Complete Audit Of The Dodge County Finances Voted
A complete audit of all officials accounts and county departments was approved by the Dodge County Board in a Junzau Friday special session by 59 to 6. The audit covers from January 1, 1937 to present, with debate on how far back to go. The board also passed a resolution about reimbursement and adding that the audit includes all officials employees and board members.
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Junzau
Dodge County Board
Fruit Tree Leaf-Rolter
Chester M. Stanton
Dodge County
Farm And Home Lines Safety and Gardening Advice
The piece stresses good health as defense against modern stress, praising gardening and canning for balanced winter nutrition. It notes a nine month federal sentence for fraudulent use of the mails to secure a false pedigree and warns agronomists to beware hybrid cats, clarifying no cat varieties match hybrid corn under the new federal seed act.
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Laws
Dodge County Court House News From Juneau Road Breakups Predicted
Dodge County roads face annual breakup with gravel and blacktop damage expected to keep the highway department busy. The sheriff reports 25 traffic accidents this year and seven fatalities in Dodge County since January 1, 1941.
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Dodge County Court House
Juneau
Dodge Coune
Sheriff's Office
Obituary notices for Henry Kronitz and J E Dornfeld
Henry Kronitz of Lebanon dies at 76 after lifelong residence. Survived by wife and four children. funeral held Sunday in Lebanon Immanuel Church with Rev F E Bloede officiating. Burial in parish cemetery. Brother of Mrs Herman Metzdorf. J E Dornfeld of this village dies at 74 born Sept 16 1866 in Hubbard. Married Ida Haack in 1883. Surviving are wife and five children. Funeral Friday at 1 80 at home then Bethany Lutheran Church with Rev F Marwin officiating. Interment Rex Cemetery north of town.
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Henry, Kronitz
Lebanon
Mr. Kronitz
Kronits
Immanuel Juncheran Church
F. E. Bloede
Knonitz
Herman Metzdorf
Here
J. EB. Dornfeld
Town
Hubbard
Ida Haack
Frank Dornfeld
Hoopston
Max Dornfeld
August Dornfeld
Alex Dornfeld
Clarence Dornfeld
Bethany Lutheran Church
Rev. F. Marwin
Rex Cemetery
Ten Million Observations in U S Aviation Weather Study
A vast aviation weather study using more than 10,000,000 observations at 239 major airports will be published by the United States government in Washington. The project helps planners extend runways and locate instrument landing systems. Data include visibility wind direction and velocity among other weather factors.
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Washington
United States
Vegetable tanning materials listed as critical by military agencies
Agencies flag the tanning materials as critical. Farmers urged to use labeled seed for winter rape forage, specifically Dwarf Essex Rape. If seed unavailable, consider another crop.
Local residents visit and military training plans noted
Woodland Mr and Mrs John Burnee and Mrs P W Peters of Milwaukee visited Thursday. Several local people were on the Sick list including the Roland Schroeder family Walter Buron and Roland Becker. Mrs Lawrence Campbell and her mother Mrs George Beernink went to Waupun for the weekend and Mrs Campbell plans to leave Monday by auto for Camp Shelby Mississippi where her husband will undergo a year of military training and they will make their home there during the period.
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John Burnee
P. W. Peters
Milwaukee
Roland Schroeder
Walter Buron
Roland Becker
Lawrence Campbell
George Beernink
Waupun
WPA Constructs Airports and Improves Cities
WPA workers built 160 new airports and extended services and improvements to several cities. Early school superintendents emerged in 1837 in Buffalo New York and Louisville Kentucky with the establishment of city superintendent positions in schools.
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WPA
Buffalo
Loweville
Auto Double Parks Four Injured in Highway Crash
Four people were injured Saturday at Hi ford hospital after a noon crash on Highway 67 near Lebanon. Ralph Callies of Menasha sustained a skull fracture and was in serious condition. Norman Podell of Wautoma, and Podell’s three year old son Lee, along with Callies’s injuries, were treated or in hospital. Mr Podell and Mr Callies were passengers in vehicles involved.
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Hiford Hospital
Earld
Lebanon
Norman Podell
Wautoma
Ralph Callies
Menash
Callies
Fodell
Lee
Mr. Callies
Double parking blocks traffic and risks accidents
The Motor Vehicle department notes that drivers who double park do so for temporary convenience but mainly obstruct traffic. Other motorists must weave around the obstruction, increasing accident risk. Park legally whenever you park.
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Motor Vehicle Department
Willing To Go Doubt County License Office Names
A fragment lists applicants for licenses at County Walter Oberdick's office this week including Edward Schoppe Oak Grove Edna Tesch Oak Grove Clarence Neitzel Portland Edith Krueger Portland Arnold Lauersdorf Lowell Ethel Rennback Lowell Verlin Wegner Horicon Mildred Benzel Mayville Lester Korth Hubbard Gertrude Wendler Ther 28.
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Ringe
Walter Oberdick
Lester Korth
Hubbard Gertrude Wendler
Ther
Local Names Appearing in Placeholder List
A string of names includes Gerald Kjernes of Janesville, Maxy Fisher, Maigvitle mie Gertrude Réinke of Lebanon, Dewey Alsum of Fox Lake, Gertrude Tobak of Waupui, Gilbert Brooks of Beaver, and Helen Vorpahl of Juneau, indicating a regional roster or address-like compilation.
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Gerald Kjernes
Janesvile
Maxy Fisher
Maigvitle Mie
Dewey Alsum
Fox Lake
Gertrude
Tobak
Waupui
Gilbert Brooks
Beaver Jam
Helen Vorpahl
Juneau
Roll of Honor acknowledges weekly patrons
The News lists paid subscribers for one year or more including Wm. Petach Jan 1942 August Pieper Jan 1942 Ernst Radke March 1942 Watertown Memorial Co. Aig 1041 Herman Tesch Jan 1941 L. G. Hams Aug 1941 Alice Schultz Feb 1942. Thanks to our patrons.
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Wm. Petach
August Pieper
Ernst Radke
Watertown Memorial Co
Aig
Herman Tesch
L. G. Hams
Alice Schultz
Oddities and Inventions Trimmed From Newswire Clippings
A garbled late text review blends notes on Cape Hatteras quicksand, Ruth Wong adopting Chinese attire, indoor entertainments in Madison Square Garden, a rare old three dollar bill from Alabama, and Dr. Phillips describing light ray messages for warfare. It references a 1809 Montgomery bank note and speculative devices like a steril lamp and black light with hospital use.
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Phillips
Indians Po Electric Company
Dodge County Vital Stats for 1940
The Dodge County vital statistics report lists 670 births recorded by the register of deeds office, excluding affidavit births, 409 deaths, 353 marriage licenses issued, and 138 divorces in 1940.
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J. E. Hickey
Register of Deeds
Dodge County
Auction On Farm Near Hustisford Iron Ridge Area
Public auction to be held on the renter Joe Gittel’s farm three miles north and four east of Hustisford, three west of Iron Ridge, listing 14 Holstein cattle, a gray horse, McCormick binders, a Van Brunt seeder, a Fordson tractor, Deering manure spreader, and a Gehl loader among other farming implements. The sale takes place Friday, April 4, with items described as tested for tuberculosis and Bang’s test where applicable.
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Joe Gittel
Hustisford
Iron Ridge
T. B
Bang’s
McCormick
van Brunt
Fordson Tractor
Auction Notice Of Farm Equipment Sale At Hugo
Auction listing includes 2 mower John Deere corn planter side delivery rake wagon with hay rack truck wagon switch box 3 section drag spring tooth harrow John Deere walking plow potato digger and many other small articles. Terms cash or bankable notes for sums over 25 at 6 percent. Sale starts 1 PM with rain date Saturday April 5 conducted by Robert Prochazer proprietor Hugo Roll clerk and cashier W Kaul auctioneer.
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John Deere
Robert Prochazer
Hugo Roll
W. Kaul
Bookstore patrons favor men over women in browsing
A dated study says male customers are more effective at shopping in bookstores while women carry purses and parcels. Separately, Onion Farm experts in Louisiana work on inbreeding and selection to boost Creole onion yield and market value, amid a mix of historical notes on Parsee towers used for corpse disposal.
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Toronto Booksellera
Louisiana
Held On Prison Escape Charge In Wisconsin Case
Emmet Larson was arraigned in Juneau before Justice M. W. Clifford on charges of escaping from the Wisconsin State prison and Dodge County jail. Bound over to circuit court for trial, possibly March 1st, before Circuit Judge Edward Gehl. Larson previously fled prison camps in 1935 and 1936, was recaptured, served his sentence, and now faces the new escape charge first.
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Wisconsin
Dodge County
Juneau
Emmet Larson
M. W Clifford
Edward Gehl
Larser
Tril
Prson
Wisconsin Canning Peas Market Report Yearly Acreage Rise
Wisconsin remains the dominant U S canning pea producer with plans to plant about 120 500 acres this year up from last season. Nationwide estimates show overall canning pea acreage rising nearly eight percent as Wisconsin drives much of the gain. Prices and weights are listed for various pea grades and other market items at Milwaukee Livestock Market.
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Wisconsin
United States
Last-Minute Applicants For 1941 Plate Licenses Urged
Hugh M. Jones, commissioner of the Motor Vehicle department, warns that April 1 is the closing date. After April 1 motorists must have 1941 plates or show reasonable evidence of applying. To apply, send your title certificate with payment to the Motor Vehicle Department at Madison. The fee amount is shown on the title.
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Hugh M. Jones
Motor Vehicle Department
Madison
First Arrowroot Use and Chewing Gum Exports Survey
A 1910s digest covers arrowroot origins from South American use against arrow poison. It notes a new age calculator for physiology, chewing gum chicle ranking, and a MIT report praising bread and molasses as a rich iron source for anemia in children. It explains that molasses provides usable iron, though some iron remains unabsorbed for hemoglobin synthesis.
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London
Imperial Institute
British Honduras
Massachusetts Institute of Technology
Department of Biology and Public Health
Feuchts announce baby arrival and weekend visits
Oakfield residents LeRoy and Mrs. Andrew Feucht announce the birth of their baby son on Wednesday. Frank Schmidt and his children spent Sunday with Edwin Schebert family at Woodhill. Martha Schraufnagel of Beaver Dam visited her parents. Alfred Gilbert Ralph Melvin Gindt and Francis Kehmeyer from Milwaukee visited friends and relatives, with Wittman, Mayville residents, and the Schmidbauer and Feucht families hosting Sunday visitors.
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Andrew Feucht
Oakfield
Frank Schmidt
Edwin Schebert
Woodhill
Martha Schraufnagel
Beaver Dam
Joseph Schrauntangel
Alfred
Gilbert
Ralph
Melvin Gindt
Francis Kehmeyer
Milwaukee
Louis Wittman
Mayville
Alois Feucht
John Schmidbauer
Discovery of Tangier Island by John Smith in June
In June during his Chesapeake Bay exploration Captain John Smith found Tangier Island and named it for the Moroccan seaport.
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Tangier
Chesapeake Bay
John Smith
Tangier Island
Morocco
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Wigeize
Edward Schoppe
Oak Grove
Edna Tesch
Clarence Neitzel
Portland
Edith Krueger
Portlan
Arnold Lauersdorf
Lowell
Ethel Rennback
Verlin Wegner
Horicon
Mildred Benzel
Gertrude Réinke
Cape Hatteras
N. C
Ruth Wong
Brown University
China
Madison Square Garden
New York City
Dora Bell Parker
Aia
Alatame
Central Bank of
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Market Report
Mustisford Market
Milwaukee Livestock Market
Collier's
Aga
LeRoy
Steel
Joseph Stalin
Joseph Djugashvili
Stalin
Mesne Ateel
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