Remembering a Child's Shoes and Sweet Morning Joy
A first person reminiscence recalls a baby boy's tiny shoes set by the door after his third birthday. The narrator contrasts the child's nimble, delicate footwear with his own heavy adult shoes, cherishing memories of play, morning songs, and the deep bonds of parenthood amid fear of illness and imminent loss. The piece shifts to a sobering passage on parental fragility, sudden illness, and the ache of watching a child fade, ending with a meditation on memory, grief, and the enduring presence of the past.
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Mike
Lin
Aloo
Weil
Darling
Marta
Burton's Hard Luck Suit Forecloses Walworth County Property
Suits filed in Walworth County circuit court to foreclose a mortgage on Barton Stavulaciering Company property. The complaint names about 100 defendants and alleges a sequence of promissory notes totaling $30,000 backed by a deed of trust to secure the debt and interest. Attorneys for the plaintiff include Cotzhausen Sylvester Schelver of Milwaukee for the Central Trust Company of New York.
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Chicago
Nore
Burton
Bewdten
Lake Geneva
Hurley Tribune
Barton Hen
Gage E. Tarbell
T. J. Kennan
Herman Segnitz
Bierssach & Niedermeyer
Milwauker
Circuit Court of
Walworth
Sovnty Sale
Heer Tobe Burton
Tie Central
Barton Stavulaciering Company
John E. Barton
Aix
Ie Tel i
John E Barton
Arolad Shgiveen Persons and
Fioe
Gharéof
Wiiworth
Dispute over Sir Morell Mackenzie ends in duel death
Dec. 12 Braurs Wisconsin reports two students Fichler and Beuhm argued over Sir Morell Mackenzie's character. A pistol duel followed with seconds and witnesses. Beuhm fell wounded and died soon after. The incident occurred amid German student customs in Braurs.
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Beuhm
Morell Mackenzie
Hoth
Benbm
Gov. Rusk
Manniox
Wis
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Columbus
Timme
Gon. Sheridan
Northwestern Mutual Life Insurance Company
Milwaukee
Palmer House
RE. A. Carey
Rey
Catamounts maul a preacher in mount toil and chase
Rev Shamrick Henderson, a longtime McDowell County preacher, chased two young catamounts along Cole Creek near Micajah Mountain. One cat slipped into a hollow log. the other fought him. Henderson struck, was clawed, and after a fierce struggle killed both cats, though badly wounded himself. He rode to help, then recovered after weeks, keeping the kittens as curiosities.
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Virginia
Femby
Shamrick Henderson
McDowell County
Cole Creek
Pitsburg
Henderson
Micajah Mountain
Zoolopist
Mr. Henderson
Dr. Henderson
Lerge
Spitting Paper Instructions From Aeland Express
A young woman asks how to split a sheet so both printing and reading matter share a page. A friend offers two methods: soak on glass to separate halves or paste strong paper on each side and pull cloths apart to split. The piece mentions fire from an explosion in Boumuirxaros Wisconsin injuring C B Wood, a blacksmith. End of the Este War. End of Este War.
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Arm Dock
Division
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Trimbelle
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Newton
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Hixon
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Sheboynan
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Ironton
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