Baraboo weekly news. [volume] (Baraboo, Wis.) 1912-197?, 1917-06-14
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Mrs. Volney Moore, until recently
a resident of Baraboo, writes from
the home of her daughter in Chicago
that she enjoys getting the Baraboo
!, Weekly News every week, and can
!, hardly wait sometimes, as there are
so many items of interest to her about
people with whom she is acquainted.
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A carrier pigeon recently alighted
near the L. M. Jacobs barber shop
and was picked up by Mr.. Jacobs,
who found upon examination that
| there was a rubber band about the
| leg of the bird, and metal tag. A
message apparently had been lost.
| The pigeon was cared for by Mr.. ia
cobs and sent ON it's way. Later it
was believed that the pigeon might
have strayed from some place nearby
as several reported having seen the
bird about the city.
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The following tale is told on
lneighboring high school principal who
enjoys a joke, and his pupils often
come to him when they have heard
new one. Such was the case when
one of the students said to him,
"Porfessor, would you like a good
recipe for catching rabbit?" why,
yes" replied the professor, what is
it," "Well, you crouch down behind
a thick stone wall and make noise
like turnip." Quick as bash came
the reply. ooh, better way than
that would be for you to go and sit
quietly in bed of cabbage heads and
look perfectly natural"
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The Portage Register prints the fol
lowing sent by H. G. of L. wireless
from Fort Winnebago: "The COM
munity is aroused regarding the mis-
fortune of resident who started to-
ward home after dark with a couple
of potatoes, IL beans and an onion,
which he had purchased at Anacker.
A suspicious character was witness
to the transaction made at the store
and waylaid the farmer, robbing him
Of his purchases. A posse was, or
gained and went in pursuit of the
| theft, but all they recovered was one
! bean which had been hidden under
the Cushing railroad bridge.
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Mrs Kate M. Teel, who has been
in Prairie du Sac, writes that she
does not like to be without The
], News, and to send it to Earl, N d.
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| What we are frequently asked, is
SO rare as day in June?
About this time every year some
| fool somes demanding to know about
| that.
Now there's nothing rare about
day in June.
There are just as many days in
| June as there are in September; and
darn near as many as there are in
almost any other month you might
mention.
Why wish all the rarity on a day
| in June?
| Why not pass it around bit?
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| A card to this office asks us to for
ward Mark HI. Mothersills paper to
Sault Ste. Marie, Mich, instead Of
Ironwood Mr.. Mothersill formerly
| lived in Baraboo.
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Some five thousand students and
goods of the University of Wisconsin
were chuckling today over a huge
hoax played on the men students and
Professor Scott H. Goodnight, dean of
men by the Alpha Sigma Phi fratern-
| ity.
Members Of the fraternity circulat-
ed story that picture which would
make September Morn blush was in
,, their possession and could be seen for
the asking. One student at time
was let in to look at it. Several hun
dred saw it and went away chuckling.
It reached the ears Of Professor
Goodnight. He went over to the frat
house and Indignantly demanded to
see the picture.
The students sat him on couch be-
fore the covered picture. One Of the
students jerked off the cover. Good
night was shocked-so shocked he
could not get up until one of the stu
dents turned off the electric current
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