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Newspaper

Weekly Wisconsin

Location

Milwaukee, Wisconsin, United States of America

Date

Oct 24, 1885

Page

4

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Methodist temperance push in Wisconsin fuels tobacco stance

The West Wisconsin and Milwaukee conferences declare that Christian men should not raise tobacco. The author criticizes reform zeal, suggesting church-driven morals outrun the public and dismisses high license as impractical, calling for balanced reform amid ongoing moral campaigns. An error-laden line about 715,836 appears truncated.

West Wisconsin Dodgeville Methodists Milwaukee Waukesha

Confidence in good times drives Wisconsin outlook

The Wisconsin periodical argues that business confidence shapes prosperity beyond current trade. It cites T A Chapman’s East trip and New York banker observations as evidence that improved conditions, easier credit, and full employment lift sentiment and future activity, noting that belief fuels actual growth and steadiness in markets.

T. A. Chapman New York Wisconsin Chapman

News items from Copenhagen to Paterson

A Danish youth Rasmussen attempted to assassinate Premier Estrupp in Copenhagen, but was overpowered before a second shot. In Kansas City Mrs. Joan Conway and daughter Kate were found murdered, skulls crushed by a coupling pin, with a thief taking $30. Mrs. Gro. Van Ness of Plainfield gave birth to four children. Mr. Van Ness fainted on hearing the news. In Paterson Mrs. Daniel Decker gave birth to a boy and a girl in fret-class condition, celebrated at a hotel with 200 friends. A Holm Haperbox Co factory fire in St. Louis caused $15,000 loss, with 80 workers present. Insurance policy classes in Pennsylvania shift risks. births trigger 25 cent assessments in a 500-member class. Tonquin cholera devastates French troops. reinforcements insufficient. Architect Jas. K. McGrath’s wife died from a porch fall in St. Louis. Jon Francis, a farmer near Phillipsburg, Pa., believed he had $2,000,000 inheritance but was deceived by letters from Valparaiso, Chile. An Eau Claire Blow Company assignee sold works to the Bank of Eau Claire. gross proceeds unlisted. Also noted is “Rough on Rats” product advertising.

Copenhagen Denmark Rasmussen Estrupp Joan Conway Kate Kansas City Gro. van Ness Plainfield N. J van Ness Pattison Daniel Decker Decker Holm Paperbox Company Levee Walnut Streets St. Louis Snarsylvania France Jas. K. McGrath Pine Street Me. Grath Jons Francis Phillipsburg Valparaiso Ohil Francis Hagland Iia Francisco Masry Beexser Racine Prairie du Sac Hughes McCann Eau Claire are _Lucas M. Thomas Watertown D.T Green Lake County Wis Williast Kinney Madison John Sullivan Appleton Kate Rummacer E. E. Correster Rockford Beloit Welsh Snow Whitehall Trempealeau County Sparta Albert Watkins Lincoln, Neb Wisconsin Wilaa Wacner Monroe Burenars Evansville C. A. Libby The Enterprise John Dolphs Libby Dolphs Superior William Henzoc Sheboygan Herzog Mozel Stockbridge House Stockbridge J. L. Kurker Newburg Port Washington Minnesota Ruckfield Washington County Atrrep Apauson Fond du Lac Aspinwall Adamson Norfolk Powhattan W. A. Spalding Racine Wagon & Carriage Company Winslow Gay Taos Curley Crawford County Prairie div@sion North McGregor Hobbs Thomas Riley United States Oakley Menasha Wisconsin Central ‘Railway Company Wolf River Hadfield Quarries Waukesha Herman L. Fobes Fobes Roger W. Whinfield James Dick Charles W. Whinfield Beaver Dam Czantes Craven Bangor la Crosse County Mr. Draper

Accidents and Obituaries From Wisconsin Notes

Reports from Wisconsin in late October recount fatal and nonfatal gun accidents near Spokeville and Appleton, a self-inflicted gun wound near Wildwood, and the death of Capt. William Powell, a Menominee interpreter, in Green Bay. Jens Brenner, a former inmate, was wounded in a saloon burglary incident at Baldwin after a struggle with officers. Prof Edward Holden, Washburn Observatory director, has been elected president of the University of California and will assume duties January 1.

Hupsox Wis Jens Brenner Waupin Baldwin Brenner Stillwater California Manisoy Edward 8. Holden Washburn Observatory University of California Holden Watson Washburn Naval Observatory Washington West Point

Milwaukee Fatalities and Misfortunes Prompt Local Notes

Milwaukee society records multiple deaths and incidents. Witt B. Laser, a South Side machinist, died at 279 Oregon Street of consumption. Aveusr Mansert, a Milwaukee farmer, died after Paris green ingestion in a drunken fit on October 15. Henry F. Fiurz, a cigar-maker from 715 Vliet Street, died by self-inflicted shooting near Kenosha. Mrs. Josefh Pouuarp, wife of Alexander Mitchell's gardener, died at 185 Tenth Street. Will Starke fell from a roof at Juneau and Jefferson, sustaining likely fatal injuries. Arwixe Keuner, a Muskego Center farm hand, robbed of 68 by a saloon confidant. Mrs. E. C. Hearn died at 20th and died after typhoid. she was secretary of Milwaukee Woman's Exchange and a museum manager. Her funeral was on the 21st, interment at Wauwatosa. The Wisconsin Undertakers' Association elected officers in Milwaukee: President Carlos Bacon, Vice-president William Spikes, Secretary Crosby Grant, and long list of officers. A prominent Milwaukee businessman, A. W. Phelps, died after a bogey accident on October 17, with funeral on the 22nd. Police tighten enforcement of hitching horses on public ways.

E. C. Hearn Milwaukee Milwaukee Woman’s Exchange Milwaukee Museum of Fine Arts Wauwatosa Heath Fariea Whitewater A. W.phelps Milwaukee Police

Train Runs Into Hand Car Killing Wisconsin Foreman

Oct 22 Wis near South Side depot a hand-car was struck by Chicago St Paul Minneapolis & Omaha train No 100. James ONeil section foreman was thrown and crushed and died soon after. His wife and family live in Watertown. Also Chicago Oct 21 a two story frame house on 1425 Washington Ave collapsed killing five people including Dwane Kimball and his wife and three unnamed laborers.

Caicaco Washington Avenue Dwane Kimball

Military Appointments and Local Incidents in Wisconsin

Gov Rusk issued commissions elevating Lanigi Lomia to aide de camp with colonel rank, Allan I Caldwell named major of the First Regiment, and E H Grannis appointed assistant surgeon of the Third Regiment. Beaver Dam Guard renamed. Solon Cronk dies after being thrown from a wagon near Dunn County. A boiler explosion near Ridgeville kills two men and a boy with others injured. Louis Riel’s appeal is dismissed by the privy council in London. The body of L C Watson found in the Peshtigo River after a suicide. Dr Sace's Catarrh Remedy advert follows.

A. Manson Wis Rusk Lanigi Lomia State University Allan I. Caldwell Whitewater William Helm Madison E. H. Grannis Menominee Gaeen Bay L.C. Watson Peshtigo 5Ace

Sunset poem fragment by Anthony B. Anderson

A widowed Day builds a funeral pyre on dusky hills and holds a brand in a trembling hand. A lingering sigh and she is wrapped in fire.

Anthony B. Anderson

Wisconsin items mixed in state wire service notes

A roundup of Wisconsin news items includes a safe robbery at Star Prairie, a land bid in Marinette, a Racine death, a Prairie du Sac vote tie, a shooting near Eau Claire, a new Watertown postmaster, a dying inmate, jail escapes, church and court actions, a stockyard stable contract, accidental shootings, a major mill closure, a drowning death at Racine, crimes in Whitehall and Appleton, and various court and local government notes across towns such as Madison Fond du Lac and Oshkosh.

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