Baraboo weekly news. [volume] (Baraboo, Wis.) 1912-197?, 1918-09-26

RAJ s Are Held, Ball Games
r aged, Vaudeville Shown,
Stock Show Fine

assured ulu IL " do FCAy mUCh IA uAS
grace before the world today The
German went away grunting.
The women conserved their sugar
One Of the most attractive quilts
contained a flock Of blue birds, a lit
tie bird house in the center. The idea
in the design was to embody -happi-
ness.
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this year, the exhibit of cakes and
cookies being very light. Mrs. L. H.
Palmer, the superintendent, said this
was most patriotic.
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The grandstand was too cold for
most folks. The vaudeville went right
along, however.
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There was a Noah Webster spelling
book there, dated 1903, exhibited by
Mrs. Sarah Rooney. The hobby of
Noah Webster was spelling, and he
has left a name in the hall of fame
that will long last.
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Mrs. F. H. Horstman had display
Of dahlias that for delicacy of color
it would be difficult to equal. Mr..
HOrstman has been growing these
flowers for a number Of years ard has
had great success.
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J. J. Blaine, Republican candidate
for attorney general, made short
speech in the grand stand. He spoke
on war and politics.
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Mrs. A. r. Reinking exhibited new
dahlia-the Baraboo. It is about nine
inches across, has a purple center and
a cerise border. Of thirtythree new
varieties this is by far the best. The
dahIia attracted much attention and
pronounced rare beauty. Mrs.
Reinking has made speciality Of dab
lias for several years and has some
rare SPECIMENS growing on the hill
side.
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w. ]. Radtke and others exhibited
fine displays Of peanuts. Mr.. Radtke
went into his garden and pulled up
the first hill he came to and it was a
wonder. Corn is tropical plant but
has been acclimated far to the north,
producing amazing results. Peanuts,
TOO, might be made profitable crop
in the colder climates. Some OF the
boys in the south write of acres and
,cres of this delightful product.
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George Pe1tOn of ReedSburg, no
doubt, has one Of the best record for
attending the fair at BaraboO. For
more than fifty years he has Joined
the throngs and enjoys the exhibits
as much as any one. There has been
quite an evolution in fairs in half a
century and few have been privileged
TO observe them. Mr.. Pelton voted at
the first election held at Reedsburg.
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I The members Of the Red Cross and
Allied Relief had a fine exhibit in con-
nection with war activities. This at
tracted much attention. Small arti-
cles were sold to defray the expenses,
neat sum being left.
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Mrs. George B. McGilcra had
charge Of the w. c.. T. q. rest tent.
BY another year there may be so few
, saloons there will be no more good
work to do. The war is killing the sa-
looms very rapidly. Mrs. McGilvra
says the tent will be there next year
for tired mothers, saloons or no sa-
looms
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An inspector for the state visited
the grounds and told L. M. Jacobs, SUI
perintendent of privileges, that every
thing was on the square.
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! l.. b. Slime, Washington, d. c., rep
! resenting the treasury department.
spoke for the fourth liberty loan The
He says the people of this country do
not know about saving as the people
nearer the scene of the great war.
He was introduced by A S. kingsford
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One of the attractions was an apos-
tie spoon, exhibited by the Misses
Gattiker. There are only four sets OF
! these spoons known to be in existence
one set being in the British museum
and another in the collection at Cor
pus Christie college, England One
set sold for $4,000 They were made
| in 1886, the handle of each spoon con-
tanning an apostle.
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A foot stove would have been more
in keeping if it had sent forth a little
heat
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Miss Tillie English and S. Thomas