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Newspaper
Wauwatosa News
Location
Wauwatosa, Wisconsin, United States of America
Date
Dec 18, 1908
Page
8
The publication text notes the Wauwatosa News as the official paper of the city, published weekly in Wauwatosa Wisconsin by John R. Benoy. It mentions mailing subscriptions nationwide and class matter status at the local post office.
The Common Council met at city hall with Aldermen Currie Williams Price Glaus Prudish and Fido present Mayor Charles Perry presiding Minutes were read and approved The finance committee reported bills with recommendation for allowance and they were paid A resolution provided for canceling city certificates for Crilley contract work and directing transfer of the due amount to the general fund from the special water certificates fund The council adjourned afterward.
Homestead entry opens 15 000 acre tract 75 miles east of Yellowstone under the Reclamation Act. Farms from 40 to 160 acres priced at 45 dollars per acre plus 1 dollar per acre annual maintenance. Initial water right payment 5 50 dollars per acre, second due by December 1 1909. Crops include wheat oats barley alfalfa potatoes beets with beets shipped to Billings until factory is ready. Towns Cody Garland Powell Ralston offer services while nearby mountains provide timber and summer range.
The note comments on extending the present canal system to cover additional lands and directs readers to contact the Statistician of the U S Reclamation Service in Washington DC for further information. It adds a provocative remark contrasting Alexander the Great with Rockefeller in terms of world influence and wealth.
The Captain led a drill with a large company present and eight new members elected at the meeting. Ten men joined in two weeks, coats were distributed to improve appearance, and the aim is to attract more members. Last Friday the Officers lost to the Sergeants, while the record indicates a Sergeants victory. This Saturday the Officers face the Strong American Athletic club and the Second team plays the Corporals.
In Wauwatosa the solitary bell and milkman fade as pasteurized bottled milk becomes the norm. Gridley Dairy Co. supplies 17,000 Milwaukee homes today with seventy one wagons, one million bottles monthly, and a top pasteurizing plant, moving to efficient door to door service in the era of clean dairy delivery.
Editor John R. Benoy presents a handsomely printed special edition detailing Wauwatosa as Milwaukee county’s premier strictly residential suburb. The edition is richly illustrated and produced by the Milwaukee Newspaper Union press at Evening Wisconsin offices.
A Chicago bound merchant sought an electric light jig for his store but found it too costly. Returning home he learned a local electrician could reproduce the Chicago sign with improvements at a suitable price. The ad urges readers to consider this prompt example.
Classified ads note Miss Byrne's winter term starts Wednesday December 23 with afternoon 4 30 and evening 7 30 classes at Guild Hall. Lost silver bowed spectacles in leather case. finder please leave at his office. Heating stove cheap and overcoat like new offered by Bert Itall at 190 Sixth Avenue. Scholarship in a leading Milwaukee business school for sale. inquire at this office.
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