Baraboo weekly news. [volume] (Baraboo, Wis.) 1912-197?, 1915-03-25
Monday

See display AID. of Excelsior Motor
Cycle in this issue what it means fol
the buyer. ADV.
D. A. Payne of the town of Sumptel
is improving. He is i'll with pneumon.
ia and an abscess.
Mrs. Edgar Peck, daughters, Silvie,
Edna, and son, Leon, of Delton, Wis,
were the guests of Mrs. Elizabeth Peck
Sunday.
Mrs. Bert Clark and her mother,
Mrs. Upham, have gone to Minneapolis
after a short visit at the home of Mrs
Benjamin Clark on First avenue. Mrs.
Clark was called to Detroit on account
Of the death of her father. Mrs
Upham will reside with her daughter in
the future
The fire company was called out Sat
urday afternoon at Reedsburg to a
blaze in the tenement house of Conrad
Thiemann near the railroad tracks.
When the fire was discovered the blaze
was about four feet from the chimney.
The cause of the fire was not known.
The place was occupied by Mrs. Gre
CORY. The loss is small.
Mr.. and Mrs. William Meyer and
children and Mrs. w. II. Du Bots have
gone to Hope, Idaho. Mrs. Du Bots
has been visiting here for some time
and the others are going west for the
first time The Meyers family expect
to reside at Seattle. Before
eaving they visited the James Harris
family in Lyons.
A complete surprise was given Mrs
Fred Simonds at her home on the cor
ner of Seventh and East streets Friday
afternoon when her nieces, great nice
es and other relatives and friends cam g
to give her a farewell as she leaves
soon for her new home in Sank City
where her son, Will, is engaged in car
penter work. At 4:3O a sumptuous
supper was served to which all did full
justice and as the guests departed each
wished Mrs. Simonds much happiness
in her new home.
Friday evening the Webster Prairie
Farmers club met at their hall. There
was a good attendance and good pro-
gram was carried out. After roll call a
reading was given by Harry Halsted.
were given by Roy Holli-
day, Howard Dambeck, Harold Graves,
Myrna Cahoon and David LOOMS, a
song by Alice Springer and Lois Stop
per and dialogue conducted by Mar
garet Hormig. Mr.. Hormig favored
the club with music on the photograph.
After the club news was read by We're
Rich the meeting adjourned to meet in
two weeks. The club expects to give
a hard times dance, (date to be an
nounced later at their hall. Come
dressed in hard time costume or to rep
resent some character.
The funeral of Charles F. Viebahn,
formerly Superintendent of schools in
Sank County, was held at Water town
on Saturday.
At the funeral was no minis ter. The
speakers at the home were President
J. F. Sims of Stevens Point normal
school and Professor c. E. Patzer Of the
Milwaukee normal. The address at the
grave was made by Speaker Whittet of
the assembly at Madison. Several
members of the legislation attended
among them being r. B. Dickie of
North Freedom. The department of
education was represented by State
Superintendent C. P. Cary and Chief
Clerk Charles R. Harper.
The funeral was largely attended
many coming from distant portions Of
the state to pay last tribute to the well
known educator and legislator.
Several Cassell people witnessed a
strange sight Sunday at the river. The
water had evidently receded very swift
ly, leaving pool with no outlet. Min
nows in the pool were unable to get
out and died literally by thousands.
They vary in size from an inch in
length to three or four inches. They
are lying in windrows on the sand bar.
The writer scooped up pail full for
the chickens and they would not be
missed. -Cassel correspondent in Spring
Green News.