Baraboo weekly news. [volume] (Baraboo, Wis.) 1912-197?, 1922-12-14

went to Barron Sunday, called there
by the serious illness of Mrs. John
McGuan formerly known as May
Duncan and who spent her girihood
at the Pewitt's Nest farm. Mrs. Dun
can, who has been living with her
daughter, returned with her son.
Mrs. W. H. Hamilton has returned
from a business trip to Madison.
; She is president Of the Beauty
Culturists and Hair Dressers of Wis
consin and a committe Of six men,
/ bers of the association met with the
state board Of health for the purpose
OF formulating a new law governing
beauty parlors.
] Mrs Cordelia Brown has left for
jamestown, North Dakota, where
she will spend the winter with rela-
tives. Enroute she will visit in
Baker. MINI, with her sister. Var
ious farewell parties have been Civ
en- in honor of Mrs. Brown during
the past several weeks.
The Misses Mary Mildred and
Elizabeth Long entertained in honor
of Mrs. Oscar Johnson, a recent
bride, at their home on Birch street
last evening. Fifteen guests were
present and the evening was pleas
antly spent with games and other
Iamusements. Mrs. Johnson was pre-
sented with a Christmas tree. heavily
laden with gifts for her new home.
Dainty refreshments were served.
! Among the patrons at the Al. Ring
ling theater en- Monday evening.
when Robert Ring ing appeared, was
Assistant Attorney General LaHnce-
lot A. Gordon and a number Of
/ friends OF Madison. He has recently
learned OF the beauties Of the the
alter and told c. L. Roser the maRs-
ger, that he desired 10 bring a
number OF friends from the capital
city TO see the playhouse. With such
fine road as now extends from
Madison 20 Baraboo the time consum-
cd In travel may be scarcely more
than in a large city when like dis.
tnce is TO be covered.
4 On Tuesday E. A. Gilman of Port
a stroll over the East Bluff at Devils
lake to the leaning tower, some dis.
lance east Of the famous Devils Door
way. The temperature in the morn
ing was but a few degrees above
zero, the coolest Of the season, and
the air on the heights had consider
Il able of a tang to Ii, not enough, to
be uncomfortable. It was the initial
4 trip for the visitor to the top of the
bluff and he was charmed with the
wonders along the way.
The Milwaukee Bright Star girls,
a basket ball team Of Milwaukee,
I were in Baraboo on Tuesday after
noon on their way to Reedsburg
where they are TO play the Reeds
burg city team tonight. Organizations
in the past have had as mascots
cats, crows, and chimpanzies but
this one has dancing girl Of eight
years known as Baby Ruth linn.
She has appeared before two presi-
dents and in fifteen states, and
has been dancing about four years
or one-half of her life. While in
Baraboo she gave a number Of fancy
exhibitions on the stage in the high
school assembly room.
DR.. and Mrs. E. P. Hall CT Alex
andria, South Dakota, have been
spending d few days in the city visit
ing with relatives and old time
friends and left this afternoon for
their home in Alexandria. Or. Hall
is a former pastor of the Baraboo
First NJ F. church. He and Mrs.
Hall stopped off here on their way
home from indianapolis, where they
visited with their daughters, Mabel
and Vesta Miss Mabel is teaching
in the indianapolis schools and re-
Gently returned from a summers
tour of the principal European coun-
tries. On Thanksgiving day, the
family were all together at the home
of another daughter, Wanda, who is
married and has two sons, and who
resides in Vincennes, Indiana. DIR.
and Mrs Hall expect to locate in
BaraboO next fall and will probably
build a home here.
Theodore c. Kramer, who is
manager of the filing station locat-
ed on the corner of Broadway and
Fifth avenue, states that on Sunday
there was sold there 1,160 gallons
of gasoline. When the fact is taken
into consideration that most of the
sales are made in quantities of two
or three gallons. this makes great
many cars supplied and is a good
amount to sell at this time of the
year when the tourist trade is
snail.