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Newspaper
Weekly Wisconsin
Location
Milwaukee, Wisconsin, United States of America
Date
May 27, 1885
Page
2
Poem reflecting on aging, duty, and faith by J. P. B. James inspires endurance and piety. It contrasts earthly trials with heavenly hope and urges steadfast virtue over wealth. A subplot follows Marion Wade and Bruce Roberts as past love reconciles amid regret and forgiveness in a Wisconsin setting.
A whimsical tale describes a burly bumble bee in a brown suit seeking breakfast. He bribes many flowers and neighbors for honey and ends up carrying a generous bouquet to a poor crippled boy, carried by a street urchin named Jane.
A Wisconsin tale follows Nettie who,\n disconsolate with toy choices, discovers a nursery scene in a starch box. Her attic venture yields a wax head doll planted to sprout six china dolls, borne from Nettie’s imagination, as her father challenges her to solve the mystery rather than buy more toys.
The page blends a humane Hartford Times tale about a neglected dog named Rollo with practical farming guidance. It includes uplifting notes on a girl’s love for the dog, the community response, and a reflection on canine kindness alongside Farm Bureau style sections. It covers ensilage trials, turkey rearing, unshod horses, and repairing implements at the farm.
On Decoration Day Marion Russell observes veterans pass, haunted by a past promise to Edward Russell and the looming fear for her two sons. Old acquaintances mingle with memories of Hal Morrison, Henry Watson, and Bruce Roberts as she weighs leaving the old home for guidance from friends who might curb her sons’ fatherly influences.
The Cook column invites four lady readers to contribute practical recipes. Readable selections include Sour Cream Custard, Rhubarb Tart with an egg brushed crust, Wheat-From-Murrins batter, Boiled Trout with wine vinegar, Mock Turtle Soup, Lemon Pie with meringue, Sand Cake with almond pastry, and related instructions.
Mrs. Alex Porter of Burimeros Wisconsin was thrown from a buggy when harness broke. She fractured her skull and recovery is doubtful. Porter is a leading local farmer and stock merchant. Separately in Gareya Illinois a railroad official reports Briggs of Chicago Freeport St Paul Company holding meetings in Southern Wisconsin. A new line of about 150 miles from Richland Center via Pine River and Kickapoo is being surveyed for a shorter route. Health ad Biscuits Brown's Iron Bitters advertised as improving digestion and blood quality with testimonial from Henry Hallam of St Louis.
A May cyclone struck Taylor Texas causing destruction to the Missouri Pacific freight house, round house, and city hall along with over a dozen other structures. The railroad loss is about $5,000 while damages to other buildings total between $12,000 and $15,000. No lives were reported.
News notes recount a flood that drove 75 families from Elk City Kentucky, a Boston arrest yields 24 years hard labor for a confidence man, drownings near Des Moines, and various legal, political, and business updates including a large Percheron shipment to New York and a note on a Wisconsin business college.
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