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Newspaper
Monroe Evening Times
Location
Monroe, Wisconsin, United States of America
Date
May 11, 1948
Page
4
Classified items from Monroe Evening Times feature fashion and home goods. Notices include fur storage options, spring dresses and hats, children’s clothing, knitwear, baby garments, and play clothes. Household appliances like Thor washers and free standing deep freeze units are advertised alongside shelving and pattern shears.
Weedone promised for stubborn lawn weeds while Ward’s Farm offers equipment. Snively and Snyder promote home furnishings and sewing machines with quick delivery. Singer Sewing Machine Co presents walnut or maple chests at 24.50 to 29.50. Trout fishermen urged to prepare for May 15 season. Personal item noted.
An assortment of used cars trucks and tractors with prices and contact details. Listings include 1936 Dodge good condition at Buck's Trailer Sales Beloit. 1934 Ford and 1934 Ford with box at Monticello and Warren. 1941 Ford truck with 100 hp motor and fertilizer attachment for a John Deere planter. 1947 Pontiac and 1947 Chevrolet Aero sedans. plus 1942 Ford cab engine and 1941 Ford LWB stake body among others. Trade names include ALSTON'S AUTO PARTS WLAD and KAYSER MOTORS INC Madison. Contact numbers and locations provided.
A dense listing from The Times includes tractors Allis Chalmers and McCormick Deering models for sale, plows, cultivators, freezers, seed corn, fencing, and farm supplies. It also advertises job openings in groceries, meat departments, stock keeping, and general farm work with multiple contact names and locations across Juda, Monroe, Monticello, and surrounding towns.
Promotes home study in practical nursing as a well paid, spare time training option. Claims no high school required and offers free information. Directs readers to write Wayne School of Practical Nursing, box 54, care of The Times.
Livestock prices at Chicago show hogs 1,500 head total 2,200, under Monday’s average for under 360 lb weights. cattle receipts 1,200 with scarce demand, steer weights 1,350-1,600 lb, cows weak to 50 cents lower, bulk good and choice 29.00-32.00, top 32.50 for 1,200-1,311 lb. butter nervous with 601,932 receipts and prices largely unchanged to two cents lower. Wall Street edges up as recovery tone dominates trading, with notable gains in Standard Oil Ohio, Illinois Central, Southern Pacific, Radio Corp, and others.
Green County Wisconsin adopts traffic regulations to be in force after publication in the Monroe Bee. Ordinance names traffic rules for public highways in Green County. Clarence W Langach, county clerk, certifies the ordinance as official and correct.
Mrs Will Meinert reports Juda admits missing one of twelve years of Spring Grove Homemakers meetings due to a west coast trip. She praises the group and Green county home demonstration work. Also noted is Mrs Rudy Gregg of Rock City with a giant lemon weighing over a pound from a two year old plant, and a second blossom unlikely to bear fruit.
Unions campaign for bargaining rights of about 17,000 Caterpillar workers as the plant remains shut since April 8 after a CIO UFEW strike of 10,500 employees. The UFEW was denied a place on the National Labor Relations Board ballot for refusing to sign non communist affidavits under Taft Hartley law.
Marian Martin pattern 9004 offers a flattery geared skirt with cape sleeves and bow, includes easy to follow illustrated sew chart. Available sizes 34 through 50, fabric needs 4% yards at 39 inches, send 23 cents to Monroe Evening Times Pattern Dept in New York with name address and size.
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