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Newspaper
Monroe Evening Times
Location
Monroe, Wisconsin, United States of America
Date
Aug 18, 1948
Page
4
Local merchants in Monroe advertise for women clothing Hansen gloves fall colors Lee’s back to school dresses. Albany Hardware and Albany Wisconsin promotes heating and refrigeration gear. Listings include furnaces, ranges, insulation, and installation estimates. Also noted are sporting goods, used car ads, and gas station promotions.
Numerous listings for trucks cars and a 20 foot house trailer with prices seen from Desens Janesville Motors including 1929 Buick pickup 1947 Ford deluxe 1941 Plymouth 1946 Pontiac and more plus trade options and contact details for Delbert Kundert John Hoeft and others. Also offers on clean used cars with cash prices and trade proposals.
Classified page itemizes feed prices and farm supplies from Monroe Feed and Seed Co. plus numerous vehicle and farm equipment listings. Advertisements include New Holland hay balers, tractors, corn binders, and assorted used cars with contact details for John Lentz Henry Schild Bryan Koch John Waefler and others in Wisconsin towns and surrounding areas.
A notice from Green County Sheriff Department states Byles forgave a 16 year old for farm work. Separate job ads offer a produce man position at National Tea Store in Monroe, a single or married man sought by Sept 1 with good wages and modern machinery, and a parts and counter man at Burkhardt Auto Electric Company with Burkhalter route 1 Juda contact.
The European Economic Recovery Council named Britain Belgium France Norway and Greece to a committee to draft a plan for trading among Marshall aid recipients. The group will report to the council on expected credit balances among the 17 participating nations.
Arthur Edson notes Ozarks residents disapprove of sleek new cars. Bert Rush, a former hand washing machine salesman, says rural roads and mud expose limits of modern autos, doubting their suitability beyond 1934 era. He warns carmakers Americans in the Ozarks are worried.
John Pilch president of Chicago local 16 of the ITU told the union's 90th convention that the local must win its strike against five Chicago newspapers or the union will not survive. He said all efforts to settle have failed as negotiations remain at a standstill after nine months with the five papers continuing to publish.
The peddlers union reports over 27,000 peddlers in Rome. About 12,000 hold regular licenses selling vegetables fruit and other foods in 27 markets. The remainder operate on streets selling wares from antiques to brushes.
A Bangor wife about to become a mother remained calm while the husband fainted twice. Patrolman Clifton E. Sloan reported police arranged an ambulance to the hospital. The man recovered briefly, then fainted again. A baby daughter was born and all were reported doing nicely.
Salable hogs total 8 000 with active bidding and higher prices for butchers and sows while lighter weights and weights above 350 pounds show diverse gains. Cattle and calves total 7 800 with gains for slaughter grades and cows, limited heavy loads and strong stocker demand. Butter and eggs steady. live poultry prices rise slightly. Wall Street opens with mixed stock action and select gains.
Pattern 9477 offers a fitted top and flip hip peplum with easy embroidery transfer. Includes complete illustrated sew chart and fits Jr Miss sizes 11 13 15 17 with size 18 requiring 3% yards at 39 inches. Send 25 cents to Monroe Evening Times Pattern Dept New York 11 NY with name address zone size and style.
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