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Newspaper
Monroe Weekly Times
Location
Monroe, Wisconsin, United States of America
Date
Jan 17, 1907
Page
4
Kingston Jamaica was struck by a devastating earthquake Monday afternoon. Within ten miles nearly all structures were damaged or destroyed, fires followed, and the business district was wiped out. About 400 killed and thousands injured. Sir Thomas Ferguson among the dead.
The court upholds a statute making bull owners responsible for all damages caused by loose bulls even with fencing. A fence between animal and public highway does not shield a faultless owner. The Hadke versus Grzyl case concerned damages for injuries caused by such an animal.
A large prize line will be awarded to maskers at the Turner masquerade ball at Turner hall this evening. Cash prizes plus special offerings from local merchants include umbrellas slippers cigars shoes gloves linen handkerchiefs stationery hair care items and perfumes among others with multiple firms contributing gifts.
Ten day sale offers three items Toilet D Italie, Elete Face Powder and Skin Food for $1.50, reduced from $2.00. Masquerade events feature Mrs Emma Jay Weber performing musical specialties at short intervals.
Madison Wis Jan 15 Assemblyman Ties proposes repeal of mortgage exemption tax law and six months jail for auto law violations. Roycroft seeks 400000 for binder twine plant at state prison. Other measures push city ownership of utilities and civil service exam progress.
Local water works bonds totaling seventy thousand dollars were placed with the N W Harris company of Chicago. A two percent discount amounting to fourteen hundred dollars was applied. J B Treat offered a deeper discount via telegram, but the council did not act. A final proposition and counterproposal were accepted. Some bonds remain unsold.
Monroe will blow a 6 o'clock morning whistle for outside laborers. Arrangements were made to start Tuesday, adding a second morning whistle as most plants already blow at 7 o'clock. A second brief item notes a man misnaming himself when seeking a letter, saying his name is on the envelope.
Special notice from West Side Drug Store proclaims Foley's Honey and Tar for coughs colds and lung troubles contains no opiates or harmful drugs and is safe for children and adults under the National Pure Food and Drug Law.
George E. Legler of Madison and Ella L. Cress of Winchester were secretly married in Covington Kentucky over the weekend after failing to obtain a local license. Legler, 31, listed his bride as 29. He has worked in advertising and real estate, recently serving as advertising manager for the Cincinnati Gas and Lighting Company after a career with the Wisconsin State Journal Pueblo Gas & Electric and the Dowie institute in Chicago.
The Wisconsin State Horticultural Society meets in Guildhall Madison February 5 to 7. The program focuses on fruit raising and selling with talks on strawberries raspberries grapes and apple topics. Lectures cover cost of production marketing by regional experts and forest conditions with a state banquet to close.
Mr and Mrs Frank Stoldt of Martintown transferred 1233 acres near Martin Town to George Leck for 10023 dollars. They arranged the purchase of E B Bucher’s 111 acre Ellis Martin farm near Winslow at 126 12 per acre totaling 14000 dollars. The properties include modern residence water works gas plant and strong fencing and barns.
A Cape Cod village lists curiously apt names among its residents. The lumber dealer is Lambert, the milkman Waterman, the fish merchant Phinney, the minister Paradise, and the provision dealer Bacon.
Fletcher Harris, a pumpman for Illinois Central, was badly burned Tuesday when a Standard Oil wagon leak ignited as it left a fresh oil supply. The blast wrecked the engine shed. Harris, burned on face hands and a nearly severed arm, was rushed to St. Francis hospital in Freeport. He previously suffered a similar oil explosion a year earlier.
Beginning Monday January 14, the store slash clears stock with deep discounts. Ladies and Misses coats and children's coats are sold regardless of cost to make room for spring. Hats, children's furs, gingham, and fleeced hosiery feature markedly reduced prices. E A Huffman Dry Goods.
Wales shows limited use of combination safes due to burglary rarity stone and brick construction strong police and fire protection and business thrift. Yet growing number of new enterprises creates orders for such safes with cheaper American models offering an appeal to purchasers.
J Bolender Dry Goods Co announces a annual clearance sale to close out remnants broken sizes and overstocks. Kneller stock is included at low prices to insure quick selling with deep cuts in cloaks millinery and prints advertised at 43 cents and other staples. Sale begins Monday January 14th see small bills for particulars.
A school director in Bingtown visited a school and urged pupils to form ranks by size. He told the children to have those bigger stand behind those smaller, a request that yielded the expected orderly result.
A. H. Thurnes, coal operator of Buffalo, writes of kidney and bladder trouble for years. After using Foley's Kidney Cure, brick dust like stones passed and pain disappeared. He declares it has done him $1000 worth of good, with relief continuing. West Side Drug Store sells it.
The Ghent Court of Appeals declares an election from 25 years ago invalid and orders the incumbent, a lawyer, to vacate the seat. The ruling signals a lengthy delay in resolving the case.
A historical notice lists unclaimed letters including Jacob Burke Moses Engel hardt Wayne Edwards Mrs Dunnell Edward Hagar John Hoof master Mrs Spencer H Phelps Elinor H Smith Julia Stauffacher R A Errer P M. The brief details show recipients awaiting pickup in a mid century postal register.
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