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The Tragedy of Annie Scheffner


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This week on A Northwoods Moment in History , Gary Entz tells us about the tragedy of Annie Scheffner. The early history of the Northwoods is filled with tales of bawdy houses and colorful stories of visits that are often told with a wink and a nod. Because this sort of business was illegal and masked in shame and public condemnation few records were kept of who visited and who worked in these places, and most of the women in these houses lived in anonymity and are among history’s forgotten
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