Waldo Fish and Fur Company

[Erato]

I am looking for any newspaper reference to Asel Waldo or the "Waldo Fish and Fur Company."  This company, if it actually existed, operated in Wisconsin [Marquette, Columbia and/or Dodge Counties] in about 1905-1915.  From about 1915 to 1930 it operated in Traverse County, Minnesota and adjacent Roberts and Marshall Counties, South Dakota.

Asel Waldo was variously described as a fisherman, a commercial fisherman or a fish and fur merchant.

[*Sandra*]

The Representative
Fox Lake, Wisconsin 
Fri, 10 Jun 1904
Page 1

https://www.newspapers.com/article/the-representative/142601177/


The Representative
Fox Lake, Wisconsin 
Fri, 19 Jun 1908
Page 1

https://www.newspapers.com/article/the-representative/142591636/


Baraboo Republic
Baraboo, Wisconsin 
Thu, 23 Jan 1913
Page 2

https://www.newspapers.com/article/baraboo-republic/142591255/

The Representative
Fox Lake, Wisconsin
Thu, 19 Oct 1922
Page 1

https://www.newspapers.com/article/the-representative/142591365/

The Winona Daily News
Winona, Minnesota 
Fri, 20 Nov 1942
Page 2

https://www.newspapers.com/article/the-winona-daily-news/142591489/

https://www.newspapers.com/article/the-winona-daily-news/142591560/

[Erato]

Thanks, Sandra.  He sounds like a bit of a slippery character.  However, that does confirm that he was running some sort of business in Fox Lake, Dodge County in 1913.  Several of my Chapman relatives worked for him as fishermen starting in Fox Lake in 1910 and then later out in South Dakota up until at least the mid-1920s. 

Any sign of him or his business out in South Dakota or Minnesota?

[amondg]

1925 census of South Dakota
He is 52 Divorced - Methodist, Irish Ethnicity, Father born N.Y. mother born Wisc.

No image transcription only Ref: ancestry.

1930 he is in Folsom, Traverse, Minnesota age 57 commercial Fisherman

[Erato]

Thanks, amondg.  I had the census data.  I was really hoping for some newspaper report or advertisement that would indicate what they were fishing for and what gear they were using.

[RJ137]

I was really hoping for some newspaper report or advertisement that would indicate what they were fishing for and what gear they were using.

Carp

Fox Lake Representative
Friday, Jan 19, 1912
Fox Lake, WI
Page: 13

[Erato]

Carp.  Well, that's what I was guessing.  Thanks for confirming it.  It's a shame they didn't put a bigger dent in the population.