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Newspaper
Monroe Weekly Times
Location
Monroe, Wisconsin, United States of America
Date
Jun 06, 1907
Page
11
The notice lists rates for the Daily Edition at 25 cents per month or 3 dollars per year and the Weekly Edition at 1 dollar per year in advance. It notes delivery details, post office entry as second class matter, and two telephone lines in Monroe Wisconsin with the date June 6, 1907.
William H. Shons Homer Shons and A B Winegar pleaded guilty to conspiracy in restraint of trade over bridge contracts in Stephenson county. Shons brothers faced fines of 1000 dollars each on four counts Homer Shons 200 dollars per count on three counts and Winegar 200 100 and 50 dollars on three counts including costs. The bribery charges were dismissed and several others indicted settled after the reading.
Mayor H. C. Putnam of Brodhead and Mrs. Clara Claycomb wed quietly at the bride’s home after a 9:35 train departure. Clergy Rev J Lloyd Smith performed the ceremony. Officials dispute the license process as Green County faces unusual marriage laws and permits.
Parties planning cement walks are advised to place orders at A F Rore's lumber office. Prices will be reasonable and the work will be good. A F Rore.
Madison May 4 The Wisconsin Assembly adopts a one hundred day session limit after a heated debate led by Bancroft on the anti student voting bill. Vote 37 to 26. Senate approves Platteville mining and La Crosse normal school funding. Other measures include primary election law amendments and a brewery lobbying event near the university. A figurehead tale of Captain Elliot and Old Hickory closes the piece.
A local sharpshooters group formed with thirty seven members and elected officers. President Jack Karlen Jr and Vice President M C Durst lead the club with Henry Hefty as secretary and John Strahm as treasurer. Hulda Theiler is shooting master. Committees were named to draft a constitution and find a shooting location. Next Monday Edw Ruegger will hear committee reports as the club eyes fifty members.
Dispatch from Helena says a 14 foot ledge of rich galena ore has been encountered in the Saltese tunnel for the Chicago Milwaukee and St Paul Railway Co. The find is described as one of the richest strikes in the district.
Clinton Wisconsin business men organize a three day homecoming July 4 5 6 with events including ball games horse racing firemen tournament airship exhibition fireworks and more. The town on the Chicago and North Western and Chicago Milwaukee and St Paul rail lines promotes its water gas system school and progressive community inviting all locals to attend.
A man boarding a southbound through express at Broad Street station suffers a comically painful shoe swap. He reveals he bought oversized shoes hoping for fit, only to discover they are children’s tens, prompting a moment of rueful humor aboard the car.
The London Saturday Review notes drowning is swift with insensibility starting around one minute and death likely by two minutes. It cites Navarino divers failing to stay under two minutes, Red Sea divers about one and a quarter minutes, and Ceylon pearl fishers rarely beyond a minute. A Falmouth case shows eighty feet descent ending fatally after two minutes to surface. resuscitation is possible with vigorous treatment.
The Herald of Stratford on Avon cites a Berkshire register entry from 1598 about a murder linked to football. Ould Gunter and his sons were involved in fatal brawls over the game, showing early football mayhem. Charles II later mocked football as more injurious than skill.
A Success Magazine note extols cheerfulness as superior to drugs. A sunlit physician is valued above remedies and a humorous poem allegedly saved a reader’s life, per an unnamed writer known for cheerful sayings.
A Detroit Free Press report recalls a pastor in a Woodward Avenue church asking, Where do you women put your money? during a foreign missions appeal, and the congregation’s smiles signaled the men knew the answer.
A reflective piece cites Massinger to question collective responsibility for suffering. It argues self accountability precedes blaming others and recalls how choices shape outcomes, urging personal reform and communal humility.
The family expresses deep gratitude to friends and neighbors who assisted during their bereavement for Mary C. Holmes. Mary E. Williams and family extend thanks for support and sympathy.
John Clough recalls a tale of desertion and duty as his seventeen year old son deserts to seek life or death in 1861. The father later shares the boy’s legacy when a general learns of the private’s rally that saved a regiment at Fredericksburg. The elder Clough visits the grave where his son rests.
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