Baraboo weekly news. [volume] (Baraboo, Wis.) 1912-197?, 1916-10-05
FRIDAY

of old friends. She had been a resi-
dent Of Baraboo for forty years be-
fore removing to Beloit.
Mrs. G. J. Mahoney and Miss Cath
crime Mahoney Of GAINESVILLE are Wis
iting the formers nephew, Mert Ma
honey and family, on Ash street.
]. e. Cooley has arrived from Fen
nimore and will operate the keys on
linotype in Baraboo. His family
will not come until spring.
DR.. and Mrs. F Fl. Powers ard chill
dren have gone to Bucyrus, Ohio,
where they will make their home, and
where DR.. Powers will engage in hos
iptal work.
Mrs. G. H. Fuller of Oshkosh and
miss Julia Dame of Hartman, Tenn,
are visiting at the home of Mr. and
Mrs. John Coleman and with Mrs. Ad-
die Cameron Of this city.
Miss Lydia Mattke has returned
from Williams, Mona, where she and
her sister, Miss Bernice, were called
on account of the illness of their IA
Their, Gustaye Mattke who is gaining
as rapidly as can be expected. Miss
| Mattke intends to pack their house
hold goods and take them to Montana,
where they will reside for the pres
ent.
Historians are agreed that the
marching and countermarching, the
rubbing together of east and west, in
the crusades, had much to do with
the awakening of intellect that mark
ed the revival of Europe from the
stagnation of the dark ages, says an
exchange. There is reason to hope
that similar stimulation of thought
leading to progress will follow the
present upheaval of the forces of hui
mainly.
Yesterday representative of
Wisconsin paper mill made the Cour-
| ier-Hub Office one of his periodical
visits, soliciting orders for his firm.
| Ordinary print paper, such as this is
printed on-which some months ago
was to be had for SAG ton-a little
over two cents pOund,-he yester-S
day quoted at $120 u ton, nearly three
times the former price. He further
more emphatically asserted that with
in few months the price OF this Ordi-
nary print paper will have advanced
to II cents q pOund-Or 1920 a ton.
Another illustration of the great ad
vance in paper came to hand the other
day when we received little invoice
of goods from a Milwaukee firm. For
merly the invoice would have amount
ed to $25.11, but at the present pre-
vailing prices it totaled So. 50-an
advance of -Stoughton Hub.
Rev. Fl. P. Jordan, formerly pastor
of the Evangelical church at Baraboo,
has returned to his home in Norwalk
after a short visit here. He had been
at Madison.
Mrs. M. G. Hatch of Winona, Mimi,
spent a few hours in the Gift
today and visited her sister, Mrs.
Homer Pitts She was accompanied
by her mother, Mrs. S. J. Horn, who
has been visiting her for few weeks.
Mr. and Mrs Bruce Struthers are
here from Chicago for short visit
with Mrs. Emma Davis. Tomorrow
Mrs. Davis will pass milestone, and
they are here for the event.
Mrs F. G.. Cochrane and son Fred
erick of Ludington, Mich, who have
been here caring for Mrs. Cochrane's
mother, Mrs. Mile Delynn, on Mound
street, have returned to their home.
The Embroidery club met last even
ing at the home of Miss Florence
Jones on Eighth street. A pleasant
evening was spent in needlework and
social intercourse after which re-
freshments of ice cream and waters
were served.
The basin of the fountain at the city
hall has been converted into scrap
iron and will be hauled away. Some
time ago the top of the fountain was
taken to the courthouse park. The
ornament was gift to the city by
the late F. T. Brewster, but after the
bottom portion was broken it could
| not be used.
George A. Smith. representing the
American Printers Roller company
Chicago, has been in Baraboo, and
says that many years ago, when Sim
]. Mould was young man, they were
employed in the same printing estab-
lishment in the great city. That was
in the 70's, and recently the friends
met, recalling those early times. Mr.
Mould is now in Dubuque. Mr.. Smith