A postcard dated July 15, 1912, of the Savings Bank Building, Monroe, WI. It is addressed to Mrs. Ruben Derr in Argyle, WI. The text reads: "I just talked to you on the phone as I was starting to write. We are getting on good. Will come over one…
"Oakley, Wisconsin: When they tried to pick peas in a garden here, Craig and Timmy Schmidt found they were too “pea-picking” short. The variety they were picking is known as telephone peas because the vines grow seven feet tall."
A parade rolls along in front of Ross & Keegen’s grocery store. There is a bit of a mystery here, because it isn't certain if this parade is taking place on Cheese Day.
"Workers in the bottle house at the Berghoff-Huber Brewing Co., Monroe, watched the first bottles roll off the line this week as the brewery resumed operation under its new owner, Fred Huber, who bought back the brewery he used to own...The first…