Old Year and New Year Echo in Wisconsin Tales
Fragmented prose recalls a poem of the year’s passage and follows Neil and a young woman in a Wisconsin town. The narrator, now sixteen, reflects on loss, family duty, and love as Neil departs for winter work. A fall from a blackberry hedge ends a chapter with injury.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Jessie
Neil
Christendom
California
Monteiths
Mrs. Monteith
Portage
Colorado
Bach
Little Bull Falls
Keil
The Wisconsin Love Triangle and a Heroic River Rescue
In a Wisconsin tale Jessie recounts a winter of learning, jealousy, and artful intrigue as Neil and Byrne Lamar vie for her heart. A devastating river accident tests loyalty. Neil saves Lamar at great personal cost, and Jessie finally accepts her true love for Neil after his sacrifice.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Neil
Jessie
Nito Land
Shakespeare
Wadsworth
Dante
Christopher North
Irving
Hawthorne
Byrne Lamar
Dalles
Mr. Lamar
Lamar
Renzss
Launcelot
Galahad
Maarsiade
Thada
Woodbine
Wisconsin
Hylas
Steve Burney
Rafsman
Loomy Forest
Migration of Birds From Glacial Epoch To Spring Return
The migration history describes a vast ancient ice sheet shaping bird movements from the north to the tropics and back. It notes robins, bluebirds, swallows, meadowlarks, phoebes, and others returning in spring, and cites the American Ornithologists' Union tracking martin arrivals across states from Mississippi to Manitoba with dates in March through May.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
America
Tropics
Phoebe
American Ornithologists’ Union
Martin
Mississippi
Texas
Indian Territory
Arkansas
Missouri
Kansas
Iowa
Illinois
Wisconsin
Manitoba
Ohio
Moosehead Lake
Maine
The Worship of Money in Britain and America
Matthew Arnold contrasts British and American attitudes toward wealth urging that Englishers treat rich men as grandees while Americans see wealth as fluctuating and not central to social status. He cites Winans the American millionaire and mocks British game laws as absurdities suited only to Britain.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Matthew Arnold
America
Europe
Gordon's Comforter A Prayer Book at Khartoum
In London a drinking party taunts Gen Gordon over alleged wine theft. He responds by drawing a Church of England prayer book from his coat and asserts it has comforted him in trials, leaving guests stunned and later apologizing.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Gordon
New York Times
Khartoum
London
Garon
Also Mentioned on This Page
Ritten
The
Wisconsin Neill
Sarah D. Hobart
Pampas
Andes
Pasin
Mendoza
Nebraska
Omaha Bee
Frank Morris
Holt County
Mother Love
She
Ell
Ay Indy
Samuel Wells Willard
This is just the beginning! Our collection holds over 300 years of history, including rare newspapers, obituaries, marriage records, birth records, and so much more—most of which you won’t find anywhere else!