Mysterious bones found in 2024 explained by the "Milwaukee Herold" in April 1887 ...

"Where the Prospect and Maryland Avenues meet in Ward 1, a new school building under the direction of Contractor Danischefski is being built. It is not a flat surface, but a large, grassy place in which an infinite number of depressions can be seen; namely graves, which were once raised above the surface, but now have sunk down.
The site was used for more than twenty years as a burial ground, and funerals were held there in 1863. Twenty-five years ago, it was covered with gravestones and monuments.
Although a sanctified place, it was always neglected, as most of the bodies entrusted to the earth were those of "paupers"* and dying homeless, upon whom the tears of a loving mother had earlier fallen." [*The cemetery served the 2 orphanages across the street.]

Niemand zum Leid, Gerechtigkeit für Alle. (© The Inter-Racial Council)

 

It's 2024 and we still ask the question: will it be intelligent voting for the public good? or will it be ignorant voting for selfish interests?

This was the quandary for US citizens in the 1920s when this was published in Milwaukee's remaining daily German language newspaper (©The Inter-Racial Council).
This issue was the same for the USA in November 2016, 2020, and in 2024 as US Secular Democracy hangs in the balance.