Pocket Gobbler Gopher Riddle From The Wisconsin Verse
A humorous poem titled To A POCKET-GOPHER by 8. B. offered as a light verse in The Wisconsin. It imagines a Dakota farmer noting gopher work and asks the busy creature about underground engineering and financial acumen. The piece ends with the speaker hearing a whistle and departing.
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Packet Gopher
Wisconsin
Milwaukee
der Herald
Broadway
Mason Street
Madison
Wis
Heesparty Trenton, Mauston & Northern Railway Company
Capital Stock
Dexterville Junction
Lone Rock
Necedah
Maugton
Ironton
C. E.bohn
Lime Ridge
Peter Crook
E. Blackeslee
J. H. MacNoun
Lemonweir
Wisner
J. Stewart
P. R. Briggs
Mauston
J.r.pinkston
Shorter's Depot
Ala
Foxplay
Rachel Struble
The Caligraph and the Tactful T Traitor
Olive narrates a lively scene about her Caligraph machine shaping friendships with Gertrude and Caroline. The trio share literary kinship and rivalries, trading letters and witty barbs as they navigate affection, pride, and the charm of their time saving device. Caroline's reply hints at tension with Will, framing a domestic, era-tinged comedy of letters and companionship.
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Caroline
Olive
Gertrude
Go Will
Will
Tieck
Schlegel
Rice
Carolines
CakoLasp
Tseem
Itael
Stocking
Ollie
Harry
Harner
DeAn Canotme
Gertie
Tam
Outre
Orphen
Garrison
The Garden Entanglement A Tale of Olive and Will
A serialized drama follows Olive and Will amid pride and anger as Olive tests Will with a moral challenge. Gertrude and Caroline observe the quarrel and its emotional fallout, including cigarette temptations and a climactic letter exchange. At dusk Will confronts Olive with a confession and Olive's caligraph trick, reshaping their entangled romance.
Our Family readers seek ad guidance and curiosities
A compilation of reader questions and editor responses from the Our Family column. The items invite brief inquiries about advertising, cures, publications, farming, pensions, education, and general knowledge, with answers appended or noted for reader consideration. The notice also reports a fatal alpine accident and a medical remedy advertisement tease.
Barefoot Boy and Monkey Tales in Young Folks Page
The page blends verse with light anecdotes for children and families. Whittier’s barefoot youth poem celebrates freedom and joy, while an English traveler’s monkey breakfast tale in India delivers humor. A dog guards a doll, a boy’s mischief, and a dramatic tale of a petrified giant fragment from a cave near Victoria.
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India
Brooklyn Union
Cardiff
Portiasp
Ore
Victoria
B. C
Smithsonian Institution
Geographical Puzzle and Classic Word Teasers
A Wisconsin newspaper page features multiple puzzle items including a Geographical Box with clues for world places and cities, a series of Charade and Diamond puzzles, and a note inviting puzzle submissions. The section showcases contributors urged to write on one side of paper, with a prize for best complete answer lists.
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Wisconsin
WerxLy Wisconsix
Eyextne Wisconsix
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Alps
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Z. Sigmondy
Pic de la Hey
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Goughs
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Whittier
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Penelope
Jane MacKeever
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Coop
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Hatrax
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St. Brieux
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Germany
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Asia
Italy
Arizona
Africa
ALJ Ide
Jennie
Crica
Eis Ganx
Piamond
Maine
Mantua Weil
Ariue
Arius
Mars.j. B. Roop
Mary
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Jackson
Fremont
Ann
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John
Joseph
Peter
Prescott
Geneva
Jatia
Joppa
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Wrath
Sarare Word
Ella Dear
Great Forth Bridge
London Times
Inchgarvie
Spencerian Business College
B. G. Spencer
Princit
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