The Runaway Match and Its Aftermath in Danforth Village
A farce of a runaway marriage ends with miner Joe and Minnie wed in a cottage, the skeptical father stewing yet the couple thriving. The tale shifts to a moral sermon urging responsibility and hope, then drifts to contrasting scenes of Dickensian factory life and a quiet sermon on duty, safety, and industrial discipline.
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New England
Markale
Minnis van Danforth
Mingie Danforth
Paticular
Nené
Secre
Jon Wal
Beai
Minnie Danforth
Esmearly
Sunuecal
Joe
Danforth
Herbring
Arhitebandy
Yas
Colver
Nakengy
Ong
Morgan
Walker
Maiter
Thia
Harber
Desini
Walking Leaves of Australia Story Explained as Insects
A historical note explains the belief in walking leaves in Australia. Sailors saw leaves moving toward a tree trunk and thought trees danced. Later explorers identified the creatures as bright green insects whose wings are small, bodies thin, and leaflike shapes mimic leaves. They change color with foliage and move along the ground when disturbed.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Australia
Fat Island
Ayoss
Coam
Whimsical War Iron and Dutch Cheese Terror Tale
A fragmentary old column recalls a mock naval duel where Dutch cheeses replace cannonballs as projectiles. It also reports a Mexican funeral for two sisters age eighteen and twenty, vividly describing their ceremonial burial in Acapulco with ornate dresses, flowers, and a street procession under Catholic rites.
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Harmeti
Sara
Mace
Mooney
Hiv
Acapulco
Paris
Intervala
Night in a World Of Sleep and Social Vices
A midnight prose piece contrasts night as a refuge for the poor with the ruling class’s restless fate. It laments sleepless elites, extols night’s beauty, and critiques propriety, gender roles, and domestic happiness while noting unsettled reports from South Florida and a jab at marriage customs.
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Ly x. Woyer
Tve
Wisconsin
N. W
Wheeler
Atternee Arm Couenum
Baraboo
Saukromity
Wistengin
Treasrer
Eld ‘Court House
B. L. Purdy
Aleo
Wonre
W. S. M. Abbott
Portage City
WM. B.C . Arteeney
Chancerie Baraboo
D.k.noyes
Wis
CGC
Remington
Sherif
Sl Arvronner
Reedsburg
Sauk Co
Oyaus Leland
Tripp
Leland
Geifral Land
Sauk City
Sawk Co
Wibuy
Rana R. J, Harvey
Siroexry & Covsersion
Taw
Sauk Ana
Nye
Wiecenaln
Vol
W. Dickinson
Trenten
Shuk Deanty
Naa George
H, Irwin
Lod
Columbia
L. Purdy
Panioa
Madison Mutual
Madison
Branklin Fire & Marine
Fond. du Lac
City Insurance Company
Cleveland
Lyman Clark
Sauk County
Jolly
Europe
John Jolley
Age City Warch Sd
Rte A
Perrvos
Perkins
B.A. Wilder
M. D. Nic
Comyyn
Delbenios
Alexander
Parsician & Sonatoy
Ysrahno
Wissconsin
M. Clark
Charles Cowles
Teaidense
Breadlway
Sizth
Aucets
Macklin
Dentistry
Cook & Bald WL
Dentits
Benow'a Block
Madison Wie
Bargbao
Yielnitv
Thin Place
George Mertens
Pikes
Court House
E. D. Lowell
Praca
DB. Pratt Fotany Pwarao
Wonewoc
Aduros
Ontons Baraboo
S. Or T
Taylor's Bank
C. H. McLaughlin
W. P. J. Clemert
A. W. Lowell
Ritica
Bananda
Paragon
Case
Anderson
DeWittst
Ebee Et Si
Soanegdon
Aoa Noyes
Sunexon
Wie
Fee
Jas. F Flanders
Baraboo Village
J.F. Flanders
Bar-boo
Anna M.estra
Summar
G.P. Burnhadm
Order
D. K. Noyes
Daguerreian Gallery
Bite _ i
Ialaa
Davis
Picsure
Ploaga
John Shoards
Lana
Congress
Rellmi
Storage and Commission
Gleason
PR. B
New Orleans
Dickens
Hunslow
London
Honon
Hanor
Missile
Snurce
South Florida
Sam
Eny
the Cincinnati
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