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Newspaper
Monroe Weekly Times
Location
Monroe, Wisconsin, United States of America
Date
Oct 11, 1906
Page
6
In 1905 prose, Virginia and a cautious Reverend Billy end their charitable deed and withdraw from town. They leave Adams, cross the frozen embankment and ice bridge, and return to Rosemary where a worried chaperon wonders at their prolonged absence.
Winton rides the rear platform with Town Marshal Biggin to inspect the C. and G. R. extension beyond Argentine. In Carbonate they gather data on ore traffic, meet wary locals, and plan a stay at the Buckingham while court business looms.
Winton and ex-cowboy Biggin confront a drunken bully in Argentine court, then dodge a post-arrest trap by rushing to catch an outbound train. A telegram from Virginia warns of a plot to stall the railroad financier, prompting a rapid hill country escape and alignment with tracksmen.
Milwaukee reports that Mrs. Frederick Pabst has died, ending Capt. Pabst’s $7 million estate trust. The will provides a $50,000 widow annuity, then equal distribution of income among Gustav G. Pabst Frederick Pabst Jr Mrs. Maria Goodrich and Mrs Emma Schandein. Upon Mrs Pabst’s death the estate goes to those children and granddaughter Elisabeth Pabst with $1 million in Pabst Brewing stock allotted to Elisabeth, as similar stock had been given to each child earlier.
Giles H Spear a Milwaukee resident declares a reform to his funeral by displaying red white and blue on his door after death and placing veterans to fire a salute over his grave with Yankee Doodle and a feast.
Edward Conklin of Twin Lakes was arrested on a warrant sworn by P W Murphy. The document names Clara Murphy, Murphy's wife. All are summer residents with Chicago homes, making the case a notable sensation in the lake colony.
Nelson Munson aged 46, a rural mail carrier living at Orfordville near Beloit, shot himself after his wife’s death three months earlier. He placed the shotgun to his mouth and blew off the top of his head, leaving behind a well to do man who used a car to deliver mail.
Monroe Alabama coroner writes to R Christ ianson seeking Jensen relatives about a September 3 house fire in which Jensen's bones were found. Whether the blaze was accidental or a homicide used to cover crime remains undetermined.
The United States case against Henry Sussman for forging a postal money order will not be pursued. Sussman remains jailed in Minneapolis on a separate charge of murdering his wife, with Minnesota authorities to handle that case.
Alderman James H. O'Brien of Kenosha was arraigned in justice court on assault charges against local celebrity Tom Irvin. He paid a one dollar fine plus costs after an apparent street confrontation ended in a dispute where O'Brien allegedly struck Irvin.
Democratic state central chairman H. H. Manson said received word from William Jennings Bryan that the Nebraska signified his plan to speak in Wisconsin toward the end of the campaign. Manson is in correspondence with other prominent speakers nationwide.
In Janesville 14 year old Merle Patrick of Winnebago Illinois married William E Boyer also of Winnebago by Justice Reeder after the groom faced jail time. Patrick cried during the ceremony as the marriage followed a period in jail.
Gov Davidson appoints Dr A M Bailey of Fennimore to the state board of medical examiners to fill the unexpired term of Dr F P Klahr of Horicon who resigned. The term ends July 1 1907.
Four boys born to Mrs. John Everson near Mondovi weighed about eight pounds total and all died soon after birth. The newborns were the farmer's wife’s children, and no survivors were reported.
A Waterville Missouri restaurateur Mrs S A Moore credits Doan's Kidney Pills with curing her year and a half of kidney trouble including back and head pain and constant fatigue. Ad claims 50 cents a box with Foster Milburn Co of Buffalo as maker. Also mentions various other products and brief anecdotes from English debt origins to Chandler boxing joke.
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