Subscription Rates For City Monroe and Surrounding Areas
Subscription rates listed: carrier in City of Monroe twelve fifty per year, mail in Wisconsin and Stephenson county Illinois seven dollars, outside Wisconsin and Stephenson county eight dollars. All payments required in advance to meet postal rules. office hours 8 30 a m to 5 20 p m. Phone numbers provided for after hours news and business calls.
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City of
Monroe
Wisconsin
Stephenson County
Ill
Til
Editorial Appeal to Reason on Green County Traffic Fatalities
The piece notes Green County shows a favorable traffic fatality balance for 1947 with two more deaths than ideal, urging drivers to pledge safer habits. It stresses slower speeds, vigilance, vehicle maintenance, and courtesy, warning that stricter laws may come if self discipline fails.
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Green County
Squares Blockades Slow Christmas Shopping Rush
Traffic around the courthouse square gridlock grows as motorists double park in narrow lanes during the holiday rush. The piece urges police vigilance and stricter enforcement to keep cars moving, reduce jams, and maintain merchant satisfaction.
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Monroe
St. Nicholas
Court House Square
J. C. Penney Staff Receives Proportional Christmas Pay
Penney employees nationwide shared a year end payment at a Christmas dinner in Eugene hotel. Full-time staff employed a year received two weeks pay. part-time and those under a year got proportional amounts. The event included carol singing cards gifts and a decorered tree with Wilmer Wells as Santa.
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J. C. Penney
Eugene
Fultime Associates
Extira
Penney Associates
E. R. Johnson
Anager
Carol
W. L. Cash
Rnest Vogler
William McArdle
Wilmer Wells
Imon Meyer
Ednar Block
Santa Claus
Eugene Quinn
Mr. Vogler
Burglary Wave Reported in Lafayette and Grant Counties
Burglars hit Laf ayette and Grant counties Wednesday night and Thursday morning. Only cash found missing was $14 at a Lead Mine service station. Investigations extend to a Benton garage and store, a Shullsburg filling station, and broader activity at Hazel Green including a post office, lumber office, creamery, feed mill, and store.
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Darlington
Lafayette
Grant Counties
Lead Mine
Benton
Shullsburg v
Hazel Green
Glancing Backward: Dec 17 items from 1938 sports to society
Snapshot of Evening Times reminiscences noting Coach Huddleston’s basketball defeat at Stoughton 35 to 14, a Russell farm fire near Winslow, Dolan school scarlet fever, a nuptial exchange by Miss Becker and W Giese, and Mrs. Hinds’ death.
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Don Huddleston
Stoughton
Russell Trumpy
Winslow
Dolan
Roy Rothenbuehler
Mary Becker
W. E. Giese
F. P. Hinds
Santa and the Snow Wal Chapter 11
Danny and the Snow Man land in Platonia with the brownies Lance Hugo Hubert and Pudding. They fear the warm south will melt the Snow Man as leaves rustle and ice vanishes. Pudding then proclaims a plan to keep him cool by storytelling.
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Danny
Snow Man
Lance
Hugo
Hubert
Pudding
Danny the
Flournoy
Pud ding and the Snow Man tale of fright and frosty fear
Pud ding begins a chilling story that leaves the Snow Man shivering and the brownies terrified. Danny and the three brownies march along with fingers in their ears as Pud ding narrates a suspenseful fright tale. Tomorrow: What Happens at the Pool.
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Danny
Pudding
Truck Rate Hearing Set for January 3
The Wisconsin Public Service Commission announced a January 3 hearing in Madison on the Wisconsin Association of Common Carrier Truck Operators request for an emergency 10 percent rate increase. The action seeks relief for trucking firms amid rising costs.
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Madison
State Public Service Commission
Wisconsin Association of Common Carrier
Blanchardville Sees Second Building Boom in a Year
Blanchardville enters a second building boom as eight firms remodel or expand. New concrete shop by Herbert Kopp and son, plus several farm homes and village residences under construction. Key builders include Holt equipment, Hanson firms, Skaife Brothers, Crandall Oil, and Art June’s establishment.
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Blanchardville
Tmo Holt’s
Farm Equipment Company
Hanson Feed and Fuel
Skaife Brothers Market
Gene’s Place
E. H. Hanson Farm Implement Firm
Crandall Oil Co
Herbert Kopp
Francis
Notable Names Listed in Argyle Addition
In the Argyle addition the page lists Alois Spanis Ereil Skaifes O Kiel s A L Schulers James Lagesons and Alve Thompsons as residents or figures connected to the area.
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Argyle
Alois Spanis
Ereil Skaifes
O. Kiels
A. L. Schulers
James Lagesons
Alve Thompsons
Albany Music Groups Plan Christmas Concert
Albany public school musical groups present their annual Christmas concert Monday at 8 p m in the grade school gym. The program features junior chorus, junior and senior bands, girls and boys glee clubs, and mixed chorus under Mrs Lor raine. The high school Christmas party is Wednesday. schools recess December 22 to January 3.
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Albany
Roups
Lorraine
Ten Gardner Bakery workers share in annual bonus
Ten employees at the Monroe branch of Gardner Baking Co in Madison share in the 13th annual bonus totaling 33492 dollars for the firm’s 256 workers. Payments were based on their length of service and earnings.
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Monroe
Gardner Baking Co
Madison
Employment shifts across multiple Wisconsin locations
The report notes personnel changes with some workers moving to full-time and others to part-time status at several sites including Beaver Dam Tomah Baraboo Richland Center and Madison. The details reflect a statewide staffing adjustment across these facilities.
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Beaver Dam
Tomah
Baraboo
Richland Center
Madison
Wolves of North America Mate for Life Debate
The text notes two main wolf species on the continent the red wolf and the grey. It states grey wolves are heavier than red ones.
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Continent
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Monroe Evening Times
Monroe, Wisconsin
Congress
Monroe Evening Times CO
Emery A. Odell
Monroe Daily Journal
The
Associated Press
Inland Daily Press Association
Audit Bureau of Circulation
Editorial
Penney
Grant
Evening Times
Fort Atkinson
San Marcos
Mexico City
Co. H
M. W. Ream
Smith Masonic Lodge
A. S. Lewis
Monticello
Jacob Burgy
Charlotte Churchill
Cumberland
Kraus
Mary Wyss
Sylvester
John C. Chadwick
Washington Avenue
F. L. Chenoweth
Charles Varney
J. H. Berkey
Wells Opera House
J. Bolender and Sons
Santa and the
Palmer's Tavern
Sponsored
VFW
U.S.A
Canadian Ace Brewing CO
Chic
Wilson Distributors
12Th Street
Boute
Diana
Chocolate Shop
Candyland
Albany Music Groups
Chiropractic
M. J. Gonstead
Singer Sewing Machines
Cliff Ault
Poinsettias
Chuck Roast
Vermont
Liz
Parker House
Pce
17Th Avenue
Stackpole and Schild
the Commercial & Savings Bank CO NP Re
Federal Deposit Insurance Corp
Broiler
West Bend
Richardson Electric Go
16Th Avenue
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