Monroes News and Notes from Monroe Wis 1907
Local column from Monroe Wisconsin dated September 22 1907 covers community events including residents visiting relatives in Freeport Madison Rock Island and Denver. It reports court activity in Newman will contest and notes impending bond issue for Brooklyn waterworks. Also mentions transportation connection concerns at Dill and local social gatherings.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
J. R. Blum
Rock Island
Ill
Newman
Christina Wittner
Monticello
Fitzgibbons Bros
Galena
Ada Bohn
Denver
Local Social and Travel Notes From Wisconsin Town
Numerous residents visit relatives and travel to Madison Milwaukee Janesville Chicago and Norwalk. Activities include church farewell for Rev Dixon, students returning to the University, performances by Booth Bast orchestra, and a health operation for 14 year old Ray Connor.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Helen Dodge
Madison
Emmett Connery
Studa
Ralph Greenwald
Harry Bangs
Brodhead
Jacob Sacker
Warren
A. B. Bechtoldt
Norwalk
Wis
John Rockey
Chicago
J. T. Etter
New Glarus
Booth & Bast
Darlington
Michael Deininger
Freeport
J. H. Stealy
John Schertenleib
Milwaukee
Chas. French
Harry
News Notes of the Town Highlights Local Movements
S. P. Schadel travels to Elkhorn while Earl Gapen returns to Madison. Fred Lanz advertises sewing machines and a wholesale sale on cooking utensils at 216 Market Street. Various residents visit, travel, or relocate, with wall paper remnant sale, golden wedding anniversary plans, and university entries noted. A ball game at the fair grounds ends Freeport 6, Monroe 1. A rate war lowers New York to continent third class tickets to 25 dollars.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
E. C. Copeland
Evansville
Fred Kundert
Darlington
A. L. Osborn
Chicago
Fred Lanz Hardware
Market Street
W. D. Meeker
Milwaukee
Leland C. White
Chetek
Wis
Rev
M. H. Frye
U. B. Church
Necedah
F. L. Hodges
Vogt
Emerson Street
Allie Byrne
D. M. Davis
Monticello
Ivanhoe Lodge
Knights of Pythias
West Avenue
E. L. Adelman
East Russell Street
Evan South
West Side Drug Store
Franklin Mitchell
Cheney
Ivan J. Swan
St. Paul
L. G. Schuetze
Brodhead
Monroe
Freeport
Fair Ground
Fred Schindler
Sara
Elkhorn
Walworth County Fair
Phoebe Twining
Grace Dinwiddie
Frank Stearns
Archie Nance
Madison
University
Roy Jaberg
New Philadelphia
Ohio
Atlantic Steamship Companies
John Strahm
New York
Obituary Notices Show Massee and Stauffer Deaths in La Grande
Mrs H A Rudy mourns death of daughter Mrs H S Massee in La Grande Oregon after a long illness including consumption and tuberculosis. Rosabelle Waldron born 1864 in Fetchberg Wisconsin. married Herbert Massee. six children. Also Christian Stauffer died at 72 in his East Street home. Swiss immigrant with wife since 1888. funeral Wednesday at 1 PM.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
H. A. Rudy
H. S. Massee
la Grande
Oregon
Walla Walla
Masonic Cemetery
Evening Observer
California
Rosabelle Waldron
Fetchberg
Madison
Wis
Monroe
Herbert S. Massee
Menomonie
Wash
Methodist Episcopal Church
Arel F. Messee
The
Pacific Express
Frances
Floy
H C Stuart
Olive
Paul
H A. Rudy
Nelson Waldron
Portland
E. L. Waldron
M. W. Waldron
Owwatona
Minn
James
Christian Stauffer
S. East Street
Mr. Stauffer
Switzerland
Sutherland Returns to Barron County After Missouri Stay
F J Sutherland heads back to Barron county from Missouri after a brief stay in Rice Lake Wisconsin. The Dane county fair ended Saturday with a rain delay but finished as a financial success. Farmers increasingly adopt winter dairying for higher milk and butter prices and to better utilize calves and grass with year round farm work.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
F. J. Sutherland
Rice Lake
Wis
Barron County
Missouri
Dane County
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Must Count Mail The Monroe Post Office Receives New Word
The Monroe postmaster reports a Washington directive to count all mail and stamps from October 12 to 19. The four classes of mail are counted separately with revenue reported per class. The rule adds a large workload though it lasts only one week.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Monroe
Postal Department
Washington
Post Office
United States
Poison Used by the Ancients
The deaths of Socrates Demos thenes Hannibal and Cleopatra reflect ancient pharmaceutical knowledge. Phrysa poisoned Queen Statira in Artaxerxes II’s reign by cutting food with a poisoned knife.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Socrates
Demosthenes
Hannibal
Cleopatra
Phrysa
Statira
Artaxerxes II
Keeping Interest In Life Quote
A reflective line states that contentment comes from accepting what you have and not yearning for everything. It suggests worry over desires, whether fulfilled or not, keeps life from growing dull and emphasizes inner balance over material aims.
Installment System In Wales Raises Piano Prices
The hire purchase method dominates Wales piano sales with an $80 instrument costing $105 under the system. Higher grade pianos above $300 face limited sales, making the trade a field needing watchful regulation.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Wales
Brain Bequests to Wistar Institute at Philadelphia
The Wistar Institute in Philadelphia holds codicils to wills that bequeath trustees’ brains for postmortem examination. Names of testators are never disclosed, but they are described as men of intellectual ability.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Wistar Institute
Philadelphia
Helpful Salt Bath Directions for a Cooling Bath
A historical remedy describes a salt bath for an anaemic woman to ease dragging summer days. Dissolve 40 grams of gelatin in a quart of boiling water, add 100 grams of subcarbonate of soda and 50 grams of sulphate of potassium, mix, and pour into a hot bath for use.
Fraudulent Scotch Whisky in Hamburg Bottling Ring
Report highlights that much so called Scotch sold in Europe is potato spirit distilled in Hamburg. A thriving market exists there for empty whisky bottles with labels, bought for eight to 12 cents each to be refilled.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Europe
Hamburg
Prolific Orange Trees Across Ancient Groves
The text notes that orange trees can bear fruit up to 150 years and have been recorded bearing at 500 years. It cites Malta and Naples as sites where 15 000 oranges were picked from a single tree and a Sandwich Islands tree estimated to bear about 20 000 fruits.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Malta
Naples
Sandwich Islands
Chief Causes of Fires in London Report
Official London fire department data show over 21 percent of the city’s nearly 4,000 yearly fires result from dropping matches and discarding lights. About six percent are due to children playing with fire and matches.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
London Fire Department
One Drawback of Dishere Life Phrase
Uncle Eben laments that in daily life the call of duty rarely sounds as loud as the dinner bell. The remark appears in a Washington Star style quotation.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Uncle Eben
Washington Star
Don’t Kick the Printer A Town Plea for Newspapers
A Brookyn New York essay urges residents to support local printers and newspapers. It argues that a town with a newspaper advances, records progress, and provides free advertising, while kicking the printer harms the community.
Also Mentioned on This Page
Monroe Weekly Times
Emery A. Odell
Bridge Block
South Jackson Street
Gard Griffith
Iowa
May Blum
James Blain
Pearl Hale
Selah Howe
Orfordville
Eugene Ryan
Will Roth
Fred Heer
Melvin Linchcum
Ferda Blumer
Mary Tschudy
David Legler
Schuyler, Neb
Henry Altman
Anna Stauffacher
Louise Kundert
Lake Kegonsa
D. H. Morgan
S. J. Morgan
Albany
Janesville
Brooklyn Village
Monday Club
A. F. Rote
Robert Harper
Beloit
Syracuse
N. Y
E. W. Tschudy
Memphis
Tenn
A. L. Noel
Orangeville
J. F. Zimmerman
Oakley
Green County Fair
Barbara Kubly
Anna Blumer
Ida and
Mary Wells
Colin W. Wright
Ewing
Dill
Illinois Central
Milwaukee Road
Wright
C. O. Gates
Racine
P. J. Clawson
Elizabeth Buehler
C. Fred Marty
Mrs. Wm. Sullivan
Fred Dahms
Fairgrounds
Patrick Lillis
Patrick Clark
Cecil Rynders
Elgin
George Carr
Mary Rice
Flora Benglesdorf
Bert Rice
Thomas O’neal
Yankton, SD
Ellen Keegan
Henry Erhardt
Lodi, Wis
Mrs. Erhardt
Jacob Biehl
Ethel
Lottie Churchill
Robert Rote
Clay Penn
John Pfund
Grand Rapids
Tillie Schroeder
Arthur German
E. C. Dixon
Louis Sickinger
Eva Sickinger
Messmer
Miwaukee
Rome
Alex. Wallace
Green County
le Mars
Wallace
Exeter
C. W. Kleckner
Lydia Noble
Stella Noble
Mineral Point
Mary
Ida Wells
Ray Connor
James Connor
Jordan
J. F. Nolan
Shullsburg
Nolan
S. P. Schadel
Earl Gapen
Fred Lanz
J. J. Busenbenz
Monroe Gas Company
Wittwer
Lafayette
Ross & Keegan’s
Sarah Runkle
Springfield
Matilda Schuh
Emma Becker
H. C. Kelly
Mendota, Ill
Howard Poor
Telluride
Col
Sullivan
Electric Light Plant
East Payne Street
Fannie Elmer
Naperville, Ill
Bush Temple Conservatory of Music
J. H. Berkey
Euretta Berkey
Miss Berkey
Presbyterian Hospital Training School
Mortuary Record
Massee
Stauffer
Brooklyn
Kick
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