Monroe Home Patronage Proved Vital to Local Trade
A promotional piece extols Monroe Wisconsin as a thriving county seat on three rail lines with extensive facilities. It highlights churches, schools, hospital, hotels, factories, banks, an opera house, six newspapers, and a strong dairy economy. It urges residents to support home merchants to sustain growth and land values.
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Monroe
Green County
Madison
Janesville
Milwaukee
Ross and Keegan Become Leading Monore Grocers
Ross and Keegan, new merchants in Monroe and Green County, operate groceries, crockery, glassware, and more from a 40x100 foot South Jackson Street store with a second-floor showroom and basement. They employ eleven staff, offer fresh stock daily, maintain a wholesale trade, and invite the public to inspect prices before ordering.
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Monroe
Ross & Keegan
Green County
G. A. Karlen
First National Bank
Big Joe
Seal of Minnesota
L. Ross
H. A. Keegan
Lichtenwalner's Monroe Store Showcases Diverse Goods
A. F. Lichtenwalner runs a large East Side Square store in Monroe offering drugs paints oils groceries fruits and provisions. The 24 by 100 foot building carries medicines perfumes wall paper and sundries with a strong emphasis on compound prescriptions and family recipes. The ad highlights competitive cash prices fast delivery and local tobacco products from Holcomb's cigar factory plus Holcomb's retail shop on the east side.
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East Side Square
A. F. Lichtenwalner
Monroe
Lichtenwalner
Alvin F Rote Lumber Yard Highlighted in Monroe
The sketch profiles Alvin F Rote of Rote Lumber Coal Plaster Cement and Salt near St Paul Railway Depot. A leading Monroe merchant, he offers white and yellow pine lumber sash doors shingles cedar posts and wagon box material with an emphasis on quality. He provides blueprint plans estimates and a wide stock history of trusted dealings, inviting customers to compare prices.
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St. Paul
Monroe
Green County
Rote
the Times
R T Holcomb Ships Cigar Brands At Walker's Stand
R T Holcomb maker at Walker's Old Stand introduces Gold Bar Pony and Shoe Peg cigars and other brands. He recently succeeded George Walker two months ago and employs six to eight skilled workers at East Side Square.
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Walker
East Side Square
R. T. Holcomb
George Walker
Becker Lumber and Hardware Leader in Monroe since 1899
WM A Becker operates a large Monroe based lumber and hardware business since 1899. He stocks lumber lath shingles sash doors mouldings building paper hardware paints oils glass salt cement tents awnings and builders supplies. The Times notes his extensive stock low prices and strong customer service building a profitable trade with two employees and steady activity.
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Monroe
Green County
Becker
Times
W. J. Knight West Side Clothier and Furnisher Ad
Green county’s Monroe retailer W. J. Knight offers Hart Shaffner and Marx suits and Ederheimer Stein & Co. boys wear in a 26 by 100 foot West Side storefront. Knight has served Monroe twelve years with three clerks and mail order pricing.
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Monroe
W. J. Knight
Green County
Knight
Hart Shaffner and Marx
Ederheimer Stein & Co
Krise’s Café and Confectionery at East Side Square
E B Krise & Company operates a refined confectionery ice cream parlor in Monroe offering short order lunches, cigars, chocolates and imported candies. The store features a soda fountain and seasonal oysters and includes delivery for picnics, weddings and parties. Krise opened five years ago and draws steady patronage.
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E. B. Krise & Company
East Side Square
Monroe
E. B. Krise
America
Krise
Monroe's Leading Druggist and Local Brewery Prominent in Green County
W F Trukenbrod operates Monroe Wisconsin's only exclusive drug store on East Side Square since 1892, offering a full line of medicines, perfumes, and stationery with a model prescription department. The article also notes Blumer Brewing Co run by Adam Blumer since 1891 producing 15000 barrels annually with Bloomer's Tonic and keg or bottled beer.
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Monroe
East Side Square
Wisconsin
Green County
Trukenbrod
Ing
Monore
Adam Blumer
Yo Wae
Blumer Brewing Co
Monroe Planing Mill Co Drives Local Industry Spotlight
The Monroe Planing Mill Co on South Jackson Street showcases an extensive establishment in Monroe. The article praises the mill for its varied offerings including sash doors screens interior finish and mill work, highlighting its importance to local industry.
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South Jackson Street
Monroe
Monroe Planing Mill Co
Mistaken Word Contest Promises Prizes at Times Storefront
Advertisements on the page invite readers to spot misspelled words, assemble them into a correct sentence, and mail or drop it at the Times office for a chance to win prizes. First prize is a clock, followed by a toilet and manicure set, a baseball glove and mask, and a watch.
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Times Office
W F Zilmer Jeweler and Music Specialist Opens Monroe Store
W F Zilmer jeweler on East Side Square offers fine watches clocks jewelry fountain pens silverware cut glass and china. He is local agent for Ivers Pond and Walter Lane pianos and sells Victor Edison talking machines with discs and records. He promotes low margins quick turnover and easy payment plans backed by expert repair service making his shop a regional highlight.
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East Side Square
Monroe
W. F. Zilmer
Ivers & Pond
Walter Lane
Victor Edison
Zilmer
Carroll Bros Wholesale and Retail Groceries Ad
Carroll Bros advertise a wide range of groceries coal wood feed grain lime and cement with carefully selected canned goods fruits provisions spices flour teas and coffees. They claim to be extensive dealers in flour feed lime plaster cement and other building supplies.
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Jackson Street
Carroll Bros
Monroe Planning Mill Co Promises Quality Building And Cheese Supplies
The Monroe Planning Mill Co offers wood turning, scroll sawing, planing, brackets, mouldings, screens, sash doors, and finish work. It also makes cheese supplies, boxes, tanks, and related items, sells roofing and cement, employs twelve experienced mechanics, and advertises low prices, quality, and prompt service.
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Monroe
Monroe Planning Mill Co
Blumer Brewing Co. Highlighting Quality American Lager
The Blumer Brewing Co reports its Monroe brewery as a model of cleanliness and efficiency. It touts American craft beating old-country standards, with top hops and malt, and skilled brewers producing a pure, flavorful lager.
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America
Old Country
Blumer Brewing Co
Monroe
Blumer Brewing Co’s
C H Schneider Cigar Brand Highlighted In Local Notice
The notice praises C H Schneider manufacturer of Samuel Woodworth and El Vigor ten cent cigars and Commerce and A New One five cent cigars. It notes four expert cigar makers employed, a renal department for tobaccos, and urges local merchants to stock his goods to support home industry.
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Samuel Woodworth
el Vigor
United States
C. H. Schneider
Monroe
Schneider
Burke Plumber Steam and Gas Fitting at 210 West Washington
Fred T Burke offers plumbing steam and gas fitting along with bath tubs sinks and fittings from his Monroe business at 210 West Washington Street. He employs several staff and guarantees satisfaction on all jobs promising prompt service and competitive prices compared with outside contractors.
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Fred T. Burke
West
Washington St
Burke
Monroe
New Monroe House Promises Quality Stay in Monroe Wisconsin
Henry Kundert operates the New Monroe House a three story hotel in Monroe Wisconsin offering sample rooms good stabling and a bar. The steam heated building with electric lights toilets and baths is priced at 1.00 per day and has attracted traveling men and locals since October 1906 with growing trade and high reputation.
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Henry Kundert
Monroe House
Monroe Wis
Green
Mr. Kundert
Monroe
Clark & Timmons Footwear Highlighted in Monroe Trade
Clark and Timmons shoe store on Monroe's South Side Square is a popular destination for residents of Monroe and Green County. The shop emphasizes neatness, style, quality, and fit, with a focus on Julia Marlow and Foster shoes for ladies and Ralston Health Shoes for men.
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Julia Marlow
Foster
Ralston Health
South Side Square
Clark & Timmons
Monroe
Green County
Ralston Health Shoes and Clark & Timmons Promotion
Clark & Timmons, Monroe merchants since July 1906, offer Ralston health shoes for men and a wide assortment. They emphasize quality at low prices, serving all ages, with 5 percent cash discount over $1 on shoes for users of the People's Discount check books.
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Ralston
Clark & Timmons
Monroe
Ready-to-Wear Spring Sale at Big Store
The Big Store offers Oriental and floral patterns in ready-to-wear with deep discounts. Highlights include 100 all wool skirts reduced from $6.50 to $4.45 to $12.00 and all-wool spring suits in black gray blue and tan now $4.98, with jackets or skirts available.
June Bride Outfits In New Weaves And Ribbons
A large stock of sheer white and colored fabrics, ribbons, laces, embroideries, gloves, and hosiery is advertised for brides in June. The notice emphasizes newest weaves, soft clinging textures, and popular prices with abundant quantities.
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Ross
Keegan
North Side Square
Alvin F, Rote
R T. Holcomb
WM. A. Becker
West Side Clothier and Furnisher
W. F. Trukenbrod
Washington Street
New Monroe House
MBO
Wis Ca
Templeton
Axminster Raven
Planing Mill Co
R.B. Clark
C. E. Secor
Clack
Secor
Drs. Rideout & Clark
Stephenson Street
Freeport, Ill Wi
D. W. B. Mearee
Mollister
Rocky Mountain
Hovisater Diye Company
Wis
Guldew
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