Baraboo weekly news. [volume] (Baraboo, Wis.) 1912-197?, 1920-08-26
By The Way

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OF the United States that eggs con-
tanning whisky are being shipped into
this country from Canada. No doubt
they will hatch snakes.
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| Passenger travel on the railroads
continues to be heavy. Seldom can a
person obtain berth in sleeping
car unless the reservation is made in
advance and the vacant seats in the
coaches are few. Evidently the Amer
Iican- people find great pleasure in
spending their money in travel.
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When w. J. Bryan at the Chicago
convention said:
And so we say unto you, thou
| shalt not press down upon the
| brow of labor this crown OF
thorns, thou shalt not cruelty
mankind upon a cross of gold.
lit almost made him president. While
Lin Chicago few days ago we visited
the place where the memorable speech
was made and found it vacant lot
crowded with weeds. a.
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Not long ago as a woman was let
ting down a window on railway
train diamond valued at $500 or
$500 dropped from it's setting. She
left the train at the next station, re-
ported her loss, and, several persons
Joined in the search, one Of the num-
Der being policeman. The officer
found the sparkler by the side Of the
track and passed it to the one who
lost it,. She was so elated she said
"Thank YOU and that was. all. Re-
wards, like showers in dry season,
often do not fall.
Some people travel across the con-
tinent in automobiles with but little
expense. Here is an account of an
adventure as told in The Outlook by
one of a quartette:
"The writer and three other young
linen, all students at Princeton Uni
Iversity, travelled from Portland, Ore
gon to Princeton, New Jersey, last
September in twenty days. The trip
was made in Ford touring car of the
vintage Of 1913. The total cost OF the
trip, including the purchase Of two
Inew tires and two new tubes, was
$19770. This covered gasoline, Oil, all
|repairs, bridge and ferry tolls, the
tires mentioned above, some new ac-
cessories (such as shock absorbers),
and food for the party. The total
amount expended for food was 1854.
We believe this to be record. BY
living on fruit and friends all the
way with good dinner at a friends
house every few days, and plenty of
peaches, apples, plums, cherries, toma
toes, and other vegetables borrowed
from farms along the way. the H G. L.
Lean be cut to a minimum.
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BY the way, Professor Earl e. Fa-
Der, who is visiting his mother, Mrs.
e. B. Winslow, was formerly employ
ed by Risley Brothers in this city and
has made much progress since leaving
Baraboo eighteen years ago. At that
time he went to Monmouth ILL.,. where
he graduated with the class of is.
Since 1916 he has been assistant in
structor in voice and theory in the
same school where he graduated. With
the opening of the school year he will
be director of the Conservatory of
Music at Sterling college Sterling, Kan
saS.
| During this summer he studied voice
! for five weeks at the Chicago Musi-
cal college with the great Italian tone
specialist, Nine. Della Valeri of New
York City, who was a guest teacher
at the Chicago institution.
While here he is teaching a few
hours each week. Professor Faber
will go to Davenport and Monmouth
soon, before taking up his. work at
Sterling. Professor Faber is able to
give expression to musical compost
tions in a mastery degree and
thoroughly enjoys the work he is
/ doing-a potent factor in achieving
success. ft ~
A few days ago Miss Ruby Huff
flew from Morton Grove ,lesr Chicago
TO Warrens, Wisconsin, in order to
visit her frlepd, Miss Margaret Seidel,
daughter of Ir and Mrs. T. G.. Seidel,
former residents of ka:ahoo, the doc
/, ter pract:eing here some fifteen years
ago Miss Huff with Dallas Speer at
the wheel, made the journey in 1877
minutes and the passenger declared
il was a wonderful trip
Give my roadster away" she said
to her mother just before the propeller
began to whir
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