Baraboo weekly news. [volume] (Baraboo, Wis.) 1912-197?, 1921-07-14

WIFI w lllIdm OdIIOlls
Jay Cox of Chicago, who is making
his home with his sister, Mrs. Will
lam Orr, on Tenth avenue, has receiv
ed the patent rights on a door-bel
and buzzer which he invented
Walter Crop has resumed his du
ties at the Post Office after severa,
days confinement at home. Mrs
Crop and child were taken i'll with
smallpox.
Mrs w. J.. Helm returned from
.Pittsburg last night where she &C
companied her daughter, Mrs. Frank
Helm, and child, who will make their
home in that city.
Master Robert Mailer had the mis-
fortune to break his arm one even
ing recently when he jumped from
the porch at his home and slipped on
the pavement
The roof on the courthouse is under
going repairs. It was found some time
ago the boards beneath the tile had
undergone dry rot and in time
would not hold up the heavy weight.
Miss Della Payne has returned
from St. Paul where she has been
employed. She will spend the sum-
mer months with ner parents, Mr..
and Mrs. J, c. Payne, taking up her
duties at Stout Institute in the fall.
The citizens of Baraboo will be as
tonished soon. to see the girls going
Oh %n
broad daylight. Ears are no longer
covered in the cities and the wave
will soon strike, the rural communi-
ties.
Mrs. Hannah Vrooman has returned
from trip to Rochester where she
went to see her niece, Mrs. Clarence
Dubois, nee Miss Edna Johnson. Mrs.
Dubois is taking treatment in a hos
pital in the above city.
Mr.. and Mrs HI. I. Potter, who have
been spending the past few days at
Baraboo and Devils lake. returned
yesterday to their home in Chicago.
The trip was made by auto.
Tourist travel this year at the Fourth
of July period was heavier than last
year, is the belief of those who are in
touch with this business. Hundreds of
cars rolled through Baraboo, some of
the machines being of ancient vintage,
others of the newest models. Hun
dreds passed through Milwaukee
bound for the lake region in the
northern part of the state
Mrs Gamprecht of Rice Lake has
been visiting Mr.. and Mrs. e. G.
Langdon, H. G. Langdon, Miss Ruth
Southland, M. G. Crandall and others
in Baraboo She attended the mar
riage of her son, Professor Henry Ell.
Gamprecht, and Miss Doris Lambert
of Quincy at Chicago. Her son is a
member of the faculty of the Univer-
sity Of Wisconsin and his first wife
was the late Irma Langdon of the
town of Greenfield.
A family gathering was held at the
home of Mrs. Elizabeth Kimball in
Lyons recently. About fifty relatives
were present for the picnic dinner
and supper which were served on the
lawn and general good time was en-.
joyed
Mrs. J. E. English and niece, Miss
Rosemary Wright; Washington, D. G.
celebrated the Fourth of July with
relatives at Ridgeway. Miss Wright
is making a short visit in Wisconsin
and expects to return to the capital
in few days. She has about recover
ed from the accident she suffered last
winter.
Miss Libbie Eastman of Syracuse,
New York, is in Baraboo to visit her
brother, H. H. Hubert, and also to
be present at the Tooth birthday of
her mother, Mrs Hubert of Delton.
The venerable lady will pass her CEN
fury mark August 26.
Charles Ayers and sister, Miss Ella
Ayers, have returned from White
Bear Lake, Minnesota, where they
have been visiting relatives. They re-
port very dry weather at White Bear
Lake, much dryere than in this sec
tiCn Of Wisconsin.
Charles Watts of Stevens Point,
spent his Fourth of July vacation at
the home of Mrs. Fannie Chandler in
Baraboo. He was formerly with the
telephone company at Hudson but
some time ago was sent to Stevens
Point.
Henry w Sanford. Mcintosh, South
Dakota, is spending a few days in
Baraboo with Mr.. and Mrs. A. G. NAL
10y and the Thomas Finnegan family.
Mr.. Sanford is an engineer on the G.
e N. w. railroad and formerly was
employed in Baraboo. He has not
worked out of this city, however,
since 1906.
Professor Henry II. Gamprecht,
member of the faculty of the Univer-
sity of Wisconsin and with the class
of engineers doing field work at De
Wis lake, slipped away from the
camp a few days ago and was mar