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Newspaper
Monroe Weekly Times
Location
Monroe, Wisconsin, United States of America
Date
Oct 15, 1906
Page
3
The late Baltz Heitz estate sale yielded a record price 20 shares to Mrs. Amanda L. Patchen at 352 dollars a share. Cashier J. H. Durst conducted the bid, with Dr. W. H. Caradine and others bidding spiritedly. Patchen and W. W. Chadwick own large holdings among nearly forty stockholders.
Describes the honey ant eaten in Mexico and by travelers, noting its tiny head and large honey-filled body, with nests containing hundreds of ants. Workers attend the honey ants and use the insects as living winter stores, with a vivid comparison to carrying a large animal when a honey ant falls.
Advertisement states Hollister's Rocky Mountain Tea cures indigestion constipation headaches and stomach disorders. Tea or tablets priced at 35 cents sold by A F Lichtenwalner.
Counterfeiters flood the market with imitations of Foley & Co. Chicago Honey and Tar. The genuine remedy is advertised as superior in relief for throat and lung issues, mildly laxative, no opiates, and safe for children. West Side Drug Store promotes it.
Notice of fare change effective October 15, 1906 sets passenger fare at 50 cents between Monroe Monticello Albany and New Glarus. P. W. Puffer agent for Chicago Milwaukee St Paul Ry outlines the adjusted price and routes.
Discher and Schneider receive an attractive electric light sign from Monroe Electric Light and Power company. It marks the first such sign to be introduced in the area.
Special to the Times Chicago October 13 The White Sox hold a seven to four lead over the Cubs at the end of the fifth inning in the fifth game of the series Official attendance was 18384 with receipts exceeding 19000 The four game total receipts about 61000 60 percent of this pool about 36000 goes to eligible players division 75 percent to the winning club about 27000 25 percent to the losers about 9000 Remaining receipts go to club owners per pregame agreement.
A New Orleans Times-Democrat humorous note from the Umbrella Forgetters column. The lost and found clerk jokes that forgotten umbrellas fund his salary at one hundred dollars a month. He advises placing the umbrella on the outer side as a fence to prevent leaving it on trains and to ensure you remember it.
The excerpt portrays a grotesque figure described by R. L. Stevenson as a disease of dust that moves in strange ways, grows by feeding, and replicates itself, a terrifying entity that unnerves children yet is familiar to his peers. The passage emphasizes chilling attributes and uncanny presence.
Advice warns that damp is deadly to outdoor dogs and stresses guarding against it. It also notes dogs need sunlight and recommends kennels face south, moving to shade during peak summer heat to keep a healthy environment.
A letter to London Truth laments the endless scandal of fashionable women and urges an eight hour day to ease the strain on imagination and reduce public excitement. The note frames society life as exhausting and seeks reform through shorter social demands.
A group discussion reveals McLush has been arrested for drunkenness. Colonel Pepper loudly asks to bail him out, noting astonishment at his level of intoxication.
A humorous exchange has a critic noting the portrait lacks atmosphere while the artist admits difficulty in raising the wind during the painting. The remarks playfully reflect the tension between mood and medium in art.
Public rail notice announces special one way colonist rates to the west and southwest for November through March 1907. Rates are half the one way fare plus $2. Tickets go on sale the first and third Tuesday of each month, agent L. L. Lamb.
Report says capitalists visited Freeport last week and consider constructing an electric railroad. Possible routes include Freeport to Madison, a line to Dubuque, and a line to Dixon. Final decision pending. parties to reconvene to review the field.
Sam Brown the junk dealer offers top market prices for old iron metals rags rubbers zinc and copper. He can be contacted at No 270 or at his Racine street shop next to the cold storage. Tablets and pencils are given away. A remnant sale at West Side Drug store offers fifty cents for one dollar of wallpaper.
Postmaster Etter reports a government warning that anyone lying about mail class will be punished. Packages paid as merchandise must be empty of writing, or face letter-rate charges. tobacco tag senders are named as principal offenders. Offenders face a $10 fine and post office detectives will pursue violators.
A flock of Angor goats on a rocky hillside cleared dense brush and briars by eating leaves at all levels and bending branches. They penetrated paths, stripped foliage from roots, and by the second summer left only pines and laurel while white clover began to appear, the goats kept well fenced due to their roving nature.
In London a famed printer Strachan granted $15 000 after appreciating a clumsy verse by James Smith. Smith wrote about Strachan during a dinner encounter noting his aging infirmity yet sharp mind. The exchange yielded the highest known poetry price, $1 875 per line, $15 000 for eight lines.
A Kansas City Journal quote frames Alaska as a land of adventure and romance with stark scenes of news reaching grieving mothers. A Klondike miner recounts telling a New Hampshire mother of her son's death and describes the dying man as angelic, with vivid imagery of him seemingly flying.
A warning about kidney and bladder disorders in men over sixty notes the prostate gland enlargement as common and dangerous. Foley's Kidney Cure is urged for early signs, with a testimonial from Rodney Burnett of Rock Port Missouri stating marked improvement at age 91 after two bottles. West Side Drug Store promotes the remedy.
Farmers order strict no hunting or shooting on his Adams town farm. CHRIST BLEILER signs notice to deter trespass and protect property.
Town property and farms advertised for sale with houses on 2 or 3 lots or acreage. Wescott Realty Co offers homes close to town and area farms, with contact at offices over Young's on the northwest corner and phones 37 or residence 448.
The book accounts of S Paul Figi have been placed in our hands for collection. All persons owing him money are urged to call at our office without delay to settle and pay. LucasIncer & McGRATH, Attorneys, Monroe Wisconsin.
Max Joseph, a horse buyer, will visit the Fred Ross barn on Saturday to purchase large healthy horses. He will buy anything fat.
Illinois Central timetable lists No. 332 arriving Chicago 8 10 am from south, No. 342 at 12 25 pm, No. 360 freight at 5 53 pm from Freeport, and No. 341 from Madison at 8 10 am. Through connections: No. 332 to No. 331, No. 342 to No. 1 west via Omaha, and new train No. 6 from Freeport to Chicago. Trail No. 331 Chicago to 3 45 pm. L L Lams Agt.
The notice lists mixed passenger and freight times for the Chicago Milwaukee St Paul Railway. It covers daily and Sunday freight and passenger departures, with through coach service to the Mineral Point division and parlor cars between Madison and Chicago. Agents P. W. PuFFER and F. A. MILLER are named.
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