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Newspaper
Weekly Wisconsin
Location
Milwaukee, Wisconsin, United States of America
Date
Sep 26, 1885
Page
7
Fragmentary poem in The Wisconsin hints at devotion and resurrection themes. The readable lines mention a risen Lord triumphing over sin and death and refer to faith lifting the eye to grace and promised word. The text reads as a religious meditation with archaic phrasing.
Mrs Muldoon recounts a chaotic day when her purse of a dollar and a half vanished from the knife drawer while she tended the house and her children. She implores the court to weigh a generous defense against the child thieves and the madness of a bustling school scene.
A lengthy register of marriages dated September across numerous towns. Names include Will Smith and Maggie Pinkerton in Arena, Charles Walter and Tillie Radkee in Obtawa, and James Cook with Belle Jackson in Oconto, among many others. Pairings show spouses, with brides listed as Miss or Mrs and grooms with initials or full names, reflecting a broad regional social record.
In the Fargo area a water boring project thirteen miles northwest of the city found gas at depths of 60 to 140 feet. The strong pressure prevented lowering pipes below 100 feet while a 40 foot coal seam emitted water and fumes. The find suggests coal beds in the Red River valley, rare in the region. A notable claim is the absence of coal within hundreds of miles. Death by own action of a Boy in Eat Ceatre Wis. Albert Gross, 16, shot himself with a 38 revolver at his father’s home after waking and returning to his room. the motive remains unknown.
The passage proclaims the Ruddy River of life as the body’s life source. It extols Dr. Pierce's Golden Medical Discovery as a great blood food and purifier, a sovereign remedy for impoverished blood and diseases like consumption bronchitis weak lungs scrofula influenza and related ailments.
Robinson and Loaser’s hardware store in Eat Clark, Wis, was robbed Saturday night of about 300 dollars worth of firearms. The safe and money drawer were left undisturbed.
A compiled list records numerous September and August death notices across Wisconsin towns including Neenah Wrocena Dane Magnolia Menasha Alto Oshkosh Paria Green Bay York Delavan Lodi Osceola Hudson Fond du Lac Madison Two Rivers Fairplay Metallien Brandon Palmyra Kewaunee Reedsburg Columbus Sheboygan Prairie du Lac Beecham Racine Janesville Leeds Center Racine Madison Fond du Lac Lowries Beaver Dam Whitewater Amherst Sarkville Menasha Oakfield Racine Mount Pleasant Beaver Dam Hale's Corners St Paul Wauwatosa Millaukee Captain James Doyle and other names with ages ranging from 2 to 87.
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