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Newspaper
Monroe Evening Times
Location
Monroe, Wisconsin, United States of America
Date
Aug 17, 1948
Page
4
In today’s shoppers guide, the Monroe Evening Times advertises a new Mojud hosiery line in dark shades with 15 denier and lists women’s zip lined coats priced at 39.95 and 49.95 at The Link Store 3.
A local sale advertises deep discounts on living room and dining furniture including a two piece green frieze set 179 dollars a beige frieze set 279 dollars a plastic top five piece dinette 79 50 a lounge chair 24 50 a walnut drop leaf dinette 119 dollars a twin mahogany bedroom suite 159 dollars and assorted platform rockers plus a truck and several classic cars with contact at 221 West Galena Street Freeport.
Classified listings show a 1947 Jeep at Everett Keel Auto Co and multiple vehicle sales including a 1929 Buick pickup in running condition and a 1932 Ford pickup in good condition. Also offered are a 20 foot house trailer for 1800, corn binders and planters, hay balers, used furniture, stoves, and a 340 acre dairy farm offered at 75 per acre with additional smaller farms. Listings provide contacts in Cedarville Monroe Dubuque Orangeville Juda and Durand Illinois Wisconsin locations.
Business opportunity selling a running 14000 daily operation with 3 new trucks and equipment including washer pasteurizer and water softener plus separate home in southern Wisconsin. Other business interests cited as reason for sale. Box 14 in care of The Times. House or apartment wanted by Sept 1. Phone 1180. Apartment wanted for couple with child. Phone 152 Gardner Baking Co. Unfurnished house wanted at once. Phone 434 Monroe. Br.
Classified items list help wanted positions including a parts counter man at Byles Forgave, a female sales girl for 1951, a reliable cafe worker, a housekeeper for a modern farm home, and a box ad seeking readers to write box 20 for The Times. Also notices from Green County Wisconsin include creditors’ claims for Benjamin Benfer and Andrew Heinzelmann estates with dates in November 1948 and hearings in Monroe.
In Green County Wisconsin the application of W J Hadinger for the appointment of an administrator of the estate of Willis Haddinger also known as Willis Hadinger is heard. Notice that all claims against the deceased must be presented to the county court at Monroe by the Sunday of November 1948 or be barred. Claims and demands will be examined at a term on Tuesday November 9 1948 at 10 in the forenoon. Paul E Voegeli attorney.
Juda By Mrs F N Miller. Donald Lahr of Racine arrives to visit his grandparents Mr and Mrs E T Lahr. Leland Jordan family heads to Yellowstone Park. Florence Wickersham of Beaver Dam visits Maud Smith. Clifton Peterson calls on Milton. Ervin Klingbiel and sons from Postville IA spend weekend with Newman family. Mrs Ivan Boyer travels to Chicago for weekend with husband. John Moline of Brandon visits relatives Sam Walters. Joe Jones family attends Wisconsin Centennial in Milwaukee. Leroy and Clifton Peterson visit Iola. Robert Maxted Beloit stay with Helland family. Alfred Buhlman of Freeport visits daughter Ervin Goecks. Joyce Ludwig of Monroe visits aunt Elda Schadewald. C H Bartel and son Jonathan overnight with Rev and Mrs Retzlaff. Bartel missionary in China for 47 years. Maxine Miller visits Freeport with Marion Miller. Helpful Homemaker club bus trip to state centennial in Milwaukee. Elmer Matzke family return from Minnesota trip. H D Bizer family move to Iola. Ruth Latham and others visit Miss Inez Weaver. Robert Courier and Floyd Kretchmer visit Harvard IL. Ed Hartwig and Frank Siedelschlag weekend with Shawano relatives. Ralph Schumacher Madison weekend with William Schumacher. Oran Gray family and Florence from Texas visit Affolter home. Grace Dahm Madison Eugenia Dahm Chicago John Dahm recently returned from South America with Standard Oil. Ervin Goecks family Sunday at Freeport with Buhlman family.
Salable hogs 8 000 of 10 000, most steady to 25 cents lower, top 30.50, loads at 30.75. cattle and calves 5 700 total, slaughter steers and cows mostly steady to slow, top 41.25 for 1 150 lb steers, beeves 38.00 at 1 525 lb, vealers 32.00 down. Produce notes: live poultry steady, butter weak, eggs steady with small declines. receipts listed for chickens ducks and eggs.
Well Street trading saw a broad lift as leading issues gained fractions near two points. Volume inched up after a sleepy spell while brokers noted a sold out feel driven by a mood shift in the financial district. Major gains occurred in U S Steel, General Motors, Goodyear, Westinghouse and others as Berlin talks lingered without clear results.
General Douglas MacArthur notes escalating clashes between leftist and rightist labor factions in occupied Japan. He cites a brightening industrial picture with rising output of coke, steel, ceramics, aluminum, chemicals and trucks, despite low wages in the job market.
Pattern 9105 for teen girls offers a princess dress with yoke collar and bow and promises a perfect easy fit. Teenage sizes 10 12 14 16 are available with yardage. order by sending 25 cents to Monroe Evening Times Pattern Dept. 232 West 18th St New York NY.
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