Santa Claus Should Be More Selective In Foreign Aid
A Burlington minister and former congressman outlines a Monthly Mainstream critique of foreign aid. He argues aid should be selective and loan based, tied to results, not funding Vietnam opposition, and conditioned by domestic economic stress and rising debt. He warns of continued deficits and the risk of losing fiscal independence.
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Henry C. Schadeberg
Burlington
LBJ
Schadeberg
Green County
United States
Santa Claus
Vietnam
Bonvin Named President of Switzerland for 1967
The Swiss National Assembly elected Finance Minister Roger Bonvin, age 59, as president for the year 1967. The appointment is largely ceremonial as the presidency rotates annually among seven members of the Federal Council.
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Dee Ee
Swiss National Assembly
Roger Bonvin
Switzerland
Federal Council
Blancing Backward By Robert Tschudy 1998 Highlights
December 19 1998 item notes Yule shopping hours start in city on Monday. Fair profits declined despite better weather last year. Rev Lynn F B Tschudy New Glarus names chairmen for Hungarian Relief drive. Edward P Zwicker bags deer with bow and arrow. Eleven cheese factories closed in last year. Zelma Germann rolls 527 mark.
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Lynn F. B. Tschudy
New Glarus
Edward P. Zwicker
Zelma Germann
Christmas Party for Brownie Class and Neighborhood Children
Twenty years ago on December 15 1946 Mrs M Schiesser hosted a Brownie class Christmas party for neighborhood children. A bleak note from wartime Berlin mentions a widow with a home has best chance of marriage. Mrs Joe H Hoesly entertained her bridge club Tuesday. Bilbo denies a one dollar war fund donation but aides cannot trace full use of a $25000 slush fund.
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M. Schiesser
Berlin
Joe H. Hoesly
Bilbo
30 Years Ago Today December 15 1936 Recap
A period news brief recounts a New York City gun battle where a wounded man confesses to a Monroe bank robbery. J Edgar Hoover heads agents at an apartment, John Frey’s car skids on ice and ends upright, tuberculosis remains the third leading cause of death among men in industry, a Pittsburgh mine shaft is used for cheese curing, and Ben Neuen schwander is summoned for Clarence Allen on Friday.
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New York City
Monroe
J. Edgar Hoover
John Frey
Pittsburgh
Ben Neuenschwander
Clarence Allen
Jacob Blumer Named President of Water Board
Forty years earlier on December 15 1926 Jacob Blumer was renamed president of the Water Board. A 1927 dog license issue is so backed up clerk Dinwiddie jokes the tags may be riveted to collars. In New Glarus 48 measles cases led to three grade closures. Clarence Darrow quips there is nothing lovelier than a blond unless it’s a brunet or a redhead.
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Jacob Blumer
Water Board
Dinwiddie
New Glarus
Clarence Darrow
Snowstorm Hits New York and Market Slump Noted
Fifty years ago on December 15 1916 a heavy snowstorm swept New York City unsettling travel and daily life while the wheat market experienced an unprecedented slump. Maternity hospitals came under state control. Fred A Stuessy and wife attended the Wisconsin Retail Hardware Dealers Association annual convention in Milwaukee. The Provision Co offered oleomargarine at 21 cents per pound.
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New York City
Fred A. Stuessy
Milwaukee
Wisconsin Retail Hardware Dealers’ Association
Provision Co
Nellie Sharer Seeks Santa For Dolls And Toys
A December 15 1906 note lists Nellie Sharer asking Santa for a doll slate pencil nuts candy a ring and a sled The item also mentions the pure food law taking effect January 1 a Cincinnati Hotel roof triangle incident and Lead er grocery advertising fresh dairy butter at 23 cents a pound
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Nellie Sharer
Santa
Cincinnati
Leader Grocery
Card lessons end in dismissal after long Madison lawyers
The narrative recalls a court scene where two Madison lawyers argue at length, the judge briefly ruling in favor of the first, then being surprised by the second’s closing. A speaker mocks with a sanctimonious term as the crowd watches a lesson on card-playing. Uncle Daniel guides a boy named Jonathan through time travel plans and local histories in Monroe.
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Mr. West
Jay Smith
Irvin
Madison
Lucy
Bennett Million
Blackhawk
Daniel
New Mexico
Monroe
Early settler life and old time lamps in Green County
The text recounts reliance on rudimentary lighting like candle sticks and lamp lard, rules of heirloom clocks, and the social ladder of clock ownership. It recalls abundant game in 1843, bee trees, plums, berries, crab apples with molasses, and festive sheep sorrel and mandrake pies. It mentions Christmas dances in 1855 near Clarno and New Year’s balls at Monroe, plus bachelor parties and frontier social life.
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Clarno
Carl M. Larson Succumbs at 81
Carl M. Larson aged 81 a longtime Oregon farmer and Denmark native died after a long illness in a Madison hospital. Survived by four sons Floyd Madison George Janesville and Arnold Howard of Oregon a daughter two sisters 11 grandchildren 13 great grandchildren. Funeral 1 30 p m tomorrow at St John s Lutheran Oregon with calls at B L Booth Funeral Home Oregon after 3 this afternoon and Friday noon until service.
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Carl M. Larson
Oregon
Claud Laughead
Belleville
Madison
Denmark
United States
Mary Satterlee
Floyd
George
Janesville
Arnold
Howard
Alma
Catherine Larson
St. John’s Lutheran Church
B. L. Booth
Daniel Swain Stricken at 90 in Orfordville
Daniel Swain aged 90 died yesterday in a Beloit nursing home after long illness. A lifelong area resident and Spring Valley Township native, he farmed and belonged to Luther Valley Church. Survived by two daughters and two sons, funeral set for 1:30 p.m. Saturday at the church. viewing tomorrow at Silverthorne Newcomer Funeral Home. Henry Opferman reports $110 raised for the Muscular Dystrophy fund in New Glarus. donations welcome at Bank of New Glarus.
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Orfordville
Daniel Swain
Beloit
Spring Valley Township
Swain
Luther Valley Church
Luella Hen @&rickson
Daugh
Ters
Alice Swain
Evanston
Ill
Eugene DeVoe
Madison
Victor Swain
Minneapolis
NEW Glarus
Times
Henry Opferman
Bank of New Glarus
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