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Newspaper
Weekly Wisconsin
Location
Milwaukee, Wisconsin, United States of America
Date
Mar 25, 1885
Page
2
For the Young Folks we describe a beautiful amber coat sapphire eyes and white velvet mittens. The kitten tiptoes with mischief tipping lamps and shredding fabrics while pretending to study nature. Soon he will be a cat and a hunter of mice.
A prince seeks a wife with true virtue and power grants himself shape changing for a year. Three sisters seek the ball's splendor using enchanted gifts, one sister Go-Happy hides a frog and the others harness gold and dresses. A tale of three sisters and a hidden toad testing fortune at the royal ball.
The article blends a fairy tale about Rosile Violet Go-Happy and a palace, with two sisters turned by beauty and ugliness, and a moral on kindness. It then shifts to real tragedies and human endurance including a streetcar accident victim, a roller skating deaths, and essays on farming practices and calf care from Wisconsin letters and American Agriculturist commentary.
A Wisconsin Tobacco Reporter estimate compares tobacco costs in Davis County Illinois with Wisconsin. Labor and per acre costs are itemized from seed bed to harvest, noting yields near 1,000 pounds per acre and net income after land and shed costs. A table-like summary shows total labor, per acre cost, and potential net return under given prices.
A New York Times account describes a colossal natural sculpture on San Vicente harbor ridge in Cape Verde. The dark gray rock forms a Washington likeness with hair, shoulders, and frill, seen against a blue sky as ships approach the island. Later, Mespora, Illinois reports a somnambulism accident. William Hollstein, about 25, reportedly fell from a second story window to his death.
Puzzle department solicits original entries. readers are urged to write on one side. The page presents Marmion quotations puzzle items 1184 to 1185 with clues and initials, then a list of meta puzzles including 1185 Currade and 1172 Hous Glass. Readers extract letters to form names and solve wordplay about authors, places, and objects.
Readers are invited to contribute practical homemaking recipes. The piece lists several dishes with step by step directions: Grippie Cakes from Adirondack with sour milk batter, Bowen Ostoxs boiled to tenderness, Mince Pies Without Meat blending lemons apples and currants, Jelly Cake layers with butter and jelly, Poxpa cheese and bread crumb bake, Porto Omelet from mashed potatoes and eggs, and Bread making tips from Washington Territory. It also includes a mutton stew method with layered potatoes and onions and mushroom gravy, and notes on keeping yeast strong for bread.
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