Baraboo weekly news. [volume] (Baraboo, Wis.) 1912-197?, 1921-01-27


ed her diamond ring in small box
containing collar buttons, pins, etc.
{ and when the intruders glanced into
it they did not detect the stone
] The monthly meeting of the Safety
/ Committee of tn G. e N. W. railroad
was held Monday afternoon in the 10
cal general office A representative
from each branch of the service was
present at the meetings and various
topics concerning the system were
brought up.
! Charles Loos, who has been visit
ing in Baraboo with his parents, Engi.
neer and Mrs. c.. A. Loos, left last
night for Chicago and from there ex.
poets to start for parts in California
where he will make his headquarters
indefinitely.
Miss Della Payne, who has charge
of the culinary department of the Y
w. c. A. at st. Paul is visiting at the
home of her parents, Mr.. and Mrs
j. G. Payne The visitor has been max
ing a short trip to Chicago. On &C.
count of the gradual decline in food
prices, but little buying for advanced
consumption is DONE
/ Born to Mr.. and Mrs. r. C. Kind
schi Of Sumpter, son, Monday Jan
uary "a.
Joe Lusby, who has been critically
i'll for some time with pneumonia, is
M II
able to sit up for the first time this
morning.
| The doctors cast aside their medi-
cine cases last evening and INDUCED
in q banquet at the Warren house.
Physicians from Reedsburg, Prairie
du Sac, Sank City and Adams were
present. The same officers were re-
elected.
On Monday while Mrs. J. C. Payne
was cooking some frosting for a cake
! in double boiler, the utensil explod-
ed. Frosting not only flew to the
ceiling but covered the floor and a
portion burned the face, hands and
arms of Mrs. Payne. Fortunately the
the burns are not severe. The force
of the explosion was such that the
cover of the boiler, when it struck the
hood over the stove, broke the hood
4; from its fastening. Others in Bara-
boo have had like experiences.
Captain o. B. Freeman, chief pilot
of the two planes which visited Bara-
| boo last summer, was the cause of
lsaving the life of Dick Seal, a plane
Istunt performer, recently in Chicago.
Mr.. Freeman was driving the plane in
which Seal dropped from a rope at
| tached to one Of the wings. The stunt
man somehow got tangled in the rope
and when the pilot looked down he
| hands. After several minutes of
thought how to land without killing
| the young man, he decided on a cir
cular course with the stunt man as a
living pendulum above the plane in
stead of below, where he would be
dashed to pieces by the landing. The
! landing was safely made and Mr.. Seal
was not seriously injured.
! Mrs. Andrew Plat, who resides at
| 800 Eighth street, in honor of her 72nd
milestone, was surprised recently by
a number Of friends and neighbors
| who helped celebrate the event. The
lneighbors who came with we'll filled
baskets included, Mrs. VIM Hippler,
Mrs. Fred Fisher, Mrs. Frederika
Clause, Mrs. Lewis Plat and Mrs.
iSabina Sehler Mrs. Heintz of Reeds
iburg was also present.
D. N. Trump and Ed Donahue of this
lefty were in the court today of JUS
ltice Fl. L. Halsted to decide a small
financial difference. Mr.. Trump
charged that Mr.. Donahue owed him
$40 for lodging and small sum for a
cash loan. The defendant was just
las determined that he did not owe
the sum but the case was ledger books
vs. Mr. Donahue's word and as the
law must have proof the justice de
Icided in favor of the plaintiff, Mr.
Trump, and the defendant paid the
sum Of $23.25.
BY means of an x-ray it was found
that a small portion of a rubber boot
went into the foot of Earl McGilvra
when he cut the member with an axe
while working on the farm of his
| father, O.-J. McGilvra, Sank Prairie.
At first aid was given at the home
but when the pain became intense it
was decided to bring him to a Bara-
boo hospital. The x-ray revealed that
not only a small portion of the boot
but portion Of the bone of the joint
of the great toe had been cut off and
was pushed back where it did not be-
! long. By means Of an operation the
foreign material was removed and the
piece of bone taken out. 1t was this
condition which caused excruciating
pain. The accident happened on Fri
day. January A. The young man will