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Newspaper
Monroe Weekly Times
Location
Monroe, Wisconsin, United States of America
Date
Jan 16, 1899
Page
3
A long list of local people from Monroe and nearby towns reports visits, travels, and meetings. Names include Ellis Confer Browntown Eli Etelwiau New Glarus Mack Chapit Dardington Jo Deal Clavie Theo Jatssen Prevpork Baird Grover and many others. The item tracks daily comings and goings, business trips, and social calls across Monroe, Brodhead, Monticello, Orangeville, Freeport and surrounding communities.
The correspondence notes Warn weather and muddy roads near Monroe and weekly visits by Avnerth and others. Several residents like Miss Belle Arnoth, Mrs. W. Robinson, and Sarah Gilbert are mentioned with health updates and visits to Monroe. Community events include a farmer's institute, Baptist roll call, butterfly social, and a Scottish entertainment.
Fragmentary OCR fragment mentions John Schnibeler and Parkview area with references to a Rockford factory display and a government salesman. Details are garbled. unable to identify a coherent event, date, or outcome from the readable lines.
D B Worthington editor of the Beloit Daily News married Myrtle Shower of Yreka Colorado. The panelist invested in new buildings and municipal improvements in Beloit, totaling 817000. One hundred twenty five new houses were built.
An obscure railway and association notices fragment mention the Northwestern Blue trial, Wisconsin Cheese Makers, and a January to March sales and auction schedule. Mentions Milwaukee, Madison, and dates including February 1 and March 4, with references to prior 1898 conditions and a sale to points northwest for youth.
Fragmentary OCR notes describe a passenger route to California via Chicago, Milwaukee and St Paul, and Atchison, Topeka and Santa Fe lines. Mentions weekly Saturday service, travel to Los Angeles and San Francisco, and connections through Ku City. Details are garbled but indicate a historic rail network plan with multiple named railroads.
Revival meetings by Iev J C Smith in the Presbyterian church at Oshkosh conclude after a week of services. He has ridden through Monroe and other areas, urging personal faith and transformation, as the community and church members express support and wish him Godspeed in his gospel work.
fragments show recipients and names including Clark Hoss Mati Moris Rive Persins with a request to advertise and date or list. unclear postal context likely obsolete notice seeking payment or action. transcription errors hinder precise details.
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