Baraboo weekly news. [volume] (Baraboo, Wis.) 1912-197?, 1923-10-18
recently bought.


William Fellows, Of Milwaukee are i'll
with scarlet fever at the home of their
mother. Mrs. Cora Metcalf, Ash street
AbIeman has been suffering with an
epidemic of scarlet fever but these
are the first cases which have been
reported in BaraboO.
Carroll HacKett spoke before the
High school assembly Monday after
noon presenting the matter OF the adj
vertisement writing contest in which
prizes of five, three and two dollars
are offered to high school students
by the Gem City Oil and Auto Co. for
the best advertiser ent on the subject
OF Proper Lubrication Of Motor We
hicles" The purpose Of the contest
is to give automobile owners bet
ter idea of the Importance of lubrica-
ting oil. Judges are to be George
Hood, H. K. Page. and T. F Risley
and the contest will close in two
weeks.
Charles Fake, Rice Lake, is visit
ing in Baraboo for a few days. On
the way here he stopped at North
Freedom to see his brother, John
Voeck both names being pronounced
the same but spelled differently. Mr.
Fake says there was frost at Rice
Lake on August % which nipped
ed by a freeze at thee time vegetation
in the Baraboo region was frosted.
| All the leaves have fallen from the
trees at Rice Lake. and the roads are
, very dusty. There has been no rain
! there for some time.
| Recent purchasers Of the new style
F'ords from the Philbrick garage are
Carl Hanusa, L. Koenecke, Leo Fem
berg, Ethel Newell, Rev. E. G. Henke,
John Zins, Mrs. L. D. Culver, Ernest
Schneider, Ceaser Schankatt, Hedwig
Rohn, StOrtz & Coughlin, D. D. Dunn,
VIM Stanley, Anna Seifeldt and Otto
RitZethaler.
Miss Elizabeth Tordoff, and daugh,
ter of Mr.. and Mrs. J. r. Tordoff en-
tertained about fifteen friends at her
home on Camp street, Monday after
noon, in honor of her eleventh birth
day Games and other entertainment
we're enjoyed and a birthday supper
was served. Miss Elizabeth received
a number Of pretty gifts from her
friends.
Miss M. J. LANCE has left for her
home in New York City after speno-
ing some time here and in Ableman
with her sister Mrs. Harold Boyd.
Baraboo relatives have received
announcement of the birth of a
daughter to Rev. and Mrs J. E. Cong
don, formerly of Baraboo and now
Of Kansas City.
Francis McGinnis, son Of Mr.. and
Mrs. J. F. McGinnis has been pledged
to the Phi Kappa fraternity at tho
University of Wisconsin,, which he
entered as a freshman this year.
The Rev. E. R. Blackwell of Auro
ra S. D. is spending the week here
with his parents, Mr.. and Mrs. E. l..
Blackwell Rev Blackwell leaves the
latter part of the week for Milwau-
kee where his marriage to Miss Ruth
Duemling of that city takes place on
Oct 10Th.
The Dennis Curtis dog and pony
show has arrived in Baraboo yester-
day after a summers tour of thea
tiers, parks and fairs. They left Bar
aboo during the early part of June and
have been touring extensively in the
south
Mrs. Fred Ambruster spent the day
in Madison in attendance of meet
ing of G., [. A. Of which she is a mem
be. The Madison ldge entertained
the members of the Milwaukee lodge
today.
Mrs. Mary Peterson, Mrs. Frank
Kersting and daughter of Black River
spent the morning here gefore going
to Madison to visit with Relatives.
Mrs. J. Conway and son Kenneth
have left for Oaks, South Dakota,
where they will visit with Mrs. Con-
ways brother.
John Toole has returned to his
home in Chicago after a weekend
visit with his father, William Toole
ST., and a short stay at the Frank
lin Johnson home on Fifth avenue.
Mrs. H. Whittemore of Milwaukee
is visiting here with her sisters,
AHrn I L Hramnr and Mrs w s