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Life in Viroqua from the Vernon County Censor:
DEC. 23, 1925
Winter continues to grind along, giving us from zero to four below last Friday morning, and mostly cloudy and cold since with an occasional skit of snow sufficient to grease up the roads and give us fair sleighing. Car roads are fairly good providing you make haste slowly. Drifting snow Sunday blocked up the ridges a little.
Last Friday evening burglars forced an entrance into the business places of Ben Glickman and Sam Gross, using a pinch bar to pry open the doors. Furs to the value of about $100 were taken from Mr. Gross’ place and about $30 in furs taken from Mr. Glickman.
We wish you a Merry Christmas. You can surely insure one by minding the Three Don’ts. Don’t use lighted candles. Don’t use cotton for snow. Don’t use any lights except electric. We thank you. John Dawson & Co. Pioneer Insurance Agency.
Louis Brindle and Clarence Layland, Genoa farm hands, who, following their arrest yesterday admitted the theft of chickens from the farms of Charles Ott and Tom Lattimer, and a Ford touring car from Leo Anhi, all farmers near Genoa, were turned over to Sheriff Knudson of Vernon County last night at 7 o’clock. The men were taken to Viroqua, where they will be prosecuted in the Vernon county court. They were arrested here after an effort was made to dispose of the chickens at a local market.
The Smith school house in the town of Liberty was totally destroyed by fire of unknown origin on Tuesday night of last week.
DEC. 16, 1925
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107TH ENGINEER NOTES
There will be training in engineering, such as trench construction, barb wire entanglements, sketching, map reading, demolition, and road building. We have also completed the construction of an nidor [sic] rifle range... On December 28, we are going to put on another boxing contest. We have secured some good talent...
Wisconsin hunters have killed 752 wolves so far this year, netting them over $21,000 in bounty payments... Hunters receive a bounty of $30 for each full-grown wolf and $4 for cubs...
The City Council is having City Hall painted and will have new light fixtures installed.
The genuine Zipper boot sold only at Stoll & Groves’. Always works. Avoid imitations.
DeSoto, December 14 – The Retreat aid held their annual bazaar last Wednesday. A large crowd attended. The proceeds were over $100... The road patrolmen used the grader to remove the snow, so the roads are pretty good again... The DeSoto meat market is closed for the present.
Genoa, December 14 – Farmers are very busy around our vicinity stripping tobacco... The Mississippi River is now frozen over.