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Newspaper
Monroe Evening Times
Location
Monroe, Wisconsin, United States of America
Date
Aug 16, 1948
Page
4
Classified ads from Monroe Evening Times promote women’s wear including gloves hats and new fall coats and suits. Stores listed include The Link Store Exquisite Form Bras The Dixie Frock Shop and The Klassy Shop along with hardware and appliance deals at Lanz Hardware Gambles and Baumans. radios vacuums ranges and yarns are also advertised with prices and contact details.
The notice promotes daily buying and selling through the Evening Times Want Ads, urging readers to act quickly as markets move with everyday activity.
Classified listings advertise live crippled cows priced ten dollars or more. Also riding horse a sorrel mare seven years old with or without tack. Multiple dealers, autos, trucks, parts, and farm equipment across Monroe, Pecatonica, Durand, and Freeport. Names and phone contacts of Fred Lehnherr, Marty Chevrolet, Wertheimer Cattle Co, Norhill Motors, Glen Hummer, and others.
SEMI SOLID BUTTERMILK 100 lbs 665 50 lbs 5.60 Monroe Feed and Seed Co offers hay balers specials. New Holland balers arrive with delivery setup service free. See John Lentz Page Hotel Dubuque Ia. Also steel flare box with 102 bushel capacity and oak floor. Henry Schild Monroe lists several farm items including a NEW HOLLAND BALER 2075 Farmall B tractor 1375 etc.
Local classified notices advertise coats telephones and baby cribs in Monroe Illinois. Items include a red plaid winter coat size 15 with hood and four suits size 44, maple baby crib, a modern five room house with possession Sept 1, a cottage near Monroe, and electric wiring services from Montgomery Electric Co. Also motors, radios, vacuum cleaners, an EVINRUDE outboard, Eureka vacuum, a used stoker, ear corn, and a Want Ad service from Tschudy’s Specialty Service. Packages show contact numbers and business notes in a busy classifieds page.
City household and farm inquiries appear including requests for apartment or house rentals for families and couples with children, a 300 acre farm rent or buy terms, and a 140 to 160 acre farm wanted by March 1 1949. Also multiple estate and inheritance tax hearings set in Green County Court with dates in 1948 and notices to creditors.
Salable hogs 6 000 to total 7 000 fairly active with gains on lighter weights and heavies. Top hogs 30 1 2 with most 180 260 lb at 29 75 30 25. Heavier weights scarce but 320 lb at 28 00 and 340 lb at 27 00. Sows up to 50 cents higher. Cattle salable 12 000 with steady to 50 cents lower for steers and heifers and cows and bulls down 25 cents. Fed steers 34 00 40 00, top 40 00. beef cows 20 50 24 00. canners 15 00 18 00. vealers 32 00. Stocker and feeder steers 24 00 28 00. Produce: live poultry steady receipts 13 trucks. Fowl 35, roasters 36 39, fryers 36 39. Butter weak 93 score AA 76 down. Eggs top firm with current receipts 41 75.
Milwaukeean Bob Stuckert defeated Stan Drobac at the Town club to win the Wisconsin state open tennis championship 6-2, 6-2, 6-2. The doubles crown went to Kimbark Peterson Kalama zoo Michigan and Leroy Weir Waukesha defeating Stuckert and Wally 3-6, 6-1, 6-1.
The New York market showed little movement with minor price shifts and weak demand. Early gains faded as Berlin tensions weighed on sentiment, with declines in U S Steel Youngstown Sheet General Motors Studebaker and Schenley while Woolworth and AT and T rose and several U S government issues gained in over the counter trades.
Northfield N J Babe Zaharias lost $1000 after a five foot miss in the Women’s National Open at Atlantic City Country Club. She still won the title with $1200 first prize and 72 hole score of 300, eight strokes ahead of Betty Hicks. A club member posted a $1000 reward to any pro scoring under 300.
New Holstein Wisconsin state champions beat Camden Arkansas 5-2 in a first round game as Ray Janikowski throws a two hitter.
At the Wisconsin State Fair track a wheel from a speeding AAA race car flown into the crowd injuring two spectators minor injuries to Mrs Alma Hodgson and her son Gaylord both of Milwaukee. Ken Fowler Dayton Ohio was unhurt and Johnny Mantz Long Beach Calif won after a protest over Ted Horn Paterson N J finishing first.
In Chicago Washington Park third week of five week meeting yields a 13 to 1 Model Cadet win. Ocean Drive second three lengths back, Admiral Lea third. Mr. Busher, once unbeaten and Arlingon futurity winner, fades to last after being crowded on the turn.
Milwaukee reports Jim Milward, defending champion, aiming for his third straight Wisconsin State Open title as the three day event begins at Tuckaway Country Club. He sits after the St. Paul Open showing and faces a strong field of about 150 including ex champions Francis Gallett Hank Gardner and Floyd Red Leonard. Madison trio Vitense Hilsenhoff Reich led yesterday's pro-am benefiting from a 29-31-60 in best ball.
Publisher Tsunega Baba sent unique large Japanese scrolls to Washington on Saturday depicting President Truman and Maj. Gen Harry H. Vaughn. The gesture honors the president’s civil rights stance and marks a cross cultural tribute.
A Marian Martin pattern 9275 offers a lace yoke frilly princess frock with gelic puffed sleeves and easy fit. Includes complete illustrated sew chart and panties. sizes 2 4 6 10. size 6 frock requires 2 yards 35 inch fabric. send 25 cents to Monroe Evening Time Pattern Dept New York.
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