Blue and Gray March Nears End
The author reflects on the fading memory of the Civil War as fewer than 13 veterans survive. He notes the war’s scale, casualty figures, and lasting costs, praising generals like Lee Jackson and Grant while observing enduring fascination with Stonewall Jackson.
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Bype Boyle
New York
Confederacy
North
Woodrow Wilson
U.S. Grant
Robert E. Lee
Stonewall Jackson
Jeb Stuart
Grant
Iowa
Alabama
Rommel
Shenandoah Valley
Jackeson
Jackson
West Point
Delayed Christmas Card Traced to 1931 Postmark
In Oconto Falls Wisconsin Mr and Mrs Andrew Dolatas received a Christmas card stamped mail early but postmarked in Chicago on December 18 1931 from Mr and Mrs Frank Nick. The note mentions the use of the first Christmas trees in America around 1840.
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Oconto Falls
Wis
Andrew Dolatas
Route 2
Oconto
Frank Nick
Chicago
Monticello Social Notes Object of Sunday Visits
Monticello and surrounding areas report a long list of Sunday visitors and weekend guests. Families from Madison Monroe New Glarus and Albany called on residents, with multiple calls at the Marty, Hefty, Gessler, Voegeli, Holcomb, and Babler homes, and many excursions to Madison and Monroe venues.
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Albert J. Marty
Irene
Emma Marty
Miss Marty
Walter Laesser
Monroe
Lorraine Hefty
Milwaukee
Clara Hefty
New Glarus
Roy Bissig
Joyce
Kappa Delta
Madison
Henry Gessler
Raymond Gessler
Caroline Voegeli
Lydia Voegeli
Robert Wild
Darlyne Hoesly
Eddie Zweifel
Phillip
Peggy
J. P. Zweifel
Fred J. Duerst
Ira Holcomb
Henry C. Elmer
Melvin Agen
Cumberland
Marjorie Agen
J. F. Freitag
Barbara Freitag
Henry Babler
C. M. Stauffer
Alvin Ott
Quinton Ott
Carol
Herman Kublys
Delbert Krupke
Steve Monroe
Lawrence Karlen
Geraldine Berg
Argyle
Royal Kamen
Gene Webber
Henry V. Baebler
Harold J. Blum
John G. Blum
Thomas Saunders
Herman Blum
John Blum
Alton Signer
Browntown
H. C. Hoesly
Fred Rhyner
Stockton
Ill
Ida Schenk
Casper Rhyner
Schenk
Herbert Schenk
Brooklyn
Bernard Biederman
Wayne Keller
Cheryl
Freeport
Laverne Duerst
DeForest
Robert Gemler
Albany
Milton Kreuger
Evansville
Edwin Stuessy
Mary Ellen
Nic Freitag Farm
Paul Veenie
Harlow Ellingsrude
Edgerton
E. R. Wittner
Vincent Genin
Lorena Holdrich
Hazel Kundert
Bertha Keller
Fred A. Blum
Allie Howard
Lynette and Howard
Henry Schuler Sr
Dayton
Chester Schuler
Rochelle
Henry Sipple
Joann
Dickie Sipple
Jerry Miller
Walter Brink
Elizabeth
Donald
Eorona
Dave Brink
C. D. Curtis
Robert Holcomb Sr
G. C. Schuler
Orfordville
E. A. Bently
Adam Schuler
H. A. Becker
Nancy
Beth Ann
Dorothy Ann Stauffacher
Janesville
Edwin Wilde
Carl Miller
Gene Buss
Jake Thompson
Fred A. Karlen
R. W. Karlen
Louise Elmer
Elmer
Karlen
Jake Thompsons
C. W. Karlen
John Page
Johnny
Dakota
Lester Kroes
H. F. St
Arthur Escher
Janice
Joanne Schneider
Beth Ann Schuler
Escher Cottage
Okee
Lake Wisconsin
Jerry
John Hanson
Madi
Arthur Steadtler
Steadtler
St. Clare Hospital
Herbert Taft
Whitewater
Henry C. Klassy
Delmar Kubly
RoxAnn
Kris
W. S. Hoesly
Conrad Stauffacher
Wisconsin average dairy cow yields 3260 quarts in 1951
The State Department of Agriculture reports Wisconsin dairy cows produced 3,260 quarts of milk per cow last year. Total state production reached 15,212,009,000 pounds, aided by improved breeding and feeding. About 2,500,000 adult dairy cows remain in the state amid 400,000 fewer cows than the 1940 level.
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Madison
Wisconsin
State Department of Agriculture
Department
Alert Mailman Awarded $3500 for Bank Heist Tip
Milwaukee news reports an alert mailman, E. J. Craws, 49, received 3500 dollars from First Wisconsin National Bank after his tip helped police pursue bandits in the Northwestern branch robbery of 93,000 dollars on November 7. Police later arrested three men in Lake County Illinois and recovered most of the loot. Other rewards were shared by Milwaukee police relief association, Mrs. Lester Perkins, John Bursek, Clayton Tiffany, and Thomas Cusker and Lake County deputies.
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Milwaukee
First Wisconsin National Bank
Northwestern
E. J. Craws
Lake County
Milwaukee Policemen’s Relief Association
Lester Perkins
John Bursek
Clayton Tiffany
Thomas Cusker
Ill
Perkins
Missing Shawano dealer charged in abandonment warrant
Shawano County Sheriff said car dealer Don Below is named in an abandonment warrant after he disappeared last weekend. Below, 42, was last seen Friday delivering a car north of Keshena on the Menominee Reservation. Searchers hunted the area to the Michigan border. no foul play suspected. He has a wife and 13 year old daughter.
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Shawano
Hugo Baker
Shawano County
Don Below
Keshena
Menominee
Michigan
Baker
People Cling to Sin Town in Gambia as NSG Notes
In Gambia’s Northwest Africa region the town of Sin hosts many residents per the National Geographic Society. The note highlights Sin as a populated local center in a largely arid area.
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Gambia
Northwest Africa
Sin
National Geographic Society
Fresh Wisconsin summer fruits and vegetables in stores June
Wisconsin Department of Agriculture notes ample supplies of early vegetables like radishes asparagus spinach and leaf lettuce for June with strawberries also expected early in the month. Weather affects harvest timing while storage and lead poisoning warns farmers about discarded batteries harming livestock. Milk production guidance emphasizes clean methods and cooling to prevent losses.
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Consumer Information Service
Wisconsin Department of Agriculture
Wisconsin
H. J. O’connell
O’connell
Harvey Weavers
Weavers
Legislative Council Announces June Hearings Schedule
The Legislative Council posted June meetings including the Education Committee on Revision and Codification of School Laws in Madison on June 3-4, the Tax Forms Simplification Committee in Madison on June 7, Problems of the Aged in Spooner on June 9-10, Highways in Madison on June 12, Legislature in Milwaukee on June 16, Motor Vehicle Accidents in Madison on June 18, and Judiciary in Madison on June 20-21.
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Madison
Legislative Council Today
Council
Spooner
Legislative Council
Milwaukee
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