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Newspaper
Monroe Weekly Times
Location
Monroe, Wisconsin, United States of America
Date
Jul 25, 1907
Page
4
Charles Brandt a Winslow drayman lost a valuable team of colts and narrowly escaped drowning when his wagon entered the Pecatonica river at Winslow. The horses were swept away, collided with a houseboat, and later recovered. Brandt estimates the loss at least 350 dollars.
Express companies with city offices publish a joint rate book under the new interstate law. Uniform rates apply to common points in the United States and Canada, ensuring no discrimination between individuals and shippers. The public may inspect the book at any office, and rates to single-company points are unaffected.
Rev J F Nienstedt to lead a union young peoples meeting at the tent next Sunday evening at 645. Rev M H Fry to speak at 745 on the value of life. In rain, services move to the church. An orchestra will assist with music and invitees from various churches are asked to bring their instruments.
Mrs. Raymond Conner of Shelton Washington says doctors failed to help for years and Foley's Kidney Cure gave immediate relief after the first dose. She claims she is cured and notes the medicine helps kidneys eliminate poisons from the blood, sold at West Side drug store.
In Avon township near the Illinois line Rock County initiates a six mile canal to reclaim about five thousand acres. The project costs twenty two thousand dollars with annual maintenance of one hundred dollars and will create a new water body increasing Sugar River flow. Twenty five farms share costs from ten dollars sixty three cents to four hundred twenty five dollars seventy cents payable over five years.
Heavy rainfall renews old springs and restores abandoned wells near Schultz. Two wells on John Geigel’s farm start flowing again after many years dry, with depths of twenty and forty feet. Geigel notes water rises as rainfall increases, signaling a revival of the region’s water supply.
Parties intending to build cement walks should leave orders at A F Rote's lumber office. Prices will be reasonable and the work good. A F RoTE.
In Bloomsbury England a clergyman conducted a service and preached for about five minutes in an absolutely empty church. The incident highlights vanity and moral reflection as a cautionary tale about virtue.
The Western states of the United States and Canada have more able-bodied men relative to total population than any other region. This concentration stands out in demographic observations and suggests stronger labor capacity locally.
A Yonkers Statesman item describes a breakfast scene in a dog town where poached eggs cannot be prepared, as a thespian asks for eggs and a waiter explains the eggs’ condition prevents poaching. The comic exchange highlights local theater folks and the town’s peculiar dining issue.
A New York Sun reporter with a stutter tries for a Morgan statement. Morg an erupts with What in the devil are you but the reporter, joking through the stammer, declares I am an elocutionist. Morgan smiles and gives the statement.
Outing Magazine describes Winnipeg as a transformed frontier hub with diverse immigrant groups including English, Scotch, Breton, German, Swedish, Norwegian, Austrian, Mennonite, and Galician communities. The piece notes 15 languages in schools and rapid city growth alongside cultural tension as wilderness yields to urban settlement.
Wealthy New Yorker Beverly Farnham and his daughter Emily tour the West and meet Ellery Olmstead, the cowboy artist who sketches Emily by force then earns permission to paint her. The painting sells, draws acclaim in New York and Paris, and Farnham ends with the portrait as payment while Emily stays with the artist on the ranch.
Dr Edward Everett Hale spoke at the divorce reform congress in Washington offering a parable about a bishop and a young woman to critique divorce laws The tale suggests officials cloak indulgence in pious language and fatten on costly legal loopholes.
A traveler describes Cape Town police as Kaffir negro officials with uniform similar to English soldiers. They carry a long spear with a red tassel and a brass ball weapon on a cord and use a lariat like tether to restrain prisoners. They do not bear firearms and act only on orders from white officers.
The piece argues that soft beds and large pillows harm health and appearance, especially for women. A hard bed preserves ventilation and circulation, keeping the flesh firm and the figure graceful.
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