Baraboo weekly news. [volume] (Baraboo, Wis.) 1912-197?, 1917-08-30
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WEDNESDAY
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On Thursday night of this week
the Baraboo Marine band will give
concert in the courthouse park. An
other concert will be given next week
and two during the week of the fair,
closing the season.
Last night an automobile owned
and driven by Domenic Brescia stop
ped on the lake road and was left by
the owner This morning he found
fire had destroyed the front portion OF
the machine. When he left the car
the engine was cold, he says, and he is
inclined to believe that someone came
along set the oil on fire. 1t was not
new machine.
The fifth annual fair of the Excel
sior Choral club was held on Tuesday
in the town of Excelsior. There was
a fine display of farm and garden
products, the judging being done by
v. S. Pease, editor of the Sank County
Farmer, Baraboo. There was also
fine array of canned fruits and jell'es,
the judging being done by one OF the
ladies. The cafeteria lunch was fol-
lowed by a ball game between mines
selected by George Vogel and Roy
Shultis. The latter team won by
score of IA to 6. J. T. Bates, the real
estate man of BarabOo, umpired the
fame. The speakers were Otto
Krause, Reedsburg, and A. S. Kings
ford, baraboo. The former told of
some OF the early history of the United
States, describing the burning of the
city of Washington in 1912, while Mr..
KingsfOrd gave eloquent words of
patriotic nature. Rev. J. E. Cook, pas
tor of the church there, presided.
Last evening several persons con-
nected with the Excelsior creamery
went to serenade Mr. and Mrs. Amos
Hayes, recently married at the home
of the brides parents, Rev and Mrs.
James w Johnson. When the guests
arrived they found the groom had gone
to the home of c.. Benjamin Schubring
to attend watermelon party given in
his honor. Two young men from the
creamery party carried off the groom
in an automobile and ushered him into
the presence of the anxiously waiting
serenaders. After much merriment,
Mr.. Hayes produced a box of cigars,
and in return the visitors brought
forth an abundance of watermelon for
the entire company.
On Tuesday even'n bicycle rid
den by Lloyd Vietch, employed at the
Risley store, and an automobile driven
by Gerhart Schuette of Ableman, &C.
cidentally collided. Mr. Vietch was
coming down the street about two
blocks west Of the Mueller garage and
the car was going in the opposite d.
rection. The car turned to go south
on another street, and when near Mr..
Vietch his bicycle 81 'pped, throwing
him to the pavement. The car ran
over him diagonally, bruising his face
and hurting his shoulder, no bones be-
ing broken. He was taken to the
home of Mr.. and Mrs. Verge Douglas,
near by, where he was cared for. The
bicycle was slightly damaged.
Those arranging for the proposed
booster TRIP to Camp Douglas next
Monday have ben informed by the
Chicago e Northwestern that there
are no cars for special train, and
the trip therefore will not be made
Persons who desire to go to Camp
Douglas may take the regular trains,
or go to Kilbourn. A train leaves the
naIJc oitxy about IN ho morn inc
and the visitors can return at 8 O'Clock
in the afternoon, or m dnight. There
will be no boosted trip from Baraboo
this year.
Stirred by what they term Fan out
rage against decency," city and county
officials at Madison have set in motion
machinery to place blame for the "keg
party" in the Monona park on Satur-
day
District Attorney Sauthoff said that
John Doe proceedings will be started
at once to determine whether excise
laws were violated
Mayor George c. Sayle formally re-
quested the city attorney to make a
complete investigation to determine
what rules, ordinances or laws were
repealed on the authority of Alder
man A. o. Utter, who is said to have
admitted he gave permission for I'M
loading the beer in the park
Just over little knoll, short way
from the barrel rendezvous, a religious
meet ,ng was being conducted
B. B. Cook, the tenant on the Jay
B. Cook farm in the town of Fairfield,
had a narrow escape from being
killed Tuesday morning about $50
o'clock, while assisting in stacking
hay. The team ran away and both
wheels on one side of the wagon
passed over Mr. Cook at the hips,
crushing the pelvic bone and otherwise
badly bruising him about the body
A Portage doctor was summoned and
was on the scene of accident twenty
five minutes after it had occurred