Baraboo weekly news. [volume] (Baraboo, Wis.) 1912-197?, 1922-04-27
BY THE WAY

Frank Lloyd Wright, American ar
chitect. has been slightly burned in
a Toxic hotel blaze. He prepared the
plans and specifications for the I'm
perial hotel recently constructed in
the land of the Japs. He is the owner
of Taliesin near Spring Green, a sum-
mer place to which he often retreats
and. where architects are kept busy
preparing plans and specifications.
The design for the new E. B. Trimpey
building in Baraboo were made at
Taliesin
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Will Head, La Vale, writes that
he observed a striped or garter
snake about $3.50 in the afternoon of
April 6. There was about so per cent
Of sunshine at the time. The location
was on the southern slope of Horse
Bluff-on a ledge of rock.
Mr.. Head also writes: why don't
you start a column entitled Fish
Yarns by People You Know It's
getting time nearly-and the fellows
are 'raring' to go. I'll start it with
one that's good and true"
Editors note: Mr.. Head cannot
get the yarn to this office too quick
and all readers of The News know
it will be q good one.
Miss Frances Finster, who was call
ed from Pulaski New York, to Madi-
son by the death of her sister, Mrs.
A. A. Pillaer, (Mrs. w. w. Warner),
resided in Baraboo only about two
years, 1869. Her father was Sherman
Finster, and he brought his wife and
two daughters from New York intend
ing to take charge of the A. w. Starks
farm at Ableman, but fell homesick
at once, did not like the appearance
of the farm and never settled on it,
coming to Paraboo instead. Here the
two daughters attended the Collegiate
Institute, and there one met w. w.
Warner, whom she welded in 1875
He died in 1916, his wife ON Sunday,
April 16 The Finster home was on
the corner, now an oil station. dia-
gonally across from Mrs. Ida Ring
ling Norths home. A son, born to
them there, died some sixteen years
ago. Mrs Finster was a sister of
John Barker, eminent BarabOo lawyer
half century ago, and also was re-
lated to the Starks. The senior Fin
sters both died many years ago.
According to a statement in Madi-
son Mr.. Pillaer receives $4,000 and
the Pierce Arrow car, worth several
thousand, by the will OF Mrs. Pillaer.
The sister receives $4,000, the two
grandchildren the real estate worth
about $4,000, and the son, Paul S.
Warner, the remainder. about $780,
600. The details of the will have
not been made public.
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At Madison John Diest has erected
a wireless station. He is a son of
Mr.. and Mrs. z, V. Deist, formerly
residents of Baraboo. Mr.. Deist was
the manager of the local telephone
office.
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the women at Madison polled more
votes than the men at the April
election. 1t is said the votes of the
women totaled at least so per cent.
Women have been having their way in
most instances for some time and
now have it on election day.
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]. A. Murray, who is identified with
the telephone exchange at Prairie du
Chen, says q large radio station is
being erected by the company at that
place. There Will be a modern am
plifier that concerts may be heard in
the city park. A wire will convey the
music and other messages received
at the office to the park. Mr.. Murray
says the thing to do is to keep abreast
of the new ideas in transmission of
the human voice and allied sounds.
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Z. A. Grover, route z, Mansion,
formerly La Vale, writes that he has
an iron ore deposit in the town OF
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