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Newspaper
The Watertown Weekly Leader
Location
Watertown, Wisconsin, United States of America
Date
Dec 25, 1908
Page
5
The Leader presents up to date quotations on butter, eggs, vegetables and fruit from local authorities. Prices include New potatoes, onions, cabbage, lemons, oranges, and farm produce such as chickens and wool. Grain prices cover wheat, corn, rye, oats, and flour, with figures from Chicago and Marley HQ.
Advertisement promotes California as a garden spot with outdoor life and favorable climate. Highlights sunny skies balmy air and abundant flowers. Recommends travel via the Chicago Union Pacific North Western Line with direct routes and ticket agents for details.
The Leader notes include visitors in Milwaukee and nearby towns, a Christmas greeting, a social hop at Turner Opera House on December 29, merchants reporting weak holiday trade, and several local residents from Johnson Creek and Milford. The North Western University fall semester ended with students heading home for the holidays.
The First Methodist church presents a Christmas program this Thursday at 7 30 pm featuring piano preludes prayers and recitations by children and choirs plus carols and new year greetings many local names and items appear including Central Trading Co and Yale Cigar Co with plans for gift distribution and a brief note on a school building dispute between the comm council and board of education.
Lincoln Lodge No. 20 Knights of Pythias elected officers for the coming year at last Monday evening's meeting. Elected to OC. C.-O. V. Knaak, V. C.-W. P. Roseman, K. R.-Frank Exner, Prelate Carl Melzer, M. of F.-J. B. Parsons, M. E.-W. F. Brandt, M. W.-Chuas Kohn, O. G.-Max Ulrich, J. G.-Albert Schebstadt, M. A.-J. J. Lutz, Trustee 3 yrs.-J. W. Wiggenhorn.
The piece argues that home trade benefits local merchants more than roam trade and urges consumers to spend dollars at home. It cites a famous poem and suggests home merchants fail to advertise enough in the home newspaper. The message questions whether adequate local promotion will ever replace roam trade.
Rev T Barsey Thomsgen associate pastor at Plymouth is unanimously called to pastor the First Congregational Church of Rockford Illinois. He will assume duties February 1 after finishing a stay to conduct New Year services and will move his family from Milwaukee where he led a Congregational church for 3 1/2 years. The Rockford church has 400 members and its retiring pastor Frank M Sheldon led the local option victory last fall.
A young son of Chas F Krueger of 123 North Fourth street won a silver set by turning in about 3100 coupons at H A Sommer's store. He canvassed the city for weeks and hoped to please his mother. Robert Westphal of Silver Creek settled the first prize for a two store giveaway at 4 pm Wednesday. a second drawing occurs Thursday afternoon with a winner to be announced in The Leader.
The biennial report by President Charles R. Van Hise urges a tax increase from two sevenths to three eighths of a mill to fund growing enrollments and campus needs. Proposed upgrades include biology and medical buildings, teaching facilities, dormitories, and a new engineering complex, with $300,000 yearly for seven years and $200,000 for dormitories. Some $50,000 is sought for agricultural land to grow pure bred seed and support farm extension work.
A letter from Mrs. M. Summers of Notre Dame, Inc. offers a free home treatment for rheumatism pains including muscular and joint issues. It claims to banish uric acid, loosen stiff joints, purify blood, and improve eyesight and vitality, with testimonials and no climate requirement.
An odd verse offers simple moral steps to reach Joyville Jayville. It prescribes kind acts, greetings, singing in rain, recalling steadfast walks, and praise for dogs. The guide emphasizes cheerful behavior as the sole path to happiness and destination.
Contributors and advertisers for the Wisconsin Cheese Makers association announce its seventeenth annual meeting to be held in Milwaukee January 6 8 1909. Names listed include D F Kusel M Fitzgerald Dornfeld Kunert Co and John Hegger. Buy your goods from the Central Trading Co.
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