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Newspaper
Weekly Wisconsin
Location
Milwaukee, Wisconsin, United States of America
Date
Jul 01, 1885
Page
2
A long ode by Eliza Biar Allen honors a fallen hero at the Mulligan Monument unveiling on Decoration Day. The poem extols courage, patriotism, and Christian faith, praising the deceased’s generous heart, fearless deeds, and sacrifice for freedom, country, and town.
Delight Perry suffers a cruel misunderstanding after a drunken wine party allegedly implicates her fiancé Jack Hamilton. She visits relatives, meets an unseen lawyer guest, and accuses Jack before discovering his alibi. In a charged kitchen confrontation, Jack reveals the error and vows to renew their engagement as Aunt Mary quietly witnesses the reconciliation.
A composite of children’s stories featuring a diligent Little Yellow Bee urged to roam and return with honey, Old Dorothy’s umbrella heroism during a mountain escape, and Emily’s moonlit night wanderer tale. Strong figures include a queen bee and Dorothy as storyteller.
A log jam in the East Kennebec containing 14 million feet of logs was started by a powder blast. It broke free with a crash heard for miles as logs shot downstream along a sixteen mile current. The narrative also mentions Ayer s Sarsaparilla in connection with health claims.
A compact guide to practical recipes and preservation methods featuring straw berry desserts and preserves Strawberries in sauces sherbet and charlotte plus drying and storage tips for cherries and general asparagus soup and stock methods including gelatine cream and vanilla flavors and kitchen tips.
In Brooman Wisconsin on June 24 Harvey Clarke aged 14 was thrown from a moving car and his right arm was severed. The notice also advertises Spencerian Business College Milwaukee Wisconsin with principal B C Spencer as a call for a thorough business education.
A farmer guide urges readers to send letters with farming ideas for publication. It describes saving newborn pigs with heat blankets and warm water, using heat retention to keep litters alive. It also recounts salt use on grain fields in France and Minnesota, claiming earlier head yields and better straw, plus methods for caponizing cockerels with simple instruments and careful handling.
A dense jumble of reader questions, notices, and short notices from Our Family column. It includes requests for addresses, book locations, printing presses, lake charts, roller skating history, Banting diet summary, and drowning accident report, with editor responses and ads, plus a product endorsement for Dr Sage's Catarrh Remedy.
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