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Newspaper
Weekly Wisconsin
Location
Milwaukee, Wisconsin, United States of America
Date
Aug 12, 1885
Page
5
A poetic meditation on a dying mother and the desire for a peaceful sunset of life. The piece laments life’s turbulence, recalls a beloved parent, and reflects on mortality, heaven, and the gate opened by angels.
William Livingston Sr held for trial in Winneconne for robbery and attempted murder of Ulrich, 800 dollars stolen on a bridge. Mob feared lynching, sheriff moved him to safety before confinement. Livingston alleged to have bound Ulrich and cast him into the Fox River with an accomplice.
An 19th century note touts Dr Pierce’s Favorite Prescription as a cure for nervousness and female weaknesses aimed at easing women’s burdens. The piece also mentions John Diswague, a miner formerly of Tombstone, killed by Apaches near the Providencia Mine in the Cananea Mountains, and advertises Science of Life as a self help work for men.
A traveler narrative contrasts a ships crisis at sea with a metaphorical sermon on vitality. It laments neglect of one’s constitution as a captain’s oversight, urging Warner's safe cure to restore kidneys and liver. The note ends with a suicide by Miss Esxina Wisenport, 20, at Sheboygan Falls.
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