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Newspaper
Monroe Weekly Times
Location
Monroe, Wisconsin, United States of America
Date
Aug 19, 1907
Page
2
The notice lists Daily Edition at 25 cents per month or 3 dollars per year and Weekly Edition at 1 dollar per year in advance. It notes delivery by mail or carrier, with entry as second class matter at the Monrose post office in Monroe Wisconsin dated August 19 1907.
George Von L. Meyer unveils an ambitious government program to expand mail services. The plan includes parcel post nationwide, lower first class rates to many foreign countries, postal savings banks, government stamp vending, postal notes revival, enhanced money orders, and foreign mail sorting on ocean liners into New York. No rate increases are proposed for any mail class.
Milwaukee hosts the Wisconsin State Fair from September 9 to 13 with The Siege of Moscow as the nightly fireworks show. The program includes vaudeville, lighted running races, airship ascensions, and a special Wisconsin Day on Wednesday.
Fierce storm brings heavy rain and fierce winds across Monroe and surrounding counties. Lightning damages barns and crops while wind felled trees and fences. several structures including a church and the Carroll store receive damage. numerous animals perished or injured. fire crews extinguish a barn blaze near First ward after a lightning strike.
The Great Northern railway asks farmers to recruit 10,000 harvesters in North Dakota. Workers will be paid about $3 per day. The railroad offers reduced group rates for parties of ten or more daily until August 31 to most destinations on its network. A heavy winter snow and late summer boosted the expected yield in the state.
Arthur Haberman received a knee wound from a fork while threshing at Aida Nyman's on Monday afternoon. A bug bite? No. The Stabler child suffered an ear injury when a can pierced his ear after a buggy fall. Edwin Hartwig endured a severe back wound when a hay fork rope broke and the fork fell on him during haying. The incidents are serious and the outcomes remain uncertain for Hartwig.
A liquidation sale offers white shirt waists and lawn waists at deep discounts from 69 cents to 98 cents. High grade waists drop to 98 cents, skirts and auto cloth items are marked down, and ladies suits sell at one third discount as stock closes.
A wedding described in Tit-Bits united eight youths from Trail village. The four grooms were sons of John Somers and the brides were daughters of James Hochsteller, ages 18 to 28. They had lived their lives within a stone's throw of each other.
A German marine engineer's wireless safety device activates in fog and bad weather. When two ships come within a set distance it automatically closes each vessel's steam pipe to the screw, slows machinery, allows engine reversal time, and helps prevent collisions.
A provocative 19th century sentiment argues that men favor younger partners and women face dwindling romantic prospects with age. The speaker claims a woman who fixes marriage ages as 25 for her and 28 for her husband risks not matching her ideal, urging caution about fixed timelines in love.
James Donahue of New Britain Connecticut says he improved after using Foley's Kidney Cure following diabetes treatment. After two bottles he showed progress and five bottles cured him, enabling a successful life insurance examination. Foley's Kidney Cure claims to treat backache and all kidney and bladder troubles via West Side Drug Store.
Parties planning cement walks are urged to leave orders at A F Rote's lumber office. Prices will be reasonable and work quality good.
In a St. Louis court a fight over a dog ended with a judge ruling the animal belonged to the woman who kissed the dog. One party turned her nose up while the other kissed the animal, and the judge declared ownership settled.
The piece debates if the new pocket editions of Shakespeare are actually read or simply decorated on shelves. It questions whether owners gain any enduring sense of Shakespeare's full works without active reading.
Rural free delivery ends the Fayette postoffice in Lafayette county leaving fifteen families without adequate mail service. Route lengths must extend from Darlington Blanchardville and Argyle to bridge the gap. Six Lafayette county postoffices including Fayette Yellowstone Lamont Wiota Truman and Goff have died since the free delivery routes began.
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