Baraboo weekly news. [volume] (Baraboo, Wis.) 1912-197?, 1924-01-31
NEWS ABOUT
LOCAL FOLK
in FLORIDA
Mrs. F. A. Nehs Writes Of Bara-
boo People Who Are Wintering
In the Southland

The following letter has been re-
ceived from Mrs. F. A. Nehs OF this
city who spends her winters in st.
Petersburg, Florida. in company
with her husband and mother, Mrs.
Amanda Nehs.
The letter was written the week OF
Jan. 7th.
In part the writer says:
Our nice warm weather made a
sudden change a week ago Saturday,
blowing from the north two days
and it was cold although SO is the
lowest reported. During the past
week we have had several such need
ed rains
A Florida newspaper has a novel
sunshine Offer" which it was recent
ly called upon to make good.
The Independents Sunshine Offer
is that it will give away its entire
circulation a editions-with hun
dreds of ext a copeis printed to
meet the demand of everybody up
on every afternoon when the sun has
not shone upon St. Petersburg up
to the hour OF going to press 6 p.
ND And it has been called upon to
make good" 72 times in over 1914
years-certainly a fine record for the
Sunshine City.
Our little garden is doing we'll and
we have had onions and lettuce from
it. The tomatoes are in bloom and
potato vines are six inches high.
The beautiful begonia vine is in
bloom and can be seen for blocks
as it covers many fences, trellises,
and smaller buildings.
MI. Nehs has great sport fishing
since he has motor for his boas-
was with him one day and caught
ten and a seven pound red fish.
Clam Fishing
Recently D. A. Lewis and Herman
Grotphorst went with Mr.. Nehs for
clans and were successful in get
ting 35 on a sand bar in Big Bayou
when the tide was low.
Mr.. Grotophorst caught IL pouno
red fish, 35 inches long the next
morning after arriving here.
The Royal Scotch Highlanders,
who were in Mauston the past sum-
mer, began their winter concerts last
Sunday, giving two concerts daily
and one on Sunday.
Mr.. and Mrs. Charles Wild were
down our street calling on the Bara'
boo friends, Saturday. On one day
last week, a brother of the former
Mrs. Fred Mould and Mrs. William
Marriott was on cur street calling
and seemed pleased when he saw
he name Baraboo over our door.
The tourists are still coming here,
one train the past week brought
nearly 200 passengers. There sure
| " are crowds everywhere, lines OF
people at postoffice windows, banks
cafeterias etc.
Fine Entertainment
There is a grear opportunity in
tbs city 10 hear nationally known
muEEEians and ecturers. Amlon3
those to appear here are the Lieur.
ance entertainers, DR.. Wilfred T.
Grenfel, and Shura Cherassky, an
eleven year old Russian boy pianist,
considered the greatest youthful mu
steal genius since Josef Hoffman.
On Jan. Is Josephine Luchese ana
Robert Ringing, with Margaret
Carlisle as pianist gave a recital
here at the Congregational church.
Recently four new hotels, built thu
past summer, have been opened. The
Mason has 253 rooms and cost $1,000
900 complete The soreno has ESQ
rooms and cost s1,O0O,OOO and the
Royal Palm has leo rooms. The SUI
vance near the NJ E. church is
6 story building; do not know how
many rooms but at least $50. The
Phiel will open this week with is
rooms.
The new game, Nah Jongg, is be-
ing played here a great deal at par
les and most of the hotels advertise
rooms specially for the playing Of
Nah Jongg.
Strawberries are selling here for
20 cents q box
Mrs. F. A. Nehs
It's Big Bayou
Mrs Nehs mentions THAT Eugene
/ Christian, specialist on we'll balanc
ed foods is giving course OF lee
~es in St Petersburg and DR.. E. 2.
House., who spoke in Baraboo few
Years ago. is giving his wonderful