Wisconsin Happenings in brief across towns and courts
Wisconsin items from Trempeleau to Fond du Lac report legal threats and contempt risks in Carney case, jail terms for youths, theft of copper wire, city charter conflicts, fires at a grain elevator, mad dog incidents, chicken ordinances, sudden death of a prominent druggist, family insanity in Madison, and local notices on telephony, church construction, and county fairs.
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State Board of Control
Raclael Joan Gabliski
Green Bay
Peter Barowsky
Dudastrial
Waukesha
Milwaukee Eleatric Railway & Light Company
Kenosha
Oshkesh
WC. Cowling
Wisconsin
Oshkosh
Waukeyha
Charlotte BE
White
Big City
Lueck
Elamt
Francis L. White
Frederick H. White, Jr
Mary A. Stewart
Superior
Ladysmith
Wisconsin Central
Superior Commercial Club
Waukesha Grain and Produce Company
Milwaukens Ford
Joss
Reedsburg
Gustave Rosenthal
S.J. Collins
Beloit
Common Council of
Helolt
Helen Leo Freser
Retolt Humane Society
Hhr
John Robinson
Janesville
Sparta
John M. Sweet
Stoughton
Ole Kroker
Madison
Independent Telephone Interests
Wisconsin Telephone Company
Gibert
Oshkosh Chamber of Common Rea
International Lyceum Association
Fond du Lac
Palmer House
Watgon
St. Stephen’s Lutheran
Ottowack
Dubuque
Chilton
Calumet County Agricultural Association
Fibcers
F. J. Egenen
Gregory Dorachel
Stoy
Hartford
Shadrox Corners
Youd du Lac
Angeline Dn Frame
Aunt Suzan Calls Josiah Fool After Bad Horse Trade
Aunt Suzan berates Josiah for a failed horse trade and fear of neighbor questions. He suggests deflecting inquiries by promoting a 50 cent offer for 20 useful items. She laments the egg money and wishes the horse to die to gain sympathy, amid mixed anecdotes from Chicago records and MeGuarder notes.
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Josiah
Suzan
Ria
Lesa
Iona
S. E. Kiser
Chicago Record-Herald
Roses in all colors in a poet and friend exchange
A brief dialogue argues beauty transcends meeting. if she is rosy there are red roses if pale there are white roses if sallow there are yellow roses. The exchange notes how perception and metaphor adapt to any complexion.
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White House
Buster Brown
Brown Shoe CO
Bee St. Louis
The Real Reason Behind Theatrical Managers’ Shakespearean Aim
The Cleveland Leader notes managers chase Shakespearean productions not for artistry but to avoid paying royalties. The quip implies critics claim managers want grand, classical shows while dodging modern royalties and costs.
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Rudge
Cleveland
Opera Echoes In Neighborly Gossip
A witty fragment from Yonkers Statesman and Chicago Tribune notes mix playful envy and sound, recounting a neighbor's wife playing Il Trovatore to drown two Women’s chatter and a music teacher’s polite critique of a girl’s voice, with humorous complaints about a noisy furnace flats.
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Bacon
Egbert
Yonkers Statesman
An Early Riser
A Yonkers Statesman snippet frames Pat as an eager early riser with a humorous confession that he might curl back to bed after an early wake up. The quip highlights steadfast habit and playful self doubt in a regional newspaper tone.
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Pat
Yonkers Statesman
She Knew Her Flo The Impudent Thing Wanted Me to Marry
Sissie jokes about the wedding plans as Flo presses for marriage in a brisk dialogue full of social satire. The piece captures domestic tensions and social expectations with sharp, period tone involving two unnamed women and a marriage proposal.
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Flo
Sissie
No Room for Doubt Shoppers Question Crocodile Skin Purity
Mrs Bargyn-Hunter browses a knick-knack shop and questions a dealer about an 18 real crocodile skin bag. The seller insists on its authenticity and claims he shot the crocodile himself while explaining the skin's soiled condition as ground contact from a fall.
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Bargyn-Hunter
Lost and Found and Society Belle Bites Back
A fragment from New York Weekly and Chicago Daily News items shows a bumbling lost purse scene with Mrs De Shopper, a quip on a society belle who died and never married after twenty four engagements, and a joke about Reginald 40’s elegrant versatility in romance.
Honor to Call Him Friend Doctor Realities and Jokes
A compact sketch contrasts the noble traits and burdens of medical practice with a satirical vignette. It reflects on the doctor’s disciplined character, relentless demands, and the irony of worldly enjoyment despite professional strain. The piece closes with a wry exchange showing a rough, ambivalent outlook toward healing authority.
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Dinghamton
Breaks a Cold Promptly Remedy Formula
The text presents a Dever remedy for colds using one ounce Compound Syrup of Sarsaparilla one ounce Toris Compound and a half pint of whiskey mixed and shaken. Doses of a tablespoon every four hours are advised with a claim to cure an acute cold in 24 hours. Ingredients are said to be available at any drug store.
Calf’s pedigree boast at Gideon King’s farm
Gideon King explains his calf’s lineage with tall tales of its sire goring a lightning-rod agent and its dam driving the Banbury brass band from town on the Fourth of July. A wary buyer asks the calf’s breed. King quips he will not press the sale if the price is $5.
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Gideon King
Valuable Conch Shells And Invaluable Traditions
A description of prized conch shells used in temples to ward off wandering spirits and provide offerings to the god. A spiral-right conch was valued at a weight of gold. years ago a Calcutta sale set a reserve of one lakh rupees, eventually selling for 20,000.
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Andin
Calentra
Deafness Cure Claims and Patent Remedies Ad
An old advertisement claims deafness can be cured by constitutional remedies for catarrh and promotes Hall's Catarrh Cure with a promise of one hundred dollars for any cure it cannot achieve. It also touts various tonics and products, including laxatives and tobacco ads, in a collage of 19th century patent medicine copy.
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Hall
Circulara
Tree
F. J. Orkney & CO
Toledo
Drusesta
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Gerudo
Chicago Daily News
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Das
Wycliffe
Romo Quinlxe
Slanatura
W.grufn
Lewis
Nour
Lewin’ Factory
Peoria
Ailen
Foote
Dodds
Carters
Troy
Wilwam Barker CO
Troy, N.Y
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Sarapine
Crescent Mig. Co
Seat
W.l.douglas
Rosson
Moet Eompiaia Organization
Anon
Indy
W. L Douglas Dain Ald Peice
Frat Coley Ryalets
W. L. Douglas
Spark St
Brockton
Mase
Cobalt
Broadway
Yorke
Caliarnia Neverial Monts
Ellsworth
Pres
Wild State Bath
Wiles
Califone
Erie
van Caleman
Wah Paten
Putnam
Sagat
Lydia E. Pinkham
Red Banks
Lydia B. Pinkham
Willie Edwards
Hampstead
Marsland
Lydia F. Pinkham
Joseph H. Dandy
Lydia
E. Pinkham
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