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Newspaper
Monroe Evening Times
Location
Monroe, Wisconsin, United States of America
Date
Jan 24, 1949
Page
4
Classified rates and policies outline payment, changes, and deadlines. Ads restricted to proper discretion, edits possible, and no more than one incorrect insertion. Deadline 10:00 AM publication day. Becker's Leader Store promotes new blouses and chrome furniture accessories.
Mixed classified items list appliances including used stoves and freezers with discount prices from Richardson Electric Co. and Gambles. Also listings for drainage cleaner, hardware store contact, and a personal thanks note. Livestock and cattle sale notices from Bowling Cattle Co with arrivals next week.
Classified ad style listing from a 1940s Wisconsin area paper featuring sale items from Alston Auto Parts Marty Chevrolet Lee Phillips and others. Includes Ford and Nash sedans, farm equipment, hay loaders, tractors, feeds, farm buildings and suppliers with contact locations Monroe Juda New Glarus Darlington Gratiot Dubuque IA and several phone numbers.
Like new whirlwind feed mixer with 700 to 800 pound capacity offered by Ralph Kubly of Monticello. Contact via telephone 108 D for details and sale arrangements.
Tractors and farm items include 26 hay and 300 bales of third crop alfalfa with no rain. Allis-Chalmers W C with cultivator five years old in excellent condition. 1939 Plymouth 2 door heater excellent condition. 1946 Jeep Station Wagon just overhauled. For sale and help wanted ads accompany listings for salesmen and building materials from Midwest Building Co. Also a $15,000 first mortgage loan request by J. B. Heeren and Son.
Classified notices list jobs for a reliable single man with decent conditions Ben Bosshart 1344 Brodhead and a married man for an elderly couple preferring a modern house and conveniences Apply Box 15 The Times. A man for feed and seed business must be neat and steady apply Monroe Feed and Seed Co. A good typist and a night waitress needed for Waffle Shop. Female positions and dairy farm work also sought with names and addresses provided.
Mrs. Morris Springsted has been ill at home for several days. Mr. and Mrs. Clifford St John and son Michael move to the Myron L St John farm north of the city. The Congregational church Aid society met with Mrs L J Stair. Mr. and Mrs. A E Stewart return from a month in the west visiting California and Mr Stewart's brother in Washington. Mr and Mrs Thomas Davidson move from their residence on 11th street to 1703 West Third avenue. Mrs F A Condon hosted the junior contract bridge club with honors to Mrs Paul Zimmerman and Mrs R F Stevens. Graveside services held at Avon cemetery for the infant son of Mr and Mrs Orville Green who died in Beloit hospital shortly after birth.
Mr and Mrs Marshall Ingwell and family were Madison visitors Friday. Mr and Mrs Nic Zentner and Mrs Harold Ingwell were Madison visitors Friday.
Miss Hannah Schacht, 80, of Mokena and claimed first cousin of Hjalmer Schacht the German wartime finance minister, died yesterday in Munster Indiana after living in Will County almost all her life.
Montreal lay teachers from the Roman Catholic system, numbering about 2,000, voted to resume work this afternoon after a weeklong walkout for higher pay. A spokesman said they surrendered unconditionally.
Santa Monica announces the super DC-3 upgrade for the world’s most used twin engined transport. Modifications will raise speed from 189 to 234 miles per hour and increase seating from 21 to 28 passengers on the 6,600 aircraft in service with airlines and the armed forces.
Chicago hogs 9,500 salable. butchers 50-75c higher. top 21.85. weights 180-600 lb. Cattle and calves 9,000 salable. slaughter steers and heifers up 50c. cows scarce. bulls steady. top 31.25 for 991 lb calf yearlings. mixed steer and heifer prices 30.00. feedlots and beef cattle down to 13.00-15.75 for canners. Produce prices show fowl 40-41c, butter weak, eggs firmer with mixed standards and values listed.
Moderate buying of steel shares helped hold the market steady as trading stayed quiet and prices showed mixed changes around a point. Higher posts included U S Steel Youngstown Sheet and Tube National Steel Great Northern Preferred Montgomery Ward Sears Roebuck Studebaker Deere. losers included General Motors Santa Fe Kennecott Allied Chemical Schenley Industries International Harvester Bethlehem Steel. Bond market saw modest gains with government issues unchanged in the over the counter market.
Hair growth speed varies with physical condition and age. Younger, healthier individuals tend to grow hair faster, while aging and poor health can slow the rate.
Harold L. Ickes proposes using income from tidelands oil on coastal states to fund a federal trust for democracy education. He cites Texas and Louisiana oil estimates at 10.5 billion barrels and potential higher totals with other coasts, arguing a Rockefeller-like foundation could empower children’s schooling. The idea hinges on federal ownership of offshore resources.
Mrs. O. D. Curtis hosts Monticello visitors Emily Blum Delores Margaret and Carla Blum at Mr. and Mrs. Lawrence Blum in New Glarus. Mr. and Mrs. R. W. Woelffer were in Madison on Thursday. Jean Zweifel and Mrs. Wallace P. Barlow hosted a Thursday visit in New Glarus. Ronald Thurston from Madison returned to the city after staying with grandparents Mr. and Mrs. Harvey Elmer while his mother Mrs. Milo Thurston, a Madison hospital patient, was away. Lawrence Blum of New Glarus called on his mother Thursday. Garrit Koreman was a Madison caller Thursday.
Mrs. William Crighton 75 died Saturday night after being struck by an automobile as she stepped from a street curb. Local police and witnesses described the accident on a Racine street and the driver cooperated with investigators. The obituary notes she was well known in the community and leaves a surviving family.
The Oshkosh All-Stars defeated the Tri-Cities Blackhawks 64 to 53 in a National League basketball game Saturday, delivering a solid road win.
Ad promotes pattern 9049 for a basque top and lantern skirt with eyelet yokes and trims. It lists sizes 12 to 20, fabric and contrast yardage, and claims easy sewing with a complete illustrated chart. Send 25 cents to Monroe Evening Times Pattern Dept to order, with name address zone size and style number.
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