Baraboo weekly news. [volume] (Baraboo, Wis.) 1912-197?, 1918-06-20
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Mrs. A. w. Melzl and Mrs. C. w.
Hillard attended the state meeting at
BelOit, representing the local Cath
Olic WOman's clubs. Mrs. Hillard
has returned home and Mrs Melzl has
gone to Chicago to visit her sister,
Mrs. Kate O'Shea.
Miss Bernice Glazier, driving a Ford
car, accidentally struck the stage on
the BarabOo-Kilbourn road, several
miles north of this city. In passing,
the wheels of the Ford went into the
sand, which turned the wheels and
sent the car into the rear of the three
seated automobile. The Ford was
wrecked and the stage was hauled to
a garage for repairs. The mail was
slightly delayed.
George A. Cook of Unity, state au-
tOmObile license Inspector from the
office of Secretary of State Merlin
Hull, was in Baraboo today investi-
eating conditions. He often finds Ii
Censes on big trucks which should be
on little trucks, cars running with but
one license tag, other cars with tags
on during the week, and the same
tags on other cars on Sunday, and
some cars without a vestiage of a tag.
Some people are careless and others
try to evade the law. Often patrons
give the license money to garage own
ers to send to the secretary of state
and the money never goes-forgotten.
In BarabOo Mr.. Cook found set of
tags in garage, the owner never hay
ing called for the plates. They have
been returned to the office at Madi-
son. Mr.. Cook says that 200 sets
have been returned to Secretary Hull
because of nOn-delivery. The rightful
owners have moved away or were
careless in sending their addresses.
Eir. Cook says the officials at Bara-
boo have been very active and he
finds the conditions here excellent.
There are but few evasions.
A cOncOurse of one hundred sixty
five automobiles formed the process
sion that followed the remains of Rev.
FIR Pesch from st. Johns Catholic
church on Tuesday morning.
Requiem high mass was read by
Rev. FIR. Weishar, Rev FIR July and
the vicar general from La Crosse.
twenty-five priests assisted at the
mass. Interment was made in the new
Catholic cemetery at Plain.
Rev. Pesch was fatally injured when
the large church at Plain was de-
stroyed by the storm last month.
While at Plain the vicar general
from La Crosse held a meeting for the
purpose of selecting a location for the
new Catholic church, schoolhouse and
parsonage and sisters home
Mr.. and Mrs Alexander Harrison
and family of Adams are spending
some time at the V. Douglas home
W.>H. Power and M. F. Foley sue
ceeded in landing a 207pound pickerel
at Briggsville, in addition to other fish.
Miss Ada Berman has returned to
her home here after attending Mil
waukee normal the past year
Mrs. A. Drake and daughter Violet
went yesterday to Ableman to visit
friends.
Thursday two automobiles filed
with tourists from Colorado passed
through Baraboo. They were going to
Chicago to reside.
Mrs. G. Hall of Adams stopped off
here yesterday on her way home from
Lodi. She spent the day with Mrs.
Jennie Peck.
Mrs. F. E. Wichern went to West
Allis this morning to make her home
there. She expects to return some
time next week after the two chill.
dren.
Mrs. William Kaether and son OF