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Newspaper
Monroe Weekly Times
Location
Monroe, Wisconsin, United States of America
Date
Aug 02, 1900
Page
8
A lengthy local roundup lists residents visiting Monticello and nearby towns, including Belle Lloyd and Gaye Winsley, with many returning from trips to Freeport, Chicago, and Evansville. Numerous unreliably transcribed names and places appear alongside farm labor wage notes and railroad news.
A wide array of brief notes covers residents from Argyle Monticello and nearby towns. People including Dave Covey Belvidere and Chas Kennedy Monticello are mentioned as visiting, traveling, or staying with relatives, while Mrs. Barbers Marty New Glarus and others appear in social exchanges and local movements.
A compact look at Jordan Wis and surrounding towns with notes on weather, visits, sales, and minor incidents. Farmers cut grain amid rain, houses under construction, and local chatter about trades and social visits. Several residents travel to Beloit, Monroe, and Monticello for family and schooling matters.
LL A Woodlein in Chicago. Studley leaves for Janesville this afternoon. Dunaway leaves for Dixon. Mitchell from Tula. Seluieidey on business in Monticello. Sluntz to Madison. South returns from Winslow. Condon returns to India. Dr. Carndine left for Chicago. Baltveria from New Glason Autliners today. Rood arrives home from Madison. Weber of Denver stopping at Lake Ragone. Garvie heads Brod for the morning. Luchsinger back to Monticello. Saxby in Freeport. Grinet in New Glarns. Maude Stenrna from Madison. Nalty home from Lebnitz. Lachsinger to Chicago. Southwick leaves for Dayton. Sheldon to Janesville. Shoentiel and wife to Green Bay. Stucks from Milwaukee. Ruhl and Scidmore in the city. Clara Logan from Veluit to visit D. C. Ryan. Dowling from Argyle last evening. Sengbusch from Milwaukee. Phillips and Worley in Orangeville. Pfeifer from Milwaukee visiting J. Wagner. Bolauder leaves for Jndw. Robb Wither and Nellie Hitter back from Lake Kegous. Wright and Dinwiddie spreading business in Janesville. Gempeler and wife to Indiana and Ohio. Gage leaves for Brad head. Wyles ward and Holmes in the city. Low visiting sister May Wart. Denke from Winslow attends Dixon. Boyington returns to Lomith. Shinn to Chicago for first. Hugs family leave for Ohio. Tahy visits Provident J. C Baker reunion in Chicago August 8 to August 2 at Wendall Hall.
Tuilay reports a Wisconsin forecast with Loeil rat detail. Thursday generally fair with no major disturbances. Friday expected fresh southeasterly winds and continued mild conditions.
A three year case of nervous prostration reports two bottles of Liehty’s Calary Nerve Compound with no complete cure. The patient remains uncertain if her nerves are cured and the vendor is A. C. Lishtenwalner offering the remedy.
The C M and St Paul Railway offers a three dollar and fifteen cent round trip to Milwaukee on August seventh and seventh in observance of republican liemn sith conversion. Retno-timit Amy.
A fragmented ad-style notice promotes Krause’s Coldanve in caps, claiming convenient caps for use while working. It lists price and seller A I Lich tenwalner, with garbled phrasing and unclear product details. The readable entities point to a medicinal sales line in a local newspaper ad snippet.
A travel notice lists round trip tickets to Denver Colorado Springs and Pueblo with prices and dates. Gleason Spraiga and Khan Denver appear as agents or destinations with final return to be on October 81. For rates and timetable details inquire P. W. Pulfer, agent.
Fragmented notice describes Krause's Headache Capsules and a punitive note on antipyrine. Mentions privacy and sellers, a social gathering for Shirley Minor, and a Republican county convention due mid September. Includes numerous names linked to funerals and local figures.
A planned robbery of the Pioneer Limited on the Chicago Milwaukee and St Paul line near Raymoore station ten miles east of Sparta failed when the train arrived daylight due to delays. A traveler was robbed of his watch and money, and the operator was forced to stop the train before light exposed the crime. Detectives are on the scene pursuing leads.
An attempted assassination on the Shah of Persia failed in Paris. The assailant was arrested and reportedly expressed regret, calling the act a personal affair between himself and his conscience. The incident was conveyed by Speer via telegram.
Jack McBride, recently back from wartime service, jailed thirty days after pleading guilty to grand larceny for stealing a copper water heater from Carl Znercher's saloon on Jefferson Street. He sold it to TH Solow for thirty six cents. Muraliad Blunt recovered the item. McBride chose jail over a ten dollar fine. his coins were gone.
Crowds gather along the Rock River for the Dixon Assembly opening week. Campers fill cottages as trains bring visitors and a strong program unfolds with speakers including Booker T. Washington Maude Ballington Booth Turner Thomas P Hodnett and Congressman J P Dolliver. The opening day featured two converts by the Rockford choral union of 140 voices.
The county clerk's office will begin issuing hunting licenses starting August 15. Last year about $500 in licenses were issued, with six noted as followers of Diana. Applicants must file an annual application under the existing law to obtain a new license.
A group of Chicago capitalists secured an option on 1000 forest land just south of Beloit known as the Willows. The buyers plan appears to favor establishing factorias nearby, with anticipated benefits to local economy and potential changes to regional crime and traffic.
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