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Newspaper
Weekly Wisconsin
Location
Milwaukee, Wisconsin, United States of America
Date
Oct 03, 1885
Page
2
An ornate portrayal contrasts a glamorous Beatrice Santley with a doomed moral critique of her influence, then shifts to Evelyn Thorne’s diary aboard a steamer. The excerpt blends poetic condemnation of vice with diary excerpts describing Beatrice’s deteriorating marriage, his drinking and gambling, and her visible unhappiness.
A narrator records a voyage romance on a steamship with Beatrice Nesbitt and a yellow haired widow. He struggles between restraint and passion as Nesbitt’s drunken behavior harms others. The narrator seeks safe separation at Liverpool after a tense, doomed emotional arc.
A collection of short vignettes features Gracie watching fireflies, Bruce the Edinburgh pie buyer who pays with a penny and becomes a regular customer, a tale of a wolf’s enduring affection for its Paris master, and a detailed account of mother mice protecting and guiding their newborn brood in the Christian Union composing room.
The shamrock is defined by its leaves rather than its flower and is rare in England. Wood sorrel is cited as the original shamrock, with a pale pink flower, while purple Dutch clover is now widely accepted as the shamrock. St Patrick used the trefoil to illustrate the Holy Trinity, giving the symbol its national status in Ireland. Also discussed is scrofula and the claim that Dr Pierce's Gold en Medical Discovery purges the blood to prevent consumption.
Reader submitted queries about government salaries, cabinet members, legal questions, and educational resources. The piece lists questions numbered (537–543) with brief editor answers and notes, urging concise replies to a wide range of topics from senators to veterinary colleges and tax on tobacco. It concludes with a note guiding readers to send answers, with Spencerian Business College named as a resource.
A collage of puzzles and word games from the Wisconsin office puzzle department includes decapitation riddles anagrams animal puzzles and more. The page lists contributors and prompts readers to submit one side of paper with solutions and notes a prize for best complete answer list.
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