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Newspaper
Monroe Evening Times
Location
Monroe, Wisconsin, United States of America
Date
Dec 24, 1945
Page
2
An editorial ponders renewed Christmas sweetness amid world conflict. It contrasts hopes for lasting peace with ongoing wars and notes American homes feel cautious optimism. The piece cites faith, renewal, and a desire for genuine harmony, while referencing cultural items like Donizetti.
David screams as gigmies plummet from a spell while Santa acts swiftly. The sled carries David and a white bunny away. the sky bears the ball of thread with fifty gigmies bound inside as the gigmy king defies Santa’s demand to break the spell.
Fragmentary text describes a street scene in Mogador where people shouted as they ran with a sled. David climbs from the sled and questions why someone told the Riggies they could soar, suggesting a festive or chaotic moment in town.
Rain snarled travel as five year old Jerry Phillips wandered away. Mr and Mrs Harold Van Meter found him sound asleep in their bed and escorted him back to his home. Family scenes include sailors returning from the war and local visits and gatherings across towns.
21 year old Dyer told undersheriff Bill Decker, somewhat reluctantly, that the two were women.
A road show company stages a tense scene with Eliza Austin as bloodhounds close in across the ice in Uncle Tom's Cabin, prompting concern for her safety. The excerpt hints at peril amid a touring production's dramatic sequence.
Swiggum held at home for 26th wedding anniversary with Earl Frank and others. Mrs Weier’s aunt Frank A. Weier attended funeral in Hollandale. Carl Halverson visits northern Wisconsin. John Ray and family news. Alvin Blanchard’s son Alvin Jr departs Pearl. Carlton Hanson returns from 28 months overseas service with the 43rd General Hospital unit.
A collection of brief updates: Mrs L. Crags and Miss Sylvia Whitehead return to Freeport, Mrs Otis Wells ill at home, Grove district Christmas program held Tuesday. Various local residents attend visits and birthday surprise events, church and school happenings, and a Des Moines trip for a funeral.
Monroe Wisconsin council proceedings of December 18 1945 show mayor Frank A Buehler presiding with seven aldermen present. the body adopts a 1946 public depository plan naming the first national bank and the commercial and savings bank of Monroe and allocates 75 percent to the first bank and 25 percent to the commercial bank with 15 000 active balance. committees report salaries for police and safety and licenses granting operator and liquor licenses to local merchants. meeting adjourns until January 2.
In a wartime letter from London the Mackenzie family shares a Christmas message of hope. England enjoys its first peaceful Christmas since 1938 despite bomb damage housing shortages and rationing. Soldiers and families rejoice while war wounds linger and scarce goods persist.
A fragmented reminiscence recalls Mabel 1h very ill in 1937. Propped on a cot on a front porch she smiled at Chicago and Eastern Illinois greetings. An engineer halted a train and handed a child a bouquet. A colleague recognized her as Miss 20, now restored to health.
Death claims Mrs. Katherine Weiss aged 73 James Ree Brodhead merchant passed away Miss Mahala C Hanson to be bride of Floyd A Davis on Christmas Day fifty year anniversary of groom's grandparents Frank Victor Burcalow appointed assistant extension agronomist at Wisconsin College of Agriculture Emil Bosch wed 25 years ago Fry Block Freeport fire causes 150000 loss Kids with new Christmas sleds warned to stay off traveled streets Jacob Wyss home Monroe township quarantined for smallpox Franz Schubert noted as one of 14 children
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