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Newspaper
Monroe Weekly Times
Location
Monroe, Wisconsin, United States of America
Date
Jan 10, 1907
Page
8
The notice lists subscription prices for Daily Edition at 25 cents per month or 3 dollars per year, Weekly Edition at one year in advance. It notes mailing and delivery options via the Monroe post office and includes contact numbers, with publication days listed as Thursdays.
Daily notes show residents traveling to Monticello Brodhead Milwaukee Dodgeville Rockford and Chicago. Licenses to wed Mat Babler and Sophia Blumer announced. Weather drops from 30 above to 0. Community events include church organist Ada Williams returning to Universalist duties and S. Miller retiring from the meat business.
L A Hodges returns to Chicago and Miss Violet Roderick sails to Jutlo. Fred Maeder and Fred Flecher depart for Milwaukee. Attorney J L Sherron travels to Janesville on circuit court business. Chas Ball arrives from Titonka for a short visit. FE Copeland hosts Country club Friday night. Mrs George Walker shows improvement after illness. Miss Hannah Schroeder and Frank Losey wed in Rockford. Mr and Mrs J W Holloway visit friends in the area. Rudolph Buri travels to Orangeville to see his son Albert who runs a nearby farm.
A mosaic of local arrivals and visits includes Rev. Rohr in Milwaukee and Dr. Wertz of Attica. Highlights cover a masquerade at Turner hall with prizes, a mask ball costume jump, a bake sale, social dances, and upcoming basketball games at the armory. Also noted are marriages licensed, community sermons, and travel to Chicago Denver and Burlington with residents and relatives visiting or relocating.
Mr and Mrs Thomas Luchsinger return from Napeaville with their daughter Mrs W F Glascott. A group including A C Trachsel Abraham Stauffacher John Jenacher John A H Elmer Fred Steffin Jacob Miller and Emil Frachton depart for Milwaukee for a Wisconsin cheesemakers meeting. Judge George Grimm presides at a divorce petition in Janesville. Fred Beckman undergoes a complex appendectomy in Clarno with Dr Palmer assisting. Albert Voegels hosts a wood hauling bee bringing 22 loads to New Glarus town site.
A Newfoundland mourns a drowned master in a lakeside tragedy. The dog swam across the lake after the body and joined the burial, then lingered at the grave daily. Grief deepens until the dog dies beside the same grave, and is buried nearby.
A Daily Thought asserts that merit is the sole path to success and that a capable, useful person finds opportunity sought by many. It argues that capacity attracts attention and that a capable man is more valuable than earthly riches, echoing Bourke Cockran's view on usefulness.
A pithy line reflects the endless cycle of time and bills, noting that days pass while paydays arrive and debts persist regardless of income.
An advertisement extols Hyomei medicated air as the right cure for head colds and bronchial irritation, claiming quick relief and targeted action. It notes the outfit includes Hyomei, inhaler, and dropper for $1 with a $0.50 refill and a guaranteed refund if unsatisfied.
Morgan Ellefson wanted for forgery escaped arrest in Chicago after attempting to cash a 75 draft issued by Farmers Bank of Browntown for 100 cash and passing a 175 forgery check. The transfer triggered a bank alert. he slipped away as clerks traded a wink. Sheriff Durst left for Chicago to pursue, with Christ Zweifel named undersheriff and jail chief in his absence.
A Vienna chemist discovered gas mantles by using thorium oxide and cerium oxide to create a durable coating with collodion. After early fragile versions, a practical mantle was developed in the early 1890s, enabling transport and widespread manufacture worldwide.
Lord Salvesen recalls in Edinburgh how judges once showed levity when life hung in the balance. Bacon and Hog anecdote, Braxfield jests against hanging, and Raimes chess rivalries mark late 18th to 19th century trials.
Bells are tied to religion since ancient times with use reported in biblical Israel and finds from Nineveh ruins.
A. H. Thurnes of Buffalo Ohio credits Foley's Kidney Cure with curing years of kidney and bladder trouble. He reports passing gravel and stones, then relief after a few doses, claiming the treatment has done him $1000 worth of good, via West Side Drug Store.
Directors of the Monroe Guards Armory association elect year captains for the Co. H quarter century celebration. A 1907 anniversary party includes a soldiers reunion home coming week and a dance with Easter Monday or April 1st as tentative date. A committee meeting is set for January 15 at 8 o'clock in the armory quartermaster's room.
A 50 cent box of Mi o na is pitched as a stomach remedy that strengthens the digestive system rather than merely digesting food. The ad claims a full money back guarantee from Trukenbrod's Pharmacy if the product does not cure stomach troubles, asserting lasting results and reduced reliance on medicines.
Wales uses few combination safes due to low burglary risk and strong protection. Fire danger is minimal with stone and brick buildings, and conservative business practices favor old lock and key safes. However, many new ventures create demand for custom, affordable American style safes.
A wry quip from Puck notes that inaction equates to social dissolution, suggesting couples drift apart when idle. The remark frames leisure and societal norms as a subtle force driving divorces in contemporary life.
A young conceited novelist is told by a reader that he read a new work on a railway journey and realized he had traveled 20 miles past his destination. A friend comments that sleeping on trains is a bad habit.
For sale the brick house on East Washington street with two lots. The lot fronts 109 feet on Washington street and extends 152 feet deep, including an ice house and other outbuildings. Terms and particulars from T. B. Fager, Forreston, Illinois.
List of unclaimed letters includes John Fillig foreign John Muller foreign Mrs Elinor H Smith John O Neal Julia Zweifel Kaspar Yaun foreign R A ETTER and P M. End of notice indicates letters remain at post office.
At Monticello Tuesday the Mt Pleasant Mutual Fire Insurance Company elected Ernest Holcomb as president H J Juingst as secretary Peter Hoesly as treasurer J H Theiler and Casper Zwickey as directors. During the year 262 policies were written or renewed totaling 523 475 in coverage and 982 policies remain in force representing 2 042 057 in insured value. Losses paid amounted to 2 791 77 including 1 000 from a prior year. One three mill assessment was levied.
Purcell brothers of Washington township killed a wild cat after a fierce dog tussle. It is noted as the first of its kind in the region for many years. Also, Miss Amelia Crouch returns from Peoria visit and Miss Lora Wittner begins winter teaching term. Mrs. Fred Zuhlke dies at 45 after liver and kidney trouble. Merie Frautschy recovers from diphtheria under care of Dr. Blumer amid strict quarantine. board of health notes low risk of spread.
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