A Western Memoir of Love and a Miner Key
A Wisconsin reminiscence unfolds from childhood to adult choice. Laura recalls a brave miner Paul Heath who gifts a gold key and vows, a rival romance with John Levering, a forged check crisis, a daring remedy, and a return to rightful love with Paul after years apart. The tale blends memory, wealth, and moral testing in a late 19th century setting.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Eastern College
Mieve
Paul Heath
Laura
Lake Michigan
Pau
John Levering
Maynard
Paul
Mr. Maynard
John
New York
Hugh Nelson
Jordan & Crane
Lassie
Minister Wins Blooded Stallion Prize for Horse Essays
Rev H Stone Richardson of Oshkosh earned a $2000 prize horse, Mambrino Chief, for best horse articles in a Chicago paper. Writing as Gray Stone, Richardson published The Horse and His Rider from Janesville and won seven judges’ top prize. His conference peers questioned the stance, yet the pieces argued against overwork and abuse, with critics urging publication in book form.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
H. Stone Richardson
Osh‘kash
Chicago
Richardson
Janesville
Gray Stone
Vanderpilt's Tomb Contract In New York Firm Wins Work
McKensie and Patterson of Quicy Mass receive a contract from William H. Vanderbilt for a Romanesque tomb in Moravian Cemetery New Dorp Staten Island. Architect Richard M. Hunt designs a 100 by 110 foot structure with two domes, using Quincy granite for exteriors and limestone for vestibule and catacombs. Estimated cost 250000 dollars, finish by December, requiring 8000000 pounds of stone and 100 additional workers.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Vanderpilt
Quiscy
Mass
Quincy
New Dorp
Staten Island
Besaes
Miser'e Death and a Hidden Hoard in Illinois
Betsy Petty died nine miles north of Miser e in Illinois after refusing medical help. A large sum of cash, including $3200 from her husband’s settlement over twenty years earlier, was found hidden in her home, while other coins remained unclaimed. Also, J L Rose of Cuba City Wisconsin, found dead from exposure after a night of drinking, once apprenticed with the late Vice President Henry Wilson.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Paul Heath
Thad
Paul
Gerway
William Keiser
Racine
Shirland
St. Paul Road
Michael Frix
Hudson
State Insane Asylum
Madison
theLsth Inst
Tomas Chandler
Andrew Cardey
Ehnhurst
Grant County
Louisa Eissver
Waukesha
Lous Axpirsox
la Crosse
Howard Houses
I. W. Holmes
Beloit
H. G. Hendee
Sturgeon Bay
Geo. O. Spears
Whitewater
Wintiow Heymaers
Sylvan Corners
Richland County
Otto Kresg
St. Paul
Joseph 5. Simonton
la Crosse County
J. H. Whee
Janesvile Recorder
Bhmeevorr
Betsy Petty
Here
Ganena, Jr
J.L. Rose
Cuba City
Wis
Rosei
Massachusetts
Bench
Henry Wilson
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Wisconsin
Medora Clark
Minerva
Alla
Aolan
Wesconsey Etlus
Tux
Neillsville
Rock River Paper Company
Pamir Money
Hortonville
Wm. Sales
Chicago, Milwaukee & St. Paul
Chi-o
Vilas
Geo. Seigel
Franklin
Sank
D. W. Morgan
Plain
Kewaunee
Wayland University
E.D. Coe
John M. Thurston
Omaha
Mary Merriam
Milwaukee Female College
John Atkinson
Goodrich Transortation Company
Teen Bay
Oshkosh
Brunnell
Eau Claire
Harry W. Kellogg
Bergstrom
Hudson Bay
Mostrean
Can
Hudson Bay Company
Prince of Wales
Moose Factory
London
Eng
Gulf
Menasha
United States
Sonneberg
Germany
Brohm
Dietharz
Gotha
Casper Andreas Brohm
Old Country
Ohrdruf
Mosher
Brahms
Spriscxe
N. M
Bill Todd
Dick Rogers
Rogers
Todd
Ed. King
Red River Tom
Buffalo Bil
Frank North
United States Service
Wills. Powell
Fred. Kislingbury
Kislingbury
Greely
Arctic
North
Will A. Powell
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