Local notices and social notes from Monroe edition
Community briefs list travel, purchases and personal moves from Monroe including visits to Janesville Milwaukee Albany Albany and Dubuque. Mentions residents Mrs S P Schadel Miss Anna Chryst Miss Erna Berkey and Frank Matt Myrtle Devoll among others. Also reports concerts births sales and a missing larger notice about a $10 to $20 bill reward.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
A. L. Noel
Milwaukee
S. P. Schadel
Orangeville
George E. Thorp
Madison
J.B. Shank
Warren
Ill
John Lanacher
J. H. Eaton
Walter Wescott
Dubuque
Erna Berkey
Edgerton
Colin W
Frank Matt
Myrtle Devoll
Brooklyn
Eugene White
Jos. White
Ferdinand Ingold
Square
Times Office
Saturday Gossip from Madison and Nearby Towns
Messrs Bast and Hecktoen travel to Madison while Kennedy and Shepley visit Monticello and Chicago respectively. Dr Beidler and Schempf visit Freeport and Brodhead as Figs returns from Chicago. Christensen comes home from Mankato and Burgi arrives with his bride from Switzerland. Mrs Bolender attends a chrysanthemum show in Orangeville.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Nettie Booth Wegg
Orangeville
Andrew Winden
J. A. Beidler
Freeport
W. F. Schempf
Brodhead
Marie Hecktoen
Madison
Monticello
C. R. Shepley
Chicago
C. F. Christensen
Mankato
Minn
Jacob Burgi
Bride
Switzerland
John Bolender
Thanksgiving Firemen Ball and town notes in brief
WEWS notes a busy town with the annual Firemen’s Ball planned, local visits to Albany and Monticello, new homemade candies at Krise’s Emporium, sorghum and pickles for sale, and multiple residents returning from trips. The Janesville football team crushed Lake Mills 75 to 0 and heads to Fort Atkinson, while local clubs meet tonight and items at the Armory, Shar’s grocer, and J.J. Tsechudy’s visit are reported.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Krise
Emporium
Margaret Burgy
Chas H. Lohr
Orangeville
Chas. Geissberger
Brodhead
S.R. Greenwald
Marie Feldmann
Monticello
Paul Hodges
Madison
Miller & Son
Rev. J. Smith
John Baird
George Baird
D. M. Tree
W. B. Shafer
James Manney
E. F. Wells
Janesville
Lake Mills
Fort Atkinson
Monroe
Erratic Engines and the Ghostly Train Superstitions
The piece notes Friday and the 13th as unlucky for ships and locomotives, recounting that two engines from identical plans can differ wildly in performance. One runs smoothly, the other fails, sometimes fatal, earning the name hearse. crews even quit rather than drive it.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
South Florida
New York Herald
The Art of Flattery in Friendly Speech
The piece reflects on instinctive flatterers who offer verbal care to all, guided by a warm heart. It notes flattery can brighten life, but true flattery requires sincerity. with a kind heart the art may seem harmless and even likable, especially in women.
Church Ball of Bulrushes of Perth Built by Soldiers
The first WA church was a bulrush structure in Perth built soon after 1820 by soldiers. It served as a place of worship on Sundays and occasionally as an amateur theater during weeks, while also functioning as barracks.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Western Australia
Perth
The Pawnbroker Sign and Its Florentine Roots
The pawnbroker's sign originated with Lombard bankers who borrowed it from the Medici family of Florence. An ancestor in the house was a medicus who became a banker. his descendants used six golden pills on a blue field as their heraldic arms, later nobility adopting the emblem.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Florence
Sunny People and the Joy of Helping the Poor
A reflective note on cheerful individuals and the need to aid the less fortunate. It argues joy is accessible and moral aid, like lending a garment of praise, can be more valuable than material support such as blankets, citing Henry Drummond.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Henry Drummond
Dog shooting costs fined in Rock Grove township
Freeport Bulletin reports Justice Goddard fined Frank Maurey $8.00 and costs for shooting a dog owned by Percy Wise at the Maurey place. A warrant was served by Constable Portner, total fine and costs $23.75.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Freeport Bulletin
Rock Grove Township
Justice Goddard
Frank Maurey
Percy Wise
Maurey Place
Constable Portner
County Board Proceedings Report of Committee No. 2
Green County committee reviews accounts for county officers and property. Totals show claims allowed, salaries proposed, and building repairs including a $2000 cold stage plant and $75 painting allowance. Readiness to adopt recommended salaries and allocations for the coming year.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Board of Supervisors
Green County
J. M. Becker
J. M. Stauffacher
Sam Blum
B. T. Raymond
J. C. Penn
J. C. Steinman
J. L Sherron
Summers
J. C. Baker
Poor
Fred
W. H. Fegurson
Indigent Soldiers Relief Commission
Greet County Losane
Piano Delivered Same Day to Dr. Moyer
G W Spiegel received a Strohber piano in imported mahogany from Chicago’s Schrohber factory. Dr. Moyer, impressed by its tone and finish, agreed to buy if delivery could be today, and Spiegel confirms delivery was completed on schedule.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
G. W. Spiegel
Schrohber
Chicago
Unclaimed Letters Advertised for Week Ending Nov 17 1906
Advertised letters for the week ending November 17 1906 include W T Campbell Rev O Heinke Tillie Krunmon Daniel Loring Jackie Marty Aileen Morris Peter Rasaussen Marady Smith E G Tracy John West R A Errer P M. Subscribe for The Limes now.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
W. T. Campbell
Rev. O'Heinke
Tillie Krunmon
Daniel Loring
Jackie Marty
Aileen Morris
Peter Rasaussen
Marady Smith
E. G. Tracy
John West
R. A. Errer
P. M
Real Estate Transfers In Monroe And Adams Counties
Real estate sales include R B Gifford and E P Mitchell transferring lot 3 block 2 Tullman's addition Monroe city to Ellen Keegan for $1 and exchange of properties. Ellen Keegan and Frank Keegan sell 80 acres section 36 Adams to R B Gifford and E P Mitchell for $1440.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
R. B. Gifford
E. P. Mitchell
Ellen Keegan
Tullman’s
City of
Monroe
Frank Keegan
Adams
Weather Forecast for Chicago Tonight and Tuesday
The official forecast calls for generally fair conditions tonight and Tuesday with colder temperatures tonight.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Chicago
Dairy and Food Commission Endorses Foley’s Honey and Tar
The report faults Kennedy’s and Bee’s Laxative Honey and Tar for containing opiates and cronton oil, labeling them poisonous. It urges consumers to refuse all except Foley’s Honey and Tar in a yellow package, which is claimed to have no opiates or dangerous drugs and to be the best cough and cold cure. West side drug store.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Minnesota Dairy and Food Commissions
Kennedy
Foley
West Side Drug Store
Mystic Workers German Supper At Armory This Wednesday
The Mystic Workers plan a German supper at the armory Wednesday evening serving Weiners roast beef mashed potatoes sauerkraut potato salad cold slaw pickles biscuits cranberry sauce German cake coffee apples. Congressman Cooper will lecture on Some of the Incidents of Secretary Taft's Trip to the Orient at Madison Thursday in the Turner opera house Friday. Admission is free in Monroe.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Mystic
Armory
Congressman Cooper
Taft
Orient
Madison
Turner Opera House
Monroe
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Monroe Weekly Times
Emery A. Odell
Bridge’s Block
South Jackson Street
Ofice
Monroe, Wis
F. B. Fager
Forreston, Til
Wm. Smith
Fred Freeze
Anna Chryst
Albany
Co. A. Lytle
Blanchardville
Burkhalter’s
Jolly Six Club
James Nee
George Myers
John Bleiler
Herbert
St. Prairie du Lac News
Alvina Elmer
W. J. Hillman
Cooper
Turner Hall
A. J. Stiff
Harmonie Glee Club
Carrie Sullivan Palmer
Fred Gerber
Harmonie
Olive Eley
Kalamazoo, Mich
Chas. Morgan
Fred Ingold’s
South Side
Schiesser's
North Side
George O. Pietzsch
Roberts
Wis
Chas. French
Daniel Eyrick
Mary Steinmann
W. L. Brand
Ingold’s
James Morton
Farmer Street
F. F. Liebly
Ivanhoe Lodge
Knights of Pythias
Beloit
District K. of P
F. W. Byers
J. R. Byers
Minneapolis
Frederick DeHaven Byers
Bleiler & Stearns
Grandview Addition
Sweeper
Ray Bast
D. Kennedy
S. P. Figs
H. N. B. Caradine
James Dolan
Matt Elmer
Emil Voegels
L. Barlow and Daughter
A. C. Trachsel
Anna Wenger
St. Louis
D.S. Young
Fred J. Marty
New Glarus
Shar’s
C. G. Schoeffel
J.J. Tsechudy
Iver Winden
Dixon
Andrew G. Winden
Loofbourow
James Fitzgibbons
W. B. Gnagi
Fitzgibbons
Baltimore
A. F. Lichtenwalner
Flattery
Indianapolis Star
County Board Proceedings
H. A. Cooper
Will
The
Tropics
Account International
Milwaukee & ST. Paul
F. A. Miller
Weather Forecast
Dairy and Food Commission
Dially
New York
Washington
D. C
Mollister
Rocky Mountain
C. M
St. P. Ry
Mineral Point Division
P. W. Puffer
Gen. Pass
Illinois Central
R. R
West
Omaha
Denver
Ll. L. Lamp, Agt
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