Baraboo weekly news. [volume] (Baraboo, Wis.) 1912-197?, 1918-02-07


on Saturday.
Born to Mr. and MRS. j. A. Hackett
on Thursday, January 81, daughter
M. E. Fiske of Prairie du Sac spent
the first of the week here, called by
the serious illness of his father, w. N.
Fisk The latter is much improved at
the present writing.
The Finch club met Saturday even
ing with Mrs. William Dickie.
Mrs. M. J. Carpenter returned on
Wednesday from Tomah.
Mrs. Josephine Duncan has returned
TO her home in BarabOO after spending
three weesk with Mrs. Walter Hill.
C. F.. Cooley came up Saturday from
Madison.
James Sedgwick of Reedsburg spent
Sunday at the Hackett-Warne home.
William Putt of Webster Prairie was
in town Saturday
The Home Culture club will meet
Friday afternoon of this week with
Mrs Walter Hahn.
Miss Mary Barkenhagen, who has
, been employed in Elroy, was called
home Wednesday on account of her
mothers accident.
Among Baraboo visitors Saturday
we're: Mrs John Barker, Mr. and
Mrs. Julius Unternahrer, G. W. Da-
vies. Miss Freda Lieder, Mrs. A. H.
VOeck and son Kenneth, Miss Caroline
TRIUMPH, N. B. Hackett, Miss Florence
Cook, Thomas FOulkes, William Treb-
ilcOck, William Hill.
Mr.. and Mrs R. r. ,Grosinske of
Baraboo visited relatives here Sun
day.
Rex and Rita, the son and daughter
of Mr.. and Mrs. Henry Griep, have
the whooping cough.
Members of the relief corps served
dinner each day of the farmers inst1-
tute, cleaning up neat sum for their
work here.
The Red Cross meets Thursday aft
ernoon and evening If this week.
Broke Wrists in Accident
In last weeks paper the accident OF
Mrs. G. Barkenhagen, by misunder-
standing of the account on the tele
phone, read two broken ribs, while II
should have read, both wrists broken
Mrs. Barkenhagen is Of course per
fectly helpless to wait upon herself
and is suffering considerable pain. She
also cut several places on her face
and bruised her knee in the fall.
WeiIand Residence on Fire
Saturday forenoon when Miss Agnes
Weiland opened the door to an upper
room she discovered smoke, and up
on investigation found the roof of the
house was ablaze near the chimney
An alarm was given. and by the aid o.
garden hose and pals, the fire was ex
tinguished by the time the fire com
pany arrived. A large hole was burned
in the roof, but otherwise no damage
was done The house is large, mod
ern dwelling situated near the Wei
land garage, and owned by Albert
Weiland.
Cold in the South
John MattoX, who had been spend
ing a month in his own home in Vir
GINA, returned last week just in time
for the cold snap here, but said he
felt the cold just as much in the south
ern state as here. He also said the
thermometer has been reported as low
as 20 degrees below zero and there
was about a foot Of snow on the
ground.
Goes to Minnesota
G. w. Hackett, who recently re
ceived the federal appointment to the
position Of poultry extension husband
man, returned home from Washington
Sunday evening and went Monday tt
ST. Paul. He has been assigned tt
the state of Minnesota for his division
of work, with headquarters at the
state university in st. Paul, working
in connection with the agricultural de
partment
M. E. Church
Rev. Victor Moon, Pastor
On account of the delay Of the train
Rev. Hallock did not arrive to speaI
Sunday morning and the pulpit was
filled by Rev. Moon. In the evening
County Agent G, w, Davies spoke or
the thrift-stamp campaign. Next Sun
days services are as follows:
10 a. m.-Sunday-school.
11-Morning service.
Subject, Abraham Lincoln.
6:45-Epwo,t league. Topic, "Oul
African Missions" Leader, Ralph
Hackett.
7:30-Evening service Subject
1.-THE First Commandment"
E. L. Bible study at the home of G
W. Hackett on Wednesday evening.
Saturday at l p. m. Charles V
Wright will sell what remains of his
stock of groceries, dry goods and no
tions at auction. Also store fixtures