after destruction years ago with a modern, sanitary plant. Block & Leschinger win the erection contract for a fully equipped facility. Building committee includes Peter Thayer and John Sullivan. directors John Meyer president John Sullivan secretary John Burger treasurer. John Habhegger & Co. likely to handle output.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Emmet Grove
Thaner Farm
Block & Leschinger
Peter Thayer
John Sullivan
John Meyer
John Burger
John Habhegger & Co
To the Fringed Gentian Poem Reflects on Death and Hope
The verse describes the fringed gentian blooming in late autumn as the year ends. It compares the flower to heavenly blue and uses its quiet beauty as a metaphor for faith and hope at death. The speaker wishes to face death with such hopeful vision.
Children urged to keep teeth clean in schools
Public health notes show 58.8 percent of 330 179 New York City school children in 1914 had defective teeth. Dental health linked to overall health and school progress. recommends a toothbrush for every child and daily use to improve future well being.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
City of
New York
The
Public Health Service
United States
Fort Atkinson Poultry Show Held by Jefferson County
The Jefferson County Poultry Association holds its tenth annual exhibit in Fort Atkinson from December 28 to January 1. Cash premiums total 300 plus regular 2.50, with 100 in cups and 100 in merchandise. Judge W. C. Pierce of Hope Indiana uses the comparative method. Public admission is free.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Jefferson County Poultry Association
Fort Atkinson
W. C. Pierce
Hope, Ind
Worry is Harmful to Mental Health and Life
The piece likens idle engine running to chronic worry, arguing worry is an abnormal, damaging state. It notes normal protective instincts can become excessive, harming mental power and health. Remedies include changing mental occupation, outdoor activity, reading, recreation, or a new routine to reduce worry.
Trinity Lutheran Program Delights Christmas Morn Recital
A Christmas morning program by Trinity Lutheran Church with the St. Mark's school auditorium recital featured a choir performing Adeste Fideles and Shout the Glad Tidings. Children and reciters included Ernst Lehmann Esther Hoellner Russell Vick Peter Hanson June Sommerfeld Walter Draeger Oliver Gauerke Evelyn Otto and many others.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Trinity Lutheran Church
St. Mark’s School
Ernst Lehmann
Esther Hoellner
Russell Vick
Peter Hanson
June Sommerfeld
Walter Draeger
Oliver Gauerke
Evelyn Otto
Gilbert Kenig
Clifford Hanson
Dorothy Wandschneider
Ruth Bolle
Lillian Heitz
Mabel Sommerfeld
Walter Ott
Gerhard Schlueter
Eugene Frattinger
Artis Frank
Viola Schlueter
Waldo Zickert
Severa Gamm
Catherine Hanson
Lenora Schimpf
Gretchen Jaeger
Laura Strohbusch
Albert Frattinger
Glenn Gorder
Junior Gorder
Leonard Frank
Victor Bolle
Rowlt Grant
Erna Otto
Carl Schoppe
Gertrude Wendtland
Mail Clerks Face Job Losses and Transfers
A report indicates many mail clerks will lose positions or transfer to other departments as the postal service shifts mail handling from trains to terminals in Milwaukee and Chicago. The policy, tied to President Wilson’s re election, may shorten long routes, with Chicago to Minneapolis dropping from 18 to 12 hours. Timing is unclear, but changes could occur within months.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Post Office
Milwaukee
Chicago
Wilson
Minneapolis
Fires in Watertown Reach Thirteen Hundred Losses This Year
Watertown records show 27 fires in 1916, up from 13 in 1915, with losses running into thousands. The worst damage came from the Masonic Temple fire at about 60 700 dollars, while incidents included barns houses stores and a bakery among many sites listed with dates from January to December. Milwaukee assisted with engine and nine men under Assistant Chief Manson, and a fire bug was caught for setting Dr. Klein's barn to cover debt obligations.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Watertown
Lutovsky
Masonic Temple
Lindemann
Borkenhagen
O’brien
Guetzlaff
Jurick
Petro
Wm. Nickel
Haedy
Jossi
Russell
Dr. Klein
Sheblack & Herzog
Kostral
Preusse
Leopold Bakery
Simon
Mooney
Kroenig
Northwestern College
C. M
St. P
Gorder
Gritzner
Masonic Temple Association
Milwaukee
Manson
Silver Creek
Water Town Farmers Club Fifth Annual Ball Set
The fifth annual ball of the Water town Farmers' club will be held at the Turner Opera house on Friday evening January 8 1897. Snow and wintry weather marked Christmas day with church services and observances. Dodge county Poor House reports 65 inmates.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Watertown Farmers’ Club
Turner Opera House
A. E. Baumann
West Water Street
Concordia Society
Concordia Opera House
Dodge County
St. Bernard's Catholic
Wisconsin Road School Set For Jan 29 in Madison
The sixth annual road school of the Wisconsin Highway commission will be held in the state capitol at Madison for the week starting January 29. Experts from Wisconsin and other states will discuss road and bridge construction maintenance and administration. Last year the school attracted over 700 registrants.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
The
Wisconsin Highway Commission
State Capitol
Madison
Wisconsin
Colds and Health Myths From A Past Era
The excerpt weighs common beliefs about colds and health. It suggests that minor illnesses can lead to serious outcomes, questions alcohol’s protective role, and notes risks from overcrowded or poorly ventilated spaces. It cautions that repeated colds signal bodily weakness and links neglect to pneumonia risk.
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Rus
Sia
P. D
Gregory XIII
Waupun Marble Works
Wisconsin Products
Humbolt Street
Wiselius
Inter
Library Notes
Nosha
Thaner
Trinity Lutheran Program
the Central Trading Co
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