Baraboo weekly news. [volume] (Baraboo, Wis.) 1912-197?, 1919-09-18
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j. w. Davis has returned from a
trip to Milwaukee and while there at
tended the state fair
Mrs. William Biaski of Oakland,
Cal. is here for visit with her moth
er, Mrs. Lillian Pitts. Mr.. Blaski will
follow later for visit
Mrs Addie Smith has returned
from ST. Paul where she spent
week with chr daughter, Miss Martha
Green who is employed with the
Y. W. C. A.
Mr.. and Mrs. Herman Mueller and
t. r. Deppe have returned from
/ trip to Detroit, driving three cars to
Baraboo. They crossed Lake Michi-
gan on boat landing at Milwaukee.
Orriel Philbrick, proprietor Of the
Philbrick garage, Earl Hall, Albert
Wendt, Roy Messenger, Leonard
| Sprecher and Raymond Wheeler have
returned from Milwaukee, driving
cars of different models. The Ford
/ truck driven by Roy Messenger car
! ried a Fordson. a demonstration of
( the proper way to haul a tractor a
| long distance.
| Mr.. and Mrs. Henry Tooley of
Black Hawk were guests of their
daughter, Mrs. G. F. Mather, on
, Thursday. When they returned home
] the trip was made in new Hudson
super-six purchased at the Mueller
garage here.
| The city has purchased a triang-
| ular piece of ground from Rollo Curry
! at the corner Of Eight and Summit
streets, in order to remove bank of
earth which INSTRUCTED the view OF
automobile drivers on trunk line IL.
| The earth has all been removed as
is a great improvement as well as
convenience for drivers of machines.
The triangle purchased extended Sc
feet on Eight and. Sc feet on Summit.
the hypotenuse becoming the new
boundary of the street at the inter-
section.
Remodling is being done in the
Baraboo Fruit store in order to make
room for the new baking system. All
| but the rear 40 feet of the room now
used by the grocery will be occupied
| by the bakery, the forty feet at the
rear being used as store-room for
! flour and other bulky articles Gro
ceries and fruit will be sod in the
| south room, the one now occupied as
fruit store. Partitions viii separate
the bakery from the remainder of the
store and other Improvements will be
made.
North of the Luckow building,
occupied by McGuann & FogIe is an
iron railing to protect an outside
stairway to the basement A wagon
came along and tried to wreck the
iron work anchored in cement but
never budged it. The wagon wobbl-
ed away considerably damaged.
| The dance in Mueller's hall Thurs
| day evening was attended by about
80 Baraboo couple who all had an ex-
cellent time, dancing to the music
furnished by the Jass orchestra. The
/ orchestra gave the dance and intend
| to give one or two a month this win
ter if the young folks show any de-
sire of wanting them.
/ Editors have their troubles. One OF
these who presides over the destinies
OF western newspaper is mourning
the loss of two SUBSCRIBERS One wrote
asking how to raise his twins safely,
while other wanted to know how he
might rid his orchard OF grasshopperS.
| The answers went forward by mail,
| but by accident the editor put them
into the wrong envelopes so that the
man with twins received the answer:
| sCOyer them carefully with straw and
set fire to it, and then the little pests,
after jumping in the flames for a few
minutes, will be speedily settled And
the other man with grasshoppers was
told to COVE castor oil and rub their
gums with bone
/ Dewey ArTnbruster, son Of Mrs.
Emma Armbruster, arrived in Bara-
boo Thursday evening from Camp
Mills where he received his discharge
He reached the United States about
one month ago and was in the par
ade at New Yerk. Mr.. Armbruster
left Baraboo with the Co. / boys and
was transferred into the First divi-
sion overseas. The first division is
composed of regulars and they saw
about all the fighting there was to-
see, and the Baraboo soldier escaped
luckily with only a slight wound,
considering all the combats he was
in. Mr.. Armbruster was confined in
the hospital for some time in the
states, which was the cause of his
late arrival home. Mrs. Armbruster
did not hear from her son for three
months after the armstice was signed
SO she was one of the anxious par
ents to receive overseas letters after
the lighting, ended. This paper print
ed number of excellent letters writ
ten while the young man was at the
front
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