Baraboo weekly news. [volume] (Baraboo, Wis.) 1912-197?, 1919-05-15

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When Mrs. Emma Walsh arrived IN
Baraboo Thursday she reported 1t dill
cult to find a suitable place TO reside
in Madison. Renting places are scarce
and rents are tending upward. The
same is true in Chicago and other
large cities. When moving time came
at Ch.caao some families found the
flats hey had leased still occupied and
the tenants refused to vacate because
they could find no place to go. The
situation was anything but comfort
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According to a New York >newspa-
per, the population of New York now
includes three families for every two
apartments in the greater city. Unless
some relief is provided thousands OF
families must leave New York in the
next few months either through sheer
inability to find living quarters or
through inability to pay the enormous
rents now being eXacted by pronteer
landlords. The situation is growing
for the entire situation is a two-year
for the entire situation is tWO-year
shutdown in building operation aug
mented by an increase of about 100000
in population in the two years. In
normal times the overflow population
of New York finds refuge in Brooklyn,
but this time the city of baby car
riages is filled, too.
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Apartments literally are going to
the highest bidder. Last week the pa
pers printed the story OF an apartment
holder ,rho offered to suitcase for the
summer at $40 month. The rush
was so great that twenty-five house
holders were at the apartment at one
time. The apartment holder then
graciously offered to settle The matter
by leasing to the highest bidder, who
finally paid, $40 for the lease. Many
New York families are said to be pay
: ing half Their total incomes for rents.
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Naturally, the rent protlteers are
getting their share. IN one Dig apart
ment notices such as the following
were received by tenants: you are
notified that the rent of your apart
ment will be increased from 500
month to 800 month beginning May
I Unless YOU are heard from before
that date it will be assumed you do
not care to keep the apartment at the
advanced price and it will be rented
to other persons" Landlords, even
are trying to find laws in leases in
order to dispossess tenants before the
leases expire.
And the sad feature Of the whole
situation is there can be little relief
until building operations make avail
able a large number of new apart
ments. Legislation 10 curb sG9 proh-
teers has bcCn introduced ia Albany,
but champions of the measures them
selves admit that the only club they
have is to increase the assessed valua-
ton in proportion to the rents: Ten
an leagues have been formed, and IN
a few cases have successfully resisted
inc."asa@ But in the main it has been
a case OF pay the increase or move
out. One returned soldier went into
court and got a substantial reduction
on claims imposed by landlord. Ohe
woman shot the apartment owner
when he came around to notify her OF
an increase. If the jury shows Judg-
7ment when this case is tried in court
It may give the upward tendency a
temporary setback
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The METROPOLITAN Life has notified
it's policyholders that it's mortality
during the first four months OF 1913
has been double that during the first
quarter of the previous year. 1t states
it's conviction that persons who have
had influenza are in danger even after
apparent recovery and strongly urges
all such persons to be examined by
their physicians and to keep careful
watch of themselves during the re-
mainder of the year
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Whe. an insurance agent called on
Mrs. I-llen AIcGinnis, in Holidays
burg. Pa. to pay her $500 insurance
carried by her son, Daniel Finn, a
United States soldier and also gov
ernmen- check for war risk insurance
of $4,000, the young soldier was sit
ting in his mothers home, alive ano
we'll
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store in Chicago advertises
<'spring pumps at reduced prices
Pumps are all right for wells, but we
shouldn't think they would be needed
for springs.
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A Baraboo man says he intends &c
take his vacation in three install
, ments this year.
/ Brief period of rest preparatory
to the real vacation.
, The vacation proper.
> Recovery from the needed rest
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AS the Chicago & Northwestern