Local Happenings and Advertisements
Edmund readers note visits by Homer Bailey and Will Ovitz with relatives in the city. Local merchants promote Spooner s oil gas and high test gasoline for more heat and light. Services announced at P M and Lost Grove churches. Racine buggies advertised. May 24 library rummage sale details teased.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Spooner
Linden
Miss Jones
Lost Grove
Hardcastle
A. F. Dresden
Simon Watters
Pierce House
W. H. Osborne
Jenkin
C. W. McTlhon
Chicago
Hattie Hyman
F. Guttenstein
Maria Lanyon
N.T. Martin
John Ross
Mineral Point
Trickster lands in county jail after wire fence scheme
A. W. Sholes posing as a civil war veteran used forged farm notes to obtain cash and a Chicago draft. He targeted farmers in Linden Mineral Point and Waldwick and was tracked by sheriff deputies after bank suspicions. He confessed and was jailed pending county court action. Frank Jeuck and bride return home to begin housekeeping. Hotel Royal sale notice and tailor suit reductions announced.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
A. W. Sholes
Morrison, Sr
Iowa County
Robert Hawke
Linden
Geo
Melvin Ferrell
Mineral Point
Waldwick
Chicago
Hawke
Sholes
Gerlach
Sheriff Games
Dodgeville
Hawkins
Calvert Spensley
Mr. Hawke
Frank Jeuck
Bride
Alice Cape
Chas
Stevens Bros
Hotel Royal
Hartnett and Staber Wed In Mineral Point
Patrick J. Hartnett and Josephine Staber wed at St Marys Catholic Church in Mineral Point on May 14 1902 with Rev Father Weyer officiating. Hartnett works at Mineral Point Zinc Co. and the couple plans to reside in town. Mr BE Darling and Ed Penballegon visited home for Sunday and entertained at the P Mechurehl congregation with cornet solos. Darling a University band member and active in musical circles.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Patrick J. Hartnett
Josephine Staber
Father Weyer
St. Mary’s Catholic Church
Mineral Point
Hartnett
Mineral Point Zinc Co
Stauber
BE. H. Darling
Ed ‘Penballegon
Darling
Don't shut offered by us will prove costly line of trousers
Local shoppers urged not to miss spring trousers offered directly from the eastern market. Buyers warned that inferior quality and higher prices may result from shopping elsewhere and encouraged to inspect options in person.
Assessors urged to revamp county assessments in Dodgeville Chronicle
Hon R L Joiner issues a comprehensive call to assessors on duties under assessment laws. The piece promises widespread changes to county assessments. Also noted are brief items: a baby medicine package, Bee directions, Rocky Mountain Tea, and a Blanchardville visit by the Ross family to Madison for the State University.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
R. L. Joiner
Dodgeville Chronicle
Rocky Mountain Tea
Eastmano & Meserole
Blanchardville Blade
W. B&b. Ross
Roland
Minerval Point
C. A. Blanchard
Madison
Crawford Ross
State University
White House Sewing Machine Offer Delivers Immediate Stock
The advertisement highlights The White House Sewing Machine claiming perfection and guarantees it equal to higher priced brands, with a $17.50 price including a full set of attachments and a positive binding guarantee. It emphasizes immediate delivery and stock availability.
Repainted Home Shows Good Taste in Mineral Point
Yours J F Hendra notes the new paint on Robert James's high street home, sparking praise for taste. The item mentions James Long, born in Mineral Point, who returned last week as a salesman for a Des Moines wholesale merchantile house, with his parents now living there. Also reports the death of George Beech, son of Delos T Beech, aged about 82, who died in Cuba of typhoid fever last year, a loss felt by his Mineral Point friends.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Robert James
High Street
James Long
Mineral Point
Des Moines
Worl
George Beech
Delos T. Beech
Cuba
Genuine Madison Medicine Co. remedy promoted
Advertisement urges buying the genuine Rocky Mountain Tea substitute made by Madison Medicine Co. It touts a family remedy and lists a location at 85 Eastman and Meserole.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Madison Medicine Co
Eastman & Meserole
Miner Point Homecoming and Local Sports Notes
Henry Nancolas, born in Mineral Point, now ranches in La Junta Colorado, visits family scattered across Michigan Illinois Wisconsin and Dakota after cattle trips to Chicago. Mineral Point high school baseball seeks support to beat Darlington for the Southwest Wisconsin title. Six local youths attended a Dodgeville game and dance, returning safely after a late mishap. Rev R Kent has preached in Detroit and been invited to a Detroit church while continuing to serve New Baltimore by electric rail. Jacobs colony families for Taylor County plan to move soon with Mrs Jacobs and children among others.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Henry Nancolas
Mineral Point
Henry
la Junta
Colo
Chicago
Michigan
Ilinois
Wisconsin
Iowa
Dakota
Mair
Darlington
Dodgeville
Brewery Hill
Dreutting
It. Kent
Detroit
New Baltimore
Jacobs
Taylor County
Mra. C. W. Jacobs
Myron Jacobs
Ernest Jacobs
Ehbild
Walter Hour
Also Mentioned on This Page
Fe.c.lupden & Co
W. G. Hales
Gundry & Gray's
Mineral Pont
Gundry & Gray Dry Goods
Gundry & Gray
Hartnett-Staber
Wesster
Ross
iSe
A.W. Thoma
Jeweler & Stationer
Correll & Martin
Hone
E.C. Spooner Bakery
Mattings
White House
Ing Department
J. Penhallegon
Pillsbury’s
Jeweler & Optician
Yours
J. F. Hendra
Martin's
H.W
Joe Patchen
Fountain Street
Joan Carknow
J. B. Rey
Binoke Flamingo
Jenkin’s
Rogers Bros. Knives
Mauger’s Jewelry Store
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