Local and World News Highlights From Various Years
A collage of notices and historical tidbits from Monroe and surrounding areas. Reports include a writ of assistance hearing on the Highway 11 project with 22 defendants, local candidate opposition for sheriff, a Marian Year ceremony in Chicago, Algeria earthquake toll, and Canada declaring war in 1939.
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Monroe
Browntown
Samuel F. Humbel
Wilbur E. Deininger
Chicago
Algeria
Orleansville
Editorial: a Pleasant Prospect for Tax Cuts and Prosperity
The piece notes possible federal tax rate cuts and a shift of revenue to states amid rising Treasury collections. It cites a record 112 billion dollars in the year ending June 30 and a rise in individual and corporate returns, with profits forecast to boost Treasury receipts despite ongoing deficits.
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Sam Dawson
AP Business News
Treasury
Washington
Lenore Bostian Earns Mental Health Honor
Miss Lenore Bostian daughter of Mr and Mrs Milton Bostian won a Mental Health Grant for Psychiatric Nursing from Illinois and will enter her junior year at Northern Illinois University DeKalb She was employed at the Illinois Psychiatric Hospital during the summer recess and accompanied her parents from Chicago last Saturday.
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Orangeville
Lenore Bostian
Milton Bostian
State of Illinois
Northern Illinois
DeKalb
Thellinois Psychiatric Hospital
Chicago
Today in History highlights events of 1813 1846 1894
On this date in history Commo dore Oliver Hazard Perry led a fleet to victory off Put in Bay Ohio and declared the enemy yours. Elias Howe received a sewing machine patent. The United Daughters of the Confederacy organized in Nashville Tennessee. Maine rejected woman suffrage in 1917.
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Oliver Hazard Perry
Put-in-Bay
Ohio
Elias Howe
United Daughters of the Confederacy
Nashville
Tenn
Maine
United States
Libya
State Department
Dallai Lama
Ibet
U. N
Fom
Birmingham
Tuskegee
Mobile
John F. Kennedy
Alabama National Guard
California widow Fuerstenberg dies at 79
Mrs Barbara Fuerstenberg 79 of Platteville dies in Pomona California after long illness. Funeral at St Marys Catholic church Platteville with Rosary service, Willey funeral home handling arrangements. Survived by two sons Guersden and Delbert, sisters Mrs Henry Horn and Mrs Earl Bedde, brother William Morgan and four grandchildren.
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Platt Xyiuur
Barbara Fuerstenberg
Canada
Platteville
Pomona
Calif
United States
St. Mary's Catholic Church
Willey Funeral Home
Fuerstenberg
Grant County
California
Guersden
Halifax
Delbert
Henry Horn
Earl Bedde
Byron’ City
N. C
William Morgan
Mrs Murrish Dies at 85 Former Mineral Point Resident
Mrs Rosie Davis Murrish aged 85, longtime Mineral Point and Iowa County native, died Tuesday in Beloit after a short illness. Born April 18, 1879, she lived in Beloit two years and previously in Mineral Point. Surviving are two sons, a stepdaughter, a brother, three sisters, four grandchildren, and four great grandchildren. Services set for 2 p.m. tomorrow at First Methodist Church in Mineral Point with viewing at Ritter funeral home.
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Rosie Davis Murrish
Mineral Point
Iowa County
Beloit Hospital
Beloit
Jifflin Township
William Davis
Sidney Murrish
Methodist Church
Chester Davis
Mesa, Ariz
Miss Wisconsin Fails In Swim Suit Contest
Angela Baldi of Milwaukee failed to place in the preliminary swimsuit competition at Miss America in Atlantic City New Jersey. Sherri Lee Rapp of California won the round. Baldi’s mother arrived with the family's Lost Lo French poodle Pierre as consolation.
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Allantic City
Angela Baldi
Milwaukee
Wisconsin
California
Sherri Lee Rapp
Miss Baldi
Marie Baldi
Pierre
Auto Mishap Near Brooklyn Injures Two Drivers
Two car collision on a county road south of Brooklyn during construction left Mrs. Frederick A. Schwoerer and Thomas M. Scharf hurt. Schwoerer struck Scharf from behind as dust and gravel obscured the stopped vehicle. Both treated by an Evansville physician. heavy damage reported.
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Brooklyn
Frederick A. Schwoerer
Route 1
Evansville
Thomas M. Scharf
Madison
Schwoerer
Scharf
Schwo
Deputy reports accident details and time
A deputy reported an accident at 10 33 am. The brief note confirms the time of occurrence and the deputy as the source of the report.
Northern Natural Gets Requested Rate Change
The Federal Power Commission accepted an estimated 1.9 million dollar annual wholesale natural gas rate reduction by Northern Natural Gas Co. The lower rates took effect July 27 for 59 customers in Wisconsin Illinois Iowa Kansas Michigan Minnesota Nebraska and South Dakota.
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Northern Natural
Washington
Federal Power Commission
Northern Natural Gas Co
Wisconsin
Illinois
Iowa
Kansas
Michigan
Minnesota
Nebraska
South Dakota
Rail merger seen Chicago
Directors of the Chicago and North Western Railway and the Chicago Great Western Railway will hold separate meetings today to approve a formal merger agreement between the two carriers.
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Chicago
Chicago and North Western Railway
Chicago Great Western Railway
Bleacher Price Fixing Settlement Approved in Minnesota Case
District Court Judge Robert E Tehan approved a 265000 out of court settlement in a gymnasium bleachers price fixing suit. Seven companies including Safway Steel Products Consolidated Foundries and Mfg Co Brunswick Corp Wayne Iron Works Universal Bleacher Co and Fred Meinneapo were named along with 111 Minnesota school districts the state and the University of Minnesota.
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Anuwarkeewn
Robert E. Tehan
Minnesota
State of Minnesota
Mrs Walther Taken by Death
Mrs R C Walther 74 died yesterday after a long illness Funeral services at 3 p m Saturday at Thomas funeral home Friends may call after 10 p m tomorrow She was born in Cuba City and lived here 49 years She was a member of First Methodist and its WSCS and of the Eastern Star Surviving are two daughters
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Phas
R. C. Walther
Thomas
Walther
Cuba City
First Methodist Church
WSCS
Eastern Star
Mayo brothers five cent stamp issued at Monroe post office
A new four five cent stamp honoring the Mayo brothers will be available at the Monroe post office this Saturday. The stamp features statues of Dr. William J. Mayo and Dr. Charles H. Mayo in surgical gowns and is printed in green with the symbol of medicine, the Asclepius, on the lower left.
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Mayo Brothers
Monroe
William J. Mayo
Charles H. Mayo
Mrs Jerome Sturm and Ruth welcome son Paul in Platteville
Mrs Jerome Sturm of Madison and Ruth of Ashville North Carolina announce the birth of a son named Paul in Platteville. The brief note lists the new arrival among family in the Midwest and Southeast United States.
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Jerome Sturm
Madison
Ruth
Ashville
N. C
Paul
Platteville
Also Mentioned on This Page
Monroe Evening Times
Emery A. Oderl
Associated Press
AP News
Sephenson County
Wise Sons
Stephenson
Evening Times
Germany
Britain
Sen. Wiley
Europe
North Atlantic
J. C. Steinmann
Monticello
Green County Historical
John R. Caverly
Nathan
Leopold
Richard Loeb
Bobby Franks
Joliet
J. T. Agema
United Brethren
Oshkosh
Anti- Saloon League
St. Victor’s
Paris
Verdun
Editorial
Dart Mfg. Co
St. Louis, Mo
Mary Carter Paint Co
New York City
Kubly
Marshall Letter
Met Midwest Stock Exchange
Arshall !1Nzities
N. Johnson
11Th Street
Benkerts
Fall Furniture Sale
Mid-America
Jon Tour
Hollywood
Sierra W
Den
Swan
Argyle, Wis
Smith-Corona
Office Supply, Inc
Ley
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