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Newspaper
Monroe Weekly Times
Location
Monroe, Wisconsin, United States of America
Date
Mar 25, 1907
Page
2
Weekly edition notes Mondays and Thursdays publishing cadence with a yearly prepaid rate of one dollar. It records entry at Monroe post office as second class matter, indicating mailing status and prepayment terms.
Detective J W Cowan of the Chicago Milwaukee St Paul Railway was shot in the leg while stopping two men tampering with track wires at Anderson station near Janesville. He fought them off, they fled, a hobo James Ryan was picked up nearby. no weapon found. Wound not serious. Cowan had served three nights on duty.
At a Darlington meeting all fairs in the Southwestern Wisconsin circuit agreed to increase single admission to 35 cents. Green county fair is part of the circuit. Monroe fair keeps last year’s speed program with trots now two to five seconds faster.
City Clerk Gettings will place nominated candidates on the election ballot. Those who decline to serve will have their names printed on the ticket. Candidates who filed nomination papers also filed a declaration of acceptance. Gettings, nominated for supervisor on both tickets in the Fourth ward, will run on the democratic ticket leaving a republican vacancy. Vacancies may be supplied by party committees. The election notice will be published Monday.
Advertised letters list includes Rosa Bolliger Mrs Frances Blumer James Clifton Fred Dickow Emma Gempeler Dr Hangler Hans Johan Doff Everett Keel Mrs E E Smith Albert Swartz Steuty Tylius Otto Wesenberg and others. Entries reflect post office unclaimed mail, with recipients' names and week ending date.
Madison March 22 A conference of La Follette allies may back Esch in the Senate bid after disputes over a declaration of principles. Esch, Lenroot, Hatten and Cooper clash over endorsements while a fire marshal bill and a licensing reform draw action in the Assembly. Senate approves county superintendent term extension. a recess is set March 28 to April 8.
James Shippee and William Cole, highway commissioners of Waddams, pleaded guilty in Freeport circuit court to a letting charge on the McConnell bridge contract. Each was fined 200 with costs to 222.10. Homer Shows faced a 2 500 bond. conspiracy charges against him suggest efforts to curb competition. State’s Attorney Burrell hinted at broader investigations into coal and lumber trust methods in Freeport and related public contracting practices.
The post master general may set rural carrier salaries at up to 900 dollars annually after July 1, 1907, with about 22,800 carriers benefiting. Longer routes receive the largest gains, while shorter routes currently paid 504 to 540 dollars will see proportional increases. Substitutes also gain, totaling an estimated 5.9 million dollars more in rural delivery costs.
West Side Drug Store states Foley's Honey and Tar cough remedy is unaffected by the National Pure Food and Drug Law as it contains no opiates or harmful drugs and is recommended for children and adults as a safe remedy.
G B Burhans of Carlisle Center N Y reports four years of symptom relief after using Foley's Kidney Cure claiming brick dust sediment pain and kidney disease symptoms disappeared. He says no relapse and endorses Foley's Kidney Cure for kidney or bladder trouble via West Side Drug Store.
Advertises Hollister Rocky Mountain Tea as a daily health product promising wellness for business men. Claims include keeping people well and preventing illness. Price listed as 35 cents with attribution to A. F. Lichten walner.
Orino Laxative Fruit Syrup stimulates the liver and cleanses the system to clear pimples and blotches. It is described as mild and pleasant, best for women and children, not causing griping or sickness, and superior to pills and ordinary cathartics. West Side Drug.
Mary Hewer pleads for her brother Arthur Hewer as he faces execution on Tower Hill during Charles II era. A young clergyman prays for two hours with royal permission, and Sir Richard Vyner brings a pardon from the king, saving Arthur from death. Mary and Vyner later unite, and Arthur rises to naval fame while Mary becomes Lady Vyner.
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