Baraboo weekly news. [volume] (Baraboo, Wis.) 1912-197?, 1919-10-09
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~ro,r interest is being taken III .no
hoenital at Madison. status
chow that DIR. Stork vlslts INC
Iioa .,t,,+;on IN an average every day.
marty of five prominent men nc
..o+,,rned to Hilo, TIL, with d iepo-e
- 4bo finding of the Mauna Loa lay"
,, which now is flowing uhuAii-
sr;ehod 20 miles to the sea. Ihey 80
tod 80. that the geyser OF lava is oVo
taet high and 300 feet in diameter.
II could be heard for mlies "nu
.o,,nded like the exhaust OF ten tlou-
go locomotives, they said. Ihe
- ie still out on the desolale
49,; side in it's study OF the
eruption. ,,+oncive
The lava has formed an EXTENSIVE
csna extending a quarter OF hillo
o,,t into the ocean, and is still 1lo"lhs
- great volumes. A small tidal wave
ON the Kona coast endangered 'he
lives of several persons.
Edward Manteufel, a lneman ol .ne
portage Telephone company Win
Foreman Bary's crew, owes MS liio
to the salty belt the men are compeil-
ed to wear in service.
He was working on a 35-toot pore
nm Mac street near the high scnool
when he slipped in some manner anu
slid down the pole about ~ feet anu
bie life belt stopped his decent ABOUT
TX feet from the ground. His only IN
i,,ries were to his feelings Tor the
GioIts" he received on his rough forced
slide down the pole. -.....
Mr.. and Mrs. Bert Woodrow have
arrived in Portage from Canada. Mr..
woodrow is a brother of Mrs. Albert
Sherman, in Portage and married his
bride in London while he was doing
service for the allies in the ranks
of the Canadian army
They sailed from Europe on Sept.
19 and were just seven days in cross
ing the Atlantic. They will make
their home in Portage.
Bands of negroes in southern Phil
lips county, of which Helena, Ark,
is the seat of government, had plann-
ed a general slaughter OF white peo-
ple in that locality according to mem
bers of the committee of seven ap-
pointed by civil authorities with the
sanction of Gov. Charles Brough who
announced ON Sunday that confess
sions made by some of the captured
negroes and other information indi-
Gated a widespread plot.
Members of the committee said
the plans of the negroes included
an uprising in the event certain de-
mands were not met.
Supt. James LearmOnth of the
Portage American Gas company has
received official notice from the state
utility commission that the new gas
rate which will go into effect in Port
age about Nov. l. will be an increase
Of 25 cents per 1000 feet.
neighbOr reports that Mr.. and
Mrs Albert Boettscher and child were
buried in one grave at Leland. They
lost their lives when the home burn
ed one night last week. There was
very large attendance at the
funeral The father had been I'M
fortunate in that he had lost one
hand in a corn shredder When Bert
Harmon lived on the farm house
burned, this being the second fire on
the place The father placed two of
the children out of the house and re-
turned for his wife and other child.
The two stood in the rain waiting for
them to come but they did not APP
pear Crying they went to the home
of neighbor and gave the alarm.
The two children will live with the
parents OF Mrs. Boettscher.
Born to Mr. and Mrs. Earl Winnie
of Baltimore, Md, a son October 4.
Mrs. E. M. Koltes has gone to Madi-
son and Milwaukee to visit friends
and relatives for a short time.
Otto Hornung and family have
moved from PIG Seventh avenue to
$40 First street.
Harry Meiner of Pittsburg, Pa,
visited Mr.. and Mrs. B. J. Kramer on
Sixth avenue, for several days He
also visited other relatives while here.
Mr.. and Mrs. George Bloom, Miss
Ruby Hoffman and Miss ArlOtte Tor
gerson of Madison are visiting at the
Charles Rote home
Mr. and Mrs. W. J. Harris of Harvey,
ILL.,, are rejoicing over the arrival of
an eight pound daughter Mrs. Harris
was formally Miss Amelia Eitel of this
city.
Miss Gertrude Desmond has re-
turned to Duluth, Mimi, to resume
her teaching, after spending the
summer with her parents, Mr.. and
Mrs. T. Desmond.
Albert Williams, son OF Mr.. and
Mrs. A. H. Williams Evanston, and
a grandson of Mr.. and Mrs. W. D.
Porter, Baraboo has entered Yale
university.
Captain H. H. Prange has been an.
pointed an attendant in the capitol
at Washington and has assumed his
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