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Newspaper

Weekly Wisconsin

Location

Milwaukee, Wisconsin, United States of America

Date

May 06, 1885

Page

2

The Dance of the Trees and Tales of Mickey the Squirrel

A missive from The Weekly Wisconsin presents The Dance of the Trees a playful verse about spring woods and the wind. It continues with Story of a Squirrel recounting Mickey the red English squirrel in India with his human, mischief, and a tearful goodbye. Kitty's Favorite Play follows a kitten named Kitty chasing a ball of white yarn causing a tangle that ends with blame and a nap.

Wisconsin Karah D. Doualt Mickey Rachel Thad India Himalaya Simla Ongland Mick Tom Mussulman Memsahib Syce Rufus Kitty Grandma Park Lucy Young

Multiple Disasters and Legal Clashes Dominate News Notes

A string of brief items covers cotton firm failures at 125 thousand, a Newburg brewery fire with 40 thousand insurance, and the Arctic steamer Alert transfer at Halifax signaling guard honors. Other notes mention a Meath estate near Navan, a Missouri killing over a trunk dispute, a disqualified consul general candidate from South Carolina, a Chicago riot case, libel suits by Mayor Harrison totaling 800 thousand dollars, and a Milwaukee Spencerian Business College ad.

T. A. Durnam & Co Lescur Bros Newburg N. Y Alert Halifax Prince Victor Prince of Wales Treand Ardbraccan Navan Meath Boyne Blackwater Eldorado Russell P. Garris Garris James M. Morgan South Carolina United States Melbourne Australia United States Naval Service Alabama Mitros Westos Chicago Murraysville Obadiah E. Haymaker Western Penitentiary Supreme Court Inter-Ocean Edwin Lee Brown Brown North Side Turner Hall Spencerian Business College Milwaukee Wis BR. C. Spencer

Farmer advice and poultry notes from Prairie Farmer

A compilation of farmer letters and field notes on poultry keeping ensilage and crop practices. C A Heldrickson of Inland Nebraska shares profitable poultry methods and winter care. W H Wilkinson of Howyoxe Massachusetts discusses ensilage and silo design. Prairie Farmer presents asparagus planting guidance and a five acre farm profile with detailed crop yields and cowkeeping insights.

Wisconsin C. A. Heldrickson Inland Neb W. H. Wilkinson Howyoxe Mass L. B. Arnold Rochester Arnold New England

Puzzle and recipe column with various household tips

A fragmented department page invites readers to contribute original puzzles and recipes. It includes directions for write-once submissions, a Wisconsin address, multiple ad hoc recipes such as Picktop Fish and Orange Cake, and a long list of word and logic puzzles with brief notes and solutions.

Pure Wiscossin Our Lady Rayor Bostox

Our Family Ad Instructions and Q A Fragments

Instructions for writing to the editor and submitting questions appear alongside a long list of questions and scattered local notices. The text mixes ad guidelines with crime briefs, postal questions, and brief reports from Ohio and Wisconsin, including a shocking family murder in Ohio and a drowned porter found near Green Bay.

Four Story Block Fire Buries Nine Firemen in Pennsylvania

A four story building at 96 Third Avenue in Prrrseure home to James Peters & Co as a paper warehouse and E. E. Edmundson & Co as a furniture house burned last night. Walls toppled trapping nine firefighters including Nelson Woods and John Greetzinger. Woods died this morning from crush injuries. Gretzinger fractured skull and ribs, Carroll internal injuries, Kilhian unconscious, others injured but improving. Loss pegged under 25,000 dollars.

Prrrseure Third Avenue James Peters & Co E. E. Edmundson & Co Nelson Woods John Greetzinger William Carroll John Kilhian William McKelvey Fred Nentz John

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