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Newspaper
Monroe Weekly Times
Location
Monroe, Wisconsin, United States of America
Date
Jul 18, 1907
Page
4
Camp Douglas reports Capt. James McCully of Ashland has a 185 score in the 1907 King revolver competition, surpassing Lieut. Bacon of the First regiment. Shelters at the camp faced rain with inadequate trenches, flooding tents across regiments.
Financial report shows $1,790.56 total receipts from four churches, services, and an illustrated lecture. Expenditures totaled $1,550.94 for rink rental advertising revival travel and board, leaving a treasury balance of $239.62 to be decided by church delegates.
Sam Burgy of 1106 Emerson Street fell fifteen feet from a ladder while painting at John Walter's home on East Washington Street. He sustained a compound fracture of the right leg below the knee and was moved to his home to rest.
The McCumber act reveals the unknown army does not exceed 10 000, contradicting the war department head’s estimate of 125 000. Since the law’s start 350 000 applications have been filed and civil war pensioners remain around 735 303, though deaths rise monthly. The total pensioners close to 986 000 last year are expected to drop by over 20 000 this year.
Orino Laxative Fruit Syrup claims to improve a sallow blotched complexion by stimulating the liver and bowels and brightening the eyes. It emphasizes gentleness with no nausea or gripe and cautions against substitutes, sold at West Side drug store.
George Dooley a young farmer from Mount Pleasant township was killed when his lumber wagon with two horses went onto the Madison line crossing in front of an Illinois Central passenger train. A second horse was severely injured and the crossing alarm failed to prevent the tragedy. Coroner Ball led an inquest returning an accidental death verdict. The crossing is noted as extremely dangerous and calls for rail improvements follow.
Mrs. John Myers and daughter plan Rockford visit to see Elmer Myers hurt after a ladder fall. Neighbors and relatives from Monroe share Sunday visits with Miller, Pinnow, Barnhill, and Chilson families. Touring and homecoming reports, town visitors, and telegraph line work noted. several families travel or host in Juda and Janesville areas.
A woman comments on beauty and singing noting that good looks suffer during performance. She argues women should not sing to preserve appearances and suggests singers distort their mouths, while men often conceal mouths with facial hair.
The N C Times-Democrat notes that scarlet cheek lines and a yellow forehead square signal love, zig zag black on ochre signals a theft objective, red cheek circles with a blue forehead rectangle mean stealing a paleface horse, white eye rings signify political runs or medicine man candidacy, and wisdom of the owl is implied for election.
A mother asks where the child prayed while she was away and the child replies that Papa was busy writing and Bridget had company, so he spoke to God himself. This vignette from the Chicago Tribune captures childlike independence and faith.
Raymond Gannon tells of near disaster when two engineers slept on the job during a midnight express run on the R D N. He fell asleep at the throttle as Bob Williams slept in the baggage car and woke to find the red semaphore and an out of control train. Williams later admits he sleepwalked, though he claims the role of engineer that night.
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