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Life in Viroqua from the Vernon County Censor:
AUG. 27, 1924
Notice is hereby given by the Board of Public Works of the City of Viroqua that proposals for the furnishing of all materials necessary to reconstruct the “White Way” in the City of Viroqua...
Children’s white canvass slippers. Viroqua Show Store, H. W Williams & Co.
Primary election occurs next Tuesday, the polls opening at nine o’clock in the morning and closing at 5:30 in the afternoon. Four full state tickets are in the field – Republican, Democrat, Prohibition and Socialist.
EXCUSE US PLEASE!
Politics and politicians have completely taken possession of the Censor this week to the exclusion of regular news. Coming in mostly on press day, and with part of the force on vacation, makes it impossible to print a larger paper and still get out on time, so we are obliged to leave out over a page of good live news, but it will all appear next week.
AUG. 20, 1924
107th ENGINEERS NOTES
Due to the fact that rain has confined the company to the Armory, the outside drills have almost been impossible. The boys are showing better in drill work than at the annual encampment... It is not all work and no play in the guard... We have our own basketball court here in the Armory and every man belonging to the company can use it...
The Viroqua Athletics sprung quite a surprise on the Kolbo Shoes team of LaCrosse last Sunday, with a score of 2 to 1... The score was tied from the fifth inning until the finish when Traastad forced himself home with a winning run.
Ho, hum, Vernon County had another storm Monday night. Getting so commonplace that it’s hardly news any more. The Southeastern is getting used to being washed out and the farmers are having their valleys flooded and their lowland crops ruined that they are beginning to take it as a matter of course.
The rainfall Monday night was tremendous, nearly four inches of water being recorded. There was some hail and quite a severe wind at times, and all manner of crops suffered cruelly.
NOTICE
If there are any folks in Viroqua who would like to have a County Normal girl work for them for her board either in full or partly, or if there are any who have rooms to rent in which the girls can do light housekeeping, kindly inform me of that fact, as I will have requests from girls for such places...Phone 139A.
AUG. 13, 1924
During the sever [sic] thunder storm last Friday morning, Grant Markee, a farmer living near Rockton, was killed and his body burned beyond recognition, when his barn struck by lightning and consumed by fire...one cow...was burned with the barn, as were also a number of pigs.
FOR SALE CHEAP
A good 6-year-old gelding suitable for carrying mail. Not fast enough for racing is only reason for selling. F.M. MINSHALL.
This is Chautauqua week at Readstown. They have a four day program, starting Thursday.
Victory, Aug. 13, 1924 – Several cars were stalled on the other side of the Bad-ax last Friday. There was such a heavy rain north of here that the Bad-ax valley was over flowed and the people were compeled [sic] to wait several hours before they were able to get across... The steamer Washington made another excursion up the river to LaCrosse last Tuesday.
Short Local Jottings
Tuesday morning while cranking his Ford, James Honaker sustained a painful fracture of the bones of his right forearm... If the weather continues cold, there will be only a few more concerts in the Park. Better plan to attend all the remaining numbers. Folks do say the band is playing better each week... Lightning does strike twice in the same place, and so does hail. We have several reports of the second hail loss on the same crop... Master Cyrus Butt was pleased to get a postal card by air mail from his aunt, Jennie Butt, of Los Angeles. The postage on it was 17¢.
Springville, Aug. 12 – Farmers are very busy haying, is practically done and grain is now ready to cut.
AUG. 6, 1924
The state of Wisconsin was subjected to the most severe drenching it has received in several years in the general storm which swept almost the entire state Sunday and Sunday night. The downpour of rain was tremendous, weather stations in some sections reporting a precipitation of three inches. Quiet, peaceful little streams were converted into raging torrents which played havoc with roads and bridges everywhere, and the damage to crops throughout the country is widespread and most serious.
The Southwestern road suffered severely – the worst washout the road has experienced since 1907. No trains passed over the branch until Tuesday night... While the main damage was from the terrific rainfall, yet the storm developed cyclonic form in spots... As if rain and wind were not enough, hail visited several sections.
Westby, August 4 – The Westby Band held its concert for the first time in the City Park last Friday evening... A large number of contractors were on hand Wednesday of last week with their bids for the proposed new high school. ...Bids were opened and read... Construction will doubtless proceed with all possible speed so that the building will be enclosed before winter weather sets in.
DeSoto, Aug. 4 – A very bad rain, hail and wind storm swept over this section Sunday afternoon. Most all of the tobacco in this vicinity was practically destroyed. Small grain which was ready to be harvested was laid flat on the ground. The corn was riddled by hail... Hail stones as large as an egg fell breaking windows.
Free lessons on the sewing machine all next week at Brown’s Music Store.