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Newspaper
Monroe Weekly Times
Location
Monroe, Wisconsin, United States of America
Date
May 20, 1907
Page
2
Daily Edition price details for mail or carrier at 25 cents monthly and 3 dollars yearly. Weekly Edition delivered Mondays and Thursdays at 13 dollars annually in advance. Postal filing note and contact numbers included.
Miss Ada B. Williams trains a juvenile piano group set to perform at Mrs. W. P. Jackson’s East Washington street home on Friday evening May 24. Participants include Katherine Bennett Leona Zilmer Julia Moyer Beatrice Brunet Alpha Wood Helen Stone Frances Klein maier Doris Ladon Bertha Burke Harriet Church Zelda Gapen Florence Gifford Edna Gapen Charlotte Young Morris Jackson Frederick Osborn William Gnagi Joe Bolender Eddie Kleinmaier. An advanced recital will follow later at a time and place to be announced.
The Rush Mail Rule states no special delivery postage will be required after July 1 for immediate delivery of letters. After that date any letter or package bearing 10 cents in stamps marked with special delivery will be treated as if it had a special delivery stamp beyond regular postage.
Col George H Joachim appoints the Baraboo band as regimental band of the First Wisconsin National Guard. The five Milwaukee companies plus Madison and Monroe had competing bands. Baraboo has no company, and the appointment may disturb regiment dynamics.
Nick Biery known as Hunter Nick captured an extra large wild cat near Ames Branch Shullsburg area. The animal lived in a ground hole six feet deep and was dug out by Biery and a Furrer boy. Biery earned a three dollar county bounty at Darlington and will receive three dollars from the state. More wild cats are expected in the area.
A reflection on overconfidence in knowledge, arguing that many assume understanding beyond their real scope. It critiques pride and urges humility in learning.
This fragment offers a moral exhortation about filling life with work and love to keep worries at bay and avoid unpleasantness. It implies a philosophy of productive devotion shaping daily happiness.
Uncle Allen Sparks laments the dirt of politics, saying the blend of unlimited whisky with campaign mud explains the tangled scene. He notes cynicism around public life and the ease of sensationalism shaping political discourse.
A female furniture remover based at Manwell uses vans bearing the slogan Dont worry get married and keep on movin as public appeal reported by the London Evening Standard.
Isaac Stephenson of Marinette was elected United States senator by the Wisconsin legislature on the twenty second joint ballot, defeating George W. Bird and others amid a high profile struggle backed by La Follette and Lieut. Gov. Connor. The vote signals a shift in reform politics with Stephenson pledging tariff reform, interstate commerce regulation, anti trust strengthening, and a constitutional amendment for popular senate elections.
In county court a guardian appointment sought for a dependent boy. the youth, now fifteen, left E. W. Bushnell who had him since age seven. He now resides with Fred Benkett who offers $20 monthly support. Originally placed with Bushnell by the state home for dependent children at Sparta until age eighteen. Bushnell ordered to return him.
The Chicago Milwaukee and St Paul Railway pleaded guilty in New York federal court to two indictments charging rebating violations of the Elkins act. General counsel Charles B. Keeler paid two fines of $10,000 each after arranging to plead guilty to two counts while the remaining indictments were dismissed.
The article states India covers 1 500 000 square miles, the United States 3 500 000, and Russia 8 000 000 square miles marking vast geographic expanses of three major nations.
The passage argues that ideals remain valuable even if few men fully meet them. It states the existence of lofty standards is not diminished by imperfect adherence, emphasizing the moral aim over flawless execution.
Advertised letters for the week ending May 4 1907 include Johann Hofmann, a foreign Chas Wells, and R A Etter postmaster remarks.
Sugar rose 20 cents per hundredweight with further increases likely this week. Current retail price hits $5.50 and could reach $6.00 if wholesale costs climb again. Flour also climbs with wheat markets, though dealers see possible price relief yet.
Cape jasmine roses and carnations offered for memorial use at reasonable prices. Ellen M Hope Es lists contact phone 459 for orders.
Robert R. Watts of Salem Missouri describes five years of kidney illness and failing health. After trying doctors and remedies he used Foley’s Kidney Cure and quickly recovered, noting renewed strength. He warns summer heat and excess drinking can affect kidneys and urges treatment at once with Foley’s. West Side drug store.
A famed New Yorker noticed 11 oysters instead of 12 at his club. After a second night of the same lapse, he protested. The waiter, an Irishman, replied with humor that the guest might avoid being 13 at table, sir.
In parts of England it is customary to display a flag from the schoolhouse roof when all pupils are present, signaling full attendance. The practice marks a rare ceremonial observance tied to student turnout and institutional routines.
Parties planning cement walks urged to leave orders at A. F. Rote's lumber office. Prices promised to be reasonable and work quality good. A. F. Rote.
The Wochenblatt in Grunningen Switzerland serves 1200 residents as the town’s sole newspaper. Pages one and two carry liberal content while pages three and four host social democratic material, with both sides trading sharp attacks.
A Baltimore matron notes her child Harry crying in the nursery. The nurse explains his anger stems from missing a Simmonses visit for a charades game, raising concern about possible illness.
A Reader explains that the atmosphere colors the sky blue and the moon yellow. At 50 miles up the moon appears white and the sky black with daytime stars visible. Stars show red blue violet and green hues based on temperature among burning suns.
The Philosopher of Folly notes that one in six men uses tobacco, adding with satire that only about one in ten uses his own tobacco. The remark highlights shared use and personal consumption in a humorous context.
Advertises Hollister's Rocky Mountain Tea and Tablets by A. F. Lichtenwalner for 35 cents, claiming to purge blotches pimples and impurities from blood and lift users to a higher state of health and happiness.
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