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Receipt for 250 letters from the Green County Herold.

Postcard image of the interior of Baumgartner’s Cheese Store & Tavern.

Business receipt from Young & Co. in Monroe, WI.

Proof of payment receipt from the Citizens Bank in Monroe.

An ad for P&G soap from the June, 1934 issue of "Good Housekeeping". It features a comment from Mrs. Walter Stauffacher of Monroe, WI.

An overturned car was piled against the wreckage of a supermarket foundation at Monroe. The auto was one of several blown across the road by the force of the winds and then slammed into buildings.

"Rubble covers the Alphorn motel after a tornado ripped across Wisconsin. The tornado did extensive damage to the business district of the city but no deaths or critical injuries were reported."

On Monday, April 12th, Wisconsin National Guardsmen patrolled Highway 81 at Highway 11, on the northwest side of Monroe. This is where the Hughes House Trailer Park was hard hit.

"Saddened faces after a tornado struck are seen as people walk in front of the wrecked Alphorn motel. A tornado struck the city 4/11 doing considerable damage to the business area. No deaths were reported but 8 persons were hospitalized."

A utility pole fell across several cars in Monroe during Sunday's tornado.