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Newspaper
Monroe Weekly Times
Location
Monroe, Wisconsin, United States of America
Date
Aug 15, 1907
Page
5
Daily edition by mail or carrier costs 25 cents a month or 3 dollars a year. Weekly edition published Mondays and Thursdays priced at 1 dollar a year in advance. Entered at Monroe post office as second class matter. Both telephones listed as No. 3.
A new law bans hunting rabbits with ferrets except on land owned or occupied by the hunter or with written consent, requiring a valid hunting license. The rule aims to address fruit tree damage from rabbits, noting guns as the safer protection, while protecting landowners' rights to authorize hunting.
A ten year old boy, son of Dennis Barry a Northwestern switchman, drowned in Rock River two miles below Janesville while his mother and another child were away at a park band concert. The mother could not be notified until she returned home.
The Wyoming land board announces 150000 acres under the Carey act in Eden valley lands located in Sweetwater and Fremont counties north of Rock Springs along the Union Pacific railroad. Thirty thousand acres are now open to public entry with irrigation from the public domain. The land is described as rich sandy loam free of alkali and stones, promising abundant crops of grain grasses fruits and vegetables.
The Freeport White Sox ambitious amateur squad visits Monroe for a Sunday game at the fair grounds. They have played 65 games over three years winning 45 and plan more Sunday matchups on Freeport grounds after the league team departs.
James Donahue of New Britain Connecticut reports failing health earlier from diabetes and kidney issues. After trying Foley's Kidney Cure he improved after two bottles, and five bottles cured him completely allowing him to pass a life insurance exam. The ad asserts Foley's cures back ache and all kidney and bladder troubles at West Side Drug Store.
The article notes gasoline for mechanical use costs 17 cents per gallon by the barrel, up from January and 44 cents in 18 months, with high tests withdrawn to manage supply. Domestic demand from auto use has surged from 134 cars in 1902 to 58,000 in 1906, while output remains flat and Pennsylvanian crude yields only about 20 percent gasoline and naphtha.
On a Clarno township farm near Winslow, Fred Riemer unearthed a well preserved skeleton of a man whose skull is partially disintegrated. The find is tied to the legend that Andrew Clarno killed a local Indian over fifty years ago, a story still told by early settlers including Miles Smith.
J M Cole brings an electric living statue from Eau Claire to the grounds this morning after a stop in Sparta. Bert Hoss Show company expected tonight as committees convene to shape the carnival plan. They drop Mardi Gras and carnival queen events to avoid excess license. Mr Tucker leads decorating with local business men for a long lasting, vivid display.
Letters from Twin Grove report visits among Polo Beloit Oakley and Rock Grove residents. Families such as Stevenson Chambers Holmes Randalls and Klaas Barnhill are seen visiting relatives and sharing weekends and Sundays with kin across several towns.
Charles Weaver of three miles east of Darlington was mowing hay on Sunday when he spotted a three foot garter snake. He killed it and found several more. He continued killing as more snakes emerged from the hay until fifty dead garter snakes lay in the field.
Professor Mustard cites Benjamin Franklin as author of only a few verses in Poor Richard's Almanac with much of the verse credited to English poets. The Cleveland Plain Dealer suggests Mustard may soon question the originality of later almanac jokes.
Notice seeks boarders or room and board at 303 East Street or inquiries at the office. Terms described as reasonable.
Parties planning cement walks urged to leave orders at A. F. Rote's lumber office. Prices described as reasonable and workmanship as good. A. F. Rote.
Eighty acre farm with house and barn and a fine county spring. Suitable for dairying and near a condensing plant two and a half miles from town. Buyer can get a good deal. George Bleiler.
Auction style sale offering white shirt waists Lawn and Batiste waists at 69 cents and 98 cents, high grade waists up to 5.00 with discounts, auto cloth skirts 98 cents, cream voile skirts half price, shrunk auto cloth linen pieces at 1 24 cents, and ladies tailored suits at one third discount.
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