Swiss Cheese Boom and Bust in Green County History
This profile of Nick Gerber and early Swiss cheese making in Green County traces the rise of German American factories from 1868 to 1875, the shift toward foreign type cheeses, and the later declines and consolidations led by new condenseries. It notes 1945 to 1948 production figures and the enduring role of Monroe as a trading center.
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Green County
Emery A. Odell
the Times
Nick Gerber
Gerber
London
Glarus
Dayton
Mt. Pleasant Township
York
Albany
Limburger
Farmers Grove
Adams Township
Jacob Karlen
Monroe
Mt. Pleasant
Iowa
Karlen
John Ross
Jacob Reger
New Glarus
Browntown
Cheese Factory Output Declines Yet Swiss Cheese Surges
Twenty years ago Green county had 152 plants producing 16 million pounds of cheese, half Swiss. Ten years back 125 plants produced 10,655,000 pounds, and last year 80 factories yielded 17,903,000 pounds with 14,569,000 pounds Swiss. The shift shows factory efficiency and modern plants boosting output despite fewer factories and reduced dairy land.
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Green County
Wisconsin
Bilten
Four Injured In Corn Harvesting Week In Area
Four men sustained injuries while harvesting corn this week with a shedder and chopper incidents at Verne Smith, LaVerne McCarrville, Henry Klassy, and Albert Zimmerman farms. A barn on the Zimmerman property burned as crews loaded corn.
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Joseph Gazietes
Route 2
Monticello
St. Clare Hospital
Verne Smith
William F. Buehl Jr
Jack Harrington
Hollandale
LaVerne McCarrville Farm
St. Joseph’s Hospital
Dodgeville
Jack
Earl Harrington
Chicago
McCarrvilles
Werner Hefty
Washington Township
Henry C. Klassy
Arthur Ross
Albert Zimmerman
Highway C
Harry Zimmerman
Death of C L Eastman 71 of Monroe and South Wayne
Charles L Eastman aged 71 died at 7 30 pm at his home 1625 19th Street from a heart attack. Born October 25 1878 in Wayne township La Fayette County he was a son of Cassius and Susan Eastman. He married Lillian Rush in 1904 then Mathilda Burn in 1928 and lived on a Wayne farm before moving to Monroe in 1915. Survived by his widow two sisters Mrs Frank Jones South Wayne and Mrs Paul Lebrecht Belleville and several nieces and nephews. Burial will be in Eastman Cemetery South Wayne with funeral services Saturday at Shriner Neushwander funeral home.
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Charles L. Eastman
19Th Street
Roy Peter
Mr. Eastman
Wayne Township
Lafayette County
Cassius
Susan Shepard Eastman
Lillian Rush
South
Wayne
Monroe
Mathilda Burn
Nashua
Frank Jones
South Wayne
Paul Lebrecht
Belleville
Ida Sawdey
LeRoy
Roger
Shriner- Neushwander Funeral Home
Dallas D. Landrum
Tor
Union Presbyterian Church
Eastman Cemetery
Mercury Warms After Frosty Night in Monroe
A frosty start gave way to a sunny noon in Monroe with temperatures rising to 50. The warmer trend continues across the state into tomorrow, with southern counties expected to near the 70s. Yesterday’s high reached 47.
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Monroe
Cheese Industry Faces Offshoring Threat to Local Farms
The move toward centralized cheese production pressures local dairies as milk supply strains and farm costs rise. Modern, highly efficient facilities draw talent and volume away from traditional systems, reshaping regional farming economics and livelihoods.
Power Line Worker Injured in Accident
Kenneth Simpson of Beaver Dam sustained severe facial injuries when a cant hook broke while he worked with a Wisconsin Power and Light Co. crew on the Monroe to Beloit line east of Juta. The hook struck his left face, fracturing his upper jaw and causing extensive cuts and bruises. he was treated by a Monroe physician.
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Kenneth Simpson
Beaver Dam
Wisconsin Power and Light Co
Monroe
Beloit
Juta
Denfeld Oyster Anticipated Soon
Washington reports Rep Arends of Illinois says Admiral Louis Denfeld will be asked to resign as chief of naval operations within a day or two. Arends demands action by the House Armed Services Committee, calling removal for testimony to the committee an insult to Congress. Rumors say Vice Admiral Forrest Sherman could replace Denfeld, with Sherman currently leading the Mediterranean fleet.
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Washington
Arends
Ill
Louis Denfeld
House Armed Services Committee
Congress
Denfeld
House
Navy
Forrest T. Sherman
Sherman
Mediterranean
Wales aide dies at 77 in Biggleswade England
Admiral Sir Lionel Halsey chief of staff to the prince of Wales on world travels after World War I died at his home in Biggleswade England yesterday aged 77.
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Wales
Biggleswade
Eng
Sir Lionel Halsey
Prince of Wales
Ford Union Okays Pension Proposal
Ford's $100-a-month pension plan for 115,000 production workers was approved by the CIO United Auto Workers rank and file. The plan, costing about $30,000,000 annually, is funded entirely by Ford and forms the major part of a 10 cents per hour package aligned with Truman commission recommendations.
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Detroit
Ford
CIO
United Auto Workers
Truman
UAW
Sun Prairie Lad Wins Grand at Wisconsin Junior Exposition
John Renk of Sun Prairie earned grand champion and reserve grand champion in the beef cattle show at Madison as an 18 year old UW freshman. It marked the first time in 22 years that one exhibitor claimed both top honors. Other area youths also placed with Rich ard Patzkill Mineral Point taking Hereford summer yearling first, Ted Graber Mineral Point Hereford junior calf, David Doney Mineral Point Aberdeen Angus senior calf, and Richard Graber Mineral Point Hereford senior calf. Auction prices ranged from one to four cents above market, hogs averaged 22.5 cents per pound and lambs 25.1 cents per pound.
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Madison
John Renk
Sun Prairie
University of Wisconsin
Richard Patzkill
Mineral Point
Ted Graber
David Doney
Aberdeen
Angus
Calif
Richard Graber
Hereford
Military Prisoner Slain at Milwaukee
A 31 year old prisoner Frank E. Mack of New York City was shot and killed at the U S disciplinary barracks in Milwaukee as he attempted to flee with armed guard nearby. Mack was serving a five year term for desertion and died an hour after being wounded at the barracks hospital.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Milwaukee
U. S
Frank E. Mack
New York City
Mack
Convicts Escape Delaware Prison in Brazen Breakout
Eight inmates led by a 20 year old life term prisoner escaped from New Castle county prison in Wilmington. They seized guards Har ry Harrington and Harry Beck, seized keys from Charles Lynch, took guns from the arsenal, and escaped through the gate as a tower guard opened fire with no hits. Several inmates boarded a Reading Pennsylvania bound freight train while others forced a clerk to drive them away. The men were later recaptured or returned to cells after the breakout.
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Wilmington
Del
New Castle County
Harry Harrington
Pennsylvania Railroad
Reading
J. L. Elliott
Danny Morris
Thomas Conaty
Harrington
Harry Beck
Norris
Charles Lynch
Lynch
Raymond Pritchard
Submarines to Fire Guided Missiles in Navy Show
Pearl Harbor reports the navy will demonstrate 15 000 pound guided missiles named Loons fired from submarines Dusk and Carbonero off Hawaii on Nov 7. The missiles travel 400 to 500 mph at 4000 feet coating a 35 mile ship column as ships and carrier aircraft attempt interception.
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Pearl Harbor
Dusk
Pacific Fleet
Hawaii
Navy
Boxer
Valley Forge
Tito Pledges Fight Against Red Drive
Belgrade reports Tito vows to resist Moscow pressure and defend Yugoslavia from Soviet domination. He calls the struggle for a just cause with historic significance while denying charges about diamonds and an opera singer.
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Tito
Belgrade
Yugoslavia
Moscow
Zinka Kune Milanov
Kremlin
Soaring Steer Prices Won't Affect Regular Meat Supply
Beef on the hoof trades near record highs at the union stockyards yet shoppers won’t see those prices in butcher shops. Prime steers reached 41.50 per hundred pounds, with demand driven by restaurants and hotels rather than consumer markets. Percy Clark’s 17 Aberdeen-Angus head led the top load, likely culled for the livestock show. Prices remain near the September all time peak as show timing could influence future highs and market gaps between prime and average cattle persists.
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Chicago
Union
Livestock Commission
Percy Clark
Ogden
Iowa
Clark
Truman Aide Refutes Weekend Mediation Deadline
Washington reports say President Truman set no weekend deadline on mediation in steel coal disputes and will step in only if unsettled. Charles G. Ross denies cabinet discussions and says mediation, led by John R. Steelman and Cyrus Ching, remains the process. Philip Murray and U S Steel officials continue talks in New York and Cleveland with no direct union-company agreement.
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Washington
White House
Truman
Charles G. Ross
Ross
John R. Steelman
Cyrus Ching
Mediation Service
Ching
Philip Murray
CIO
Steel Workers Union
U. S&s. Steel Corp
New York
Big Steel
Murray
Cleveland
U. S. Steel
Presidential Board
Irving S. Olds
Olds
Plane Thief Flees in Buzzing Flight Before Suicide
A 23 year old pilot from a Virginia family terrorized Clearwater for about two hours by diving a stolen plane at night. He telephoned a girlfriend, then returned to the airport and shot himself after landing as police cruisers illuminated the runways.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Clearwater
Fla
George McClamma
Samuel W. Watkins
Virginia
Watkins
Swiss and Portuguese Doctors Win Nobel Medicine Awards
Two European scientists received the 1949 Nobel prize for medicine for brain research. Dr Walter Rudolph Hess of Zurich Switzerland and Dr Antonio Caetano Deabreu Freire Egas Moniz of Lisbon Portugal share the award and prize money of 156 208 crowns about 30 000 dollars to be divided equally.
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Stockholm
Walter Rudolph Hess
Zurich
Switzerland
Antonio Caetano Deabreau Freire Egas Moniz
Lisbon
Portugal
Monroe High Homecoming Weekend Kicks Off With Parade
Monroe High School launches homecoming with a 7:30 parade of nearly a dozen floats followed by a pep rally at Recreation Park. Coaches and captains will deliver speeches ahead of tomorrow's game against Edgerton. Queen Gwendolyn Shaffer and attendants will preside at coronation events. An after-game dance at Lincoln gym features Eddie Mueller Orchestra. freshmen join a jukebox dance at the youth center after the game.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Monroe High School
Recreation Park
Monroe
Edgerton
Gwendolyn Shaffer
Ralph Shaffer
Barbara Schulz
Marilyn Lanz
Lincoln Gym
Eddie Mueller
Madison
Drainage Hearing Resumes Over Monticello Ditch
The county court resumed the drainage ditch case in Monticello New Glarus with Judge Harold J. Lamboley presiding. Testimony focuses on whether construction costs exceed benefits and flood impacts on Monticello from the west and north branch crests. Kennedy of the Monticello Woolen Mills faced adjourned questions about mill operations and water power use.
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Monticello-New Glarus
Harold J. Lamboley
Howard B. Kennedy
Monticello
Kennedy
W. S. MacDonald
Wisconsin Power and Light Co
Burgess Ela
Madison
M. W. Meienburg
Brodhead
Stephen Franken
New Glarus
Arnold Peterson
Illinois Central Railroad
Packer Veteran Leo Boley Dies in Philadelphia
Leo Boley a 45 year old former Green Bay Packers star and sports announcer collapsed on a street corner and died at Jewish Hospital in Philadelphia. The Syracuse New York native was known for his professional football career and later broadcasting work.
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Packer
Philadelphia
Leo Boley
Jewish Hospital
Boley
Syracuse
N. Y
Green Bay Packers
Barn at Zimmerman Farm Burned In Noontime Blaze
A barn on the Albert Zimmerman farm seven miles west of Monticello burned to the ground at noon. Fourteen farmers fought the fire but could not save 50 tons of dry hay and 45 loads of corn fodder. Harry Zimmerman and brothers Amos and Michael were tending fodder when flames erupted. cause undetermined, air blamed. Insurance reported. rebuilding plans pending due to extensive heat damage to the foundation. Milking operations continued by hand at nearby Amos barn.
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Monticello
Albert Zimmerman
Highway C
Harry Zimmerman
Town Hall
Washington Township
Amos
Michael Zimmerman
Harry
Thoman
Michael
Zimmerman
Zimmerman Brothers
Police Declare War On Pigeons In Town
Police chief Jerome H. Schwaiger ordered use of a .22 rifle to drive pigeons from city nesting spots. The action follows a health committee concern over droppings and unsanitary sidewalks on business rooftops. Air rifles failed to reduce the birds prior to the new order.
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Police and Safety Committee
Jerome H. Schwaiger
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Mercury
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Sun Prairie Lad
New Hampshire
Rockingham Race Track
Salem
N. H
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Donald Taylor
Delaware
Sweden
Liverpool
England
Ismuiden
Holland
North Sea
Limmerman
Shredders
Blaze
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