Monroe Weekly Times itemized notices and telegraph notes
Monroe Wisconsin August 22 1907 edition lists subscription rates entries of residents and visitors, travel to Madison Chicago Huron S D and Lincoln Neb, an auction of western horses, monument work, and board of review closing session. Local pastors, camp meetings, and a Freeport Standard note wrap the page.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Leliah
Helen
Margaret Howe
Chicago
Henry Elmer
Huron
S. D
Oaks
N. D
S. Hagen
Local visits and births fill Wednesday notices
Fred Faeser visits Stoughton and Monticello residents arrive in town. Several locals travel to Chicago and Rockford for visits and events. A new baby is born to Mr. and Mrs. Mayer. Attendees head to old settlers picnic and chautauqua events. A misadventure leaves Gottlieb Eichelberger with minor injuries from a broncho kick. White Sox receive a Monroe fair games invitation amid umpire dispute with Monroe Co. team.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Mary Berkey
Monticello
Marie Monroe
Argyle
Fred Maeder
Darlington
Pat Grady
Boston
Mass
J. H. Stair
Jos. Ball
Crookston
Minn
J. H. Berkey
Madison
S. S. Mather
Prairie du Lac
Harry Bangs
Leonard Bauman
George Crouse
Taylor County
John F. Miller
Juto
Freeport
Colin W. Wright
Janesville
H. G. van Wagenen
Chicago
R. B. Gifford
Milwaukee
M. F. Mayer
W. A. Wessel
Albany
O. J. Sutherland
W. H. Carter
J. B. Treat
Andrew Trickle
Louis Dodge
F. A. Shriner
J. M. Williams
Old Settlers
Freeport Standard
Freeport White Sox
Monroe Co.p
Monroe
News Notes of the Town Headed by Local Visits and Events
Residents travel to Chicago Milwaukee and Madison visit relatives attend a carnival dance at Turner hall and a Russian Spy band performance. Local notices include licenses to wed a sale of John Stuessy property a vacant house for rent and forthcoming church social events plus a hail of short arrivals and departures from nearby towns.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Colin W. Wright
Mineral Point
Vernon Ross
Belleville
Orillia Fessenden
Monticello
Turner Hall
Chas. Gage
Janesville
Ada B. Williams
Jos. Whidery
Albany
Kansas
Laura Banfield
Darlington
Gertrude Gurdon
Smith Lodge
Edith Gorham
Dell Warne
Milwaukee
Wm. J. McGillivray
Black River Falls
Inez Etter
Monroe
Jacob Schuler
John Schuler
Duluth
Wm. Smiley
Sioux City
John Bast
Clarno
Chicago
Square
E. T. Gardner
H. L. Thompson
Madison
Mr. Thompson
Parsons Printing and Stationery Co
Palmer Fulfills Last Minute Sermon at Lodi Union
In Lodi last Sunday Rev. J. H. Palmer preached at the union evening service after an unexpected invitation from the ministers. The audience size was large and Palmer rose to the occasion with an earnest message.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Lodi
Universalist
J. H. Palmer
Ministerial Union
Palmer
Fred Trachsel
Universalist Church
J. Henry Ehlers
Ehlers
Northwestern Glee Club
Turner
Diverse Notices From Monroe and Green County
Local rental offers include Dr. Hodges house for rent October first and a large Juda store room for stock. Other items cover rug making from old carpets, boarding or rooming requests for students, cow losses insured at $85, and a church pastor’s vacation. Also noted are a veteran regiment reunion, a Monroe real estate listing, a Chicago catalog critique, and a runaway horse incident near Twin Grove ending at the South farm in Clarno.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Oshkosh Fluff Rug Co
Monroe
M. R. Wilber
Agt
Juda
W. J. Newman
Wis
Monroe Business Institute
Henry F. Freitag
Mt. Pleasant Township
Mt. Pleasant Mutual
Juings
J. H. Berkey
Union Church In Christ
J. H. Trogner
Beloit
Huntley
Ill
N. Adrian
Chicago
S. Taylor
de Pere
O. J. Sutherland
Taylor
13Th
Wisconsin
Janesville
Pliny Norcross
Adams
Liberty Streets
J E Jennings
Green County
W. R. Pick
Twin Grove
Green County House
Racine Street
South Farm
Clarno
Oldest Bank in the World Haidu at Nineveh
The article notes a public records office at Nineveh housing documents of the Haidu banking house. It links the firm to 2200 BCE, asserting it as the oldest bank with voluminous accounts spanning five generations. The firm rose in wealth by serving as royal tax collectors and shaping provincial revenues.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Nineveh
Haidu
Abraham
Worls
Water, The Key To Health And Digestion
The article emphasizes water as essential for health, stating fluids including water and harmless beverages are more important than food for nourishment and tissue maintenance. It argues food would be useless without water for assimilation and proper nourishment.
Daily match consumption per person in the United States
The report states that every U Sman woman and child uses about 10 matches daily. It notes the Match Trust factory in Ohio produces 150,000,000 matches every 24 hours.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
United States
Match Trust
Ohio
Cinchona Bark Production Dominates Java Output
Java furnishes about 90 percent of the world supply of cinchona bark, underscoring the region’s crucial role in quinine production and global pharmaceutical trade.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Java
Tax Roll Stands After Nine Day Board Review
The board of review adjourned after nine days, reviewing the assessment rolls and questions but making no changes. They questioned personal property valuations and debated pursuing all suspected tax dodgers. Officials believe $200,000 to $300,000 may escape taxation, and assessable property could be expanded with a diligent search. The water works purchase reduced personal property value by $35,000, offset by higher bank assessments. Banks like Commercial and Savings, First National, and Citizens saw percentage increases.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Board of Review
Commercial and Savings Bank
First National
Death of Mrs. W. J. Hodges in Stillwater Oklahoma
Telegram from Stillwater Oklahoma announces the death of Mrs. W. J. Hodges age 71 after three months illness. She was a sister in law of G. T. Hodges of this city and resided in Monroe with her husband thirty years ago. Survived by three children.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
W. J. Hodges
Stillwater
Oklahoma
Great City Solitude and the Need for Friendship
A Bacon quote on urban solitude from the Essay on Seeing Wise. It argues that a crowded city feels empty without true friends, stating that faces are like pictures and talk a mere tinkling cymbal without affection. It emphasizes that lacking friendship makes the world wilderness and that humane fellowship defines humanity.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Magna Civitas
Bacon
To Improve the Cellar Damp Cellar Makeover Tips
Advice on treating a damp cellar recommends adding light and air and using blue vitrol dissolved in water to kill mould. A whisk broom is suggested to apply the solution to floors and walls.
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Monroe Weekly Times
Emery A
Odell, Publisher
Bridge Block
South Jackson Street
Monroe, Wis
Leland C. White
H. W. Pickford
Nicholas Schmid
Louis Boynton
Jordan
Joe Trickle
Miller, S. D
Rosie Martin
Manterville, Minn
City
Frances
Kathryn Monroe
Lincoln, Neb
Anna Monroe
W. H. Hartman
Forreston, Ill
Mr. Hartman
Grace Lutheran Church
Sarah Holmes
Daisy Burns
Grand Rapids
Patrick Grady
Ernest Stauffacher
S. C
Stauffacher
Chas.Emery
Portland
Oregon
Denver
Mr. Emery
D.C. Ryan
Barre
Vermont
Maine
Copley
Wettsteins
Geo. Wettstein
Green
Rock
Citizens Bank
Sox
Grant
Fred Faeser
Stoughton
A. E. Edwards
Thomas Hinds
Winslow
Gladys Pierce
Brodhead
Isabelle Montieth
Rockford
Elizabeth Ward
Burlington
J. D. Soseman
Mary Schempf
Brodheld
Henry Walters
Sam Fetterhoff
Fred Winters
Fred Dettloff
Sam Butterfield
Grace Spahr
Victor Collin
Indiana Miller
Boonville
Kathryn Bartlette
G. O. Stearns
Bertha Bennett
Grand Rapids, Mich
George Clemmer
John Mackey
Coon Rapids
Matt Tierney
San Francisco
Sam Schuler
Gertrude Warren
Texas
Margaret Emerson
J. M. Cole
Loofbouron Hospital
Jacob B. Klontz
Oneco Township
Gottlieb Eichelberger
Schuetze
F. B. Luchsinger
Bloomington, Ill
Jacob Karlen, Jr
Andrew Bracken
Dan Haren
C. C. Campbell
Horace Griffin
Mrs. B. Ll. Wood
D. E. Flower
River Falls
Emma _ Sickinger
Sheboygan
Frank Heathrow
Wauzeka
George Corson
Bessie Corson
Dave Becker
Becker
Leader Grocery
Nellie Galusha
Peerless Cigar Co
Toledo
Staver Church
Lynch Orchestra
Salome
East
Family Theatre
Elizabeth James
Marion James
Dayton
Josh Zweifel
John Stuessy
Market Street
Julius Hofmeister
T. L. Summeris
J. H. Eaton
General Delivery
Rochester, N. Y
F. L. Hodges
J. H. Miller
Mortuary Record
Hodges
Monroe Markets
Timothy
Elgin Price
WM. A. Becker
W. B. Monroe
L. A. Moore
Moore Residence
F. L. Hodges, M. D
White Block
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