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Newspaper
Monroe Evening Times
Location
Monroe, Wisconsin, United States of America
Date
Apr 30, 1948
Page
6
Monroe Evening Times shopper’s guide notes two days of fur coat sales or viewing, scheduled Monday and Tuesday from 10 a.m. to 4 p.m., inviting women to attend during those hours.
An old classified-style notice advertises lawn mower sharpening and repair with hand and power rates, a repair shop run by Andrew Musser at 1324 12th Street, and a city mattress company offering mattress repair and conversion services with custom sizes and a Monroe phone listing.
A lengthy classified list details several used cars including a 1946 Chevrolet sedan a 1936 Ford Tudor and a 1947 Pontiac convertible coupe with warranties and contact info. It also lists a 1942 Chevrolet half ton pickup a 1940 Buick sedan and a 1946 Oldsmobile 66 hydramatic plus other models. Additional ads promote farm equipment Ferguson tractors and a New Holland write box with contact addresses in Wisconsin and Illinois.
Catalog note shows power sprayers including 25 gallon on wheels with gasoline engine and a 50 gallon rubber tire model with ball hitch for easy towing behind a car or truck, followed by seed corn.
Classified notice seeks an apartment or small home, furnished or unfurnished, immediately. The Monroe Clinic lists contact options by providing a phone number and address for inquiries. A separate maid wanted ad specifies a white female under 35 with experience, to live in, with Sundays off, in an 8 room home with three in the family, paid $160 monthly. Contact Mrs Charles Harrison at 411 Ridge Road Kenilworth Illinois or call 5540 Kenilworth with reverse charges.
Employment notices solicit elderly couple for light farm work on share or wages with furnished modern dwelling. write C.W. Kryder route 3 Freeport Ill phone 3212 Cedar. Swiss cheesemaker seeks work married first or second hand write box 26 in care of The Times. Widow with 16 year old son seeks housekeeping position prefer farm home write box 37 in care of The Times.
Money to loan on farms with guaranteed low interest rates. Loans written for 34 years with no prepayment restrictions. Write or call at First National Bank Building in Monroe Wisconsin for details.
Mrs F N Miller reports a weekend of family visits across Juda and Monroe with Ervin Klingbiel and sons in Postville and Mrs Newman in Juda hosting. Oscar Smith arrives in Wichita to join her mother Mrs William Jordan who plans to move there. Rod ney Arnsmeier hosts a birthday supper with Leland Skattum and daughter. several families, including Matzke Norder and Norder, visit Mrs Lena Mosser in Janesville. Emil Klingbiel returns from River Grove to Juda.
Brodhead and Janesville residents visited ill A L Marsh in Milwaukee. Rhinelander note follows a death in the family. Numerous families from Mineral Point Madison Milwaukee and nearby communities gather for visits and a birthday celebration for Edward Sprecher. Want ads are highlighted as big producers.
USDA livestock summary shows hogs active and uneven with gains up to 1.00 on heavier weights and 22.00 top for select lots. Cattle and calves supply 2,300 with steers uneven, best bids near 31.00 on 1,200 pound fed steers, yearlings 28.00-30.50, cows 4.50-19.00, bulls 27.00-30.00. Produce section notes live poultry about steady, butter firmer, eggs irregular with varied receipts and prices.
New York trading focused on oil shares which rose further while basic steels motors and other industries held narrow gains. Aircrafts climbed amid cautious investor mood fueled by strike threats and cheerful first quarter earnings reports. Leaders included Standard Oil NJ J I Case Montgomery Ward and Studebaker. Lagging were Chesapeake and Ohio Firestone Schenley National Distillers Commonwealth Edison.
Milwaukee Special Wisconsin Bankshares Corp declares a 25 cent dividend payable June 12 to stockholders of record May 28.
Senator Morse requests the appropriations committee raise the Madison Forest Products laboratory budget from 1,000,000 to 1,550,000 in the agriculture department bill. He notes the lab’s research into plywood use and manufacture benefits Pacific Northwest industry, and asks increases for forest highways and timber sales as well.
Top-Notch Fashion offers Pattern T9053 a two piece cotton suit for summer wear. Includes pleated skirt fitted jacket complete illustrated sew chart in sizes 12 through 42. Send 25 cents to Monroe Evening Times Pattern Dept New York for pattern 232 West 18th Street New York 11 NY Print Biatrnly name address.
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