Baraboo weekly news. [volume] (Baraboo, Wis.) 1912-197?, 1917-06-07
TUESDAY
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year but was defeated by a lew votes
by Omar L. Rosenkrans. Col. Wyse
has been mayor of Reedsburg for the
past eight years.
Frank Wood of this city and Fred
hide of Wyeville, both conductors on
the Northwestern road, left yesterday
for Chicago to join the railway re-
serve, the military organization that
will be sent to France to aid IN the
operation and rebuilding of the rail-
way lines in France. ~
Miss Laura Cooper, daughter of
County Clerk and Mrs. F.. A. Cooper,
who was employed as teacher in the
Sank City high school the past year,
returned home Sunday having COM
pleted her school duties. Miss Cooper
has been re-engaged by the school
board of Sank City for the ensuing
year.
Ell. Battles returned Saturday from
a trip to Hillsboro and while there was
tool about a man in that locality who
of his left hand in order to avoid the
possibility of service in the army. The
belief is that he did not intend to in
fict such a serious wound, but his
right hand probably shook as he fired.
The case of another youth in that
vicinity was quite in contrast with
this. 1T seemed he had been rejected
on account of having web feet. He
submitted to an operation removing
the impediment to his acceptance and
will join the army.
The classmates and friends of Miss
Gladys Apker, class of IL Baraboo
high school, will undoubtedly be in
terested to know of the work she is
beginning. In May she graduated
from the nurses course in the Angus
tana hospital, Chicago, and had en-
gagged to go to MattOOn Ill, as pathe-
Ologist in it's new hospital. After do
ing three weeks of special training
in Chicago she came home for a short
vacation before taking up her work
in Nation, but the terrible storm
struck that place ). and the hospital
was filed and she was called imme-
diately to her new post in the hos
pital laboratory.
Miss Apker is the only daughter of
Mr. and Mrs. Fl. P. Apker of La Vale
and during her two years attendance
in the high school here was in the
home of her uncle, the late G. G. APP
ker. ...-
A. M. Rodems has purchased the
interest of his partner, Sigmund Blu
menfeld, in the grocery and fruit bus
mess on Oakstreet,and will continue
the business independently. Mr.
Rodems came to Baraboo about five
years ago, buying the business from
: Samuel Goldfarb and later taking Mr..
Blumenfeld, Mr.. Goldfarb's son-in-law,
as a partner. Mr.. Rodems for some
time thought of leaving the city, but
his decision to stay will mean the con-
tinuation here OF one of BarabOo's
substantial business men. Mr.. Blu
menfeld has not made definite plans
for the future and will continue with
Mr.. Rodems for a few days, lending
: his assistance.
a miscellaneous shower was given
Miss Iva Niles at the home OF Mr..
and Mrs. William Kinney by the Park
View club on Monday evening.
The Misses Katherine and Ida
Mertzke very pleasantly entertained
a number of young ladies last Satur-
day afternoon in honor Of Miss Iva
Niles, who is soon to become a bride.
The young lady was presented with
a number of towels as remembrance
of the occasion.
Miss Iva Niles was given parcel
post shower Tuesday morning by the
pupils Of her school.
Mr.. and Mrs. George B. McGiivra
have received word from their son,
Ralph McGilvra, telling of the camp
life at Fort Sheridan. The boys get
I'D at $50 in the. morning and work
all day. At night, after mess at $3.50
they have to study until $50 five
evenings out of the week, and at 1O
o'clock all lights must be out. Tne
tables are bare pine board and the
dishes are white enamel. The food
is plain cooked but served we'll.
Mr.. and Mrs. H. E, Cole have gone
to Greencastle, Ind, to attend re
union of the De Paul university class
of which Mr.. Cole is member. The
class graduated twenty-five. years age
and of nearly fifty members all are
living except four. Many will be
present at the gathering, among
them A. D. Dorsett of Chicago, fol
many years with this paper. Of the
members of the class, Mr.. Cole ha:
seen but three since June, 1892, 81
widely scattered are they. From
Greencastle the Baraboo residents
will go to Warsaw, Pierceton ant
other places for short visit.
Earl Redner, who has been at Hib