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Newspaper
Monroe Weekly Times
Location
Monroe, Wisconsin, United States of America
Date
Sep 05, 1907
Page
1
The Galena daily and semi weekly Tribune suspends publication citing emptiness. Donald Callahan shifts to a weekly and his department role, aiming to keep the daily as a quality newspaper.
M. Judd of Beloit and formerly of this city fell gravely ill with heart trouble at the St Paul station platform in Madison Sunday night. Police rushed him to City Hospital where doctors say his condition improved with prompt treatment. He had been visiting his brother Luther C. Judd at 431 North Baldwin Street and was taken ill before the train arrived.
Bell company ends night rate for interstate calls while keeping local Wisconsin rates. All calls are billed at day rates, due to widespread through the day appointment calls at 6 p m causing delays. The policy applies to interstate messages on Bell lines. Wisconsin local business remains unaffected.
Milwaukee Mayor Becker visits the county fair on Friday and promises remarks beyond good roads for farmers. He has not officially announced a gubernatorial bid, but prevailing opinion holds he intends to run. He praises the cordial reception in the state.
The church picnic is set for Friday September 6 at 8 30 arriving at Haven's Grove. Members should meet at the church and J A Chambers for teams to assemble. All church members and the congregation are invited.
Mrs. Fred Donner of Clarno died at 7:30 Tuesday morning after a yearlong illness. She was 28 and married March 8, 1904, residing in Clarno with her husband and one child. Survived by her mother Mrs. Mary Messerli of this city. Funeral services were held at 2:30 this afternoon at St. John's Evangelical church with interment in Greenwood.
The carnival committees meet tonight to settle carnival business. The society circus held a meeting to seek a more equal division of the 288 dollars given by the carnival committee. It is noted that over 150 dollars went to four players, with two claiming personal expenses bringing the total to 185 dollars. No action is yet decided.
Mr. and Mrs. M. J. Knight proceeded to Milwaukee for a few days as Mr. Knight attends the state meeting of undertakers.
Sergt. Frank Stearns is commissioned second lieutenant of infantry in Company H First Regiment to replace Chas. Welton who resigned. Stearns took the promotion exam in Madison last Thursday and plans to resign his commission near October 1 to enter the university. Sergt. Grant will take the exam and be promoted to fill the vacancy.
Arthur Buehler appointed local agent of the United States Express Co to succeed Fred J. Zinser who resigns to pursue business. Buehler will assume duties tomorrow with B M Clark of Stoughton in charge and Route Agent Tusler arriving to complete the appointment. The new agent previously worked at Schar's grocery store and is a business college graduate.
Parties planning cement walks should leave orders at A F Rote's lumber office. Prices will be reasonable and the work satisfactory. A F Rote.
The will leaves $20,000 estate to multiple relatives in Glarus Switzerland New York and Green County with specific bequests including $1 000 to Urula Hoesly $2 000 to Gabriel Schiesser and similar amounts to Barbara Mier and others One third of the residue goes to three families executor named Joshua Klassy witnesses B A Kundert and T C Hefty note the 1902 drafting date.
The official forecast for tonight and tomorrow in Chicago calls for fair skies and rising temperatures tonight. Thursday will be fair and warmer with continued pleasant conditions, and Friday is also expected to stay fair.
A raid on saloons in Brodhead and Browntown led by District Attorney McGrath and Sheriff Durst resulted in two proprietors, Elmer Riggle and Thomas Hellerud, pleading guilty and fined about 60 dollars each. Others faced not guilty pleas as investigators uncovered malt, whisky, and beer empties, with a detective promised to provide further proof.
Dr W W Krape bought the German Insurance building at a public sale in Freeport for 28000. The competing bid came from Matthew Marvin who started at 25000 and raised the bid to the final amount. Krape plans no definite use yet though offices for the Knights of the Globe and quarters for the Evening Standard are considered. The building’s first cost was about 40000.
The would be suffragette debates her supposed lord and master. He asks how she would earn a living without him. She answers I don’t know where I’d get another job. The exchange appears in Harper’s Weekly.
The White Sanitorium in Freeport opens a four story addition, boosting capacity to house seventy five to one hundred patients with a full staff of physicians surgeons and nurses. The facility emphasizes cleanliness modern medical care baths electrical devices and surgical readiness, aiming to extend life and serve the region with top class treatment.
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