Baraboo weekly news. [volume] (Baraboo, Wis.) 1912-197?, 1924-05-15
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! burg Chamber of Commerce was held
in the armory at that city on Tuesday
| evening, May 6. Attorney G.. H.
Stone acted as POSTMASTER, the high
school band played, there was an ad
dress by D. O. Slime, and the address
, Of the evening was given by Attor
ney Leo F. Lohl of Milwaukee.
The A. w Rohn home on Sixth
avenue has been purchased by Mr.
and Mrs Ralph Brown, who came to
Baraboo from Michigan and have been
residing here for several months. The
Rohn family has moved to Hibbing,
Mimi.
Mr.. and Mrs. Hugh Hughes. Rev.
and Mrs. e. c.. Henke and M. T.
Sherwood attended a meeting at
Cambria Tuesday. The men were at
the banquet given by the Mems
Club there Representative were
also present from Pardeeville and
Portage 83 plates were set. Rev,
In the case of Fred Brice and Jo-
seph Gassner, charged with dyna
hitting in Bear Greek sentence was
suspended and the two men have
been paroled to Game Warden F. A.
Dockham. The case was heard before
Judge James H. Hill yesterday and
the offenders were given fine Of
$500 and costs each. The third often
der Norbit NUM- raid his fine.
A card from Leroy Hale, 3b54 Lin
coin avenue, states that his father,
Henry L. Hale died Of cancer of the
bladder having been i'll for eight
months Mr. Hale, former BaraboO
resident, passed away on Monday
morning, at 1915 at his sons resi-
dence in Detroit, aged 62 years. The
funeral was held in Detroit.
j. Eokstein, Second street has
been called to Hancock, Mimi by
the death of his brother -iplaw.
Clarence Fritcher. Mr.. Fritcher was
killed in an automobile accident
and Mr. Eckstein went to Hancock
to attend the funeral services. No
details Of the accident have been
received here.
Mrs. J. E. English has returned
from Live Oak, California where she
spent the winter with her son, John
n L7,,o7:r2 op5 fo ,,,i1x1 Che 1,-or = n
comp2nied to Baraboo by two grand
children, Ann and Gene English, who
will spend the summer here When
they arrived on Wednesday evening
they went to the home of Thomas
Reynolds where steaming supper
prepared by Misses Reynolds awaited
them The travellers came by the
way Of Los Angeles where they visit
ed Mrs. E. VI. Hoag for number
OF days. Indians and cacti were nu-
nerous in the desert regions Of Ari-
iona and New Mexico and these in
/terested the children. The weather
has been very dry at Live Oak and
were glad to see rain iflgiaIn they
were glad to see rain falling in Wis
corsin.
Eiba A. Austin, 1925 Jenifer street,
Madison, was in Baraboo on Wednes
day to appear before the examining
board with a view to an increase in
his pension. Mr.. Austin is a United
Spanish War veteran enlisting in Co.
mpany F., Third Wisconsin,. F'ot
some time he received a pension of
( S12 now is receiving SIS and hopes
| TO have an increase. He recalls that
twenty-six years ago he was in Por
to T5ico. Nj Austin was botn in
! the town of Marcellon, Columbia
| county resided in Portage for 35
; years, in Baraboo for five years and
is now with the Chicago & North
western at Madison. He says he is
t sixty-one but does not have that ap-
! pearance. The wife of Mr. Austin, a
son, brother-in law, and cousin
have died recently and sister is
critically i'll at Montello.
! Fred Burdick has been doing
| q number of interior decorating and
painting jobs about the city and this
vicinity which merit mention, one
Of the principal pieces of work being
| the redecorating of the interior Of
tie Methodist church at North Free
| dom. His work also included the
redecorating Of the dining room of
Wellington hotel preparatory to its
| opening as the Grill restaurant and
the parlor> and dining room Of the
Warren hotel.
Sheriff w H. Ode made a quick
trip to Waupun on Wednesday. He
left Baraboo in the morning with Or
rem Pixley, the chap who held up the