Baraboo weekly news. [volume] (Baraboo, Wis.) 1912-197?, 1920-12-23

one-half pounds to one and one-fourth
pounds and still sold at the former
price-ffteen cents. This would be
equal to paying about IS cents loaf
had they continued to give the weight
as required during the war. Recently
the price of bread has dropped to Ii
cents. but some loaves b e n e
short in weight makes the price great
er than during the war. There seems
to be no uniformity as to weight in
the loaves of bread every maker max
ing loaf to suit his desire. 1t would
no doubt be better were the loaves
of uniform weight as before the
! trouble across the Atlantic. More
people than ever are eating ba Hers
bread and since there has been an in
crease in gas rates probably others
will buy the staff of life. There is a
bright outlook for the bakers.
Miss Doris Runge has returned from
Chicago where she underwent an
operation. The young lady is improv'
ing rapidly.
Mrs. T. r. Deppe, who returned
from Racine and Milwaukee last week
visited her mother and sister at the
former city and her daughter, Mariel
at the state metropolis. Her sister is
teaching in Racine and her daughter
is student in the Milwaukee normal.
In Columbia county Gordon Stauden-
~ oTfO c n
"a buggy in which Mr.. and Mrs. D. j.
Lease were riding In circuit court
the damages have been fixed at $3.50.
Mr.. and Mrs. Aug. Stackman and
family, and Mr.. and Mrs. Albert Koepp
took dinner with Mr.. and Mrs. Ed.
Harmed Sunday.
John Werlich, who came from
Owen, Wis. on account of the death OF
his mother, Mrs. Dollie S. Werlich has
returned home.
The stock of goods owned by the
late W. H. Vogler is being shipped
away and sold. The building will al
so be sold by the heirs to the prop
erty.
Miss Freda Meyer Of Reedsburg
was in Baraboo Saturday. In a short
time Mss Meyer and Mrs. Rudd leave
for Texas and then will go to Califor,
MIA to spend the winter.
Mrs. D. o. Foster and baby of
GAINESVILLE are spending several weeks
with her parents Mr.. and Mrs. J. r.
Davis here She went to BaraboO
to visit her husbands parents, Mr..
and Mrs Boyd Foster and other rela-
tives Mr.. Davis and son Wilbur and
grandson Wilson accompanied her and
visited at the Foster home over Sun
dav also,-Reedsburg Free Press.
Six skunk hides have stirred up
worse trouble down in the town of
Eagle than the wearers of the said
hides could possibly have done in
their life time and the end is not
yet. The start came when Robt. Har-
DIV signed the complaint which caused
Bryan Hardy to come to this city
and enter plea of guilty to the theft
of the aforementioned hides. Then
Bryan stated that Bernard Evans was
in with him on the deal and warrant
was issued for that young man. Not
stopping there, Hardy filed com
plant and caused a warrant to be is.
sued for the original complainant, al
leging that said Robert Hardy had
stopped him on the public highway,
abused him with his tongue and slap
red his face, and now the said Robert
Hardy must answer to the charge of
assault and battery. Warrants were
| seued Monday for both Bernard Evans
and Robt. Hardy and they will appear
later in the week to answer to the
charges against them And all because
Of six skunk hides.-Richland Center
Democrat.
August Block of Sank Prairie was