Janet Jennings of Monroe Civil War nurse chronicler
Janet Jennings, a Monroe patriot, served as a hospital nurse in Washington during the Civil War and in the Spanish American War aboard the S S Seneca. Known as the Angel of the Seneca, she later became a writer and civic advocate, associating with Clara Barton and shaping Monroe civic life through newspaper work and pamphlets.
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Washington
Sanitary Department
Guilford Dudley Jennings
Janet Jennings
Jennings
Santiago
Cuba
New York
S.S. Seneca
Green County Historical Society
Clara Barton
The
Red Cross
Miss Barton
Monroe
Abraham Lin
Jane Huffman
Clarno
Monroe Man Hurt in Mishap
Wallace Lindsay age 34 of 2409 lth avenue was injured when his parked Green County Salvage Co. truck rolled forward at the J and W Implement Co. lot on Highway 69. It sideswiped a parked car owned by Frederick Wald Route 3 and struck another parked car belonging to Leo and Janet Hauri Route 4 as deputies logged the 3 56 p m report.
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Wallace Lindsay
Lth
J. and W. Implement Co
Highway 69
Lindsay
Green County Salvage Co
Frederick Wald
Leo
Janet Hauri
Cheese Demand Light Keeps Prices Steady in Madison Market
Madison dairy market shows light buying interest and ample supplies across all cheese styles. Cheddars trade around 36.10 to 37 percent, 40-pound blocks 36.10 to 38 percent, single daisies 38 to 38 percent, longhorns 37.45 to 38.42 percent, and midgets 38 to 40 percent.
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Madison
Wisconsin
Leopold Leads at Junior Dairy Cattle Judging Contest
Robert Leopold of Hilltop 4 H and FFA and Glen Houlberg with Merlyn Gordee Jr. tied for first in the younger division with 261 points while Leopold scored 280 to win the older division. Contest held at Monticello and New Glarus farms with 79 members competing, judged six classes of Brown Swiss and Holstein cattle.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Robert Leopold
Hiltop 4-H Club
Monroe Ffa
Glen Houlberg
Oak Corners
Merlyn Gordee Jr
Browntown
Leopold
Houlberg
Gordee
Jacob
Howard Voegels
Walter
Dean Streiff
Monticello
Felow
Nuclear Tests Talks Lead JFK NSC Session
Washington reports President Kennedy and the National Security Council held their fifth high level meeting in 11 days to discuss a possible nuclear test ban and the risks of pressing the Soviet Union. Laos tensions dominated earlier discussions as officials weighed intervention versus restraint.
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Washington
National Security Council
Kennedy
Soviet Union
Laos
Security Council
Dean Rusk
Treasury
Douglas Dillon
White House
Joint Chiefs of Staff
Salinger
Southeast Asia
United Nations Security Council
Phoumi Nosavan
Tiao Sopsaisana
Conferees Draft Wage Hike Setup
Senate and House conferees reach a compromise to raise the federal minimum wage from 1.00 to 1.25 an hour by 1963. The plan expands coverage to about 3.6 million workers, mostly in large retail stores, marking the first expansion since 1938. It aligns with the Kennedy administration while preserving the Senate framework amid Republican backed House version.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Washington
Senate House
Roosevelt
Kennedy
Senate
House
Rural 8th Graders Face Final Examinations
Final examinations for rural state graded and village schools will be held at testing centers tomorrow Thursday and Friday. Testing centers listed across Brooklyn Hiawatha Twin Grove Monticello Juda Browntown New Glarus Jordan Center Decatur Albany with sessions 9 15 a.m. to 3 15 p.m. A complete battery test will take the entire day. Supervising teachers Eunice Flanagan Gunhild Boswell and Haskee will conduct centers with John W Zweifel leading one tomorrow.
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Rudolph T. Haskee
Brooklyn Village
Hiawatha
Twin Grove
Monticello Village
Juda
Browntown
New Glarus
Jordan Center
Decatur
Albany Village
Haskee
Eunice Flanagan
Gunhild Boswell
John W. Zweifel
Green County Teachers College
Council To Meet Engineer Tonight
The city introduces Ger ald M Wickus as new engineer at City Hall 7 30 tonight. He began duties yesterday and attended the Board of Public Works meeting last night. Bids for street asphalt were opened and Standard Oil Co bids recommended. A sludge pit project at the sewage plant should be back in full operation next week.
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Gerald M. Wickus
Menomonee Falls
Wickus
Board of Public Works
Walter Ekum
Standard Oil Co
Rex. N. Eyler
John Wuethrich Dies At 81 On Farm Near Clarno
John Wuethrich 81 of a Clarno Township farm died at 12 20 a m from stroke complications after five years illness. He was born September 15 1879 in Canton Bern Switzerland and married Rose Pfister September 22 1913 at St Johns church Monroe. Survived by wife two sons LeRoy and Robert C two daughters Rosalie and Margie Schilt a brother Gotfred a sister Mrs Gottfried Frauchiger and eight grandchildren. Services Thursday 1 30 p m Shriner Neu shwanger funeral home with Rev Paul H Olm at St Johns church. Burial Greenwood cemetery. Friends may call after noon tomorrow.
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John Wuethrich
Clarno Township
Mr. Wuethrich
Canton Bern
Switzerland
John
Elizabeth Badertscher Wuethrich
Monroe
St. John’s Church
Rose Pfister
P. A. Schuh
St. John's
Shriner-Neushwander Funeral Home
Paul H. Olm
Greenwood Cemetery
Family at Lancaster Escapes $15,000 Blaze
A Monday night fire caused $15,000 damage to the Lancaster apartment above the former Schuneman supermarket. James Schueneman his wife and 11 children fled the home after smoke and flames appeared in a ventilator shaft. The Schuneman store had recently moved operations.
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Lancaster
Schuneman
James Schueneman
Space mission postponed for 48 hours
An Air Force B47 bomber crashed near Hurley Wisconsin during a simulated bombing run. Two crew members survived Capt. Frank Beade III and Capt. John Hill parachuted to safety while a fourth body was recovered and a search continued. Wreckage strewn over a wide area.
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Hurley
Wis
Wisconsin
North Woods
Forbes Air Force Base
Topeka
Kan
Ironwood, Mich
Joe Krause
Ed Niemi
Ironwood
Frank Beade III
Orange
Calif
John Hill
Iionwood
Mich
Aerial Pirate Hijacks Plane Then Returns to Florida
A self described El Pirata Cofresi hijacked a National Airlines jet over Florida with a steak knife and pistol. He claimed Rafael Trujillo offered him 100000 to assassinate Fidel Castro but said Castro is a good guy and planned to tell him about it. Cuban militiamen detained him near Havana and the plane returned to Florida.
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Miami
Fla
Florida
Cuba
el Pirata Cofresi
Rafael Trujillo
Dominican Republic
Fidel Castro
Castro
National Airlines
Havana
Monroe High plans fall trip to Tallulah La from Vicksburg area
Monroe High School students map a fall visit to Tallulah Louisiana with a possible March trip for a Civil War Centennial program. Advisors Mrs. Lenoir Ainsworth and Fred R. Simpson plan to select the group by year end. The Wilmington trip inspired students to explore industry and history, touring du Pont sites and Independence Hall, with emphasis on college prep and arts.
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Delaware
Elbert Carvel
Monroe
Alexis du Pont
Capitol Steps
Dover
Wilmington
Tallulah
Ronald Brown
Monroe High School
Vicksburg
Iss
Herbert M
Lenoir) Ainsworth
Fred R. Simpson
Mary Ellen Summeris
Monroe Group
Chestnut Run
Haggley Museum
du Pont
du Pont Industries
Summeril
Independence Hall
Philadelphia
Betsy Ross
Benjamin Franklin
Carpenter Hall
Continental Congress
University of Delaware
Newark
Henry B. du Pont
Governor Nelson Welcomes Second Son in Madison
Governor and Mrs. Nelson welcomed a baby boy Monday at University of Wisconsin Hospitals. He weighed 8 pounds 5 ounces. The child has an older brother Gaylord Jr. 8 and sister Cynthia 5. a name had not yet been chosen.
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Madison
Nelson
University of Wisconsin
Gaylord Jr
Cynthia
Robbers Hold Up Woody's Dew Drop Inn in Dayton
Two gunmen robbed Woody's Dew Drop Inn in Dayton shortly before closing, escaping with 400 to 500 dollars. They sat at the bar for 30 minutes, fired a shot at the steps, and fled along Highway 92 toward Liberty Pole Hill. Proprietor Frederick Viney chased the car through At tica and back roads before losing it as Dane and Green County officers set roadblocks in multiple counties. One suspect is about 30, six feet tall, 165 pounds. the other about 35, 145 pounds with sandy hair and a light jacket.
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Woody
Dew Drop
Dayton
Dane
Green
Liberty Polo Hill
Highway 92
Frederick
Woody) Viney
Viney
Delay Averts Hazard For Navy Flier In Space Mission
CAPE CANAVERAL Fla The weather forced postponement of Americas first man in space with Alan B Shepard Jr awaiting at least 48 hours before his Redstone flight. Backup John H Glenn Jr stands by as NASA fails to set a new launch date amid cloudy skies and mounting tension.
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Cape Canaveral
Fla.p
America
Alan B. Shepard Jr
Shepard
Navy
Redstone
John H. Glenn Jr
Missile Test Center
Project Mercury
National Aeronautics and Space Administration
NASA Mercury
Castro Takes Aim At Church Priests
Fidel Castro declared Cuba a socialist state with no elections and tightened controls on the Catholic Church. He announced nationalization of church schools and expulsion of foreign-born clergy as crowds in Havana cheered, while stressing Cuba’s right to chart its own path despite U.S. disapproval.
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Key West
Fla
Fidel Castro
Cuba
Havana
Castro
United States
Tree Snagging Fatal Claims Life of 4 Year Old
Four year old Kenneth Sexauer died after four days in a coma following a neck or brain injury when his coat collar became snagged on a tree branch. Doctors cited brain damage as the cause of death.
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LA Crosse
Kenneth Sexauer
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Hilltop
Andrew Oliver
Dutch Hollow
Robert Ruehlew
Virgil Leopold
Mike Ritschard
Jordan
Dwight Hoesly
David Pick
Monroe Ag
Steve Digman
Alvin Strah
Will Pryce
Norman Houlberg
Roger Goepfert
Bethany Matzke
Mike Deininger
Richland
JFK
Council
G. M. Wickus
Haggley
Summeris
Chase
Attica
Dane County
Brooklyn
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