Baraboo weekly news. [volume] (Baraboo, Wis.) 1912-197?, 1915-07-15
Friday

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Dr.. j. R. Mccullough of Chicago is
a guest of Dr., G. w. Snyder. DR..
Mccullough and DR.. Snyder became
acquainted when the latter was stu
dent in dentistry in Chicago a number
Of years ago.
George r. Graves has returned for
Holcombe, Wisconsin, and will soon go
Dakota. He says Holcombe has about
300 people and was formerly q logging
town.
"The Diamond From the Sky chap
ter Z, Gem tonight. Give yourself the
greatest motion picture treat you ever
enjoyed! Lotuie Pickford and Irving
Cummings make this story live before
your eyes. And remember that
$40, coo prize.
Mrs. F.F. Keller and Miss Ann Bay
er spent today in Mendoza. The condi-
ton of Robert. Keller, who has been at
the hospital there for some time is i'm
proved. =. ~
Mr.. and Mrs. w. @. Pietzch, and
daughter, Mrs. R. B. Anthony, Mr.. An.
thony and little daughter. of Pittsville
are guests of friends here. The Pet
zch family formerly resided here. q.
Mr.. and Mrs. Eric KARL and son, Rob
ert, of Milwaukee, and Mrs. George
Durham of Louisville, Kentucky, who
are guests at the home of relatives in
Reedsburg, came down this morning to
visit at the home of Mr.. and Mrs. Thorn
as Mould, Second avenue. si-"
| Mrs. William Hofstatter, formerly
Miss Alice Seeker, and child of Wash
ington, who have been visiting rela-
tives here, have gone to Mather where
they will spend week or more at the
home of Mrs. Hofstatter's brother,
Charles Seeker. I'D
The corn crop has been making RAJ
pid strides the past two weeks and in
dications point to good yield now. Far
mers had grave doubts of an average
yield an account of the cold weather,
but the warm weather has made the
corn fairly lump ahead in growth.
Mrs. Kate Cummings and son, Ivan,
Mrs. T. Roach and grand son, Kenneth
Maloney, the latter of Merrimack, leave
for Minneapolis where they will visit
Mr.. and Mrs. George Pierott, Mr.. and
Mrs. Carl Jensen and Mr.. and Mrs.
George Percy.
Mrs. H. F. Pruyn of Adams, who has
been a guest at the home of her sister,
Mrs. George Hill, returned to her home
this morning. She was accompanied by
her mother, Mrs. Greenslit, who will
visit in Adams.
A great many people are running
away with the idea that there will be
two holidays on the Fourth next year.
While July 4 to the usual observer is
due on Monday, calculating straight
ahead, 1916 is leap year and the calen-
dar moves day ahead, so that the
Fourth comes on Tuesday.
Mr.. and Mrs. W. D. Porter have re-
turned from their visit at Evanston and
Kankakee- Mr.. Porter takes great pride
in fine garden and while away for the
month or more it developed amazingly
under the care of R. B. Griggs. For
early and excellent vegetables the
Porter garden is the pleasure Of the
eighborhood.
C. A. Durham writes that while
blowing corn on his farm a mile and a
half east of Kilbourn, the day after
the tornado that swept Reedsburg and
vicinity, he found a post card address
ed to Miss Title Wachholtz of Reeds
burg. 1t will be remembered that the
Wachholtz home was one of those de-
molished by the storm. The card was
evidently picked up by the wind and
carried to Kilbourn.
Auto accidents are becoming very
numerous of late and serious one, in
which lives will be lost, is sure to hap
pen if car drivers are not more careful
Reckless and fast driving on the coun-
try highways should cease as speeding
is not only dangerous to the auto dri-
vers themselves but to those who use
teams as we'll. Driving with horses for
pleasure has no charms as a person al
most takes his life in his hands when
he ventures on the highways. Auto
drivers should bear in mind that the
teamsters ought to be shown a little
| consideration.
A Westby man, weary of the dryness
of his town, took trip to La Crosse
where he proceeded to slake his thirst
not wisely but too we'll. In his room
in the hotel, he removed his clothing
and went to sleep on the floor. He
awoke to find himself glued to the
fresh varnish with which the floor had
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