Wisconsin county leads in arts and letters in 19th century sketches
A Wisconsin historian highlights Dankosh residents with national fame including Michela Parns worth Mears Oshkosh born sculptor of a World’s Fair prize design and the statue of Frances Willard. The piece catalogues local writers artists and educators from Winnebago County with notes on their works and contributions to literature, architecture, education, and public memory.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Wisconsin
Dan- Kosh
Michela Parnsworth Mears
Oshkosh
Ridepata
Chicago
Jene
Miner
Menasha
Madison
Capitol
Capitol Park
Winnebago County
Mearshag
Lorade ‘Taft
Gustus St. Gaudens
New York
Congress
Smdiss Frances Willard
National’ Capitol
Mears
Hall of Fame
Amar
Meri
George
Roger ‘Clark
Mbrary
Ac ‘Hillwaukee
Mico
Stouts Svatey
Paris W Patterns Jacket and All Seam Design
Fashion pattern notes describe the Eton Jacket No 2449 with cream Shantung silk, lace overlays, yellow silk shawl collar, and smoked pearl buttons. Skirt No 2439 features eight gores, inverted back plait, and Shantung bias bands with Irish crochet trim. Pattern sizes cover 13 to 33 years, with fabric yardage and width details listed.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Eton
Shantung
How Wyckoff Was Revealed
The obituary chronicles Walter A. Wyckoff of Princeton famed for researching labor conditions by life as a laborer. Beginning 1991 he traveled across the United States from Connecticut with little money and worn overalls, seeking work in ditches houses and factories to study the labor force firsthand.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Wyckoff
Walter A. Wyckoff
Princeton
Connecticut
Pattern Price List and Mail Order Offer for Ladies Items
A sales notice from Medinah Temple Chicago invites readers to mail their name and address with 10 cents for a catalog of about 2,000 spring and summer styles for ladies misses and children. Enclose 1 cent for a large illustrated catalog. Address details and pattern requests are provided.
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Ae Faris
Modesco
Masquerading Worker Seen Across Table Provokes Suspicion
A laborer’s table manners trigger distrust among peers as they notice his unusual eating style. A Chicago host recalls him quietly lifting a teacup and sipping noiselessly, revealing his disguise. The exchange ends with a joke about marriage and trouble.
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Chicago
Harper's Weekly
What Do They Cure The Pierce medicines Golden Medical Discovery
Dr Pierces Golden Medical Discovery and Favorite Prescription are advertised as potent tonics and alteratives. They claim to purify mucous surfaces including nasal passages throat bronchial tubes stomach bowels and bladder and to boost strength for worn out women. The labels note non alcoholic non secret ingredients from native forest plants and include ease of taking Pierce’s Pellets for stomach liver and bowels.
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Core
Pierca
Metieries
Golden Medical Discovery
Pierce
X. Pierce
A New Baby and a Mother's Duty to Care
A tribute to motherhood and the sacred bond with a newborn, stressing a mother's patience, hope, and vigilance. The piece emphasizes the mother's role in safeguarding infant health by choosing medicines carefully and avoiding narcotics, likening maternal care to civilizational duty.
Prolific Oshkosh Neenah Arts and History Figures Featured
A pasted reminiscence highlights Neenah Oshkosh artists writers and historians. It names John V. Bunn Ashkosh Randall Oshkosh and Randall’s atlas of Winnetago County from 1886. It cites Arthur Bauer Francis Powers Jodwin Clifford Miss Adela Heckel and Edward Barr among artists and performers with shows in Paris New York and other venues.
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Mary
Sie Halen
Mearsiagside
New York City
Dobn HW
Mears
Elzabeth Farnsworth
Mra
Grotin
Masa
Wisconagin
Fond Uulas
Nell Me
Widwood
Mes
Frank “Burge
Lake Mills
Oshkosh
Trg
Hubert Shtelas
Neenah
Vres
John Ireland
New York
Presbyterian Publication Board
Edward
Lis
Histori
Duty
Harrison Reed Jwhlell Bestong
Harvey Jones
John V. Bunn
Ashkosh
Winnetago
Randall
Oshkush
Mrv
A. Petrie
Jack
Atreet Wrota
Histrionie
Jodwin Clifford
Gzikosh
Lazare
Allen Washburn
Dankosh
Chicago
Edward Faleh Barr
Adela Heckel
Menasha
Oine
Grand Chute Falls
J. WW. Priest
Appleton
Wisconsin county arts list highlights local talents
Publius V. Lawson of Senasha Wis outlines Winnebago County figures in literature art music and the stage noting painters like Frank Waldo Leo Gruenhagen and cartoonist Robert Jasperson among others. He cautions many worthy names may be omitted yet to be added to the record of the counties finest arts.
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Frank
Waldo
Leo Gruenhagen
Gruenhagen Point
Paris
Robert Jasperson
Neenah
Wisconsin
Winnebago County
Atite Publius
Dr Ring's New Discovery Praised In Letter
A Naples reader extols Dr Ring's New Discovery as a reliable remedy for coughs throat and lung complaints praising its life saving quality. The note mentions long use and a claim it guards against pneumonia with trial bottles and local drugstore availability.
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Teater M
Nelsone
Naples
Mavis
Saya
Man & Co
Merchants Excursions Continue Sailings From Oshkosh
The Oshkosh Steamboat Co announces Mon leaves for Qmro Eureka and Berlin at 11 am and Berlin to Oshkosh on Tuesday at 7 am with arrival 17:30 am. Returns depart Oshkosh 4 pm. Saturday trips begin at 6 am to Calumet Harbor Brothertown and Stockbridge with returns to Oshkosh by 4 pm. Further details at 2 Main Street office.
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Qmro
Eureka
Berlin
Oshkosh
Calumet Harbor
Brothertown
Stockbridge
Main Street
Oshkosh Steamboat Co
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Crosby
Nerago
Mary Mears
Helen
Louise
Emma
Lou
Henry Holt
Emma Low
Harper's Bazar
Harper's Magaz
Emma ‘Loo
Europe
Mfe
Frank B. Farge
Lake Mess
Nes
Louise Mears
Land of Nod
John Hicks
Tine
Northwestern
Chile
Foyulty
Osh
Tenglish
Ametictn Book Companys
Wisconsin Normal Sehoois
Ann
York
Manoxrayhs
Lng
EB. M. Crane
Linian Felker
Pubis
Harvey Date
Nellie Maxwell
Neenah High
University of Wisconsin
Martin Mitchell
Joseph
A. Quabhorn
Win
J. F. Harrison
Webster Stanley
Algoma
Gmro
State Historical Library
Wisconsin Historical Society
Charles G. Finney
Davis
Ostikosh
Richard Horney
Theuthor
Prebster
Neenahend
Charles Doty
Marney
Muggins
Buggins
Sieol
Uw Mu al
Ole He ES
HIVE
Schiedren
Corallethan
Diane
Fac
Castoria
Edward Osbouns
G. N. Brazeau
Main St
Wis
Imrealelses
Rasominen
Sony
Halpern
Dee
Camdy Cathartic
Sterling Remedy Co
N. Y
L. C. Rodgers
Branchton
Foley
E. A. Horn
Main [ Street
Froax
Thomas’. Eclectics
Garo
Holub
Riemer
Str. Thistle
Rassmanssen. & Miller
Mueller’s Drug Store
Niewara
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