Baraboo weekly news. [volume] (Baraboo, Wis.) 1912-197?, 1915-02-25
Thursday

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Gilvra. A short program will be given
and good time pronounced. Every
one welcome.
Another Norwegian ship has been
sunk in the English channel. The Nor
wegian ship, Regin. is said to have been
torpedoed by a German submarine
while picking her way of Dover. 1t is
believed she struck mine. The crew
was saved. The vessel was carrying
coal.
The Arachne club met Saturday with
Miss Zelpha Meyers. There was election
of officers and music was one of the
pleasant features of the meeting. Re-
freshments were served and the usual
good time was had by all. The next
meeting will be with Mrs. Ernest
Kunzelman, March 6. The following
were elected:
President-Lydia North.
ice-President Stella Ryan.
Secretary and Treasurer Bessie Glib
bons.
Mrs. w. A. Lawson, state president
of the w. G.. T. u, is here for short
visit before returning to her home in
Milwaukee. She has been on lectur-
ing tour of six weeks through the
northern part of the state. The
worker reports the cause of temper
ance growing by leaps and bounds, 30
many advances being made that it is
almost impossible for the workers to
keep posted on all that is being accom-
plished. Mrs. Lawson has spent many
active years in the work. She reports
that Mrs. M. A. Hartwell, Markesan,
is greatly improved in health.
The union meeting for laymen at the
Evangelical church on Sunday evening
was attended by many. Among those
who spoke were the pastor of the
church, Rev. H. P. Jordan, W.D. STAN
ley, w. S. Seyler, r. J. Osborne, II.
Siggelkow, Baraboo; and Charles
Powell, Livingston, Montana. Mr..
Stanley's subject was ''The Layman as
Citizen,' Mr.. Seyler spoke on Clay
men and personal Work" Mr.. o.
borne on ''Laymen in Business" Mr..
Siggelkow on "Laymen as a Financial
Supporter of the Church, and Mr..
Powell on the growth of the temper
a1ce movement in the west.
A contest in letter writing was held
this afternoon by the high school pupils.
Tdree letters were to be written by
each contestant, one letter being in the
form of an application for position,
the second formal invitation and the
third was to be letter to friend. A
prize will be awarded for the three
best letters, as decided by the judges.
For several days the classes in English
have been studying the art of letter
writing and practicing along this line.
The judges selected to decide which
letters are best are Miss Margaret Cat
tiker, Mrs. E. A. Evans and R. j. Os-
borne and as there will be several hun
dred letters written it will no doubt take
a few days to render decision.
u. M. Hakes of La Vale was in Bar
aboo today and says that at least one
h alf of the potato crop around that
village remains unsold The dry rot
spoiled thousands of bushels and the
price is low for the remainder. Usual
ly there are shipped about 200 cars
from La Vale; this year only 26 have
gone out There are in storage at La
Vale about 6, 900 bushels and at Reeds
burg about 40 or so cars. Many of these
We're purchased at about 80 cents a
busheI and they are not worth more than
20 cents now. Mr. Hakes has just re-
turned from Chicago and says that new
potatoes are on the market at S. and 81
a barrel. He does not believe the
price of tubers will be higher in Sank
county this season. Mr.. Hayes and
f 4mily are moving to Bingham Lake,
Minnesota, where two sons reside. The
town is in the southwest corner of the
state. He had given up the manage
ment of the warehouse at La Vale,
having had charge of it for some time.
Yesterday the W. H. Atom Piano
Company concluded the purchase of the
Sem Music House in EMarshfeld, the
oldest music store in that city. By a
singular coincidence yesterday also
marked the fourth anniversary of the
purchase of the Charles Wild Music
House in Baraboo by the Atom company.
The securing of the Marshfeld store
gives this company better representa-
ton in the northern part of the state,
the southern section of the estate al
ready being covered by numerous
branches of the Atom store. In fact
the w. Fl. Atom company now has the
reputation of being the largest retail
piano dealers in the state.
Saturday morning about II
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