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Newspaper
Monroe Weekly Times
Location
Monroe, Wisconsin, United States of America
Date
Dec 20, 1906
Page
5
School Clerks and Boards Convene Countywide
Nearly every district in the county attended the second annual meeting of school clerks and boards at the courthouse. About 225 people heard L. W. Wood, state rural school inspector, urge buying supplementary readers dictionaries maps globes blackboards reading charts and up-to-date texts. He also discussed board teacher relations as sessions closed with a general problem discussion.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Court House
L. W. Wood
Fond du Lac First Company Earns Wisconsin Trophy
Fond du Lac First Company E Second Regiment is named the crack Wisconsin company per general orders No. 15 from Adjutant General Boardman. The trophy honors overall efficiency based on range and inspection scores, each half weight, with small arms practice ranking noted for Company A Tenth Separate Battalion. Third regiment leads regimental order. Fond du Lac’s Company H rises to twelfth among companies and fourth in the First regiment list.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Fond du Lac
Wisconsin
Department of Adjt
Boardman
Co. H
Box Rentals Rise Under Post Office Rate Reform
Postmaster Etter announces January 1 rate increases for street and lock boxes following a circular from Acting Postmaster General F. H. Hitchcock. Call boxes 35 cents quarterly small boxes 60 cents medium lock boxes 75 cents and large lock boxes 1.00. Rates apply nationwide by class to standardize unequal previous prices.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
F. H. Hitchcock
Etter
United States
Post Office Department
Madison & Northern to Float $10 Million Bond Issue
An Appleton dispatch reports the Madison and Northern railroad will float bonds totaling ten million dollars to finish the line from Shawano through Appleton and Oshkosh to Madison. The stretch from Shawano to Crandon is nearly complete and the line is thought to extend from the Illinois Central system.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Madison & Northern Road
Appleton Dispatch
Shawano
Appleton
Oshkosh
Madison
Crandon
Notice To Taxpayers Town of Jordan Treasure Collection
Notice to taxpayers of the Town of Jordan. I will begin to collect taxes on Wednesday Dec 26 at Citizens bank every Saturday until Feb 1 and at Farmers bank Browntown Monday Jan 7. Balance of time at home. Come early and avoid rush. S W Krueger Treasurer. Special Holiday line of new neck ware 25c up in boxes as holiday gifts. John T Etter.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
John T. Etter
J. H. Miller
Uniform County Bookkeeping System Proposed by Green County Board
A Green County committee urges a countywide bookkeeping system to cover all departments. It would require clerk issued disbursement orders and treasurer payments, with records kept public. The group compares Dane and Rock counties and seeks Fond du Lac guidance before a January meeting.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Green County Board of Supervisors
Dane
Rock
Fond du Lac County
Mason for Orator Rockford Woodmen Plan Big Picnic
Rockford Woodmen plan the next Northern Illinois and Southern Wisconsin Picnic in Rockford for June 6. Delegates will meet in March to finalize plans and pick the next host city. Former Senator Billy Mason is suggested as principal speaker and at least 2500 dollars is expected to be raised from local merchants.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Rockford Woodmen
Northern Illinois and
Southern Wisconsin Picnic Association
Woodmen
Billy’’ Mason
Mason
Rockford
Declare Dividend At Commercial and Savings Bank
The stockholders will draw their second dividend on January 2 after a directors meeting last evening declared dividend No 2. A 5 percent dividend for the past six months is approved, with $500 added to the surplus fund and several hundred dollars left in undivided profits. The bank’s progress pleases stockholders.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Commercial and Savings Bank
Urino Laxative Fruit Syrup Ad Claim
An advertisement touts Urino Laxative Fruit Syrup as a permanent relief for habitual constipation by stimulating the liver and restoring natural bowel action without irritation. It claims mild, pleasant use with no nausea or griping and urges to choose ORINO and avoid substitutes, from West Side Drug Store and Hollister’s Rocky Mountain Tea claim.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Orino
West Side Drug Store
Hollister
A. F. Lichtenwalner
Twin Grove Visitors and Families Gather for Weekend
Mr. and Mrs. Weaver and family visited with Mr. and Mrs. Sam Holmes on Sunday. Evelyn Holmes is listed as sick. Barnhill sisters stayed with Mrs. Barnum in Juda, while Myers visited White. Frieze of Juda and Rodecker of Kansas called on Rannall, Whitehead visited Monroe, Kildon near Davis, Conn from Juda stayed with Thorp, Ostrander visited Adleman.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Jane
Alma Barnhill
Jane Barnum
Juda
Austin Myers
Henry White
Frieze
Rodecker
Kansas
Mark Rannall
Geo. Whitehead
Monroe
Chas. Kildon
Davis
Illinois
Wm. Conn
David Thorp
Frank Ostrander
David Adleman
Ernest Pletts
Christmas goods and local notices in Juda
A Juda column advertises Xmas goods from toys to china with prices from five to twenty five cents and a cloak sale. The issue also lists funerals, dances, social events, church meetings, family updates, and community notices including fines at Fred Lanz Hardware for dress and grooming rule violations.
Notice To Taxpayers Monroe Tax Collection Dates
Notice is hereby given that the annual collection of taxes for the city of Monroe will be made at the Citizens bank from Thursday December 20 1906 to February 1 1907. Unpaid taxes by February 1 will incur a 5 percent penalty. Fred T Burke City Treasurer dated Monroe Wis Dec 13 1906. All kinds of new nuts at the Fruit store.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
City of
Monroe
Citizens Bank
Fred T. Burke
Wis
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Bridge's Block
South Jackson Street
Monroe. Wis
FIRST
Wisconsin National Guard
Town of
Jordan
Orator
Twin Grove
Edison
Victor
W. F. Zilmer
Xmas Goods
Newcomer
John Miller
Spring Grove
Harvey Baremore
Miss Iona
S. J. Barnum
Methodist Church
Trousdale
Mite Society
St. Barnum
Gifford
John Legler
E. E. Wendt
Bessie Stevens
Tony
Rock Grove
the Baptist Church
John Maurer
A. F. Tracey
Ransom Holmes
M. E. Society
I. C.C. F. Hall
Fred Lanz Hardware
Paul A. Ruf
Turner Opera House
Joe A. Wallace
Peck
Newline
New York
Nese Wolries
Chicago
Mlwaukee
ST. Paul
Chicago, Milwaukee & ST. Paul Railway
F. A. Miller
Benkert
Stauffaenaer
South Side Square
Monroe Wis
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