Baraboo weekly news. [volume] (Baraboo, Wis.) 1912-197?, 1921-01-20

introduced the author as Miss IONA
Gale, of Main street, Portage, Wis
and the author in turn introduced
the producer as Brook Pemberton, of
Market Street, Emporia, Kan.
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"Most Of the remedies for the So
cial unrest is a very deep and men
acing thing-most of the remedies
for it remind me forcibly of little
Johnny JONES'" sad a senator the
other day. Johnny Jones, you know,
was studying botany, and he declared
| that he had an infallible way to tell
the difference between mushrooms
and toadstooIs When you get vi'lent
spasms,' said little Johnny, with
cramps, swelling of the feet, and par
tial loss of vision resulting in insani-
ty and death-thsn 1t amt mush-
rooms"
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A northern citizen at Miami, Flori-
da writes:
"This is the most beautiful place
ever saw 1t is warm here's to Sc.
Strawberries are just ripe, and every
where is a mass OF beautiful flowers
| of all colors. The orchards are GER
tainly beautiful, loaded with yellow
grape fruit and oranges, buy Is grape
fruit for 25 cents; oranges are 80 cents
1t is interesting to be so near the
ocean-just one block away. I enjoy
| seeing the boats and lseaplanes. z
don't know just when we will go
home"
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The Cincinnati Enquirer wants to
kow what the governor of North Caro-
lima says to the governor of South
Carolina when they meet. these degen-
crate days. The Detroit Free Press
says: We can guess. He says one
word 1t has four letters and begins
with H.
what can that be? The Boston
Globe thinks it may lie HEAR" A
New York exchange believes it to be
Hist" indicating that the governor
has something on his lip. Our theory
is that the word is "Help!" But the
Free Press has set us an almost in
soluble puzzle. What do you think p
Cleveland Plain Dealer.
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A Massachusetts paper states that
on July 81, 1888, Horace Smith de-
posted SIS in the Dedham Institution
for Saving and in a long period of
years this lone five-dollar bill went
on accommodating interest. November
II, 1912, the holder of the bank book
withdrew from the bank the sum of
$112.47, and June s, 1920, closed his
account with the bank, taking out the
balance of $13446.
The only money ever deposited
in the bank was the original SIS. Had
no money been withdrawn until the
account was finally closed, the sum
| that would have been taken out would
have totaIed $281.93
Not all city landlords object to fam
lilies with children. A newspaper par
agraph says that in a Western city a
landlord announces THAT whenever
a child is born in one of his houses the
rent for that month will be returned
to the tenant"
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slipped on rug, fell and sustained in
juries, would you be liable for dam
ages? Just that very thing happened
at Racine, Mrs. Mildred Greenfield of
Chicago falling on a rug at the home
Of Frank H. Miller Mrs Greenfield
went to law to collect damages but
received an adverse verdict for her
pains. The court held there was no
evidence to show it is customary in
Racine to fasten rugs to the floor.
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Hans Koppke, son Of Mr.. and Mrs.
Henry Koppke has received a SOU
venir of Pilgrim Land" from a friend
in Massa chusetts. It was three hun
dred years ago last month the Pill
grms reached Plymouth and this
makes the booklet most timely. There
are illustrations of the Mayflower.
landing of the Pilgrims, Plymouth
Rock, Pilgrims going to worship, the
John Alden house, Miles Standish
house, and others.
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Merlin Hull formerly secretary of
safe. has launched new agricultural
journal at Black River Falls Calling
the paper Merlin Hull's Farm News. |
The first number was devoted to the
soil, new corn, the poultry yard, hot
beds, farm bureau federation, cows,
and many other topics. There is al
whole page of interesting recipes for
the housewife and little comedy forE
everybody. Mr.. Hull has conducted al
most successful newspaper at Black