Monroe Evening Times Establishes Legacy and Rates
The Monroe Evening Times, founded October 15, 1508, operates as a daily paper except Sundays under the Monroe Evening Times Co. Elery A. Udell serves as president. The publication includes Associated Press reports and lists subscription rates for city and mail delivery across Wisconsin with carrier, lockbox, and general delivery options.
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Hobbs Bill Welcomed as Labor Reform Landmark
The ident has signed the mic and the Ge luies celebrate a new step in labor reform. The action follows a Supreme Court decision years ago that limited labor activity and protected enterprise. President Truman is congratulated for the signature, praised as a major achievement since taking office.
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Polio Session Calls Parents to Learn Early Diagnosis
A Madison physician urges a Tuesday meeting for parents and caregivers about polio. He stresses early diagnosis as a powerful defense, notes rising polio cases nationally and in Wisconsin, and advises avoiding fatigue to prevent acute attacks.
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Poor Landlord Worries Over Tenants And War Price Rules
The piece criticizes wartime rent controls and gas rationing, noting landlords hike rents after 1941 while OPA standards shift in 1942. It argues uneven protections favored profiteers and harmed fair landlords, framing postwar peacetime goals against lingering price controls. It mentions Chicago rents rising from 50 to 150 dollars and public reactions to Truman’s veto.
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Neal’s Broadway Triumph Shadows Brenda Mystery
The narrator attends Neal’s high profile play, praised for her portrayal of a highborn hussy while tensions with Hunt and Inspector Barry simmer. After a crowded post show, she investigates Brenda’s absence, discovering a tense scene with a pearl-handled revolver visible in the dark room, setting up a continuing cliffhanger.
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Automobile Era Returns to Williamsburg Streets
In Williamsburg Virginia plans emerge to route cars away from the restored colonial area leaving carriages coaches and carts as the only means of travel through the historic district.
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Charged in Highway Fatality at Mauston
A warrant charging William N. Miller of Minneapolis with negligent homicide was issued in Juneau county court for the death of Anton Haase of Milwaukee after a crash on highways 12 and 16 east of Mauston. Haase died in Milwaukee hospital days after the Sunday accident. Miller had pleaded guilty to drunken driving in another case and faced potential trial next Monday.
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Russia shifts stance on Dardanelles amid peace talks
The Moscow Paris line suggests a Russia US accord may supersede aims on the Dardanelles. Molotov accepted the Trieste compromise and offered Dodecanese to Greece, signaling a possible shelving of prior demands. Kardelj notes Yugoslavia’s concern but credits Soviet effort to aid progress toward a conference outcome.
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Browntown Notes and Local Happenings
Browntown residents report a vacation visit by Mr. and Mrs. Willis Keller of Rockford and Mr. and Mrs. Clark Keller of near town. Harold Stubbe fractured two bones in his right wrist after a hay load mishap. The Norwegian Lutheran aid hosts a meeting at Mrs. Lewis Lahman’s home on July 10 at 2 pm with Mrs. Frank Larson Mrs. Lester Ellingson and Mrs. Fred Probst assisting. Pvt. Donald Erickson on furlough from his Utah base visits his wife Charlene McGuire and relatives before departing for overseas duty.
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Interesting Items From The Evening Times Files
The July 6, 1936 roundup notes a Clarno township Kubly limburger plant fire and several obituaries including Lena Miller and Nick Zangger. It also lists scholarships for Janet Blumer and Wilma Heimann to Wisconsin University and a farm accident injuring Jacob Wieland.
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South Wayne
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Weekend Gatherings Mark 50th Graff Anniversary
A long list of residents from Rock City Monroe Grangeville and surrounding towns attended the 50th wedding anniversary of Mr. and Mrs. John Graff in Riceville Iowa. The item names several visitors and social calls including Ed Condon welcoming a daughter in Green Bay and multiple family visits across Illinois and Wisconsin.
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Luther Diemer
Bonnie
John McCarthy
Lois
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John Graff
William Ruf
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William Schillinger
Monroe
Anna Deal
Edward Becker
Rockford
Otto Becker
Fred Aeschlimann Sr
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Beloit Mon
Ed Condon
Green Bay
Alta Comes
Donna
Grangeville
Ida
John Robertson
Henry Kilmer
Howard Newcomer
Herman Kilmer
Dixon
George Sterler
Sheldon
Ervin Armstrong
Maurice Wisger
Clifford Clair
Orfordville
Oakley
North Side Park
Brodhead
Earl Anderson
Union Grove
Earl Schrier
Ervin Mohns
Madison
Herbert Mohns
Melvin Eggemeier
Stanley Clark
St. Clare Hospital
Henry Elmer
Alvin Schwartzlow
Ronald Schrier
Floyd Malcock
Kenneth Schrier
Mary Ann Christof
Anderson
Morrison
Ralph Elmer
Albert Badertscher
Ralph Anderson
Ervin Arm
Local families host, visit, and health note across communities
Sunday events show multiple hosts in Evansville, Rock City, Freeport, and Durand with dinners and family visits. Mary Lynn Condon infant daughter noted, Jimmy Condon returns to Brodhead to grandmother. Carolyn Bouton, six, hospitalized in Rockford after measles illness.
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Sheldon
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Ed Chamberlain
Evansville
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Joe Fulton
Rock City
Walter Hofmeister
Freeport
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Orpha Green
Green Bay
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Mary Lynn
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Darrell Clark
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Clare Clark
Robert Mohns
Herbert Mohns
Helen Andrews
Phoebe Monte
Chicago Rail Tests New Slowtone Safety Device
The Chicago and Northwestern railroad announced it is testing a radio safety device named slowtone. It broadcasts warning signals between trains when they come within five miles of each other.
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