Baraboo weekly news. [volume] (Baraboo, Wis.) 1912-197?, 1918-10-17

time. Until further notice the round
house whistle will be the only signal
for the city in general. The change
has been brought about by Mayor G..
T. Thuerer, e. P. McFetridge and 9TH
ers interested in the war observance.
Evidently many Liberty bond hold
ers have failed to clip their coupons,
On September Is the first interest ON
the third Liberty loan was due and
the federal reserve bank of Chicago
reports that only 100000 persons
out of 100000 in this district have
presented their coupons for interest.
This might be interpreted to mean
that nearly two-thirds of Liberty own
ers have no immediate ned of interest
money, but officials Of the reserve
bank believe that it indicates an enor~
, nous handicap of ignorance, and &C.
centuates the need of campaign Of
education as an essential complement
of Liberty bond sales efforts. It is
apparent that there are literally mil.
lions Of Liberty bond owners who do
not understand the collection of inter-
est by coupon clipping
James Hill. who resides at the In.
dian ford of the Baraboo river be-
tween Barahoo and Lyons, has decid-
ed to spend the winter with his son.
in-law and daughter. Mr.. and Mrs. z.
3. Mccoy at North Freedom. He will
change his postoffice address in few
days, Mrs, Hill died desently. The
family has resided in the picturesque
spot for many years, the river in front
Of the door, the dam in hearing dis
lance, and the Baraboo bluffs beyond.
Wallace Rowan and family, the Sec
ond to come to Baraboo, resided there
in very early times.
Mr.. and Mrs. Sim Mould, Mr.. and
Mrs. Waring and Mrs. Powers of Du-
buQue, Iowa, arrived this afternoon, in
an automobile to visit at the home of
Mrs. Martha j. Marriott and with 9TH
er relatives of Mr.. Mould here. Mrs.
Mould and Mrs. Waring are sisters
and Mrs. Powers is their mother
Miss Mathilda Reul has returned
from Rochester to which place she
went with Miss Elizabeth Jones, who
underwent an operation there. Miss
: Jones is a teacher in the public
schools and is recovering.
!, Friends in Baraboo have received
word that Paul Terhune of Petersburg
III, died few days ago at Camp
Grant. His wife was a daughter of
Mr.. and Mrs. B. B. Carter of Hinsdale
Ill, and the couple was married but a
few weeks ago. The mother of Mrs
.Terhune is daughter of the late Mr.
and Mrs. E. Walbridge who resided
for so many years at the corner of
East and Second streets in this city.
Three Richlard county boys in
army training camps have died the
past week of irfluerza. Joseph Uuin-
elk, of Cazenovia, died at Kansas City,
where he was attending the Sweeney
school; George Brai'.erd, of Lone
Rock at Camp Taylor, Kentucky;
and Walter H. Brown at Indianapolis.
colored woman was busily en-
gagged in emptying her stocking on
the desk of the Liberty Loan clerk.
! AS the silver quarters, dollars, nickelS
dimes, etc., rolled out on the desk
the clerk said, "This must be the re-
suit of a number of hard years saw
ings." The old woman replied, "Yas-
sab, All been a saving it to bury ma
self, but All got to thinkin' it oyah
an All jus made up NAH mind it
would be heap bettah to buy Lib
erty bond to help bury dat kaishah."
Boys Life.
| Jack Boyle, the Delton short story
writer, was in Baraboo on Thursday
and says that Boston Blackies Lit.
tie Pal'' as moving picture is meet
ing with great success. c.. L. Roser,
local manager of the AL. Ringing the
atre, has secured a date in November
for the film in Baraboo. On account
of the popularity of the picture it was
difficult to obtain the use. of it. Mr..
Boyle has sent two stories to the mag
azine using them and is now working
on another.
Gus E. Dangel, who has conducted
a grocery store in Reedsburg for many
years, sold out on Thursday to Joe
Coulter, who will take possession at
once. Mr.. Dangel's health has been
very poor the last year and he will
retire from active business for time.
Charles O. Richards, Lodi aged 81,
died few days ago at Camp Grant as
/ a result Of the influenza He was a
son of Mr.. and Mrs. Frank E. Rich
ards. Burial at Lodi.
The building which was formerly
occupied by the Orpheum theater at
/ Reedsburg is being remodeled and
Henry Thieman will move his drug
store there in the near future. The
corner building now occupied by the
drug store will be repaired from the
damage done by fire a short time ago
and the State bank will move there.
| DR.. L. w. Sayles has received his
commission as captain in the army
medical corps, and will leave soon for
Camp Funston, which is located at
Junction City, Kan. Dr. Sayles has