Concert Delights Turner Hall With Music And Comedy
A large Turner hall crowd enjoyed an all day program featuring the Badger Girls orchestra and local dramatic talent. Mrs Nettie Wegg directed the varied program with piano four hands and violin duet performances delighting the audience. An English one act comedy My Precious Betsy drew strong applause and solidified the evening as a notable local cultural event.
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Badger Girls
Turner Hall
Nettie B. Wegg
Nellie Burke
Cecil White
Il Trovatore
Helen Stearns
Alice Cornelius
Dorothy Stearns
Horace Wells
Arthur Etter
George Marty
Anna Marty
Carl Ruegger
Wegg
Ella Lemont
Barbara Blotz
Garrett Erickson
Whitewater
Erickson
Ada B. Williams
Miss Twining
Man Wanted Next Monday Morning at Freezerbricks Yard
A notice seeks a man reported missing from Freezerbricks yard with a request for contact by the next Monday morning. Police urge anyone with information to come forward.
Lights Were Low in Saloon Heist Case atjefferson Street
Frank Monahan faces lar ceny charges after Mike Keegan alleges a $20 gold piece vanished from his hand at John Aeschlimann's saloon on South Jefferson Street. Witnesses place Monahan at the scene May 4 during a drinking game. The case moved to Justice Ruegger after a venue change. District Attorney McGrath leads the state examination. P J Clawson defends.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Frank Monahan
Mike Keegan
Monahan
Thos. Luchsinger
Edw. Ruegger
John Aeschlimann
South Jeffersons Street
Keegan
McGrath
Rural Carriers Favor Regular Schedule Over Vehicle Use
Post office officials discourage motorized mail delivery unless machines can be used six to nine months yearly without disrupting schedules. Some carriers already use motorcycles and one has purchased a car, with permits required. Patrons favor early delivery, and machines have proven successful where employed.
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Post Office Department
Etter
Flowers Scarce as Memorial Day Approaches
Weather must improve soon or blooms will be thin this year with narcissus late past May 30 and lilacs delayed for Veterans Day. Tulips show frost damage and pansies grow slowly while carnations stay scarce at 50 cents per dozen, higher than the usual 35 cents.
Medicine Search Fails for Hollister's Tea in Tea or Tablets
A. L. Lichtenwalner reports a long day of planning and searching from morning till night for a medicine to replace Hollister's Rocky Mountain Tea but cannot locate it. Tea or Tablets priced at 35 cents.
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Hollister
A. L. Lichtenwalner
A. F. Lichtenwalner
Harvest of Death and Local Obituary Notes
Multiple deaths and funerals announced in Monroe area notices. Mrs. Elizabeth Eaton, born in Berlin, Germany in 1863, dies after illness. James A. Benson of Jefferson town dies after diabetes. Mrs. Mary C. Holmes dies at county farm after long illness. Jeremiah Shea dies at 98 after long residence in the city. Mrs. Patrick Sheehan dies in Chicago after pneumonia. William Huebner, 22, dies from appendicitis in Cadiz. funeral arrangements noted for each.
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Mary C. Holmes
Jeremiah Shea
Elizabeth Eaton
J. H. Eaton
Loofbouron Hospital
Cincinnati
New Orleans
Mrs. Eaton
Berlin
Germany
United States
Eaton
Trenton
New Jersey
Chas. Easten
Ida Knowles
Herman Kasten
Eau Claire
James A. Benson
Green County
Jefferson
Diabatis
Mr. Benson
Massachusetts
Lillian A. Humphrey
North
Jackson Street
Benson
Co. K
First Wisconsin Cavalry
John Benson
Sophus Benson
Benjamin Benson
Lillian Kubly
Ortha Scott
James Benson
Clarno
M. E. Church
Madison
Cadiz
John Layton
James Mayhew
Emery Holmes
Mary Williams
Patrick Sheehan
Chicago
Frank Barry
Anna
Mary Sheehan
Dan Sheehan
Henry Sheehan
Montana
Arthur Sheehan
St. Louis
William Huebner
August Huebner
Staver Church
Monroe Highs Win 11–10 Over Brodhead at Fair Ground
Monroe high school baseball defeated Brodhead 11 to 10 in a Saturday game played at the fair ground. Monroe secured the win in a tight contest with late scoring and strong plays from their lineup.
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Brodhead
Fair Ground
Monroe
Beloit Telephone and Bell system plan consolidation
Beloit residents learn that Beloit Telephone and Bell system unite with local control. Bell property valued at 60000 but worth about 200000. local firm at 40000, new company capital 100000. Independent line stock 20000. bonds extra 12000. per share value about 125. New rates: business phones four dollars monthly, two phones for firms five dollars, residences two dollars, party line nickel-in-the-shar with deadheading.
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Beloit Telephone Company
Bell System
Beloit
Bell Company
Rockford Royal Arcanum Plans Large July Picnic
The Rockford order of the Royal Arcanum will host a public picnic in late July likely at Harlem park with Royal Arcanum members from nearby cities in Illinois and Wisconsin. The event aims to revive the Inter-State Picnic association after a two year lull and attract several hundred attendees with an elaborate sports program.
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Rockford Order of the Royal Arcanum
Harlem Park
Royal Arcanum
Wisconsin
Rockford
Picnic Association
State agency fights judge over guardianship of Sparta ward
Dispute erupts as Elsie Loomis of the state home arrives to reclaim Emmet Kenyon, a ward placed with Monroe township family nine years ago. The state contends Judge Becker exceeded authority by naming a guardian, while Kenyon seeks earnings from Benket and seeks independence at sixteen. The state vows habeas corpus if needed and argues wards remain under state guardianship until eighteen.
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State Home
Sparta
Black River Falls
Bushnell
F. E. Benkett
Supt
Park
Becker
Beckett
Miss Loomis
Senator La Follette Bears Hunt Start in Colorado
Senator La Follette begins a bear hunt in the Muddy district of Colorado with guide Jake Borah today. He joins many sending congratulations to senator-elect Isaac Stephenson. A testimonial for Hollister's Rocky Mountain Tea promotes beauty products at 35 cents.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
la Follette
Colorado
Jake Borah
Isaac Stephenson
War Department Auditors Clarify Civil War Bounty Rules
The auditor of the war department releases guidance on the March 4 1907 act, stating it does not authorize new bounty for Civil War veterans and outlines when additional or refunded bounties may be paid. The notice requires full veteran details, enlistment and discharge dates, and kinship if deceased, and directs letters to the auditor and treasury departments.
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War Department
Treasury Department
Real Estate Sales Activity in Monroe and Surrounding Townships
A series of land transfers are listed including Jacob Deitz to Adam Mahl for lots 165 and 166 in Monroe totaling 1,000 dollars, Patrick Nalty to William Koepnick for 40 acres in Monroe township at 4,000 dollars, and Conrad Wyss to Louise Fritz Steckle for multiple Monroe city parcels at 1,200 dollars. Other transfers cover Sylvester, Mt Pleasant, Albany, and Belleville areas with prices ranging from 350 to 21,500 dollars and involving parcels, strips, and donations.
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Jacob Deitz
Adam Mahl
City of
Monroe
Patrick Nalty
William Koepnick
Monroe Township
Conrad Wyss
Louise Fritz Steckle
Lybrand
Rattan
Jacob Speich
Ernest Berndt
Sylvester
Walter Grinnell
Chas. L. Wackman
Mt. Pleasant
G. H. Turner
Albany
Clayton ‘Spaulding
Annie Elmer
Bowker’s Ad
Belleville
Thos. Curran
Lybrand’s
Kattan’s
Della Albertson, Et. al
John Kittleson
Albany Township
Wm. Muller
Mathias Marty
What is Catarrh and the Hyomei Treatment
Catarrh is an inflammation of the nose throat and lungs with many symptoms. Hyomei is presented as the scientific and commonsense cure, inhaled via a special device. The complete outfit costs $1.00 and Trukenbrod's Pharmacy offers a money back guarantee if it does not cure.
Republican caucus dynamics shape Hatten nomination odds
The report notes Harring sick in bed at Armenia Jackson at Colby attending his ailing wife and Wolf absent all week If any two of them had attended the Republican senatorial caucus Wednesday night Hatten might have secured the nomination
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Harring
Armenia
Jackson
Colby
Wolf
Hatten
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Shea
Emerson Street
Elgin
Helen Shea
St. Victor’s Church
Sheehan
Huebner
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Judge Becker
Board of Control
Senator LA Follette
Adam Mahle
Fannie B. Deitz
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