Fragmentary 1808 AP notice with subscription details
Incomplete text shows an Associated Press management note with republication rights and a subscription pricing outline. Mentions Monroe city carrier rates, Wisconsin and Stephenson county exclusions, and advance payment rules. Office hours listed, but many items are garbled.
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Associated Press Ie
AP News
Carrier City
Monroe
Oath County
Yeus
Wisconsin
Stephenson County
Miss Ridings Helps Lead Monroe Beauty Contest Aid
In Monroe and Green County a group of eleven girls including Miss Lillian Perdue staged a Miss recruiter program to boost Army and Air Force enlistment. Sgt. James C. Ridings organized the effort with local businesses providing support and the Madison theater hosting the event. The drive seeks voluntary enlistments over drafts, presenting a typical American response to recruitment challenges.
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Monroe
Madison Army and Air Force
Lillian Perdue
James C. Ridings
Army
Air Force
Sgt. Ridings
Madison
Green County
City drives crackdown on speeding and reckless driving
City officials praised early support for traffic safety efforts and pledged police and mayoral action on citizen complaints. Parents of youths may face warnings or penalties, with owners of implicated vehicles also under enforcement and court scrutiny as the campaign aims to curb risky driving and improve safety downtown.
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Bifto
Monroe
Appleton Man Encounters Bobcat in Backyard
Ken Diener, 21, faced a bobcat in his Appleton backyard on Saturday night. The animal leaped at him as he opened the back door but missed and dashed away after he slammed the door. Diener, an experienced hunter, identified the creature readily.
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Appleton
Ken Diener
Diener
Committee to Audit April Bills in Green County
The auditing committee of the Green County board of supervisors will meet in the county clerk's office on Wednesday to audit the April bills.
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Green County Board of Supervisors
May 5 1927 Sugar Ration Cards and Dangers of Dynamite
Monroe public school instructors begin four day week and start registering consumers for sugar rationing cards while county actions consider scrapping old cannon and cannon balls for U S armaments. County Judge Marshall L Peterson tests five boys ages 10 to 13 by having them write essays on what might have happened if dynamite exploded.
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Monroe
U. S
Marshall L. Peterson
Boyle Jubilee Salute Cites Meaning of Press Freedom
HAL Boyle writes in the Newton Daily News fiftieth anniversary issue about the enduring value of a free press. He argues that freedom to print without censorship sustains both newspapers and towns, contrasts free and bought presses, and highlights reporters who stay local. He cites William Allen White as a model and notes that quality rises with freedom, not city size.
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Boyle
Hal Boyle
America
Opaganda
William Allen White
Emporia
Kas
New York
Washington
Chicago
GOP Women Back Redistricting Law in Wisconsin
Madison convention of the Wisconsin Federation of Women's Republican Clubs approved a resolution favoring a constitutional change to allow redistricting on an area basis. The group opposed current population based boundaries tied to federal censuses and urged advisory voter input in this fall's election. The convention also praised Sen. McCarthy and Hoover reform ideas and urged halting federal aid programs with fund matching.
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Madison
Wisconsin Federation of Women’s Republican Clubs
Wisconsin
Sen. McCarthy
Hoover
Milwaukee woman wins $17,000 prize in Stop the Music
Mrs. Nelli Hepp of Milwaukee correctly identified Mystery Melody on last night’s Stop the Music program and will receive more than $17,000 in prizes.
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Milwaukee
Nelli Hepp
Hepp
New Farm Tool Revives Pastures in Wisconsin
A Wisconsin farm engineer and agronomist developed a low cost pasture renovator using V shaped blades on a shallow frame. The 18 inch sweeps cut sod 16 inches wide and four inches deep, offering a cheaper alternative to heavy disk or deep plow methods. Field tests show improved sod removal and erosion control on hillsides with quack grass.
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Madiso
University of Wisconsin
Badger State
Agrono
Fist HL
Ahlgren
Floyd Duffee
Ahblgren
Duffee
Wisconsin
Monticello Area Rural Pupils Take Field Trip
Upper grade rural pupils from six Monticello area schools toured farms in Mt. Pleasant on conservation duties. Participants included Fairview Margaret Blum Oak Shade Johanna Waelchli Simmons Mrs Anne K Babler Peebles Mrs Alice Zimmerli Norwegian Mrs Betty Kittleson Silver Edna Babler. Transportation was provided by teachers along with county agents Myron Jeglum and Leslie Huber, weed commissioner Joe Riedwig, and Casper Blum.
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Payee Aime
Spe
Mt. Pleasant
Valise
Fairview
Margaret Blum
Oak Shade
Johanna Waelchli
Simmons
Anne K. Babler
Peebles
Alice Zimmerli
Betty Kittleson
Silver
Edna Babler
Myron E. Jeglum
Leslie Huber
Joe Riedwig
Green County
Casper Blum
Want Ad Purchasing Woes Highlight Local Market
A short notice notes that customers face extensive steps and ongoing effort for small results when placing Want Ad purchases. It hints at inefficiency in the local classifieds process and the burden on buyers.
Subteen Marian Martin pattern for summer dresses
The notice promotes Pattern R9007 for girls sizes 6 through 14 in cotton sun dresses. It highlights easy sewing with no fitting and minimal ironing, includes an illustrated chart, and requires 35 cents plus mailing to Marian Martin pattern department in New York.
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Marian Martin
Care of the Times
West 18Th Street
New York
N. Y
Japanese Bandit Robs Pinball Parlor for Heavy Box
A 27-year-old ex convict held up a downtown pinball parlor owner at dagger point and fled with a 100-pound strong box containing about 6,000 pinballs. Police stopped his 100-yard escape and arrested him.
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Tokyo
Exconvict
Dagger Point
Monticello Takes Cemetery Project
Monticello votes to assume perpetual care of the Church cemetery due to funding gaps. Perpetual care fund stands at $2,010 with $25.88 available. Also approved two beer licenses and six operator licenses for the American Legion district convention in May 2025. Deputy marshals Josep Legler and Norman Benkert reappointed. numerous committees named. A $5 fine for dumping at the village dump enacted and signs to mark the rule. Assessor Zentner receives a $250 raise and 15 cents per day. Community club grant of $200 for summer entertainment. West side Main street bridge parking lot to be completed with filling and graveling when material arrives.
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Munimenaas
Monticello
American Legion
Josep Legler
Norman Benkert
Ray Woodruff
Board of Health
J. M. Herden
H. A. Becker
Albert Kno
Dick Zentner
Main Street
Victor Schiller
Monroe
Mexican bus drivers warned of steep fines for safety violations
Mexico City General Antonio Gomez Galeasco, head of traffic police, issued a warning to school bus drivers who transport children to private schools. He announced a new policy doubling penalties, with fines ranging from 58 to 1157 dollars for traffic rule violations by bus operators.
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Mexico City
Antonio Gomez Galeasco
Wisconsin farmers explore chemical thinning for bigger apples
Agricultural notes show University of Wisconsin researchers report on chemical blossom thinning to produce larger, marketable apples. The piece highlights trials by B. E. Struckmeyer, R. H. Roberts, and F. A. Gilbert and mentions dairy data for Inka Bess Aaltje. It also covers the 1952 Island Farming contest involving 43 Wisconsin counties and Vic Burcalow’s call for grassland, hay, and silage as a foundation for low-cost, high-quality feed.
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University of Wisconsin Horticulturists
B. E. Struckmeyer
R. H. Roberts
F. A. Gilbert
Wisconsin
Vic Burcalow
Monroe
College of Agriculture
University of Wisconsin
Wisconsin contest invites farmers to enroll by June 15
Wisconsin agriculture outreach urges farmers to enroll by June 15 in a new support program. Participants mail name and address to the county agricultural agent to join. The notes mention Susanna Vronicka as a record-holding Brown Swiss cow and highlight a planting push by Wisconsin rural youth and 4-H clubs to plant over 2.5 million trees this spring, with free trees from state nurseries.
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Wisconsin
Vronicka
Susanna
State Conservation Commisson Nurseries
American Mother of 1952 Toy Len Goon Aimed at Laundry Work
Portland Maine reports Toy Len Goon the frail China born mother of eight children chosen as American Mother of 1952. She plans to keep up laundry work she has run to support her large family as she handles the honor.
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U.S
Portland
Toy Len Goon
Chinaborn
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