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Newspaper
Monroe Weekly Times
Location
Monroe, Wisconsin, United States of America
Date
Jan 18, 1900
Page
4
A lengthy list of names and movements fills the town notes, noting visits, arrivals, departures, and social events. Mrs J Ue Berkey travels to Madison, Miss Rove Hirsig goes to Nashville, and several residents attend or plan gatherings. The community greets guests, tracks travel, and records changes at schools, churches, and businesses.
An assortment of brief Monticello notices lists visitors and returns including Van Wagenen, Robert Booker, Sloney Munday, Tigury Edgar and Mrs T A Almas. Others travel from Waterloo to Monticello or nearby towns, with residents like Mrs Wittwer and Mr Ta MEnitzonne noted in transit or at events.
The Cerro Gordo County sheriff disrupted a jail escape plot at Mason City facility. Detectives found a loaded .32 revolver, drills, rope, and tools hidden behind steel lining and sewer pipes, with twenty nine bore holes drilled in the jail corridor. The prisoners planned to seize a guard, bind him, and flee through a main corridor using improvised gear.
L A Woodle is in Chicago. Barnett arrived home last evening. Fred is in New Glams today. G2 Danks of Madison was in town. Peter Burke is on a visit at Madison. Fred J. Biner tins business in Brown Lown today. Ed Wittner returned to Monticello last evening.
Farm for sale in Monroe county on 185 acres near the railroad two miles away. Terms offered with a sale date before February 1 or rental afterward. W. I. Cavadine of Monroe Wis listed as contact. Local notices mention residents traveling and community events as well as stock farm activities and poultry show attendance.
The Muck Curniy Caledoniat 4 plans the 141st Burns birthday celebration at Janesville Armory Hall on Tuesday evening January 2. Rev. H. W. Thompson of Pond du Lac will deliver the Burns address. Performances include Lessig McAlpin songs, Harry Crown stories and monologue, Janet B. Day readings, James Rober readings, and a dance to Johnny Stith’s Pipe orchestra. Weather favors a large turnout.
The Eastern Star in Monroe has grown in membership and holds frequent social events aimed at fundraising for officers’ Milwaukee trip. A recent social faced weather issues but drew many, despite some absences, with cards, refreshments, and entertainment. The piece notes the order’s popularity and social appeal, while contrasting it with Masonry traditions.
Milwaukee Mayor and 24 aldermen face potential thirty days in jail or a $200 fine after Judge Ludwig found them in contempt for passing a street railway ordinance. The case centers on whether the city council and mayor exceeded authority and the court’s injunction, with final punishment pending and officials resisting admission of guilt.
Ariel sextette formerly known as the Sanith Hister appears Saturday in the Woatans leh lectura event. The six sisters, billed with energy and dramatic expression, are praised for their vocal power and stage presence amid a program of local notices and concurrent happenings in the area.
An editorial urges doctors to support Wisconsin’s pharmacy statute and registry. It notes past physician notables, physician endorsements, and emphasizes that registration expires in April and will be enforced. Mentions Blakely, Wolvol, a militia petition in Ti nesville, and local notices on misadventure and travel.
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