Monroe Evening Times Early 20th Century Publication Details
Monroe Evening Times enters Monroe Wisconsin as a second class matter under Congress dated March 2 1879. It lists EMERY A ODELL (1871 1953) as member of AP Inland Daily Press Association and Audit Bureau of Circulations Wisconsin Daily Newspapers Guild. It notes AP rights and subscription rates for city mail Wisconsin and Illinois counties with advance payment and office hours.
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Monroe
The
Associated Press
Inland Daily Press Association
Audit Bureau of Circulations
Wisconsin Daily Newspaper
Ague
City of
Wisconsin
Stephenson
Jo Davies
Winnebago
Illinois
Editorial Roundup of Names and Quips From a Busy Week
A jumble of local anecdotes and asides recounts calls and visits from Hubert Rockow and others, from Knights of Pythias to De Behnke's Restaurant, plus quips about politics, artworks, and a kitten that took over the editor’s house. Names include Bob Tschudy, Abner Anderson, Tom Smith, Belle Elliott, Harold Snively, and Hal Boyle.
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Hubert Rockow
Browntown
Monroe
Knights of Pythias
Jesse Matzke
Orangeville
Arnold Priester
Winnebago
Wisconsin Dells
Hennager
Behnke
Rock Rings
Harold Snively
Bob Tschudy
Abner Anderson
Tom Smith
Green County
Chester Lee Stricken at 71
Chester Lee 71 of Route 2 Cuba City died Saturday in a Dubuque hospital after a brief illness. Funeral at Primitive Methodist Church Jenkinsville. Survived by three daughters, four sons, two sisters, two brothers, 26 grandchildren, 10 great grandchildren. Bookmobile visits South Wayne Sept 10 11 am to noon. Free service. selections available.
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Chester
Chet) Lee
Cuba City
Floyd Krause
Browntown
Dubuque
Primitive Methodist
Jenkinsville
Lee
Elk Township
Clem Riley
Limningston
Ed Henthorn
South Wayne
Lafayette County
Methodist Church
Camera Club Plans Event Wednesday
The Alpine Camera Club will meet on Wednesday September 11 at 7 45 p m in the First National Bank Monroe. Ed Frauchiger will show Alaska trip slides from earlier this summer. Rodney Best invites all interested to join the session.
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Alpine Camera Club
First National Bank
Monroe
Ed Frauchiger
Alaska
Rodney Best
Lester Zettle Dies at 64 in St Clare Hospital
Lester Zettle 64 of Route 1 Monroe died at 9:05 p.m. Sunday Sept 8 after hospitalization since Aug 29. He was born Nov 4 1903 in Cadiz Township. He married Eszabell Bartelt Aug 28 1928 and farmed in Clarno Oneco and Cadiz areas before 31 years in Stavers Cadiz. Survived by widow mother two daughters a son a brother a sister and three grandchildren. Funeral Sept 11 at Stavers United Methodist Church with Rev Frank Hinebaugh officiating. Burial Cadiz Cemetery. Friends may call at Stnessy Funeral Home Tuesday after noon.
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Lester Zettle
Route 1
Monroe
St. Clare Hospital
Mr. Zettle
Cadiz Township
Jerry
Mary Ackerman Zettle
Cadiz
Baraboo
Eszabell Bartelt
Clarno
Oneco
Stepenson County
Illinois
Stavers
Mary Zettle
Monroe Manor
Walter
Lois) Colney
Clarno Township
Franklyn
Susan) Dillon
Ivan
Charles
Clinton Zettle
John Heimann
Stavers United Methodist Church
Frank Hinebaugh
Stnessy Funeral Home
Ordained Pastor Rev Eschberger accepts call to Texas Lutheran churches
Rev. Lee Gordon Eschberger of Paige Texas cousin of Anton Goerlitz has accepted a call to Faith Lutheran Church Weimar and Zion Lutheran Sublime with installation August 4 1968 He was ordained July 28 at St John Paige by Rev Elias Rode under Dr Vernon A Mohr Southern District ALC He is the son of Mr and Mrs Charles Eschberger and a 1964 Texas Lutheran College BA graduate He studied at Wartburg Theological Seminary and married Marlene Sander in 1956 They have two children LaNeal Lee and Sandra Gayle
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Lee Gordon Eschberger
Paige
Texas
Anton Goerlitz
Monroe
Faith Lutheran Church
Weimar
Zion Lutheran Church
Sublime
Eschberger
Elias Rode
Vernon A. Mohr
American Lutheran Church
St. John Lutheran Church
Slater
St. Thomas Aquinas Institute of Theology
Marlene Carole Sander
Albert Sander
LaNeal Lee
Sandra Gayle
Wartburg Theological Seminary
Pilots Association To Meet Tomorrow In Hague Iowa
The Green County Pilots Association plans its first fall meeting tomorrow at 8 p.m. in the Green County Jail basement. Francis De Mayer of Chicago will speak and present a safari slide show. The public is welcome.
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Green County Pilots’ Association
Green County
Francis de Mayer
Chicago
G A Thompson Taken by Death
George A Thompson 78 of Madison died Sunday at a hospital. A former Mt Horeb area farmer who retired in 1959 he belonged to St Andrews Catholic Church Verona. Survived by two daughters Hope Milwaukee and Alison at home three sons Hubert Chicago Quenton at home and Paul Tacoma Wash two sisters Mrs Oscar Jacobson and Mrs G Gesme Sun City Florida ten grandchildren and one great grandchild. Services set for 9:30 a m Tuesday Sept 10 at St Andrews Church Verona Joyce Verona Funeral Home. Rosary service at 8 tonight.
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Mt. Horeb
George A. Thompson
Madison
Thompson
St. Andrew’s Catholic Church of
Verona
Hope
Milwaukee
Alison
Hubert
Chicago
Quenton
Paul
Tocaoma
Wash
Oscar Jacobson
G. Gesme
Sun City
Jo Daviess County Fair Thanks Journalists
The Jo Daviess County Fair Board thanks the Mailbag and the newspaper staff for splendid coverage that helped make the fair a huge success. Secretary Jack Thompson expresses appreciation for the time and space given to the event.
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Jo Daviess County Fair
Fair Board
Jack Thompson
Park Board aims to acquire Wells building for fall programs
Ten years ago today, Sept 9 1958, the Park Board recommended steps to obtain the Wells building to provide needed recreational facilities for the upcoming fall-winter program. Student enrollment in public and parochial schools rose by 86 from the previous year. Thirteen men died in a collision of two B 52 bombers near Spokane Washington. Over 200 people attended the golden wedding open house of Mr and Mrs Newell Holcomb at Brodhead.
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Park Board
Spokane
Wash
Newell Holcomb
Brodhead
Governors Race and Geographical Powers Mark Sept 9 1948
On September 9 1948 Gov Oscar Rennebohm plans a Monroe appearance as his re election bid enters the public arena. Gov M E Thompson concedes Georgia governorship to Herman Talmadge ending a power struggle begun twenty months prior. The Silver Lewis Cheese Co east of Monticello announces plans to enlarge modernize and beautify the limburger factory.
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Oscar Rennebohm
Monroe
M. E. Thompson
Georgia
Herman Talmadge
Silver-Lewis Cheese Co
Monticello
Limburger
Jacob Bucher Joins Bordon Plant Asst Superintendent
Fifty years prior, Jacob Bucher travels from Genoa Junction to assume duties as assistant superintendent at the Bordon plant. The 32nd Division earns the French nickname Les Terribles for bravery and initiative. The Food Administration announces beer manufacture in the United States will halt after December 1 as a wartime measure.
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Jacob Bucher
Genoa Junction
Bordon
Chicago Tribune
United States
Food Administration
Green County fair faces rain risk and strong entries
Sixty years ago today a rain forecast threatened the Green County Agricultural Society fair, with entries reportedly surpassing 3 000. March King Mode composed by M Earl Clark featured at a square band concert tonight. Orville Wright set a new airplane flight record of 57 minutes, while Russians seized northern Korea from Japan.
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Green County Agricultural Society
M. Earl Clark
Old Virginia
Frank E. Long
Turner Opera House
Orville Wright
Today in History September 9 highlights major events
On Sept 9 1776 the term United States became official by the Continental Congress. Other milestones include the 1753 arrival of the first steam engine in the American colonies in New York, Lincoln licensed to practice in Illinois in 1836, California’s 1850 statehood, Sun Yat-sen’s 1894 uprising, and Japan’s WWII surrender ceremony in Nanking in 1945 with U.S. troops involved.
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Associated Press
Continental Congress
United States
United Colonies
England
New York
Abraham Lincoln
Illinois
California
Sun Yat-sen
China
Nanking
U.S
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Editorial
Russell West
Bob
Gretchen Dewey
Harold Ott
Cedar Rapids
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Hal Boyle
Earl Wilson
Alrea
Chester Lee
Camera Club
Aan
Speed Queen
Pilots Association
Charles Evans Hughes
World Court of International Justice
the Hague
Assembly of the League of Nations
Bassett Moore
Fred Grimm
Washington Township
John Stauffacher
William Rupnow
Universalist Church
Dorothy Stearns Mayer
Miami
Fla
G. A. Thompson
Hudson
Frank Wyss
Republican
Green CO
Monroe High School
Beloit Technical College
Albany
R.F.D
Wis
Attica
South Korea
Japan
Moscow
George C. Wallace
Alabama
Birmingham
Tuskegee
Mobile
Labor Department
MONDA
Wrex-Tv
Channel
Wkow-Tv
George C. Wallace P. O. Box
Montgomery
Law and Order
Trust
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