Baraboo weekly news. [volume] (Baraboo, Wis.) 1912-197?, 1920-05-13

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pealed.
The case of r. S. Richardson, e.
Daily and A. Krohn, Reedsburg, was
mot heard before Judge Stevens at
Madison Wednesday, but was post
poned to May 10. Further investiga-
| ton will be made. The men are ac-
cused with taking goods from the
Chicago & Northwestern at Reeds
burg.
On Wednesday evening a car going
rapidly from the direction of Portage
to Baraboo, swayed from one side to
the other so rapid was the speed.
The car was filled with young men
who were trying to sing, each differ
ent song so intoxicated were they,
the while one of them held aloft a
corkless bottle half filled with fluid
that looked very much like whisky.
Often such spectacles end in the
ditch and hospital.
| Silk prices took a tumble in Chi
cago Wednesday and this is thought
to be a harbinger Of the long look
ed for jolt to be given old H. c. l..
Something like 100000 yards were
offered at a reduction Of so cents to
$500 a yard. Silk prices were last to
go up and the first to come down.
The dealers in Chicago foresee a
slash in cotton prices soon, they
state.
Charles Coleman of Reedsburg met
with a very serious accident Tuesday
while at work Oh n home near Gaze
novia. In soma way he slipped and
fell backwards from the porch roof,
striking on his shoulder and head.
He was rendered unconscious and
brought at once to the Reedsburg
hospital where he is being cared for.
He is still unconscious but it is
thought no bones were broken. Mr..
Coleman has lived in Reedsburg for
many years and worked at the car.
penter trade in that vicinity.
Mr.. and Mrs. Lewis Zastrow and
family of Caledonia spent the day in
this city on business.
A daughter of Mr.. and Mrs. Walter
Green, town Of Fairfield, has been i'll
for number of days with pneumonia.
She is much improved
Mrs. L. w. Claude of Madison has
been elected vice president of the third
L.3trict Woman's clubs of Wisconsin.
The meeting was at Sun Prairie.
Mrs. Harold Merll of New Haven,
Conn, is visiting in Baraboo at the
home of Mr.. and Mrs. August Plat
and in North Freedom at the home of
Mr.. and Mrs. Paul Bitterich.
Mrs. Bertha Schoenwetter and Mrs.
u D. Jones went TO Adams today to
visit a sister, Mrs. Henry Faivre, and
to become acquainted with new
nephew a son having been born re-
Gently to Mr. and Mrs. Henry Faivre.
The latter formerly lived in this city.
Mrs. Martha Marriott has returned
from st. Petersburg, Fla, where she
spent the winter.
MI. and Mrs. Carl UphOff Of Able
man were BarabOo visitors today.
VI lie in the city IN - took advantage
of the fishing to secure a mess of
bullheads.
The Spiritualist association pur-
chased the old office building owned
by the Wonewoc Lumber Co. The
building was taken apart and moved
to the camp grounds, where it will
be reconstructed into cottage.
The report is current about town
that a young man has changed his
postoffice address on account of a
little excitement some nights ago.
Others more brave are said to be
standing their ground.
Friends in BarabOO have received
word from Mrs. J. e. Johnson who is
with her husband in Chicago. Mr..
Johnson has been Ill in a Chicago
HOSPITAL for some time and now is on
the gain. He is feeling much better.
Specialists in Chicago have diagnosed
the case as that of the sleeping sick
ness.
Miss Mildred Stowell, formerly a
student at the university and mem
Der of the Alpha Gamma Delta, Fran
ces street, has announced her engage
ment to Carl Warren Fish of BarabOo,
the wedding to take place some time
in June. Miss Stowell is a graduate
of the music school. Mr.. Fish is en-
gagged at present in horticultural re-
STANDARDIZATION Democrat.
Today two large passenger cars
passed through Baraboo on their way
from ST. Paul to Cleveland, Ohio.
They have a capacity of about fifteen
passengers and will be used in trans
porting people in competition to the
street cars. Several of these cars
are used between st. Paul and Min
neapolis, greatly reducing the time
between the two cities.
Mr. and Mrs. Charles Mcfarland
write to friends from Colorado their
goods arrived one month after they
left Baraboo. They are we'll. There
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