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Newspaper
Monroe Weekly Times
Location
Monroe, Wisconsin, United States of America
Date
Jun 22, 1899
Page
4
Local gossip and arrivals fill a long list of visitors from Freeport Browntown Madison and Monticello. Travelers include Miss Harriet Lagerman Jane ville and Mrs Chas Shriner while others head to Beloit Chicago and Canton for visits work and study.
Local column traces Wednesday visits and departures in Monticello, noting residents traveling to Chicago, Dubuque, and Blooming ton. Names include Mrs Lanthrop, Mrs Black, Miss Collins, Bert Cox, Mr Shoenfield, and Peter Moore. Events cover school activities, concerts, and a July 4 band engagement.
Miss Nellie Lusiter of Janesville visits Albany and stays over Sunday. Miss L V Newman ends school for summer vacation. Albany Rural Neighbors host Brodhead neighbors Saturday. Rev P S Rogers bids farewell sermon and plans Pacific coast departure next Monday. Children’s day observed in Gapeharch and Albany M E church. Baptist church to host Sunday evening observance. Mr W & Pengry and daughter Charlotte of Madison visit relatives near Albany Saturday. Tobacco farmers nearing end of planting. Mr and Mrs Dunvwiddie and Mr and Mrs Frank Newmn of Juda visit Albany area Sunday. Mr and Mrs Price host Michizane friends.
Mrs. Mattie Emerick and her two children visit Monroe friends while Oliv Mouses is cited as a scarlet lever. John Whitehead injures his left finger on a road grader. Large crowd attends Lutheran Church children’s day program. Miss Pearl Hidle visits from Monroe. Fishing trips to Madison favorable. many locals report good times. Several workers and tradesmen active, including bridge work at Skimmer Bottom and new Indians road grader demonstrations. Weather hot. crops light. community movement toward road work and local social visits continue.
The council read and adopted an ordinance granting a telecom franchise for twenty years while regulating poles and storefronts. There were bids for sidewalk work and multiple small payments approved. Mayor Douglas urged support for tornado victims and attendance at a municipal league meeting for cost-effective planning. Local residents and visiting figures were noted in the day’s civic entries.
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