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Newspaper
Monroe Weekly Times
Location
Monroe, Wisconsin, United States of America
Date
Nov 22, 1906
Page
9
Committee 4 reports on tax certificates for 1903 and 1904 deemed eligible for deeds. Recommends County Clerk issue deeds upon request to holders of certificates numbered 1 2 3 5 6 7 8 9 11 12 4 15 16 17 19 21 28. Signed by John Dreibebis R 38 Gilhes and Ernest Holvomb.
The Finance and Education Committee submits a report approving cancelled county orders and presenting levies for 1906 to fund schools, the poor farm, asylum care, bridges, salaries, and other county needs. It endorses J. C. Penn’s school report and outlines tax apportionments to towns and villages, with total estimates and allocations.
The state civil service commission lists exams for stenographic and typewriting posts in each assembly district on Saturday December 15 1906 open to men and women. Wages range from five dollars per day for stenographers and up to six dollars per day for typewriters with promotions possible and future openings noted for janitors assistants and attendants.
Madison Police Chief Baker travels to Great Falls Montana to secure J Gordon Morse on a charge of defrauding banks. Extradition papers issued by Governor Davidson accompany the pursuit. Morse, who ran a piano business in Madison, conceded his identity to the Great Falls sheriff and awaits transfer back home.
The German National Insurance Company of Chicago, ally of the German of Freeport, re insured in the Dubuque Fire and Marine Insurance of Dubuque Iowa. Ninety seven percent of the German National stock was owned by the German of Freeport, and it had reinsured San Francisco losses of Chicago company to $800 000. The Iowa company will raise capital and enter several new states.
In political circles H A Cooper is regarded as a potential successor to Senator Spooner. Cooper has not commented on the report. Historical mentions note Cooper's 1880s Madison activity and his prior ties to Judge Quarles and La Follette’s election.
The Minnesota Dairy and Food Commission reports Kennedy's Laxative Honey and Tar and Bee's Laxative Honey and Tar contain opiates and cronton oil. It urges refusing all but Foley's Honey and Tar in a yellow package which it says contains no opiates. West Side Drug Store advertises new candies at Krise's Emporium.
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