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Newspaper
Monroe Weekly Times
Location
Monroe, Wisconsin, United States of America
Date
Jan 25, 1900
Page
4
Community notices show many residents traveling to Brodhead and Madison for business and visiting relatives. Names include J Haney, M Cronk, A F P Clase, J Hogan, Kate, and Mary Hefty among others. In other items, Whitewater plans April 1 free delivery, tax collector temporarily sick, and society: marriages licensed for Martin Crook and Margaret Dunphy.
City authorities adopt an alternative to jail for habitual drinkers believed to be driven to crime by alcoholism. Aimed at reform through commitment to a county insane asylum instead of repeated fines, the plan expects abstinence to yield parole and eventual release if good behavior continues. One case today shows a youth moved to the insane department after a year of drunkenness and petty theft.
Local notes list residents arriving and departing, including Miller, Jacob Figs, Otto Mirsig, Chas Ball, and J. Stenshicher. Several people are ill or traveling to Stearns, Freeport, and Duluth. The eighth annual Wisconsin Epworth league convention is set for Sparta on February 14. A railroad and hospital news update. a Vreeport license for Henry J Timms and Martha Black wedding planned near Jefferson township.
A fragment notes that wages stabilize while prices for printing stay elevated. Printers insist charges remain high, with only minor reductions, forcing customers to accept price hikes or face delayed work.
A Nebraska case reports a father ejecting a suitor from his parlor after intruding on his daughter's courtship. The judge notes no parental right to intervene in dating and fines the defendant for mistreatment. Another man, Artin R Jones, was jailed for vagrancy by Marshal Bent Vastavidin.
Local notes report the W. B. Hartizen company passing through the city en route to Derlington where they will appear tonight. Other items mention Major Varney Major Stearns and Capt Durst leaving for Milwaukee for a guardsmen meeting, and Susie Narauer, once Mrs. Tavker, who died of consumption in Galena.
The Bethel United Brethren Sunday School elected and installed officers for the year 900 by Pastor Rev. Isaac Bussing. Geo F Bailey is Superintendent with John T Drake as Asst Superintendent and Miss Tidna Adama as secretary. Minnie Schuler serves as treasurer and Art Drake as librarian. Frank R Drake is chorister and Miss Dora Trumpy is organist. Executive committee members include Mrs. Kate Drake, Mrs. Mac Beach, and Miss Mae Huffman. Teachers include class No 1 John P Drake, No 2 Mrs Mae Beach, No 3 Mrs Kate Drake, No 4 Miss Huffman, No 5 Miss Minnie Schuler.
A reflective piece on the telephone becoming central in daily life. It describes neighbors chatting, gossip, and the convenience alongside nuisance, noting how calls wake people, lure orders, and test patience. It emphasizes how a private home phone becomes public, linking to social behavior and daily routines.
A fragment heavy with local notices and names describes a patient in Janesville, Wisconsin benefiting from Dr. Secrist’s treatment for liver and kidney trouble and nervous disturbance. It notes other city events and community gossip including concerts, meetings, and social visits in a dated, period-voice style.
A jumble of notices report a doctor offering free piles treatment at Ludlow House and a Milwaukee agent noting rail commission abolition by Western Passenger Association reducing take-off and saving millions. It also lists several local names, a sale at Elmer's place, and obituaries for Mrs. Ellis and A.D. White with a double funeral planned.
The Randy-Swins Cond. Milk Co. altered delivered milk prices with January at 1.05 and October at 1.08 while other months showed varied cents. Dr. W. J. Garailine returned from Albany last evening. Father Dempsey and Father O'Keefe of Mineral Point left for Deleywn.
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