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Newspaper
Monroe Weekly Times
Location
Monroe, Wisconsin, United States of America
Date
May 02, 1907
Page
5
The notice lists subscription rates for the Daily Edition at 25 cents a month or 3 dollars a year and the Weekly Edition at 1 dollar a year in advance. It notes post office entry as second class matter in Monroe Wisconsin and provides the city telephones.
The First National Bank of Chicago offers for sale 20000 dollars of Monroe water works bonds with smaller maturities at a slight premium of one tenth percent. The balance may be held in the bank’s trust department. The bank bought at half percent discount, sold to Harris company at two percent discount, Harris earning one and a quarter percent on the deal. The bulletin also offers City of Chicago 4 percent bonds at par.
The Post Office announces a detailed salary adjustment for rural free delivery carriers by July 1. The new schedule lowers pay with a tiered scale based on route length from 24 miles down to 6 miles, offering amounts ranging from 900 to 396 dollars per year.
Hearing on Colin W. Wrights complaint against the C. M. & St. P. Ry. with the state railroad commission to obtain reasonably adequate passenger train service on the Mineral Point division is set for Tuesday May 4. Wright will appear in support of the complaint after months of preparation.
Wisconsin State Teachers Association will hold its convention in Milwaukee from November 7 to 9. The executive committee chose the dates, shifting from the holiday week, requiring public schools in all cities to close Thursday and Friday, though a bill would pay teachers for the time. School boards statewide have approved the two day vacation.
The Wisconsin Supreme Court affirms the lower court ruling in the case of State ex rel. David Williams against Ole Samuelson. It holds the statute creating the county supervisor of assessments constitutional, that Williams had standing as a county taxpayer, and that the law may require bonds from surety companies without violating self government.
Madison April 30. Robert M. La Follette remains Wisconsin’s sole U.S. senator as Spooner’s resignation takes effect and the legislature fails to name a successor. The Republican deadlock continues with little change in votes while the assembly and senate report progress on many measures. The assembly adopts a constitutional amendment on popular election of senators. other bills face internal debates and postponements as parties argue over primary rules and recall moves.
The assembly backed the Martin bill allowing the board of control to parole prisoners after half their terms with the governor’s consent. Gov La Follette vetoed this measure two years ago over pardoning power, a concern addressed by requiring gubernatorial consent. The Clausen bill on water and light commissions in towns also passed.
Heavy April snow disrupted planting and early gardening as a five to six inch mantle formed overnight. Farmers, short on feed and eager for spring, faced renewed winter conditions across the state.
Mrs. James Bailey's Brodhead home was searched with a warrant by Marshal Chas. Newman. Police found numerous items stolen from the New York Fair and other Brodhead stores over a year. Bailey confessed but faces uncertain prosecution as the family is poor and others in town reportedly shoplift.
German observers warn apples harbor moths that spread Glycyphagus domesticus from Gries to surrounding villages. Larvae reside in blossoms and fruit, then eggs contaminate clothing and furniture when fruit is brought indoors. Cleanse apples and remove peelings to prevent infestation.
A Southwest state representative laments shrinking memory while a colleague jokes that another figure from Indiana, Blank, has ears that hear nothing for words that exit his mouth. The quip underscores public memory and speech misfires with a sharp political edge.
A man hurries up a stair and another cautions him. The top stair says it was only one flight down. The bottom man checks for injuries and groans at perhaps no bones broken.
A Milwaukee buyer declares the horseless age has arrived, saying good horses are hard to find for sale as automo biles fail to match a horse’s power in rugged work. He plans to seek stock in British Columbia and Canada amid a western famine.
Mr and Mrs Wake Whitehead and son Elmer plus Olive Whitehead and Frank Ostrander visited Sunday with Berry Kesler. Sam Holmes and family joined John Myers and kin Friday. Austin Myers visited Rock Grove Thursday. Maud Belveal spent last week at home. Grovie Holmes joined Ransom Holmes family Sunday. Austin Myers with Allethe Barnhill and Ione attended Mr Zimmerman's funeral at Mt Hope. Joe Ohl visited Frank Philips family Sunday.
A Minnesota flour mill’s brands registered in Holland were registered in Dutch names by its Amsterdam and Rotterdam agents. The firm asked for transfers but was refused, leaving the mill unable to use its own brands unless it sells to those two concerns. The issue serves as a warning to other mills to protect their brands under foreign registration laws.
A Scot long in the colonies visits his native glen and chats with an old schoolmate. The stranger asks about Gordie McKay, who is said to be dead. The friend reveals he married Gordie’s widow, explaining his lasting regret.
The article argues that the vandalism of a Roman fountain once attributed to Raphael is unlikely to be the act of Italian vandals. It notes the open display of art in Italy, such as Florence’s Loggia del Lanzi, where priceless works by Vacca, da Bologna, Donatello and Cellini endure despite beggars and peddlers occupying the space for centuries.
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