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Newspaper

Weekly Wisconsin

Location

Milwaukee, Wisconsin, United States of America

Date

Dec 19, 1885

Page

7

A Stray Balloon Mystery and a Love Foretold

Girard Fletcher meets Celia Maitland on a seaside trip and learns of her engagement to a Major. A year later aboard a lake yacht, a balloon wreck reveals Celia’s fate. a note shows Girard’s name, and Celia dies tragically in the balloon accident.

Celia Maitland Girard Neal Stone Neal Turing Mercury Cissy Tom Chance Celia Maitland

Marriages listed across Wisconsin towns in December records

A compiled list shows multiple December nuptials across towns including Hartford Janesville Waupun Madison Rolling Prairie Sheboygan Dodgeville Lancaster Renton Beaver Dam Dodgeville Racine Elmo and Charles City. Couples pair William J Smith Mary Gallagher Edward H McConnell Nettie Hall and others with brides: Minnie Rubach Henrietta Haberland Kittie Carle Amelia Seely Mary Gallagher Lillie Han Hattie Treloar Sophia Harmon Eloise Rague and more.

Theresa John Everett Minnie Rubach Frank R. Hostmann Johanna C. Knopfwarst Dodgeville William J. Callow Susan Mathews Linden Lancaster Will J. Smith Bloomington Hattie Baldwin rentor—Nover Charles E Waddell Beaver Dam Loucelia Ganske Traugett Abrahams Columbus Lillie Han Ernest Kendell Hattie Treloar Mineral Point Racine Mentor Wetzstein Livingston M. T Sophia M. Harmon Charles Ciy Robert E. Stewart Milwaukee Eloise Rague Charles Mith

Obituaries Across Towns Mention Many Ages and Names

Died notices from multiple towns list individuals with varying ages from 15 to 89. Entries include Palmyra, Appleton, Racine, Beaver Dam, Marsh Geld, Sheboygan Falls, Whitewater, Milwaukee, Prairie du Chien and Hurricane among others, naming the deceased and their ages in December and November dates. The scattered list mixes many common names with ages, reflecting a regional obituary brief.

Palmyra Joseph Allen Milwaukee Mary_B. Green- We Mary Jane Sbinson Charlotte Juneau Doustan Cyrus Whitcomb Hattie L A.J. Elliott Hannah’ Bartholomew

Toad found in maple tree near Bloomington

A farmer, J Noyes of Lawrence Kansas, brought a living toad out of a maple tree age about fifty years, found while cutting the tree on his farm. The creature is in a comatose state with deformed feet and unusual eyes. A Kansas State University professor calls it a rare curiosity and plans to present it to the university. The piece also touts Hostetter's Stomach Bitters as a remedy for rheumatism and related digestive issues.

Kacrauna Wis Joe “Butcher Herman Voecks Old Country W. A. Noyes Power's Gainsville Cumberland Mec E. W. Howes, & Co Cedar Rapids B. Brows Fulton Hudson River Salina City Ind Jane Wilden Merrill House Glendive M.T E. C. Waters Tees H. A. CopperNavl Coppernall & Heimbach Duluth Minn Tor Canadian Pacific Winnipeg Donate Station Selkirk Rocky Mountain Ranges Sangamon Springfield Tas Fargo D T Manitoba Wniuz Chattanooga Tallulah Ernest Atwood Stella Wadaworth Henry Moore Joseph Beddie Lafayette Moore Herr Strassman Berlin Mishawaka A. H. Andrews & Co Perkins New Laredo Mex Diaz Sunseeox Bwtse Fort Leavenworth Oklahoma James A. Aichee United States Texas Cou Garpa Linares Madrid Alfonso Europe Stephen Whitlock Maria Allen Isaac Whitlock Allen Bundesrath Baltic Elbe North Sea Fass Plymouth Eng Cincinnati Ross, Robbins & George Jones Brothers Tuxee Mograbeh England Laurel W. Patcner New York Stock Exchange Brooklyn Acd. K. CamPaeny St. Charles Hae New Brunswick N. J San Francisco Fatin A. Benson Jardmonger C. W. Brown Brown Benson Ustten States New Mexico Congress Weat Point la Follette Wisconsin Merrill and Payne D. J. Smith York County D. C Broad River B. Guarz Brows Missouri Kirkwood Frankfort Kentucky Missouri Democrat Thomas C. Reynolds Horace Greeley Foxey Banks St. Armand Canada Phillipsburg Lake Cadorette Burke New Era Station Levi Kessler Ghot Lex Harner Harner Keasler Lima Wish ‘Tre Michigan Board of Equitable Detroit Senator Palmer Warner Newberry Walter L. Newberry Paria Chicago Milton H. Butler Edward Hy Walter A. Newberry Jesse H. Farwell George Jerome Mr. Butler Green Bay Lawrence, Kas Noyes Bloomington Natural History Kansas State University Natural History Department The State University

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