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Newspaper
Monroe Weekly Times
Location
Monroe, Wisconsin, United States of America
Date
Oct 04, 1906
Page
8
A long brief list covers daily movements of residents visiting or departing Monroe Argyle Janesville Rockford and Chicago. It notes a marriage license Rock County license issuance rail trips and attendance at church events with several local business notes and society reminders.
Wednesday notices show A. L. Noel in Albany Chas. E. Miller in Monticello Pearl Baird travels to Monticello Andrew Trickle departs for Faulkton S. D. Henry Hoesly at Platteville returns Burr Sprague from Brodhead and Dr. Glen Saucerman goes to Browns Town detailing movement of local figures.
Smoke the Sweeper. Dr J D Soseman is in Chicago. Go to C L Chambers for wall paper. W F Blackford went to Judo today. James Mahar is in the city from Dill. Smoke Our Special best 5 cent cigar. Carl Wetzler went to Janesville this Fred Trachsel went to Madison this Three houses to rent. Enquire of J H Eaton. C A Gifford is spending the day at Brodhead. Mrs Mollie Hoehn is spending the tire at Freeport. Burn Magic Safety kerosene. It dont smoke.
William Rosenthal sold his eighty acre farm three miles east of the city to Wm. Miller for $9,000. The sale was arranged through George Whalen, Inc. C. Wenger & Co. received an order for a box of brick cheese from Ringling brothers to be shipped to the circus in Fort Worth. The circus bought a cheese box while here.
Official forecast for Chicago notes generally fair conditions tonight and Friday. No precipitation is expected with mild to moderate temperatures across the area.
A complaint to an eminent English bishop about a clergyman wearing an Oxford master’s hood without the degree. The complainant calls it wearing a tie on his back. The bishop replies we need not use strong language and suggests calling it a false hood.
A humorous exchange notes that marriage improves a man's politeness. She quips that he now offers a chair, whereas before wedlock he only gave half a chair, highlighting the change with witty contrast.
In Lake Titicaca, iron chains anchors or other metal items remain bright and untarnished after weeks or months underwater, showing no rust and resisting corrosion as if freshly forged.
A witty exchange reveals a woman, now married, still seeking her long-lost husband. The man recalls her ongoing quest, noting she continues to search, particularly at night.
A banker jokes to the new cashier that if she ever wants to run off with the cash he will go with her, a quip reported in the Fliegende Blatter.
Advertisement style note promoting Hollister's Rocky Mountain Tea as a beauty booster. Claims that "the most awkward and ungainly woman" can become "a beautiful lovely creature" through using the tea or tablets priced at 35 cents. By A. F. Lichtenwalner.
Anita Townsend and Arthur Brewerton were fated to wed after Mrs. Townsend engineered a staged shoe mishap at a Flemings party to pressure a match. A pink kid slipper and quick thinking revealed the ruse, leading to an engagement and eventual marriage.
An advertisement warns men past sixty of kidney and bladder disorders from enlarged prostate. It promotes Foley's Kidney Cure as a remedy, citing a testimonial from Rodney Burnett of Rock Port Missouri who, at 91, reports marked improvement after two bottles.
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