Janet Jennings Angel of the Seneca and WWI nurse
Janet Jennings a renowned Civil and Spanish War nurse and writer received a signed scroll and the unofficial title Angel of the Seneca aboard the transport ship Seneca off Fortress Monroe in 1898. Her later life included books The Blue and the Gray Abraham Lincoln the Greatest American civic work and a Lincoln plaque at Lincoln school. She died December 31 1917 in Washington after a July stroke and is buried in Greenwood Cemetery with a government marker.
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Monroe
Janet Jennings
Spain
Appomattox
Pacific
Caribbean
Cuba
Clara Barton
American Red Cross
Miss Barton
Miss Jennings
Santiago
Fortress Monroe
New York
State of Texas
Abraham Lincoln
Jennings
Washington
America
Greenwood Cemetery
Wisconsin moves to tax sales 2 percent levy faces GOP support
A Wisconsin bill proposes a 2 percent state sales tax and tax relief reversals aiming to raise 135 million dollars for 1961 62. Sponsor Assemblyman Glen Pommerening says the plan would also hike income taxes and repeal personal property taxes as budget debates heat up. The measure appears amid a partisan fight over faculty raises at the UW and nine state colleges with budget amendments from both parties.
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Madison
Wisconsin
Glen Pommerening
Wauwatosa
Pommerening
University of Wisconsin
Nelson
Senate
E. C. Giessel
Watershed Plan To Be Discussed In Area Thursday
Farmers and conservation officials plan a 6 30 p m meeting at the old New Glarus high school to discuss a Public Law 566 flood control project along the Little Sugar River. The plan would add flood control structures and stress land use with input from Swiss Valleys and Little Sugar River groups.
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New Glarus
Little Sugar River
Kickapoo
Pecat
Albany
Albany Pond
Monticello
Schwoegler
Public Service Commission
SCS
Burgy Flats
Little Sugar
Hospital Week Reveals New Equipment At St. Clare
St. Clare hospital observes National Hospital Week amid rising patient census. March averaged 124 daily patients with 20.5 daily admissions, above 1960 figures. Major purchases include an $18,000 automatic X-ray developing machine, a $5,000 operating table, a $3,450 premature nursery, $725 electrical line, $2,940 laundry, and a $1,675 laundry hood. A Pay-Up-Bill drive in May and June funds the upgrades. The XOMAT cuts processing to seven minutes and promises uninterrupted power for the X-ray dept. Turn to No. 2 Back Page.
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Donald Newell
St. Clare Hospital
National Hospital
M. Agatha
St. Clare
Agatha
Eastman Kodak Co
Wisconsin
Marshfield
Milwaukee
Key Club to Salute Teachers With Week of Observances
Monroe Key Club launches Youth Salutes Its Teachers observance starting Monday through May 12. Posters feature observers and classrooms will display them. Each day honors a specific department with white carnations, spanning math science social studies industrial arts etc.
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Key Club
Monroe Key Club
Canada
Harold Bratzke Victim of Crash
Harold L Bratzke 29 Janesville brother of Raymond Bratzke Monroe killed when his car left the road struck trees and a factory wall. Funeral 1 30 pm Monday Rein ing funeral home Janesville burial Grove Cemetery Footville. Survived by mother four brothers and four sisters.
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Harold L. Bratzke
Janesville
Raymond Bratzke
Monroe
Reining Funeral Home
Grove Cemetery
Footville
Bratzke
Helen Kummer Bratzke
Register of Deeds
Riverside Plating Co
Mr. Bratzke
Magnolia Township
Rock County
Albert Bratzkes
Clarence
Edgerton
George
James
Raymond
Esther Lekie
New Auburn
Lillian Byrne
Tempe
Ariz
Gladys Schneider
Violet Schuman
Orfordville
Shepard hailed as hero after first US space flight
CAPE CANAVERAL Fla. Americans cheer space pioneer Alan B. Shepard Jr. for Freedom 7 flight while Soviets downplay the feat. Shepard faces two days of seclusion on Grand Bahama Island and a technical briefing. President Kennedy pledges support and Congress may honor him.
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Cape Canaveral
Fla
America
Alan B. Shepard Jr
Shepard
Grand Bahama Island
White House
Kennedy
New York City
Los Angeles
U.S
Gagarin
Soviet Union
Derry
N.H
Washington
Louise
Virginia Beach
Congress
All America
Britain
West Germany
France
Canada
Spain
South Africa
China
Latin America
Redstone
Atlantic
Lake Champlain
Florida
Shephard
John H. Glenn, Jr
Queen Doris Mother of Twin Princesses To Attend Dairy Day
Mrs. Paul T. Nelson former Doris Olsen of Brooklyn Wisconsin gave birth to twin daughters at Wisconsin General Hospital Madison. She is the only Green County girl to hold the Alice title and will join the queen’s party at the June Dairy Day festival in Monroe. The Nelsons have four daughters Sheri Lori and the twins. Grandparents are Mr and Mrs Nelson Brooklyn and Mr and Mrs George Nelson Madison. Great grandmother is Mrs Clara Westby Evansville.
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Paul T. Nelson
Wisconsin
Alice
Monroe
Wisconsin General Hospital
Madison
Nelson
Doris Olsen
Trygve Olsen
Brooklyn
Green County
Nelsons
Sheri
Lori
George Nelson
Clara Westby
Evansville
Dayton Robbery Warrants Issued
Sheriff A Charles Howe traveled to Milwaukee to serve warrants on two men held by Milwaukee police for the armed robbery of Woody’s Den in Dayton early Tuesday. Richard Comstock and Bert Anderson are identified suspects with a third unverified man. Comstock recently released from Green Bay reformatory.
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A. Charles Howe
Milwaukee
Woody
Richard Comstock
Route 2
Brooklyn
Bert Anderson
Dane County
Howe
Comstock
Green Bay State Reformatory
Dayton
Green County
Justice of the Peace
Louis A. Koenig
Monroe Airport Receives Increased FAA Grant to 47500
Federal Aviation Administration boosts Monroe municipal airport aid to 47500 with 50 percent federal share. Project expands land purchase to 144.24 acres and 18.08 acres easements for clear zones. State commits 23750, local 23750, Monroe residents raise 1750. Site lies northeast of Monroe on Albany road.
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Monroe
Federal Aviation Agency
State Aeronautics Commission
FAA
T. K. Jordan
State Commission
Monroe Aiirport Development Corp
Albany Road
Madison
Aeronautics Group
Frito firm arranges $6 million loan
The Frito Co. of Dallas has arranged a $6,000,000 loan from Equitable Life Assurance Society at 5 percent, final maturity 1981, to bolster working capital and retire a six year bank loan from 1958 used to modernize and expand plant facilities, announced executive vice president Fladger F. Tannery.
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Frito Co
Dallas
Equitable Life Assurance Society
Fladger F. Tannery
Tannery
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War Department
Kaiser Wilelm
Peter von Allmen
Norma Payer
Monte Hacker
Country Club
Pretenders
Forrest Deininger
Verne Falk
Times
Harold Bratzke
Reds Discount
Space Pioneer
Robin
Doris
Monroe Field
Frito Firm
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