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Newspaper
Weekly Wisconsin
Location
Milwaukee, Wisconsin, United States of America
Date
May 13, 1885
Page
2
Fragmentary verse reflecting a spring mood with playful lines about nature and a child’s imagination. The piece references a maid, blue sky, cold air, and a whispered exchange about spring. Names and places appear in garbled form, suggesting a Boston or Saint Louis context.
In a Dakota farm tale two young sisters Agnes and Florence Brown share a secret summer retreat called the Half Way House. A cave by a rock ledge becomes their imagined pantry and refuge, while winters threaten with cold winds and long walks as their diligent parents toil to keep family life steady.
In a Wisconsin tale, siblings Florence and Aggie Brown endure a devastating blizzard while stranded near a prairie log house. They shelter in a cupboard under the giant’s well, survive the night, dig free with help from a scrub oak, and are eventually rescued by their grateful parents as a storm subsides and a cheerful dinner horn signals safety.
Our lady reade invites plain brief contributions of practical recipes for housewifery. The excerpt lists varied dishes and methods including ParisHt Sanap-Cut style meats with eggs and dressing, ENTERLOIN ON Toast pork toast with tomatoes, Eyes For Breakfast baked egg dish, Arrie Puppise apple dessert with sauce, Cookite CABBAGE cabbage in creamy sauce, OranBERRY Paprise fruit bread with eggs, Swiss Meat Ometer cold meat omelet center, Prorer Por tripe veal gravy with vegetables and spices.
A dated appeal invites readers to share ideas and experiences for a farmer led columns guide. The writer, Frank L. Fosom of Alexandria Dakota, discusses colt raising practices and cautions on breaking colts young. It includes observations on feeding bees, fertilization, and the value of wood ashes for crops, urging quality control and fair pricing.
A harsh critique denounces ammonia in baking powders as a hidden poison linked to many diseases and urges legislative action to ban it. Dr Price's Cream Baking Powder is praised for purity, while a Racine County poor farm superintendent Jolly Dreetis dies of dropsy after years as infirmary keeper.
Practical farming notes on pig and lamb care, feeding weak stock with digestible grains, and keeping sows calm. plus reader questions about grooming, hats, Boycott origin, absinthe, and how to obtain books, with short answers and farm tips on peas as swine feed and using wood ashes as fertilizer.
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