Baraboo weekly news. [volume] (Baraboo, Wis.) 1912-197?, 1919-03-20

WlIe ana 1 and daughter, VeSta can
hear the clock tick with almost
startling loudness.
! Heavy rain turning to snow yester-
day, but today all traces have dis
appeared and warm bright sunshine
is in evidence
Eighteen members of the British
house of commons lost their lives in
the recent war.
Some years ago the state decided to
go into the life insurance business. At
the present time there are only $50
policies with $3S0,000 insurance. No
wonder an effort is being made to
abolish the business.
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IF men and women were separated
by wide swiftly flowing river, the
deaths by drowning among females
would be something frightful. "-Bos-
cobel Dial-Enterprise.
Because SO few of them know how
to swim, Mrs. Johnson? asks the Fen
nimore Times.
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The New York Tribune, in reporting
the plight of girl artist of New York
who has been imprisoned in Germany
since the beginning of the war, re-
cites that latter studying in Paris and
Rome she went to Berlin, where she
opened a studio. Later she met and
Unmarried Hugo Thurman, a German
artist"
This office has received letter
from the Literary Digest, asking an
answer for two questions:
I. Does your community, as far
as you can judge, believe the
United States should join the pro-
posed League of Nations?
2. Do you believe we should
join?
An affirmative answer has been Civ
Ell for both
A carload of chocolate billed to the
American army of occupation was
wrecked near Trier recently and sew.
eral German children of families liv-
ing near by ate such quantities of the
sweets that doctors had to be called
in to treat them. Many of the children
had never tasted chocolate before,
this form of candy being among the
Injuries which Germany was virtually
unable to supply during the war and
before the American salvage crews
got to work the youngsters consumed
their fill and then started homeward
with all they could carry.-Cleveland
Plain Dealer.
Marshfield has an alien Cuba club
which meets to study the constitution
of the United States and other ele-
>ments in this replblic. All are aliens
and expect to become citizens of this
country. Judge O'Neill attended one
of their meetings recently and reports
the organization a most helpful and in
teresting one.
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! A couple of boys stood watching a
fractions horse snort its disapproval
of an approaching motor car. What
makes a horse do that when he sees
motor carr" asked one. The other re-
piled, Its this way. Horses is used
to see other horses pull carts, and they
don't know what to, think of carts go
ing along without horse. If you saw
a pair of trousers walking down the
street without a man in them you'd
be scared, too"
! among the hundreds of speeches
made by Colonel Roosevelt the short
est one occurred as follows" says
James T. Dubois, Of Fellsmere, Fla.
at was during the campaign which
made him president. He was speak
ing from the rear platform Of spe-
cial train The engineer, who was
running in advance Of the schedule OF
fast express, had orders to keep his
time, no matter who was speaking.
The special was running few min
utes late I had been selected by the
committee to introduce Colonel Roose-
welt to the crowd at the stations. AT
one place I stepped to the rear
place l stepped quickly to the rear
platform and found myself facing sew
eral thousand people. I said: Fellow
citizens, introduce you to your next
president. He will live in your hearts
forever and pay no rent Colonel
Roosevelt stepped to the platform and
> said: Fellow citizens, / am delighted
to see you" foot! toot!' sounded the
engineer and we moved quickly on.
The Colonel turned to me laughing
and said: That's the shortest speech
of my life"
George Lawson has sold his farm
in Winfield to Jack Healey. The sale
price was $1,000, including stock and
machinery.
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Several towns in Massachusetts that
have long been dry have voted wet. 1t
must be the drys were not awake
when election day passed along.
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"And now saws the Long Island