Baraboo weekly news. [volume] (Baraboo, Wis.) 1912-197?, 1924-02-21
SATURDAY
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Among those from Baraboo who
went to Madison on Friday to attend
sessions of the teachers convention
and hear dorado Taft were Miss
Christine Wright, Miss Edna Reynolds
Misses Eva and Edna Varnell, Misses
Kate and Belle Potter, and Miss Fern
Hackett. Miss Hackett is chairman
of the English section of the educa-
ticnal body. Mr. Taft is an easy,
fluent, mirthful speaker. His central
idea is to enjoy life and to make the
world better place in which to live.
A number of the First M. E. church
folk met at the home of Mr.. and
Mrs. L. A. Titus, Sixth avenue, last
evening. Plans were made for
chicken supper which the men of
the church are to serve on Feb. q
and a social evening was spent.
A letter from Miss Mabel Erswell
Of Los Angeles to her brother, ]. H.
ErswelI says that she attended the
Wisconsin picnic on February 8. There
is great need of rain in southern Cali
fornia and unless there is a downpour
there will a deortb of moisture.
Fred Schuette living northeast OF
Reedsburg was kicked quite serious
~ by a horse Monday AFTERNOON. He
was engaged at the time in helping
& neighbor through the drifted roads
with a load. The horse, a perfectly
docile animal, had never before de-
eloped this trait so that Mr.. Schuette
was taken completely unawares.
Friday was the passing birthday Of
Mrs. Henry Alexander, aged rs, Eighth
street, Baraboo, and her grandson,
William Alexander aged IA, a son of
Mr.. and Mrs. Alvin Alexander, south
west Of town. There was a birthday
meal for the ones reaching milestonea
and for a few others who were pr,
sent. Mrs. Alexander came from
Pittsburgh to Wisconsin in a very early
day and for many years resided in
the town of Westfield
We're committing breach of con-
fiGence in printing the following but
gosh, its too good to keep. One Of
our recent converts to the radio fad
was trying out his machine the other
evening before a party of friends,
and incidently it was his wife's first
experience listening i'm, They hao
been listening to a concert by an
Omaha orchestra when bby accident
the operator tuned - in on the re-
port of a prize fight being broad
casted from Pittsburgh, round by
round, in fact blow by blow. There
was considerable static in the air
and frequently the magnavoX would
er!t an unearthly screeih and a
nerve racking howl. Pretty soon the
announcer was heard say: "Greb
sent in { terrible right hook to the
jaw and rib cracking left punch
to the body. Just then the mas
navox gave forth a s1ong agon.zing
groan and the wife clapped her
hands to her ears yelling; ooh, hear
that poor man holler. You're lot
Of inhuman wretches to listen to a
thing like that. And her husband
tuned back to Omaha and picked up
a golden-voiced tenor . soothe his
wifes aching nerves. = Reedsburg
Times.
William Burke, formerly of Bara-
boo, detective for the G. & N. w. rail-
road, recently caught two youngsters
who had been robbing slot machines
at Wonewoc.
The Columbia county board voted
to make Highway No. 20, in that
county, a memorial highway in honor
of the war veterans. 1t is also ex
pected that advertising signs will be
removed from the road side.
F. j. Zoelle, veteran freight and
passenger agent of the Chicago and
!NOfIuW 6SL0Iu Ia1lIOCO III N1tulOOA Ie~o
been promoted to general agent Of
the Grand avenue freight station in
Chicago. He will take up his new
duties Monday morning.
A son wos born to Mr.. and Mrs.
E. R. Gall, Mulberry street on Feb.
4 The little boy has been named
Donald iranc.
Hampton K. Smell, Kansas City,
Missouri, student at the University
of Wisconsin, Madison, is a guest at
the home of Mr. and Mrs. H E.
Cole. The young man brought ra-
do with him and spent his vaca-
ton pulling music, speeches and
other items out of the air for the
entertainm ent of the household.
Orvin Brand is the winner of an
efficiency conteat which has been /