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Newspaper
Monroe Weekly Times
Location
Monroe, Wisconsin, United States of America
Date
Nov 01, 1900
Page
4
Fragmentary OCR lists names and roles for county offices including measurer and surveyor. Mentions Washlee, Wor Register at Deeds, Ly Re May, and others with unclear spellings. No clear outcomes or dates present in readable text.
Democrats have dominated one ticket of good capable men and urge voters to support the entire slate. The appeal stresses duty, turnout, and neighbor mobilization to ensure victory across congressional legislative and county races.
A stream of residents and visitors move between Monticello Madison and Chicago with trips for business and social calls. Names include M P Trent Jacob Figi Clara Schmid Allan Conover Freddie Roth Peter Wells A Vergneon J B Fessenden Mrs Christine Milbein and many others traveling to Chicago Belleville Cincinnati Madison and Milwaukee with arrivals and departures noted through the day.
Prank B Loyheinger and others visit Albany connections. purchases and business movements noted. A baby is welcomed in Janesville. a marriage is announced in Port Angeles. staff changes at a Milwaukee road unit and a milk company board visit are recorded. Voter registry totals and ward updates included alongside a broken thigh injury and a death in Janesville.
The winter term at Toland's Business University begins the first Monday in November with special inducements for entrants. Alb graduates are now employed, while a long social note mentions Mr and Mrs Henry Durst arriving home from a six week course in New Hampshire. A formal dinner for Mars N Blakely and others followed, with a decorated table and a multi-course meal, listing numerous attendees and a planned continuation of treatment by local doctors.
Gov Adams rode a Rio Grande train from Sedana to Denver with a pass stamped by revenue marks stuck in a sweaty pocket book. A conductor doubted the pass and warned the governor, who admitted the stamps were attached by a previous holder. The conductor accepted the pass and the governor celebrated the crew’s accommodation.
Congressman I A Cooper spoke to Green county friends on campaign issues focusing on trusts and imperialism. He contrasted 1890s prosperity with present woes, warned against Bryan’s free silver policy, and argued Republicans would solve trusts and Philippine questions with steady action.
Reports from Germany on practical tests show scarlet as the least hittable uniform color in both movement and rifle-range experiments. In a 10-man field test, light gray, scarlet, dark gray, blue, and green were trialed with scarlet proving hardest to hit. Twenty skilled shooters confirmed scarlet produced more misses than other colors, supporting retention of the national color for military use despite uncertainties.
A travelogue style vent about hunger and thirst among travelers abroad, recounting fantasies of French dinners and ordinary meals, the hunger for pork in a Muslim village, and the grim reality of stale meat and crude meals in old China during a rough journey.
A large silver bowl dated 1702, weighing over 2000 ounces, bears royal engravings and belonged to John Duke of Argyll, given to his daughter Lady Mary Coke of Dalkeith. Similar bowls were used for washing plates and forks at a banquet in Ghent Ortonia, later used for whisky serving until the present duke’s 1950s coming of age.
Various residents travel and visit across towns including Madison Darlington Rockford Milton Junction and Denver. Individuals entering or leaving towns include R S hpley B T Page Dr Will Gosgi and Mrs Fred Alleman with civic events and a marriage license issued to Frank Patterson and Gena Anderson in Monticello.
The item notes All Saigte' day with polling hours, marriage licenses for Edger Kelly of Monroe and Eva Rheinhardt of Cadiz, and mentions Dr Gifford in India connected to a Badger state long distance line. It records county board meeting on Tuesday Nov 13, Toland's University graduates now employed, and a list of local residents deemed competent or insane.
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