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Wisconsin meadow poems and farm notes from 1880s era
A Wisconsin August page blends verse on summer, fields, and harvest with STATE FARM NOTES detailing crop yields, dairy outputs, cranberry marsh work, and livestock sales across Peshtigo Ripon Richland Jefferson and other counties. It notes frost losses, bee season forecasts, and local agricultural schemes plus fire headlines from varied towns.
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E. Boater
Peshtigo
Frosta
Desina
Ripon
Richland County
la Prairie
Rock County
Guo. C. Roserts
Bien Ink
Yar Husry
Jefferson
Dan. Seeber
Emerald Grove
Lissenden
Chicago
Knapp
Stevens Point
Powell
Cadman
Joux Ryay
Lily Bay Road
Sturgeon Bay
Tous A. Cone
Hustisford
Lord Duffield
W. P. Hayzlett
Missouri
Geo. McCarrow
Lisbon
Waukesha County
R. Lilliburn
Rosween Sims
Lafayette
Monroe County
Ripon Free Press
Black River Falls
J. H. Brewer
Nepenskun
Winnebago County
Delavan
Shopiere
Dodge County
Rat Marsh
Medina
Outagamie
R. T Linwaury
If’. W. Ettis
Big Timber
Montana
BE. Frances & Son
Platteville
Janesville
Wisconsin
Door County Advocate
Egg Harbor
Gibraltar
Liberty Grove
Washington
Knapp, Stout & Co
Carter
G. L. DeForest
M. Grizons
Berlin
Baneer
Nick Simon
Door County
Aurora
Tar Fond du Lac County Agricultural and Mechanical Association
Jones Prestice
Portage
Fox River
Waupun
Col. Beauregard
Valante
G. W. Stanton
Wm. von Baumbach
Wauwatosa
Hambletonian
Martin Hensa
Tue
Oshkosh
Arctic Circle
Hamilton
la Crosse County
A. McEldowney
Christian Bual
James McKinley
B. Wamby
W. McEldowney
Tru Berlin
Lew
George Smith