Monroe Evening Times Founding and Subscription Rates
The Monroe Evening Times founded October 15 and formerly the Monroe Daily Journal. Ads note delivery options by carrier box or general delivery and 20 cents weekly. single copies five cents. Mail rates in Wisconsin and adjoining states list one year six dollars with other tiered options.
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Monroe Daily Journal
Monroe Evening Times
A Odell
City
Monroe
Wisconsin
Associated Presse
Pews
Editorial stretches meat with odd recipes and jokes
A tongue in cheek piece mocks OPA meat stretching pamphlets and scarce rations. It jokes about lamb shoulder recipes and an improvised jackrabbit stew, then gibes at garden shortages and urges readers to flatter their butcher for relief.
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OPA
Tony
Brakes On Praise Backed By Green County Police Campaign
Police in Green County have intensified efforts to stop speeding and reckless driving around the county courthouse square. The campaign has led to several arrests in recent weeks and aims to reduce crashes without bias, earning commendation from the force.
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Green County
Green County Court House Square
Doctor from Wisconsin Dies at Elmhurst Home
Practiced medicine in Wisconsin and died Thursday night at his home in Elmhurst DC from heart disease.
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Wisconsin
Elmhurst
Gardenias and Onions Spark a Romantic Quarrel
In Washington a party at Mike Waterman's house reveals shifting loyalties and social tension. Helen recalls New York and gardenias while fearing choosing between lovers Philip and an unnamed man, as Zoe enjoys Hollywood style nightlife with Mike and Mrs Roark comments on marriage prospects.
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New York
Helen
Philip
Slie
Paul
Zoe
Washington
Mike Waterman
Writers’ War Board
Aoe
Ant Ty
Mike
Wentworth
Mrs. Roark
Reno
Zoe and Mike Juliet Affair on a Southern Veranda
Zoe and Mike discuss marriage as Major Carstairs frets that he prefers experienced women. Mike sketches a future with Zoe after the war while she contemplates visiting Mrs. Roark. Mike declares his love and desire to keep Zoe near, hinting at a life beyond the plantation.
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Zoe
Mike
Major Carstairs
Mike Waterman
Mrs. Roark
Capital
Butter Boy Shortage Triggers Double Delivery Pushcarts
Butter shortages worsen in New York as Gristede Brothers deploy two boys per pushcart. One delivers while the other guards the scarce butter. In Sapulpa Oklahoma, Vernon McKinney and Doc Maness flee a charging bull, leaping fences in a chaotic escape.
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New York
Gristede Brothers, Inc
Futile Sapulpa
Okla
Vernard McKinney
Doc Maness
Army discharge sends soldier on 600 mile train to El Paso
Sgt. Bob Davis was discharged from the army after a six mile transfer would have brought him home. Instead he endured a 600 mile train trip to the El Paso separation center with Mrs. Davis accompanying him. In Albuquerque F M Griswold found thieves had dug a long ditch and removed his hedge planted seven years prior.
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Albuquerque
N. M
Bob Davis
Korkland Field
Army
el Paso
Tex
Davis
F. M. Griswold
Jap Garrison Split Report From Mindanao Drive
American forces and guerrillas converge in Mindanao as units advance from north to south to divide the Japanese garrison in the central zone. In Davao sector U S troops link with guerrillas near the gulf head, with black areas showing enemy control.
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Mindanao
Philippines
Davao
U. S
Gulf
Monroe Evening Boys and Girls Club Membership Coupon
All boys and girls up to 12 years of age are invited to join the Monroe Evening Boys and Girls Club. Fill out this coupon carefully with name street or route post office date of birth and age last birthday.
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Monroe Evening Boys
Mae
Mes
Monroe
Wis
Birthdays listed for Evening Times Club
The Evening Times Club birthday page lists names ages and locations for birthdays over May 27 to June 2. Entries include Kathleen Jones 10 Monroe route 1 Donald Gorman 11 Brooklyn Roger Stark 9 Monroe route 2 Mabel Waltman 8 Winslow route 2 Marian Jean Welz 3 Monroe route 5 Natalie Lynn Bruegger 2 Browntown route 1 Marlys Ritschard 10 Monticello Walter John Kueng 6 Juda May 29 Frank J Milz 12 Belleville Judith Elaine Kuhl 2 Brown town route 1 Nathan Marti 13 Monroe Daryl Amans 8 Browntown Judith Walden 9 Argyle William Escher 5 Monticello Judith Lea Weiss 3 Albany Mabel Lorene Elmer 8 Monticello route 2 Jerald Wendlandt 1 Brodhead Richard Arnold Albright 2 1208 23rd avenue Glenda Hasse 12 Monroe route Saturday June 2 Marian Louise Hawthorne 12 Monroe route 5 Carle Kundert 12 Monroe route 1 Gerald H Van Wagenen 10 2232 8th street
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Kathleen Jones
Monroe
Donald Gorman
Brooklyn
Roger Stark
Mabel Waltman
Winslow
Marian Jean Welz
Natalie Lynn Bruegger
Browntown
Marlys Ritschard
Monticello
Walter John Kueng
Juda
Frank J. Milz
Belleville
Judith Elaine Kuhl
Nathan Marti
Daryl Amans
Judith Walden
Argyle
William Escher
Judith Lea Weiss
Albany
Mabel Lorene Elmer
Jerald Wendlandt
Brodhead
Richard Arnold Albright
23Rd Avenue
Glenda Hasse
New Minor Members Join Times Birthday Club
Janis Kay Babler aged 6 and Sandra Lynne Babler who will be 1 in October joined the club this week. Four Hefty children of Mr and Mrs Wilbert Hefty Monticello route 2 also became members including Vila Mae Hefty who will be 9 October 3 Eugene Wilbert is 5 yesterday Paul Milford will be 3 February 23 and Maynard Louis born April 26 1945.
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Janis Kay Babler
15Th Avenue
Sandra Lynne Babler
Wilbert Hefty
Monticello
Times Birthday Club
Vila Mae Hefty
Eugene Wilbert
Paul Milford
Maynard Louis
Local News Brief from Brodhead Docket
R N A meet in hall with Maypole refreshments and May birthdays observed. Notables include Nancy Rae Stephens and others planning college next year. Community notes list residents traveling, vacations, and local visits. Fundraising drive for cancer control closed with over $300 raised in Brodhead.
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J. Roy Anderson
St. Louis
Mary Ross
Nancy Rae Stephens
Stephens College
Columbia
Betty Swartz
Merlin Witte
West Third Ave
Marybell Lyons
Robert
New Orleans
Priscilla Shaw
Milwaukee County Hospital
Clancy Shaw
Anton Benson
Brookville
Fla
Glen
Gratiot
Florida
Brodhead
Orangeville Visitors Include Local Residents
Orangeville Mrs. Glen E. Bolender and Col. Arthur Carter are visiting their aunt Mrs. Lyle Rinehart in Juda. The family plans a week of local gatherings and sightseeing.
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Orangeville
Glen E. Bolender
Arthur Carter
Juda
Lyle Rinehart
France and United Nations talks sharpen Franco allied ties
Col Bernard LaPorte of the French delegation to the San Francisco security conference receives a personal letter recalling World War I bonds, tensions with Anglo American allies, and the hoped meeting of De Gaulle and Truman to iron out suspicions. The writer urges unity to secure France’s place in postwar Europe and avert a Versailles repeat.
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Col
Bernard LaPorte
San Francisco
LaPorte
France
de Gaulle
Bernard
Truman
la Belle France
London
Councils of the Mighty
Aosta
Syria
Lebanon
Europe
Versailles
Senate Passes Cigaret Gift Inheritance Levy Bill
Wisconsin Senate completed action on a 15,050,000 revenue bill to reenact cigaret gift inheritance and privilege dividend taxes for two years after rejecting a cigar tax amendment from the Senate. The measure had cleared the assembly and the Senate receded from the cigar tax position. The chamber also approved a bill allowing Superior State Teachers College to offer regular four year college courses, with reconsideration possible when the Senate reconvenes next Thursday.
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Madison
Wisconsin Senate
Assembly
Senate
House
Superior State Teachers College
Wisconsin
Purple Heart Awarded to Pfc Harold F Pickett
Mrs Elizabeth Pickett of 1322 23rd Street receives the Purple Heart for her son Pfc Harold F Pickett wounded in action in the South Pacific. A government notice says Private Pickett is improving and the injuries are to his left shoulder.
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Elizabeth Pickett
23rd _street
Pfc
Harold F. Pickett
South Pacific
Pickett
Youth Wins Prizes in 4-H Farm Electrification Contest
UTCH Hollow near Green county hosted the April Dutch Hollow 4-H meeting with Wallace Feldt honored for first in county and state rural electrification. J A Craig praised his work and Westinghouse prize funded his Chicago trip. War Savings bonds were presented by A F Borgrien and E C Baker presided. Wallace designed and built much of the farm electrification setup, including a portable saw table and motor carrier, while completing 41 4-H projects earning $7 765 in ten years.
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Utch Hollow
Green County
Dutch Hollow
Janesville
Monroe
Madison
Wallace Feldt
Ben F. Feldt
R. J
J. A. Craig
Wallace
Westinghouse
Chicago
Wisconsin Power and Light Company
A. F. Borgrien
Edwin C. Baker
Feldts
Wallace K. Feldt
Wisconsin
Feldt
Monticello
Route 1
Monticello High School
Nelson Resigns Pastorate At Milwaukee Wesley
Rev. Guy R. Nelson former Monroe Methodist pastor resigns from the Wesley Methodist church in Milwaukee and will join statewide work for the Wisconsin Methodist conference. He will be appointed at Oshkosh annual conference to research and survey church locations and relocations across rural and urban areas. A Briggs previously led Milwaukee church for eight years before moving.
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Guy R. Nelson
Monroe Methodist
Wesley Methodist Church
Milwaukee
Wisconsin Methodist Conference
Oshkosh
A. Briggs
Albany Community Club Holds Second Meeting Sets Committees
The Albany community club organized a second meeting on Tuesday appointing a cleanup week committee and street and alley group among others. Officers named include Kenneth Ernst as president and Paul Baumgartner as vice president. About 40 attended. next meeting is June 8 in the village hall. The Albany High alumni banquet and Memorial day program will be held at the grade school gym with L. A. Koenig as speaker. A gym style show showcased over 100 exhibits by students. lunch by grade girls.
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Oren Burt
C. M. Dixon
J. R. Schesser
T. E. Sharer
Alvin Miller
Harry Thurman
Ralph Molm
Howard
C. H. Ferguson
Paul Baumgartner
William E. Hein
Clayton Burt
Monroe
Mary B. Fargen
Donald Maurer
Kurk
Madison
Emma Comstock
Local families note graduations travel and illnesses
The report lists multiple area residents visiting relatives and traveling for events, including Mr. and Mrs. Ray Webb and relatives attending commencements for Douglas Peck amid health concerns. It notes hospital dismissals and family caregiving, plus eighth grade exercises and a 55 name armed forces roll of honor plaque.
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Ray Webb
Douglas Peckam
J. C. Phillips
Wheaton
Genevieve Webb
Ollie Hillard
Raymond Althaus
Davenport
G. Althaus
J. P. Atherton
St. Clare Hospital
Arnold Kruth
Lapeer
Mich
Jay Lewis
Arnold Ayres
Alice Barton
Tujunga
Calif
George Barton
M. L. Barton
F. A Barton
University of Wisconsin
Lois Jane
Arthur Broughton
Belleville
Ill
Sgt
Scott Field
Gene Doyle
Topeka
Kas
Pvt
Army Hospital
Glenn Babler
Rockord
Doris Burdick
Charles Ferguson
Patricia Molm
Grace Peckham
Joanne Peterson
Robert Phillips
Marlene Reinitz
June Sisson
Vernon Schelp
Ralph Schnow
Betty Wheeler
Albany High School
Gordon Steindorf
Garber
Beloit
George Coplien
Ervin Coplien
Louis Scherer
Monroe
Pacific Weather Forecasting Aided Okinawa Invasion
The article notes that weather forecasting determined the Okinawa invasion timing, with tens of thousands of troops and a million tons of supplies at sea. It explains how typhoons near Leyte, Yap, and the Philippines could have ruined unloading and shore emplacement if forecasts failed, highlighting weather as a critical factor in Pacific operations and the development of centralized weather centers.
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Pacific
Okinawa
Kerama Retto
Leyte
Yap
Philippines
Esther
Marianas
Hawaii
Nansei Shoto
Europe
United States
Siberia
Japan
Iceland
Greenland
Interesting Items From The Evening Times May 26 1935
Kidnappers seize 9 year old George Weyerhauser son of a wealthy Washington lumberman. Rudy Berg Argyle sustains broken ribs when run down by his own car. Death claimed Mrs John Flanner Sr native of Argyle area. Three act world war play Building a new World by Rev T S Beavin at Methodist church. Marriage of Pauline Affolter to Joseph Jones announced.
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George Weyerhauser
Washington
Rudy Berg
Argyle
John Flanner
T.S. Beavin
Pauline Affolter
Joseph Jones
Dorothy Geigel
Andrew Westgard
Badger Club
John Douglas
Darlington
Scotch Highlanders
Ireland
Amelia Dahms
Gorham Cottage
Human Hair Estimates by Erasmus Wilson in 1809
In 1809 Erasmus Wilson estimated the number of hairs on a human scalp at about 100000, a figure cited in historical discussions of biology and anatomy.
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Erasmus Wilson
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Wiere Reports
Associated Press
Editorial
Helen Gries Ashe
By Watkins E. Wright
Bohol
America
Evening Times Club
RK. F. D
Postoffice
Marian Louise Hawthorne
Carle Kundert
Gerald H. van Wagenen
8Th Street
Donald J. Collins
MacKenzie
Purple Heart
H. F. Pickett
Adam
Man
Nelson
Wesley
Lulu Silver
Evening Times
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