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Newspaper
Monroe Weekly Times
Location
Monroe, Wisconsin, United States of America
Date
Apr 06, 1899
Page
3
Local notes report Cal Penn visiting the city, Miss Kathryn Chambers returning home for Easter, and numerous residents traveling to Madison, Orangeville, and Brodhead. Updates cover surgical visits, university students home for vacation, moving plans, and regional business activity with several mentions of Madison and Janesville.
A compilation of daily notes shows numerous residents visiting nearby towns and cities. Names include Barnett Brodhead Gratiot Beloit Juda Jordan Albany Argyle Madison Stoughton Trempealeau Orangeville Monticello Twin Grove and South Wayne with people traveling, visiting relatives, and reporting illnesses or recoveries.
The government begins a four yearly nationwide mail weighing to adjust rates. Extra guards weigh mail on trains at each station and tally both incoming and outgoing mail. Each weigher records per mile weights, enabling uniform national figures for five weeks before payment decisions.
Mr and Mrs Ed Chapman and their daughter of South Wayne were aboard a noon freight. In the sudden stop at the local yards Mr Chapman's hand went through a window andinjuries were sustained. Mrs Chapman and the daughter were stunned. They were examined by Dr Clark and returned to South Wayne that evening.
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