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Newspaper
Monroe Weekly Times
Location
Monroe, Wisconsin, United States of America
Date
Jul 15, 1907
Page
2
Office on South Jackson Street lists prices for daily and weekly editions. Daily edition by mail or carrier costs 25 cents a month or 3 dollars a year, weekly edition on Mondays and Thursdays costs 1 dollar a year in advance. Telephone numbers provided for contact.
Madison officials report that all legislature passed salary raise bills are unconstitutional as they raise compensation during current terms. The ruling cites Section 26 of Article 4 prohibiting increases after services rendered or during a term.
102 cheeses entered at the University of Wisconsin dairy school July exhibit with 26 Flats 47 Daisies 4 Young Americans 3 Long Horns 4 Prints 16 Brick one Swiss and one Limburger. Average scores 93.37 for Cheddar and 93.63 for Brick. principal flavor defects include weedy fermented whey coarse acidic and low flavors. Six prizes totaling 150 dollars offered by S A Cook Neenah for top yearly scores in butter and cheese exhibitions.
The book to stage hit Quincy Adams Sawyer returns with a popular rout of New England village life. The company brings four sets, lighting, and props for a wholesome rural drama full of humor and refined pathos. Turner Opera House shows the production on Wednesday, September 4.
A suburb boy peers at the lawn and exclaims the grass is covered with freckles. The simple morning observation Turns a routine yard into a charming, playful moment.
The First regiment will strike tents and head home after pay, with privates earning $11.90 for the week and noncommissioned officers receiving modest daily increments. A steady rain disrupted the program, prompting a humorous improvised dress parade by Milwaukee companies A E D and F, using improvised gear and kitchen utensils amid large spectator crowds.
Efforts to assemble a Monroe party of eighteen for a two week Pullman sleeper trip to Edmonton Canada. The package includes rail travel and meals in one ticket priced at 55 dollars with stops in Minneapolis and Winnipeg. Edmonton is Alberta's capital and a growing commercial center, with Jno C Chadwick and family noted as Edmonton residents and R A Etter and W J Knight organizing the group.
Thirty five southern Wisconsin lumber dealers gathered at the Grand Hotel in Janesville to compare tactics against prospective mail order rivals. Iowa and Nebraska firms were named for selling inferior sash and doors via catalog descriptions. Speakers included Mr Ingrahm of the Iowa Lumber Dealers' Association and H L McNamara, linking state and national retail hardware groups. Attendees came from Darlington Madison Beloit Stoughton and nearby towns.
Ames of Janesville, Iowa, now owns thousands of acres due to the Missouri River changing course. A previous flood erased 87 acres from his farm six miles from Sioux City, and the river has shifted again, leaving about 3,000 acres of bottom land he claims. A surveyor is marking boundaries.
Mrs Fredus Johnson wife of a wealthy Evansville man fled with her suitor Fred King after leaving a note for her husband. They traveled by buggy to Janesville and Interurban to Beloit where police arrested them at a hotel. King was ordered to leave the country. Mrs Johnson might be placed in an asylum as friends claim mental derangement.
Fred Thomm, recently moved from Friendship, arranged to buy the Maeder saloon. council action on his license application will determine the closing of negotiations. The city limits 24 saloons with 23 issued, leaving one license. Thomm is the sole applicant so far, with past ties to the Green County house.
The state blue books will be issued later than usual due to a lengthy legislative session. September is the target month for release. Officials say the new edition will be the most complete blue book ever published in Wisconsin.
Thomas Smith transfers 126 by 52 acre section 11 in Clarna to James A. Huffman Jr for 15 750 dollars.
West Side drug store announces Foley's Honey and Tar cough remedy is not affected by the National Pure Food and Drug law no opiates or harmful drugs and recommended as a safe remedy for children and adults.
The largest estate in the United Kingdom is the lordship of Sutherland owned by the Duke of Sutherland. It encompasses 739,200 acres of land and stretching across vast stretches of Scotland.
London uses 50,000 tons of sugar annually for jam production, highlighting the city's heavy reliance on sugar for preserved fruit products and daily pantry staples.
Half yearly net profits of the Industrial Bank of Japan reached $350,000 but only $10,000 was paid out for directors' fees and bonuses. The disclosure raises questions about compensation practices and financial oversight within the bank.
A quotation attributed to W. R. C. Latson MD suggests heavy drinking is healthy only if confined to water. The remark links heavy intake to health status in a satirical or ironic tone.
In parts of Switzerland the dead are buried by the government, regardless of wealth or status, reflecting a civic policy that treats all individuals equally in death.
A collection of humorous exchanges targets women’s dress and a Missouri fashion controversy. Grumbell and Marryat quarrel over attire while the Chicago and New York papers lampoon the St. Louis trousers movement as a bowlegged model’s inspiration.
The passage notes that the appendix size differs with age and individual. It states that the average length runs from three to three and a half inches, with the male appendix being slightly larger than the female's.
A concise quotation from Emerson urges individuals to rely on their own gifts rather than imitate others, stressing that true ability comes from lifelong cultivation while borrowed talent offers only a fleeting, improvised edge.
Quote from Washington Star about a clever gambler likened to a fish snagging bait, illustrating a wily effort to stay near the prize. Uncle Eben draws a humorous parallel to a race fan who nearly wins a small prize and lingers for more.
Dialogue recalls a widow’s second marriage as a man explains he cannot endure loss alone. The exchange hints at coping with bereavement and companionship in a intimate moment.
A Woman at Home column sniffs at modern young men who fear wooing unless a win seems certain. She declares the new fad dull for both pursuer and pursued and laments that refined courtship has been forgotten in favor of tame rabbit coursing.
The Catholic Standard and Times records a sharp exchange where Blusters defends his sanity while Jigsey labels him worst lar seen. Wiseman rebukes the accusation as a gross libel and remarks that Blusters is a pretty good liar.
A study of an individual prone to odd dress reveals lack of stamina shifty methods and inability to apply forethought and calculation to situations requiring decision and insight into human nature according to an outfitter.
Gen H M Robert argues that love by a coward is denied to women and men fear slurs on courage. He then shares a tale of a city hunter who, after hours without success, is offered by two boys to shoot at the brother for a quarter to pay for the sport.
An engineer notes America’s crude output grows yearly with most gains from new territories yielding heavy oils. Traditional centers supplying high grade petroleum spirit and illuminants are declining, shifting focus to regions between the gulf states and California, though midcontinental fields show potential for higher grade oils.
A rescuer warns another to handle a man carefully or risk revival after a dramatic water rescue. The man who spoke calls the other a brute, insisting the rescued individual was actively rocking the boat.
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