Alley Bricking Bids Opened By City Council
Bids for brick paving the alley behind businesses on the square were opened. McCulley bid 1.70 per sq yd and Isley 1.74. excavating bids 5 and 6 cents. Block brick unavailable due to stock. Bids referred to streets committee for action with property owners. spring work possible.
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A.M. McCulley
Sam Isley
McCuley
Isely
McCulley
Janet Jennings
George Street
Adams Street
Ald. Nalty
Miss Jennings
John Hawthorn
E. A. White
East Street
Fire Department
Robert Miller
Evening Times
W. O. Blunt
Roberts & Fisher Sand Co
Janesville
Macon Sewer Pipe Co
Ald. Shriner
M. E. Church
Alds
Nalty
Trickle
Greenwood Cemetery
New Addition
Jefferson Street
John Kuehn
Colonial Apartments
Lorain
Ohio
Sparta
Jacob Bass
Paying Teller's Vindication
Ned Barnicoat rose from a low rung at the Twelfth National bank after detecting a forged check. He preserved proof by pinhole marks and a photograph, exposing director Peter Bushnell, leading to Bushnell's downfall, an $18,000 save for the bank, and Ned's promotion to assistant cashier and eventual presidency of a major bank.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Ned Barnicoat
Ned
Twelfth National Bank
Peter Bushnell & Co
Peter Bushnell
Bushnell
Chauncey Wardwell
University of Wisconsin to open seventh year with larger faculty
Madison Wisconsin September 21 opening marks the fifty seventh year of the University of Wisconsin with an expected enrollment of 3850 to 3900 students. Seventy new faculty members and two new buildings boost instruction while nearly 100 new courses are added across 24 departments plus 200 extra correspondence courses. The agronomy and agricultural engineering buildings are finished and central heating plant construction is underway.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Madison
Wis
University of Wisconsin
Rates Hiked by La Crosse Gas and Electric Company
The state railway commission rules La Crosse Gas and Electric rates are too low and orders a higher scale to boost receipts by 2500 dollars. It is the first such decision in the state. Under a new law both public service corporations and customers may appeal to the commission for relief, and the local company has filed an appeal.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
State Railway Commission
la Crosse Gas and Electric Company
Commission For Relief
State opens tests for library clerk and other posts
The Wisconsin state civil service commission announces examinations on October 19 1907 in Madison for multiple posts. Open to men only, library clerk in the office of the state superintendent of public instruction salary 1400 per year, relevant experience credit offered. Other openings include a woods cruiser for Northern Wisconsin at 5 a day plus expenses, foreman at Bayfield fish hatchery 85 a month, prison guards at Waupun and Green Bay reformatory, stenographer for university faculty dictation in German 50 a month, dairy test supervisors 250 per day, chemist for dairy and food commission 50 a month, and foreman tailor at the prison 65 a month plus board. Write to State Civil Service Commission Madison for blanks.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Madison
Wis
State Civil Service Commission
State Superintendent of Public Instruction
State Board of Forestry
Wisconsin
Bayfield
Waupun
Green Bay Reformatory
State Dairy and Food Commission
Madison, Wis
Company Jack Frost Plans Move to Stove Rob by Fred Lanz
The note outlines a plan to form a company named Jack Frost. It mentions obtaining a stove for Fred Lanz and references a possible purchase or production setup, indicating a business idea in early stages.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Jack Frost
Fred Lanz
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Council Business
Aids Gas Company
Railroad Commission
la Crosse
H. Shiffman
Gertrude Shiffman
Baker
Civil Service Commission
Public Instruction
the Citizens’ Committee
Citizens’ Committee
General Progress Committee
Sentlemen
The
Citizens Bank
Monroe
Bill
Becker, Mayer, & Co
Chicago
Benkert & Stauffacher
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