The House on the Rock: Wisconsin Wonder of Nature and Art
A weekend tripto southwestern Wisconsin highlights the House on the Rock near Dodgeville and Spring Green. Madison sculptor Alex Jordan built the 70 foot rock perch with 13 rooms over four levels, blending native stone timber and water features to create a daily draw for visitors while praising nature over artifice. The piece notes nearby Shot Tower and Gov. Dodge State Parks and urges readers to visit to fully experience the spectacle.
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Wisconsin
Rock
Monroe
Wisconsin River
Spring Green
Frank Lloyd Wright
Shot Tower State Park
Gov. Dodge State Park
Highway 23
Dodgeville
Baraboo
Deer Shelter
Madison
Alex Jordan
Jordan
Dear Abby and House on the Rock read at large
The column reproduces Abby Van Buren advice on weight loss relationships and wedding choices including a reader asking about a white wedding. It also includes a poem about The House on the Rock and notes on an individual named Wittner returning from Vietnam and pending deployment in Germany.
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Abby
M. E. Showers Succumbs at 69 in Columbus
Milton E. Showers 69 a former Borden Co. employee and tavern operator died unexpectedly Sunday night at his Columbus home after 13 years there. Survived by wife Kathryn two sons Marcel and Milton Jr. and eight grandchildren. Funeral Wednesday at St Stephen Lutheran Fall River with memorial fund to church.
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Blue Mounds
Brodhead
Milton E. Showers
Columbus
Borden Co
Fall River
Pearl Marty
Wayne Showers
New Glarus
Glen
Belleville
Kathryn
Marcel
Milton Jr
Madison
Wilbert
Orville
Pardeeville
St. Stephen’s Lutheran Church
Jones Funeral Home
Monroe Evening Times Ad Rates and Publication Details
The Monroe Evening Times lists subscription prices: 40 cents weekly by carrier in Monroe, 15 dollars yearly by mail in towns with carrier service, 12 dollars yearly by mail in Wisconsin and certain Illinois counties, and 14 dollars yearly by mail outside Wisconsin. The paper, founded October 1898, is edited by Emery A. Odell and is part of The Associated Press news exchange. Office hours run 8 a.m. to 5 p.m. with noon close on Saturday.
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City of
Monroe
Wisconsin
Stephenson
Jo Davies
Winnebago
Illinois
Emma Hoerburger makes fourth return to homeland trip
Nearing 88, Emma Hoerburger of Monroe plans a return visit to Austria with sister Marie and daughter Helen Russe. They depart Detroit to Frankfurt then Zurich, visiting Dornbirn born Emma, travel ending August 31. Hoerburger’s four children include Marie Anne Rasmussen and Henry Hoerburger. House on the Rock hosts large spring tours drawing seniors, Homemakers, 4-H groups, and retirees from several states.
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Emma Hoerburger
22Nd Ave
Monroe
Marie
Hoerburger
America
Hans
Helen) Russe
Pinckney
Mich
Alex
Anne
Milwaukee
Rose) Rasmussen
Darlington
Henry Hoerburger
Chippewa Falls
Rock
Spring Green
Wausau
Iowa
Chicago
Glancing Backward on July 23 1958 and 1948 News
A look back shows Green County hit by Dutch Elm disease with an infected Brodhead tree and Monroe earning AAA pedestrian protection honors. Also notes the Mansion on Idle Hour Farm to open Sept 1, new Luchsinger property owners, and a 1948 communist party surrender in New York alongside cheese purchases for the centennial expo.
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Green County
Brodhead
Monroe
R. D. Frey
AAA
Wisconsin Division
Idle Hour Farm
Luchsinger
Christine Belle Elliott
Kay Olson Bayrhoffer
Communist Party
National Board
New York
State Department of Agriculture
Wisconsin
Nathan Goetz
Robert G. Rote
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Fattie
Abigail van Buren le
Chicago Tribune-N. Y. News Synd., Inc
Mayebelle
Billy
New London
Conn
Los Angeles
Cal
M. E
Monticello
Pfc
Allen Marty
Fort Ord
Calif
Herman Marty
Marty
United States Army
Germany
National Guard
Monroe Evening Times
Emery A. Odell
Associated Press
Ace
Monroe Country Club
Freeport Club
Glen Zilmer
American Legion
Camp
Tomahawk
Delbert L. Cook
Northwest Territory
Chamber of Commerce
G. L. Redman
Roy Zinser
Fred Glauser
H. B. Caradine
Fred J. Bolender
Monroe Chamber of Commerce
Wisconsin Auto Mutual Insurance Company
Schindler
Beloit
Ralph M. Caldwell
the State Agricultural College
Atlantic
Green
United States
Arthur Francis Mosely
Freeport
France
U.S
Saengerbund
la Crosse
Harmonie Club
City Belle
Rockford
Roosevelt
Newport
R. I
C & SB
the Commercial & Savings Bank
F.D.I.C
Patsy
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