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Newspaper
Monroe Evening Times
Location
Monroe, Wisconsin, United States of America
Date
Sep 30, 1972
Page
4
The Monroe Evening Times lists its founding date and office details and provides delivery notices for subscribers. Carrier readers are urged to know their delivery boy and call for missed copies. mail subscribers should notify the paper if not received.
A compact historical digest notes Father Claude Allouez at Chequamegon in 1665, Wisconsin fairs and shipwrecks, the 1846 Madison constitutional convention, a 1911 flood at Black River Falls, Black Hawk’s death in 1838, and 1972 date line details including weather notes, a school for the blind's history, and landmark world events.
A 1922 report states thieves gained entry by breaking a window at the Illinois Central passenger station, escaped with the safe, then opened it nearby and took $100 from the money drawer. Also noted: Jerome Grode buys a law practice in White Building and Ezra Blumer, a Green County Civil War veteran, dies in a Pecatonica River accident involving an Illinois Central train.
Snapshots from 1942 era Oxford and Monroe recount racial tensions in Mississippi with James H Meredith enrollment under federal presence near the courthouse, a fatality of a road crash, and wartime notices including Pfc Byron R Bennett's death in Alaska. Also notes a walnut plum graft oddity on a Sylvester Township farm and a WWII era church fire save.
The U.S. government sponsored the emergency construction of nearly 6,000 merchant marine ships to aid Allied efforts. The World Almanac notes that 605 flagships totaling about 6 million dead weight tons were lost while transporting supplies during the war.
Sunday to Saturday entries show names and addresses for a youth club, with new members listed. Dates span October 2 to October 7 and include birthdates for several new members from towns such as Belleville Argyle Juda Monroe Brodhead and Verona.
Green County Wisconsin probate branch announces hearings for the estates of Henry Rhyner Mary Wiesenberg and Orlo Beyer. Court dates include October 17 1972 and January 2 1973 with claims deadlines December 28 1972 and August 7 1972 respectively. Notices name Monroe Albany and Green County courthouses and list the attorneys Kittelsen Brand and Barry.
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