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Newspaper
Weekly Wisconsin
Location
Milwaukee, Wisconsin, United States of America
Date
Oct 10, 1885
Page
2
A rural couple Simeon and Mary Bangs sell their farm and relocate to a tall red-brick city house. Mrs Bangs grieves the loss of country life, misses dairy and poultry, and contemplates taking a boarder to help with finances while adjusting to modern city living.
In a city boarding house a wealthy widow Mrs. Wylie moves into the Bangs home, charming Simeon Bangs and provoking Mrs. Bangs’s jealousy. Simeon’s proposal leads to a dramatic country ride, a street accident, and a confession. After amends, Simeon buys back the old farm and the couple return to a contented country life.
Symbolic of Peace Fort Walker crowns the high point in the Atlanta park. Once a Confederate stronghold in 1864, it has been restored to its original proportions. A peace statue is proposed to stand at the fort�s center with a carved oolitic stone pedestal already in place.
Decline of Man asserts mental or organic weakness and related delicate diseases can be cured speedily and permanently. It invites readers to obtain a large illustrated book of particulars by enclosing 10 cents in stamps and sending to the World's Dispensary Medical Association at 663 Main Street, Buffalo, N.Y.
A Dakota farmer seeks help on winter cabbage storage and is advised to bury cabbages in ground furrows with hay and earth, then uncover at use. The piece argues small farms are often more profitable than large holdings, urging focus on productive areas for comfort and education. It also covers dairy notes on preventing butter spoilage, flax as a profitable crop, and laws to curb wild mustard contamination.
A column invites readers to share practical housewifery recipes including Nasturtium pickles, cabbage dishes, quince preserves, tomato pickles, and green tomato sauces. The page also recounts a peculiar case in Etaura, New York, where a man reportedly expelled two live snakes after an emetic treatment, with local witnesses and a physician corroborating the account.
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