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Newspaper
Monroe Weekly Times
Location
Monroe, Wisconsin, United States of America
Date
Oct 11, 1906
Page
4
The notice lists daily edition pricing at 2% cents monthly or 83 annually with mail or carrier service and a weekly edition priced at 1 year in advance for Mondays and Thursdays. The publication is entered at Monroe post office as second class matter.
Charles E. Sager of Madison confessed in municipal court to bigamy and living with both wives at 146 East Johnson Street. He says he married Bosse Knudson in 1891 and later wed Margaret Mulholland without divorce, with one child with each wife. He was held on a stabbing charge and jailed on $500 bail.
Jacob Marean 65 a prominent farmer living three miles east of Orangeville was killed Monday afternoon when his team of horses bolted. The tragedy removes a longtime local resident and farming figure.
W E Loucks organizer for the National Good Roads association tours the state to rally farmers and merchants to improve roads. The group held 144 conventions last year across nineteen states and aided lobbying the state legislature, aiming to influence Wisconsin. He plans to visit forty leading cities to gain merchant support.
The season’s first snowfall occurred Tuesday forenoon with a brief shower of tiny particles. Temperatures hovered between 30 and 40 degrees as a cold wind blew. Farmers await the first frost to dry the corn.
Louis Hirsig offers his two lot residence in the First ward for sale at a public auction on Saturday October 13 at 1 o clock. The eight room modern home includes a bath cellar under the entire house a new barn and fruit and shade trees. Possession given November 1. Auctioneers T L Summeril and Son.
Green County cheese factories delivered over 10.4 million pounds of cheese and 44,655 pounds of butter along with 1,249,716 pounds of cheese made on farms. The county totals show 1,457 patrons and 27,380 cows, with New Glarus leading cheese production at a value surpassing 102,000 dollars.
The seat board for the Wickersham lecture on Friday night October 12 will open at Wells and Edelman Thursday morning at 8 oclock. Adult season ticket holders and fifty cent single admission buyers are entitled to reserved seats. The management wishes all tickets used for all five entertainments. season ticket holders unable to attend should pass their ticket to a friend. COMMITTEE.
Physicians tout Hyomei as a stomach free treatment for catarrh. The medicine is inhaled to target nasal and throat germs, offering relief in days and a lasting cure with continued use. Jukenbrod’s Pharmacy backs the product with a money back guarantee and a $1 complete outfit, plus 50 cent refills.
The Secretary of State lists 10 Green County corporate entities including Sugar River Cheese Factory Co and Monroe Mfg Co that failed to file required reports and affidavits. If they do not comply and pay printing fees by January 1, 1907 their rights and franchises will be forfeited on March 1, 1907. Dated Sept 24 1906.
Albany. notice to patrons of many mills and cheese factories including Albany Woolen Mfg Co Attica Cheese Factory Assn and related firms. Secretary of State W L Houser states noncompliance with Chapter 507 laws 1905 dated Sept 24 1906.
A brief humor note from the Philadelphia Press quotes Mr Heamley asking Miss May for a kiss. The witty reply from Miss May states she would not be mad at him but would be mad to permit such an advance.
In a playful exchange, Enid remarks on her new bonnet drawing attention in church. Ed na notes the girls compliment the wearer’s new shoes, reflecting lighthearted social chatter captured by a Puck panel.
The Twin Grove column records visits among local families and neighbors. Tara Matzke travels to Nebraska while multiple Monroe and Spring Grove residents, including the Penn, Ostrander, Pinnow, Bridge, Taylor, and Myers families, exchange weekend visits and attend social gatherings. Frances Blumer completes fall term teaching with a lunch and photos. Kate Belveal is reported ill.
A reflective quote from Jean Ingelow credits God for answered prayers, expressing gratitude for the outcomes not yet witnessed and the blessings she believes were granted through divine care.
A native Chinese writer condemns the sale of girls in China, stating that upon sale they become property with no freeborn rights. The account asserts they receive no labor compensation, endure arbitrary control, and may be resold or cast off, facing tyranny until death or re-sale ends their forced status.
The 1905 chapter lists firms in Brodhead including Jac Marty Cheese Co Brodhead Telephone Co Brodhead Steamboat Co Brodhead Mercantile Assn Brodhead Manufacturing Co Brodhead Dairy Co Bonanza Manufacturing Co of Brodhead dated September 4 1906 as part of the law record.
Republicans and Democrats alike praise Foley's Honey and Tar for coughs colds and throat and lung diseases as safe and sure. F T Lister merchant 171 Main St Gloucester MA writes it cured a three month bad cough when other remedies failed. West Side Drug Store endorses it.
Advertised letters list unclaimed for the week ending October 6 1906 including B B and E G Barlow John M Carlson Lee Davis J W Hayes E C Muzzy D Perry Mrs Jenn Park Fr E Weissenfluh R A Errer P M.
Max Joseph, a noted horse buyer, plans to visit the Fred Ross barn this Saturday to purchase well-fed, large horses. He will consider any fat horse meeting his buyer standards.
An old health notice warns that men over sixty commonly suffer prostate enlargement and kidney disorders. It promotes Foley's Kidney Cure as a remedy, citing Rodney Burnett of Rock Port Missouri as a 91 year old man who improved after two bottles.
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