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Newspaper
Monroe Weekly Times
Location
Monroe, Wisconsin, United States of America
Date
Jul 22, 1907
Page
2
The Monore Weekly Times lists daily edition mail or carrier at 25 cents monthly and 3 dollars yearly. Weekly edition published Mondays and Thursdays at 1 dollar per year in advance. Entered as second class matter at Monroe post office. Archives note Monroe Wis July 20 1907.
Over 100 more students register this year, total 666 up from 550 last summer. Law college opens to summer students with 35 entrants. engineering has 76 in special work plus 21 more in supplements and four weeks of shop work. Arts and letters accounts for 535, including 20 studying agriculture as a precursor to fall programs.
A G Ringling general manager of Ringling Bros circus bought eighty acres two miles south of Collinsville I T. The site may become a permanent winter headquarters with plans to improve the land this summer and move in by October 1. The circus intends a southwestern shift to Cherokee nation climate. The move would allow lower feeding costs and three to four extra weeks on the road each fall and spring.
Notice to parties indebted to the dental firm of Bennett and Rust to call and pay the accounts at once so the business may be settled.
John Barnes to Lieut. Gov. Connor responds to accusations of lobbying for the 2 cent rate bill. He challenges Connor’s claims and cites alleged conflicts of interest, noting Connor’s plant and railroad ties. Barnes defends the legislature’s authority and his own position.
John Barnes resigns from the Wisconsin state railroad commission in a brief formal letter to Governor Davidson. The five line text tendering his resignation notes no commentary on the legislature’s two cent passenger rate law. The missive maintains dignity and avoids political critique.
In a Maine tale Senator Hale recalls a dinnerquiped exchange about long speeches. A temperance lecturer in Ellsworth targets “moderate drinkers” and a local man retorts that his load is light, prompting the speaker to question if he should double the effort.
A message urges self reliance in business noting many generous peers yet predicting few will aid in hardship. It warns against demagogues pushing speculative schemes and advises personal investigation or placing funds in a savings bank. Maintain frugality and protect your wealth while helping those in need.
The speaker recounts a friend’s quip about fishermen and intemperance. Havelock Morton of California insists no intemperate man can cast a fly, then recalls a country encounter where an angler explains good spots by the bottles left behind.
Health Culture notes that peasants in southern Russia chew Caspia sunflower seeds during meals and gossip, proving a habit with no stimulant effects and acting as a natural dentifrice. In Astrakan a pint of seeds can be bought for a quarter of a penny.
A Manhattan publisher releases statistics by a cleric author claiming three fourths of Washingtons army were Irish or of Hibernian descent. The work asserts one regiment had over 150 fighters all named Patrick and notes Gen. Warren of Bunker Hill fame as Celtic in ancestry.
Reinforced concrete pipes for pressurized water transmission have been built as long continuous tubes. Each segment spans several hundred feet with diameters from two to three feet. The longest piece measures about 600 feet and the interior is smoothly finished using planed lumber in the forms.
A humorous line from the Atlanta Constitution portrays a poet told to dig in the garden for exercise before writing love songs for groceries in the garret. The exchange rails at domestic duties and literary pretensions with playful tone.
Wrestling is the popular sport of Persia with great tournaments held to decide district supremacies.
Chauncey Wardwell recounts Captain Bullwinkle mismanaging a rear guard during Sherman’s Atlanta campaign. A cowardice charge against Walter Moore leads to a comic punishment as a recruit and a female disguise expose a love affair and end with the captain’s improvised justice.
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