Baraboo weekly news. [volume] (Baraboo, Wis.) 1912-197?, 1917-07-19

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Mrs. F. L. Butterfeld, Cornell, Wis,
says that she cannot afford to miss
any of the home news and wants all
of the paper all of the time.
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| Mrs. Warren G. Jones, Sun Prairie.
Wis, writes The News is ever a well
come visitor in their home.
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| There is lone loon at Devils Lake.
1t has been seen by many of the
, visitors this season and has become
quite tame. Usually the bird is seen
near the south shore of the lake,
sometimes diving when approached.
and reappearing in some unexpected
direction. A loony person is proba-
bly, so considered from the peculiar
things, just like the bird, that he does.
The loon feeds on fish and other food
found in lakes and streams. 1t is
said the mate to the one on the lake
was killed early in the spring by a
heartless man with gun.
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At the home of A. Reinking there is
one Of the prettiest sights in town
lot of pink lady-slippers in bloom.
For a number of years Mr.. Reinking
has been encouraging their growth
on the shady side of the house, and
this year they were the most numer-
Gus Of any season. Many Of the stalks
have two flowers, something consid-
cred unusual when they grow in the
wild state. The flowers this year are
very large and of delicate tints. Nat
uralists and other visitors in Baraboo
during the past few days have been
attracted to the unusual sight, num-
Der Of townspeople also enjoying the
rare pleasure Of seeing. them.
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Have you noticed the fine display
the catalpa trees in town are making?
The trees are white with bloom and in
some cases the ground is covered
with fallen blossoms, making the
ground lock as if covered with snow.
The name is from the language Of the
Indians of Carolina, where Satesby
discovered this tree in the year 1926.
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Going to town with a load valued
at $4,000 in touring car is what
Abe Dates and Herbert Smith of Mar
cellon boast Of They hauled 338
pounds of wool to town and sold the
same to the CochraneI company for
zoe a pound This wool was sheared
from 46 sheep.
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Fear of the war has entered the
American girls heart. 1t is not the
fear of the shells and sickness and
the horrors of the trenches, but Of
the good-looking and perhaps design
ing French girls, according to Chi
cago girl who has made plea for
herself and her American sisters
throuh the columns of local news
paper.
"Give the honest American girl
chance" she pleads, declaring that
the United States is going to send a
million of her finest men to France
and that only the cleft overs" in the
matr monial market will remain after
the war, while the French girls will
have the pick Of the army.
She declares that the American SOL
der will be easy conQuests for the
French girls, "and you know, the
American man is the softest thing on
the globe" when a woman wants to
marry him.
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The oldest purchaser of Liberty
Loan bond is Mrs. Louisa K. Theirs of
Milwaukee, who is 102 years Of age.
The youngest subscriber to L berty
Loan bond is Miss Florence Estelle
Rogers, of Medford, Mass, whose
father purchased her a bond when
she was eight hours old. The purchas-
er of Loan bond with the longest
name was Gust J. apatheodorokou-
m0ndurgi ACKNOWLEDGEMENTS Of Chica-
go.
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In order to erect the transmission
line along the highway on the south
side of the Baraboo bluff, the Wiscon
sin Power, Light G Heat company
moved down a wide swath of trees
None Of the plants was large. The
cutting away of the ,rees opens the
view, an advantage to automobile
drivers.
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The trees about the DR.. G. P. Riley
residence have been cut and the old
house will have a new experience.
The property was recently purchased
by Moeller Brothers, the circus wagon
makers, and they contemplate tear
ing away the octagonal residence and