Baraboo weekly news. [volume] (Baraboo, Wis.) 1912-197?, 1919-11-20
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dogs, took to the water at the north
shore of Devils lake and swan across
to the Messenger shore. The animal
then disappeared in the woods. The
dogs were not permitted TO follow the
deer.
Mr.. and Mrs. Harry Post of Barron,
Wis, come to Baraboo to make their
home Mr.. Post has accepted a posi-
ton as barber in the Spankenberg
shop on Ash street. He was formerly
with the 32d Division overseas and
knows many of the Baraboo lads who
were across.
Mr.. and Mrs. E. A. Fisher have re-
turned from a visit to st. Louis where
they spent about four weeks with
their son and wife, Dr. and Mrs. A. o.
Fisher. DR.. Fisher recently returned
from overseas where he was during
the entire war and now is residing in
the above city. The coule were
married not long ago.
| Born to Mr.. and Mrs. James Ryan
| Thursday, daughter.
! Adam Weiland sustained a painful
injury to the fingers of his right hand
! yesterday when they became caught
between the piston and another part
| of a motor car he was driving from
Alderman to Baraboo. 1t was nece-
ssary to have several stitches taken in
one of the fingers.
Rollin b. Curtis of this city has re-
! hi oi% n
S. e., for valient services aes.
Mr.. Curtis was first sergeant in the
Baraboo-- Reedsburg company.
1 Geo. Hood, one of the editors of the
Baraboo Republic and member of
the last assembly, made us a call
Tuesday Mr. Hood is travelling for
a wholesale grocery house of Bara-
boo, having taken up the work tenn
porairily merely for a change from
the steady grind of newspaper work
Lodi Enterprise.
After rs days Of welded life Mrs.
Dale Hubbard, who as Jean Rogers
early in October travelled $500 miles
from Madison to become the bride of
Dale Hubbard, was made widow by
an |. w. w. assassin's bullet. She is
the neice of Colonel John Turner of
Mansion, senate sergeant at arms.
Hubbard saw service overseas as SER
geant. He was killed when /. w. w.
nred on ex-service ment at Centralia.
Wash, few days ago.
Charles Latakas from Chicago was
a visitor to our city recently coming
as a representative for a number of
Chicago people who are looking for
farms in this vicinity. After a pretty
general survey of the surrounding
country he came to the conclusion that
this was the ideal location. He was
very much impressed with the
beauty of our city and agreeably sur
prised with the apparent prosperity
Of our farm community and spoke
very highly of the splendid roads
over which he rode. Mr. Latakas re-
turned to Chicago freely convinced
that he had come to the right place,
and took with him sufficient informa-
ton to warrent recommending a VS.
it by the delegation he represented
The barn of w. w Fuller, Merri-
mack burned a few nights ago and
was likely the blaze the railroad men
saw, writes the correspondent at Dur
wards glen. Corn shredding is said
to be the cause. The result of the
seasons harvest is supposed to have
been lost as a result Of the blaze, the
correspondent added.
Portage has a poetess, Mrs. Anna B.
Daily.
Walter Truckenbrodt returned to
his home Friday evening after
Ii months of overseas service. He
is the last of Sank City's overseas
men to return. He entered the SER
vice in July 1918, going from there
to Camp Grant where he was placed
with Co. f. 343 Infantry After some
training his company was taken to
the east and then across to England
and on to Bordeaux. Owing to illness
he could not accompany them to the
front. When his health had been
restored and he was ready to go to
the front the arTnistice was signed
and thus he was excluded from act
ual fighting. He was, however, assign
ed war prisoner and such was priv
ileged to transverse much of the de-
wasted war territory and witnessed the
terrible effects of the fierce combat
He brought with him and sent to his
relatives many war souvenirs among
them some constructed by German
prisoners under his care.
The Wisconsin river is on a ram
page again but no danger of broken
bikes is manifested The river reach
ed a 11.04 foot stage at Portage Sat
urday. The river is filed with float
ing ice five or six inches thick which
indicates cold weather in the north.
With the thermometer lowering a.
round the zero mark the Portage highs
tackled the Reedsburg high school
team on the fair ground gridiron Sat
urday afternoon Reedsburg went to
Uo5,f q cro with a h11poh Of yontorc bIIf