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Newspaper
Monroe Weekly Times
Location
Monroe, Wisconsin, United States of America
Date
Dec 06, 1906
Page
7
City council set the tax rate at 1.7 percent for the upcoming year and adopted the budget as proposed by the finance committee. Citizens Bank won the funds deposit bid at 2 percent on daily balances, beating First National at 1 percent with no bid from Commercial and Savings Bank.
City council approves annual tax levy at 17 dollars per thousand valuation and passes bills for Evan South sand and gravel Kundert Bros hardware Hoesly Grinnell and others. Special committee assigns new street names including Hoard Rusk Water York Clay Cornelius Evans Garden South Avenue and related extensions in the west part of the city.
Rev. Charles Reign Scoville led a year of revival converting 4 800 people, with 1 261 at Anderson and about 1 400 at Indianapolis. Converts spread to Connersville New York Chicago and other cities. He aims to establish an institutional church in Indianapolis and has raised funds. Evangelist W A Sunday at Kewanee reports 2 763 conversions, setting a national record, surpassing Burlington Iowa 2 485 in 1905. Six of ten aldermen and leaders of strong lodges and unions joined the movement amid widespread church and military company conversions.
A college professor poses a two horned dilemma to coeducation advocates. He asks whether twenty boys and twenty girls will listen to the lecture or the company of the opposite sex will distract them. The dean concludes such students are not worth lecturing to.
The text explains that many muscles are far from their point of exertion and connected by tendons. This arrangement is nature’s provision for convenience to prevent hands and feet from becoming oversized and cumbersome.
Mirabeau spoke with a trumpet like voice and a denouncing tone that inspired awe. His imposing appearance and dramatic head motions heightened the effect, causing beholders to draw back with fear.
A native writer in a Chinese publication condemns the practice of selling girls in China. The essay argues a girl becomes property, loses freeborn rights, receives coercive labor conditions, cannot seek redress against tyranny, and may be resold or discarded at the owner’s whim until death ends the misery.
A historic home remedy advises applying a mixture of borax salicylic acid glycerin and rosewater on lint over scars daily to improve small blemishes. The recipe lists quantities for each ingredient and suggests keeping the gauze on the area for a short time.
A Philadelphia Ledger excerpt recalls Jackson leaving a drug store after accusing a man there of hypocrisy. He interrupted a pharmacist mid prescription, asking for a two cent stamp, and the pharmacist purportedly smiled as if pleased to see him.
A witty exchange questions marrying for money, noting that in some cases wealth may be the only way to obtain it, as the Cleveland Leader quips about financial gains in marriage.
A brief dialogue exposes Harold's romantic confession questioned by Clara in Milwaukee Journal’s dramatic snippet. The exchange hints at情 love and mistrust between partners amid a police chief’s implied authority.
In New Holland, scars formed with shells create intricate patterns on the ladies faces, reflecting a careful traditional craft.
Joe Land left this morning for Oglesby Illinois where he will oversee a team grading a spur-track for the Milwaukee road.
Donald Hibbard a young professor and Maurice Dexter tour Europe with a deaf mute girl he meets on the voyage. They fall in love after a long courtship and marriage proposal, but she delays. Back in America he learns of a better job offer in Boston. The president of the new institution turns out to be the woman he loves who reveals she knew of his plan from their first meeting and later governs the college as wife and patron.
The Cincinnati Ladies' Cremona Orchestra will perform Friday evening at Turner opera house with seats available after Thursday. Positive reviews from Racine and St Paul praise the ensemble as a fine, artistic group led by Mrs. Jessie Baldwin Brockhaven with strong violin and bass solos by Mr. George H. Madison.
Rural school officials in Janesville debated whether a young female teacher should manage heating and janitorial tasks at the school. Miss Fessenden of Evansville defended teachers saying they can light fires but have little time left for teaching due to stove maintenance.
A widow, seeking work at the Lyceum theater, approaches Irving who asks manager Loveday about vacancies. After consideration, she is hired to supervise the two women in charge of the theater cats, becoming part of the permanent staff.
The text explains that if a judgment debtor moves to another state before satisfaction, the plaintiff may sue on the judgment at the new residence. A certified copy of the original judgment is filed, and execution issues. This follows the U S Constitutional guarantee of full faith and credit among states.
A child prodigy, Zerah Colburn, displayed an extraordinary memory for numbers. He performed rapid mental calculations including addition subtraction multiplication and division on large sums without writing them down and correctly answered eight to the sixteenth power as 281 474 976 710 656.
In a Chicago interview Joaquin Miller answered a reporter’s question about western conflagrations. He attributed the blazes to the friction of rapid urban and regional expansion, presenting a stark line about growth’s costs.
A Baltimore American quip plays on opposites as an expert notes an electrician’s potential to explain why a negative becomes positive in a humorous exchange about Miss Snubem. The remark turns on wordplay rather than event.
Advertisement notes W B Shafer offering cord wood and stove wood in stock for sale with contact phone 282. The brisk sale line implies local wood supply for heating needs.
Mrs Lydia Stuart of Brodhead suffered a stroke Friday morning. Found on the floor she was initially thought dead but aid arrived, she was resuscitated but remains unconscious with little hope of recovery.
G. T. Hodges travels to Chicago to participate in the fat stock show, showcasing livestock judged on quality and weight in a major agricultural event.
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