Twin Grove and Juda Social and Family News Notes
Rural letters from Twin Grove and Juda record visits and travel as residents spent holidays with relatives in Monroe Polo and Decatur. Numerous villagers attended weddings, funerals and church events while neighbors shared news of trips, teaching stints, social gatherings and local fundraising socials.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Lena Bass
Janesville
Geo. Dunwiddie
Edward Stoker
Platteville
Katie Hall
Ladies’ Aid Society of the Baptist Church
Newman’s Hall
Clara Richardson
Oregon
Wis
Jessie
Minnie Sneider
Mabel Hurd
Brodhead
John Burns
Monroe
D. T. Dunwiddie
Burns
Love Finds a Way A Trapper Saga Of Gabe Dangler and Bruff
A wagon tale shows four men Dave Dangler Brady and Bruff guiding a cavalry pursuit of Indians. A poker game over a captive girl determines who wins her hand with Dangler ultimately winning her and the old man Bruff left watching.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Dave Dangler
Brady
Ole Bruff
Dave
Lute Brady
Lute
Bruff
Leetle
Leetle Bruff
Bimeby Bruff
Redskins
Dave Candler
Golden Rule Gift Presented to Monroe City Council
Miss Janet Jennings gave a 30 inch glass and frame Golden Rule to Mayor Ludlow and the Monroe Wisconsin city council as a Christmas present in 1906. The note asked acceptance for the council chamber of the Divine Master’s higher law and peace on earth.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Janet Jennings
Ludlow
Luke
Monroe
Wis
Council Chamber
Marshal Blunt
Over steep ways to the stars inspires a climber
A quotation by W. C. Doane on how rough paths spur progress toward high aims and enduring legends.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
W. C. Doane
Intimate friend makes dinner call after absence
An intimate family friend explains he came to make his dinner call to remedy a past absence. The family protests that he has not attended dinner recently, but the guest asserts his visit may mend the defect and an invitation is promptly offered.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
New York Press
Buying a Book in the Boston Record
Two women discuss a book in a bookstore. One notes a pretty volume and mentions Ella. The clerk wraps the chosen title as she asks what it is, admitting she did not look at the work.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Ella
Boston Record
Justice as a crude device to protect society
A Cincinnati Enquirer quote asserts that true guilt resists measurement by any justice short of divine, and that what we call justice serves mainly to protect society through crude mechanisms rather than exact punishment.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Cincinnati Enquirer
Intention Sparks Incomplete Union In Tribune Quotation
A Chicago Tribune quotation describes Lottle Flutterby and Miss Darling with misgivings over marriage. The line suggests Darling initiated the idea of marrying while Flutterby questions his own intentions. The exchange mocks social expectations.
Life Sentence, Poverty's No Crime Quote
A Cleveland Leader column portrays poverty as not a crime, debating whether poverty warrants punishment and referencing the phrase poverty’s no crime. The piece frames labor as a possible punishment and questions social justice.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Cleveland
Chicken Skin Gloves Fashion of the 17th Century
Gloves made from chicken skin were fashionable in the early 1600s and worn at night to whiten and soften hands.
Orino Urino Laxative Syrup Promises Gentle Constipation Relief
Urino Laxative Fruit Syrup markets permanent relief for habitual constipation by stimulating the liver and restoring natural bowel action without irritation. It avoids nausea and gripping and is mild to take, with a urging note to remember the name Orino and refuse substitutes at West Side drug store.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Orino
West Side Drug Store
An Old Institution
Bells trace back to ancient times and religious uses. They appear in biblical and Assyrian contexts, dating to eras before recorded history.
C M and St P Rail Will Sell Excursion Tickets
The C M and St P Ry announces home seekers excursion tickets every Tuesday in December and the first and third Tuesday each month through April 1907 for west and northwest routes and south and southwest routes, agent F W Zimmerman listed.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
West
Northwest
Southwest
F. W. Zimmerman
Chicago, Milwaukee & ST. Paul Railway
Foley's Honey and Tar Remedy Ad
Notice from West Side Drug Store declaring Foley's Honey and Tar cough remedy is not affected by the National Pure Food and Drug law and contains no opiates or harmful drugs. Recommends it as a safe remedy for children and adults.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Foley
West Side Drug Store
Beginning of a Honeymoon Amid Isolated St Lawrence Isle
Corinne and I became engaged in January and planned a June wedding. By March we fixed June 10 as the day and chose an island on the St. Lawrence for a summer honeymoon. Misgivings about loneliness and a lingering separation temper our early days, until we decide to depart for the coast by night train a week later.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Corinne
St. Lawrence
Atlantic
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Louise Whitehead
Frank Ostrander
Avery Tracy
Allethe Barnhill
Otto
Grant Hall
Decatur
Floyd Chambers
Polo, Ill
Leander Stevenson
Joan Beightol
Pennsylvania
Johnstown
Penn
Wisconsin
JUDA
John Kryder
Roy Fries
Messrs. Ross
Sam Newman
Lydia Patton
Evansville
Maud Smith
Geo. Barnum
Lettie Thompson
Dewey Davis
Racine
Frank Blackford
Bessie Stephens
Monticello
Prof. Frye
Eva Collins
Verne Dodge
Ernest Berryman
South Dakota
John Alexander
Oakley
Myron
Grace Northcraft
John Miller
Albert Davis
S. J. Barnum
Eli
Iowa
Aynold Nyman
Nellie
Maye
Council For Council Chamber
Moses
Nineveh
C. M
St. P. Ry
Trukenbrod
Brenkert & Stauffacher
South Side Square
Monroe, Wis
The
Ralston
Clark & Timmons
Chicago
Milwaukee & ST. Paul
F. A. Miller
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