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Newspaper
Monroe Weekly Times
Location
Monroe, Wisconsin, United States of America
Date
Aug 29, 1907
Page
8
Monroe Wisconsin August 29 1907 issue notes subscription prices for daily and weekly editions, mailing and carrier methods, and states entry as second class matter at the Monroe post office. It lists office location on South Jackson Street and connects to E A Odell at Rockford with telephone numbers.
A crowded column lists residents traveling visiting relatives and neighbors from Beloit Dubuque and Milwaukee to Orangeville and Monticello. It covers returns from trips sales readings and social events plus several short notices and town notices.
Max G Booth visits Rockford while Max Adelowish travels to Chicago. Mrs. Gus Voss visits Freeport. Miss Fannie Elmer heads to Waukesha. Miss Matilda Schuh spends a day in Madison. Several others, including Miss Frances Staver and Mrs. J J Frautschy, visit friends in Chicago and Clarno relatives return from Dundee Indiana.
Local residents make short trips and attendance at events. Wm H McGrath visits Darlington while J E Durst heads to Orangeville and Joseph Wood travels to Dixon. M C Durst to Belle, Anna Gerber leaves for Cedar Falls. Chas Preston returns from Chicago. An automobile class at Family theatre tonight. Franklin Loveland funeral in Monticello. Mrs Lysaght travels to Chicago for a few days. Lost pin warning. E G McAfee of Illinois Central visits. Strahms return from Michigan trip. For sale single buggy in good condition. Ottilie Engler and Joshua Wild licensed to wed. Earl Summeril sells seventeen Koffee herd horses at New Glarus. sale in Monticello Saturday.
News from Brodhead reports the death of Mrs. Chas Moore in Manchester South Dakota after weeks of illness. Funeral services are set for Friday at 2 30 PM in the M E church in Brodhead. Also notes Will Sprague's slow recovery in Milwaukee and H D Gardner's landscape work for Washburn Crosby mills in Minneapolis. J A Young returned from Brownville Minnesota with a fine Mississippi pearl purchased for 880 dollars weighing about seventy grains.
Mrs. Philpots wears a blue ribbon to a temperance meeting but learns at home it came from the Atlanta Poultry Show where her bantam won first prize. The humorous reveal has family laughing over the mistaken badge and gold lettering.
A bereaved community mourns a great man described as kind and respected. Friends recall his illness and missed chances to visit, while a child grieves softly at the church steps, noting the flowers sent in tribute and the simple act of love.
Alexander Wallace of Le Mars visits relatives in Monticello while J C Steinman remains frail at home. Mrs. Mary Hess and daughters arrive from Chehalius Washington. George Sutler of Portland Oregon stops in Green County en route home. A party from Washington township and New Glarus explores Illinois dairies to view new milking machines near Juda and L G Legler farm. District Agent William W. Winton and Miss Sarah Miller wed in Madison. news reaches Monroe days later.
The countess of Sheffield outlines a daily division after motherhood: eight hours for bed and sleep, one hour for self communion, four hours for household duties, four for children, four for husband and leisure, and three for friends and pleasures. She claims twenty years of such living and hopes to continue.
The tale recalls Henry M. Stanley after Africa travels composing Dark Continent. He laid out reference maps on his room floor and, seeking a needed map, told his assistant not to disturb the cat asleep on it. The cat remained undisturbed until waking, delaying Stanley’s map retrieval.
Experiments test brown sugar as a cement additive to boost mortar bonding. Equal parts sand and lime are mixed in the procedure.
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