Social Event Marks Nuptials of Speich Family
The marriage of Felix Tas so Speich and the late Mrs. Speich was held at 10 30 this morning in Kenosha with Rev. P C Kehle officiating. The bride, a UW journalism graduate and Times editor, will reside at 601 Ith Street. the groom is a Monroe High School graduate and World War II veteran, co owner of Pleasure Bend bowling alleys. Attendants were Miss Marie Arents of Kenosha and Primo Speich of Chicago. The couple plans a wedding trip to northern Wisconsin.
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Africa
Europe
Pleasure Bend
Esther circle members picnic with Shirland Circle No 2
Esther circle guests of Shirland Circle No 2 enjoyed a picnic in Sugar River Forest Reserve near Shirland. After dinner the group held a brief meeting with a short program. attendees included Mrs. Boyd Atkinson and daughter Kathleen, Mrs. Paul Zee and Arlyn, and several others. A future Esther circle meeting is planned for Aug 12 at the Roy King cottage in Sugar River summer colony.
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Albany
Esther Circle
Shirland
Ill
Sugar River Forest Reserve
Esther
Boyd Atkinson
Kathleen
Paul Zee
Arlyn
Shirley
Mmes
R. H. Tegan
Charles Phillips
William Steindorf
Ross Stephenson
Roy King
Lottie Lewis
Everett Peckham
W. H. Briggs
Eugene Laughridge
Russell Flesher
Charlotte
Eloise
Nancy King
Joan Hazeltine
Sugar River Summer Colony
Wedding Announcement for Joyce Mardell Stauffacher and Jerreld B. Brown
Invitations issued for the marriage of Joyce Mardell Stauffacher daughter of Mrs Louis Stauffacher and Jerreld B Brown son of Mrs Marlowe Rathbun Monroe and Elgar Brown Chicago. The ceremony will be at 3 o clock Sunday afternoon August 22 at St. John s Evangelical and Reformed church.
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Joyce Mardell Stauffacher
Louis Stauffacher
Jerreld B. Brown
Marlow E. Rathbun
Monroe
Elgar Brown
Chicago
St. John’s Evangelical and Reformed Church
German death rate drops in Allied zones after war
The American military government reports the German death rate in the Allied zones for the twelve months ending in September declined to 9.? deaths per thousand, lower than the prewar rate. The 1947 U.S. death rate stood at 10.1 per thousand.
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United States
Prospective Groom Chains Himself For Marriage
Larry Flaugher, 24, an aeronautics student from Tulsa, Oklahoma, wore an 18 pound ball and chain as he traveled from Chicago to Grand Rapids to obtain a marriage key to wed Lucille Hemminger, 19, with the key reportedly mailed to her. he aimed to marry on Sunday.
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Chicago
Grand Rapids
Mich
Larry Flaugher
Tulsa
Okla
Lucille Hemminger
Flaugher
Congress Ends Weird 26th Special Session In 1948
Washington report details President Truman calling Congress back July 26 to fight inflation. Republicans attack the move as political, while the 11 point program faces stiff opposition. The session aims to influence November elections amid rising living costs and a Soviet spy scare.
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James Marlow
Washington
Congress
Ppc
Truman
White House
Democratic Party
Philadelphia
Mr. Truman
Federal Guard System reaches wartime peak of guards
The article notes the federal guard system's rise from Philadelphia to Washington in 1800, peaking at 3,357 during World War II and current strength near 1,900. It details early salaries, veteran majority, and duties guarding 201 federal buildings in Washington with 192,000 workers, plus 1947 arrests and recoveries of property.
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Washington
Philadelphia
Federal Building Guards
Federal Works Agency
Washi
Democratic Candidate Belittles GOP Offering in Wisconsin
Democratic gubernatorial candidate Carl Thompson told Dane County party members that Congress opposition to inflation programs is a failure and that the GOP coalition sabotaged a last chance to curb inflation. He called the plan watered-down and warned of disaster under inaction. Stoughton also criticized the state for stalling, while E. J. Stoneman advocated surveying water power sites to boost farmers with more electric power.
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Madison
Congress
Carl Thompson
Stoughton
Dane
Thompson
Wisconsin
E. J. Stoneman
Platteville
Florida Prepares Beef Boom With Brahmans and Big Joe Corn
Florida eyes a beef production rise with Brahman cattle, crossbreeding with Herefords and others, and Big Joe corn promising 80 bushels per acre with two growing seasons. Florida’s cattle numbers rise from 1,010,000 to about 1,010,000 plus while nationwide beef totals decline. Dr. Roy A. Blair’s Big Joe originates from the Everglades station, with 10,000 acres already planted and a 50,000 acre goal.
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Kissimmee
Fla
Florida
United States Department of Agriculture
United States
Peninsula
Texas
Roy A. Blair
Everglades Experiment Station
Big Joe
Blind Man, 86, Still Plays His Compositions Upon Piano With Vigor
Wilton North Dakota story recalls Frank Redington, blind since age two, who continues composing and playing piano with youthful vigour. He built a good life on a Wilton farm, raised six children, and led his community while farming, teaching, and managing a hard pioneer's household through early 1900s hardships.
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Redington
Wilton
Harry
Frank
U S Patent Office Issues About Two Million Patents
A historical note reports that the United States Patent Office has issued roughly two million patents to date, marking a major milestone in American innovation and intellectual property records.
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The
U. S. Patent Office
Storekeeper in Navy Erects House on $600
Arthur H. Hlavin, a civilian store keeper at the Great Lakes naval training station reclamation yard from 1943 to 1947, pleaded guilty to stealing materials used to build his eight room house. He admitted taking 233 different items from the yard, with only about $600 spent on lumber for the home. Judge Philip L. Sullivan set September 24 for disposition and released him on a $509 bond.
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Chicago
Arthur H. Hlavin
Great Lakes Naval Training Station
Robert C. Eardley
Hlavin
Eardley
Philip L. Sullivan
Hlav'n
Monticello Social Roundup Notices and Visits
Monticello brief recalls visits and travels of residents and guests. Mrs. O D Curtis hosts guests in Waucanda and Paul J Achtemeier is visiting. Milwaukee visitors Meriam Crissy and Lynne Sack stay with sister Mrs Richards. Dr William Baebler family vacation with companions. multiple callers and baptisms noted among local families.
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A. R. Achtemeier
William Altman
Louise Beste
Waucanda
Paul J. Achtemeier
Richard Sack
Meriam
Crissy
Carlyn
Milwaukee
John Richards
Sack
William V. Baebler
Billy
Mary
Spooner
John H. Baebler
Pleasant
Max Wyss Jr
Brodhead
Herman A. Stuessy
Monroe
W. Voegels
Frederick
Leo Muhlebach
Santa Cruz
Calif
John Meier
Muhlebach
Meier
Bentty-Schuler
Blanchardville
John Meier Jr
C. M. Stauffer
New Glarus
Paul Berger
Dakota
Ill
Conrad Stauffacher
Charles Martin
Asbury Park
N.J
Jack Hoskins
Douglas
John Elmer
Darlyne
LeRoy Babler
Kenneth Klassy
Jerry Lee
Zwingli Evangelical and
Los Angeles
Miss Stauffer
Emily Pine
Clifton Tayor
William Preston
Roy Richardson
Lake Mendota
Walter J. Marty
Donald
Belleville
Ernest Studer
Lawrence Blum
Doran
Minnie Marty
Los An
Local residents plan visits and vacations this week
Geles visits her brother John Dick and other relatives. Adam and Mrs Schuler take Donald Ralph and Beth Ann on a week’s vacation to Iron River Wisconsin. Delores Blum leads baton group to New Glarus. Several families travel to Cumberland Minneapolis Yellowstone Canada and Wisconsin Dells for trips and visits.
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Melvin Agen
Cumberland
C. M. Stauffer
Ernest Gempeler
Anna Gempeler
Footville
Elfa Voegels
Alvin Streiff
Kewanee
Minneapolis
Argentines Consume 25 Pounds of Meat
In Buenos Aires residents boast of meat consumption averaging 25 pounds per month per person, exceeding the U.S. average of three ounces daily. With about three million inhabitants and many children, adults eat over a pound of meat daily, while bread usage runs about 12 pounds monthly. Italians' pasta habit reduces bread intake.
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Buenos Aires
U. S
Freeport Band to Play Concert at Recreation Park Tuesday
The Freeport concert band under Charles W. Wilcox performs a two hour program at Recreation Park next Tuesday at 8 pm. Vocal soloists Mrs Delmar Meyers and duet with Kenneth Budd join a Sousa march and King Dragon overture. Intermission singing led by Hillis Hauser.
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Freeport
Recreation Park
Charles W. Wilcox
Monroe
Hillis Hauser
King Cotton
Sousa
King
Delmar Meyers
Novello
Freeport Park District
Wilcox
Kenneth Budd
Albers
Strauss
Bacchus
Delibes
Shad's Significance Among Atlantic Coast Fish
Shad is described as the most valuable fish on the Atlantic coast and, after the Pacific salmon, one of North America's most important species, highlighting its economic and ecological role.
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Atlantic Coast
North America
Platteville Fisherman Drowns in Mississippi River
Two fishermen drowned in the Mississippi River when their boat capsized in treacherous currents. Victims Emery Bellmeyer, 52, of Platteville and Jack May, 48, of Dubuque, were found after their empty boat was recovered below the Eagle Point dam.
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Dubuque
Mississippi River
Emery Bellmeyer
Platteville
Jack May
Eagle Point Dame
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Clifford Leck
Joyce Leck
Loretta Roderick
Wanda
Connie
David Leck
Diane Gile
Sally Stocker
Carol
Loran Leck
Babette
Becky Trumpy
Loletta
Lowell Roderick
Sharon St. John
Jacky Kammerode
Sandra Burgy
Will E. Elmer
13Th Street
Irene Joyce
Richard G. Gibbons
Archie Gibbons Jr
16Th Street
Miss Elmer
Monroe Clinic
Wisconsin Power and Light Co
Roth
Monroe High School
Marian Martin
the Times
West 18Th St
New York
Federal Guard
Kansas Plains
Arnold Taylor
St. John
Kans
Panama
GOP
Navy
Monticello
O. D. Curtis
ST For
HIWAY
Wisconsin Power and
Louis St. Laurent
Canada
W. L. Mackenzie King
Ottawa
Ont
Emil Blum
Margaret
Delores
Carla Blum
Wisconsin Dells
Chiropractic
M. J. Gonstead
Mississippi
Crescent
Eti Menins
Century Engineering
Cesar Rapids, Iowa
Century
John Holtshopple Jr
10Th Street
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