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Newspaper
Monroe Weekly Times
Location
Monroe, Wisconsin, United States of America
Date
Feb 22, 1900
Page
2
A partial notice from Monroe Wisconsin dated February 22 1914 announces subscription terms. It indicates an advance payment option and a yearly rate of 100 with a 125 after three months, reflecting a billing or subscription instruction in the period.
A flood of brief city notes lists visitors and departures from Monticello and surrounding towns. Names include A. Miller, Shank, Burt, Pigi, Lernician, Gran, Leglec, Reese, Rush, Liord, Fessenden, Kindert, Runkel, Schadsl, Musser, Northcraft, Doyle, Dinges, Lewis, Kanderle, Miller, wife, Sosemtun, Pierce, Haldeman, Kidd, Stair, Hirsig, Wittner, Lan, Morris, Clayton, Carroll, Durst, Nichols, and Arnold Rush. Several small-town trips to Albany, Janesville, Orangeville, Clarno, Madison, and Monticello are noted along with a few social calls, a wedding license, and local weather.
H A Moe of Woodford in town and numerous locals travel to Madison Chicago Beloit and Milwaukee for visits and business. Many residents including Lena Newman Anna Steimman Jennie Leahy Fanny Goldberg Mary Barney Isabel Lloyd Addie Flowing Grace Hosking and others depart for Madison Chicago Brodhead Hollandale Monticello and nearby towns with several returning home this afternoon and evening.
Sheriff John Gardner left for Bay this morning to commit Pierr to the state reformatory. The powder works that have operated here for over fifty years will cease, with final grinding finished and ingredients to be combined within a week. The shutdown will end a major local employer and cost the city tens of thousands annually in wages and related expenses.
John Friday, formerly with Harper and Streiff, visits Nebraska after nine years. Fortnight club hosts Mr and Mrs Ju lung for a genial evening with cinch games and refreshments. GF Sickinger’s program at Turner hall draws twenty five couples, as military ball proximity and Biguiark’s counter attractions dampen turnout. Darling’s orchestra provides music. prizes for best waltz and two step not awarded due to small crowd. Chas Goddard’s milk wagon wreck on Farmer street. loss estimated over 100, with repeated past incidents keeping him from full routes.
Local names and movements fill the page as residents from Madison, Green Bay, Rockford, Brodhead, Edgerton, Sparta, Portage, and other towns visit or depart. Notable individuals include Sheriff John W. Gardner, Miss Mary Mackey, and Miss Grace Northcraft, with numerous travelers returning home or heading to Madison, Brodhead, Freeport, and other locales.
Several residents depart for Milwaukee Chicago Freeport Madison and other nearby cities for work rest and visit. Notable moves include Fred Keifer leaving brewery work for Milwaukee and Mr Knipschild visiting from Freeport. An Episcopal church fire in Stoughton caused by a furnace was reported with $1000 insurance.
Eva Catherine Goetz aged 66 years seven months five days died Saturday afternoon at her Monroe home after long illness. She was born in Germany July 12 1883 and emigrated to America in 1849 later settling in Monroe in 1861 with husband Conrad Goetz. She leaves a husband two daughters and two sons. Eve L Warren of Albany died Sunday morning at her home after heart disease, a relative of T L Sumori with many local friends saddened by the loss.
The Badger Long Distance Telephone company, created by Evansville capitalists, filed an amendment moving its principal place of business from Madison to Evansville. It serves multiple exchanges including Madison Janesville and Balnit through its connected network and owns about 0 miles of line.
About 1,000 Wisconsin physicians may face prosecution for failing to register under the license law as of April 1. With 3,000 doctors in the state and 2,000 licensed, the medical board led by Dr. H B Dale plans arrests for delinquents. A final interim meeting is set for Milwaukee to address unregistered doctors.
State health board conducts experiments at the Madison state experimental station using cattle to test if consumption is contagious. Cows with tuberculosis are kept alongside healthy calves that feed from them. Doctors claim calves become infected within three months, and say similar breast feeding could pass the disease to a healthy child. Experiments will continue and officials promise further updates.
A new postal ruling permits newspapers to be sent to regular subscribers in Canada Mexico Puerto Rico the Philippine Islands Tile of Guam Cuba and Hawaii at regular second class rates. This entitlement lets readers with friends or relatives in those countries receive the Times without extra postage charges, with standard rates applied to subscriptions as described.
Herbert L. Howard died Sunday in Madison of paralysis at age 51. He previously ran a La Crosse drug business, then worked in Milwaukee at a Pfister Hotel drug store, and later operated a State Street shop in Madison. Known by students, he will be buried in La Crosse where relatives live.
A fire at the Chapel homestead in Spring Grove noon Friday killed Miss Zell Chapel, 17, who lay sick in a room beneath a falling chimney. The collapse of the roof left officials reporting the tragedy and the girl died from the shock of the blaze. Separately, Adjutant General Boardman confirms a Janesville military company application by Lieut Baldwin is granted with Charles I. Achtenberg as captain. Odd Fellows warn against B. K. Hamilton, a former Dayton member accused of fraud, described as an 110 year old man with black hair and moustache.
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