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Newspaper
Monroe Weekly Times
Location
Monroe, Wisconsin, United States of America
Date
Jan 28, 1907
Page
2
The Monroe Wisconsin article reviews state financials showing 1907 receipts of 6 235 500 and disbursements of 6 116 444 leaving 119 056 in treasury for January 1 1908 and a 1 615 577 balance on January 1 1909. It notes Governor Davidson and State Treasurer Dahl urge restraint to avoid levying a state tax.
Former Dr. Loofbourow property on East Washington street brick house two lots 109 feet on Washington street and 152 feet deep includes ice house and other outbuildings terms and particulars via T. B. Fager Forreston Illinois.
A teacher guides students through a myth about a man turned by transformation. The class ponders what he becomes as wings and feathers appear and the neck lengthens. A student quips he becomes a rubberneck, delivering a punning punchline.
The quote satirizes bunko scams with Mr Dooley noting the clever can be fooled but those seeking for nothing end up with nothing. It reflects a humor column remark from Dissertations by Mr Dooley.
The first turbine steamship built in America achieved over 21 miles per hour on her trial voyage. Archimedes introduced the turbine concept 2,150 years ago and contemporary physicists are now enhancing it.
The Harmonie Glee club will give a covert on Thursday evening February 28.
Monroe Cardinals edged Freeport Y M C A 27 to 25 in a closely fought armory clash. Referee Rogers earned praise for fairness as Monroe jumped to the lead in the second half and maintained it while Freeport fought back with a fast offense. The junior freshmen defeated the sophomore seniors 16 to 14 in the girls rubber game, and Booth Bast orchestra provided the postgame dance.
An advertisement for Mi o Na stomach tablets sold by Trukenbrod's Pharmacy with a full money back guarantee if they do not cure stomach troubles. It asserts the product strengthens the digestive system and reduces dependence on other medicines, costing 50 cents a box.
Frank Gavigan of Adams is hospitalized at Loofbouron with a severe scalp wound and multiple cuts after a binding pole broke, causing lumber to slide and horses to bolt as he drove home Thursday. Dr Rouse and a nurse team dressed his head. initial fears of fatal injury proved unfounded. Gavigan, a well driller, helped drill the hospital well when it was built.
Mrs Ida E Purinton of Brooklyn sues Achilles Purinton for divorce citing cruel treatment and infidelity. He was served in city today and opposes alimony. attorneys A S Douglas J M Becker for the wife and J L Sherron for the husband.
Monroe prepares for the Junior Prom in Madison on February 15 with Misses Lottie Churchill Eva Williams and Messrs Thomas Hefty Wilson Wright John Farris attending. Mr and Mrs Colin Wright invited as box party chaperones. Hefty Hodges on committee. Tickets reduced from six to three dollars. A Chicago orchestra will provide music and Gimbel Brothers of Milwaukee decorates the gym. Over three hundred tickets sold.
Major C R Williams informs Company H that new regulation blue uniforms will be issued and forwarded by February 8. Members must be carefully measured for fit and retirees will not be outfitted. The company receives sixty five outfits, not all needed at once, and non-issued uniforms accrue to the unit. Olive drab and woolen service uniforms will not be issued to the states for a year or more due to army supply delays.
Madison Jan 25 Two bills passed both houses and await the governor as roughly 200 measures have been introduced in the Wisconsin legislature. One bill funds the legislative reference department at 5000 dollars and the other allows daily mailed copies of bills for 12 dollars per session. The chamber fight over rules stalls progress while university spending and influence allegations surface, including Roethe's anti bribery talk and a push for timely university reports.
The Commercial club of Mineral Point asks Milwaukee Division trains 7 and 8 to add Sunday service and run a combination parlor buffet car between Milwaukee and Mineral Point. The club also requests arrival of the evening train by 9 30 p m and adherence to the present weekday schedule for Sunday service.
An advertisement claims Urino Laxative Fruit Syrup cures chronic constipation by aiding digestion and stimulating the liver and bowels. It asserts fast relief with no nausea or griping and urges readers to start taking it today, warning to refuse substitutes.
Advertised letters listed include Mrs Willard Chapman John Durst Mrs G W Ermey Merton Fish Willie Gustafton Albert Hofer Miss Wilhelmine Klossner Clarence King John Lovert scher John Nalz Mrs John L Timmons R A Errer P M.
An indoor baseball game will be played at the armory next Thursday night between Co. H and Darlington. A dance will follow the game.
In summer natives in parts of India dig dry river banks for fish. They break mud lumps to reveal live fish eight to ten inches long that seem lively as if just taken from water.
A large hall safe is offered for sale at a bargain price. Enquiries should be directed to S. P. Figi for details and contact.
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