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Newspaper
Monroe Evening Times
Location
Monroe, Wisconsin, United States of America
Date
Apr 16, 1949
Page
4
Shoppers guide notes a women’s fashion feature from MOTHS with a April 18 and 19 event at Milady's. Milkmaid hats and fur couture items highlight savings on Easter costumes. Milan straws praised as millinery brightening the home.
A dated advertising fragment promotes a complete chicken dinner for 1.25 at Crystal Tower on Sundays with reservations via Bob Dalton at Maple Grove Inn. It advertises bakery and dining services and lists other local offerings and upcoming events.
Heifers and other livestock offered by Don S. Trow in Albany. Holsteins two-year-olds ready for springing. Brodhead Hatchery promotes RAIT the perfect for all occasions. Also advertising service providers Fritz Cleaners Red's Taxi Reed Neuberger Motors and farm equipment.
For sale by multiple sellers in Illinois and Wisconsin. Listings include tractors John Deere IHC McCormick-Deering with belts plows drills harvesters balers corn planters and silos. Contact names and local phone numbers provided for each item. Most ads promise excellent condition and potential trades or calls.
Multiple rural and town seed sellers offer alfalfa hay seed bulbs and plants. Listings include straw bales from Ralph Mahlbuch, seeds from Newman Seed and Feed Co, Clinton Fryer, and Lanz Hardware Co with assorted prices, sizes, and state inspections. Also advertised are farm property for sale in Monroe and a 34-word parcel note in The Times.
A series of classified requests seeks a Holstein cow herd of 33 head, purebred and grade, freshly calved and springing. a male dog six months or older. a house or apartment in Monroe with urgent May 15 need. two to three bedroom rentals with yard. and pasture land for 30 cattle with responses to The Times box 90. Names include H Schmitz J D Elmer Mrs Nell Cunningham and a Woodford address. Contact phone numbers and addresses are listed.
Fully equipped restaurant opportunity listed at 13 500 dollars includes building with upstairs apartment and all food stocks. Describes as a money maker for the right buyer. Write to Frank Mc Cormick owner of phone 36 Elroy Legals.
A notice describes building permits for two properties in Evans' addition. George Bloom receives approval for a four room frame residence 30 by 26 feet on parts of lots 33 and 4. G Dreamy Bullying Inspector signs approval. Additional permit for a frame garage 20 by 24 feet at the same addition, approved by G Soseman Building Inspector.
Browntown and Freeport area residents are listed visiting relatives, attending events, and traveling to Madison, Monroe, Darlington, and other communities. The column records callers and trips to New Glarus, Manitowoc, Medford, Excelsior Springs, and more, noting gatherings for funerals, shopping, and leisure. Names include the Feenie, Felts, Blum, Benkett, Karlen, Rosen, Hershbrunner, Elmer, Zweifel, Holdrich, Yaussi, and others.
Salable hogs total 2300 with top at 19.85 and bulk prices 19.25 to 19.75 for 160 to 240 pounds. Cattle volumes around 200 with steers and yearlings down 50 to 1100 pounds, cows and bulls mixed gains and losses. Prime steers and heifers show weights 1107 and 1393 pounds with prices 31.00 to 27.25, stockers and feeders firm, vealers 30.00, cows 14.00 to 21.00, canners 13.00 to 16.75, sausages bulls 21.50 to 23.25, and feeding heifers around 24.50 to 24.85.
A Beloit family returned home after visiting at the George Michaels residence. In Monroe on Sunday they attended the Messiah with Mr and Mrs Bjarne Rugh and family plus several other locals including Mr and Mrs Oscar Evenson Mrs Frank Flannery and family Mrs Dewey Goodman and son Mr and Mrs Ward Merritt and Mr and Mrs C L Crago.
In New York the stock market saw active trading with a large cash sale of 19,822 Chrysler Corp common shares at 50 percent, about a million dollars changing hands. The session showed mixed movement with Plymouth Oil and Richfield Oil reaching year highs while several majors gained. Some names lagged, including Goodyear Boeing Lockheed and Consolidated Natural Gas as the market swung through midday activity.
London reports a heat wave with temperatures reaching 83 degrees marking the hottest April day since 1940. Officials urge precautions as sunny conditions persist across England.
Ladies can order pattern T9074 in sizes 34 to 48 for a sun dress and bolero set. The ad promises a slenderizing look with side buttons and a complete illustrated sew chart. Send 30 cents to Pattern Dept Monroe Evening Times at 232 West 18th Street New York 11 NY with name address size and style number.
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