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Newspaper
Monroe Evening Times
Location
Monroe, Wisconsin, United States of America
Date
Dec 06, 1971
Page
2
Notice to subscribers from The Monroe Evening Times reminds carrier subscribers to know their delivery boy and call him if missed. Mail subscribers are asked to notify the newspaper if they do not receive their paper regularly. Office hours are 8 30 a m to 5 p m Saturdays to 12 noon.
A critical look at how both major parties scapegoat opponents for political gain. The piece argues Democrats mimic Republicans in exploiting ridicule and overpromising, appealing to educated elites with sharp one liners while ignoring real limits. It urges sober, decades-long effort over sensational promises.
In Washington AP reports a fake race for an at large House seat features Ebeneezer Scrooge and Santa Claus as contenders. Ballots, campaign appeals, and charity ties frame the publicity stunt with Claus leading early before a surge of Claus supporters.
On December 6 history notes include Roosevelt appealing to Hirohito before Pearl Harbor in 1941, Lincoln taking his Illinois House seat in 1847, Jefferson Davis’s death in 1889, a Halifax ammunition ship collision in 1917, repeal era liquor sales in 1933, Eisenhower selected for Europe invasion in 1943, AFL-CIO ousting Teamsters in 1957, Congo UN clashes in 1960s, Rhodesia oil ban, and Pope Paul VI’s Vatican return after a life threat.
New York AP piece lampoons cheerful season with double talk as people say one thing and mean the opposite. It lists examples where harmless phrases mask sly thoughts about gifts, family, and holiday excess, highlighting the season’s syrupy tone.
Glancing back through the years highlights a mix of local notes from 1941 to 1921, including Monroe High School band’s Christmas salute to Co. B at Ft Lewis, the Peterson block sale, and fire chief election. Also mentions wartime dispatches, mayoral candidacy talk, scientific cooperation pacts, and bootlegging arrests.
Ladies in charge canvassed the business section for a Christmas seal sale raising 141.30 from over 14 000 seals. Dr E A Ross of the University of Wisconsin drew a large audience in the library green room as part of a lecture series arranged by the department.
Seventy years ago today in 1901 the finance and taxation committee report set the general tax levy at 35153.71 and the measure was adopted. Monroe lodge elected officers J W Odell noble grand L Stevenson vice grand F W Buehler secretary Louis Schuetze treasurer R A Dubois trustee. Waukesha Springs sanitarium building destroyed by fire.
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