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Newspaper
Badger State
Location
Portage, Wisconsin, United States of America
Date
Aug 06, 1859
Page
3
A garbled OCR page from a Diners, Wisconsin area issue lists an “Badger State” office for sale. Fragments mention printing, Che Kune, Minnesota, a park, and street scenes, with unclear dates and local names. The piece reads like a town paper page with scattered place names and scattered events.
The readable text shows a mosaic of person names places and scattered phrases. Many proper nouns like Ward Beetings Dea Getty Le tie and Portage appear amid garbled segments suggesting a newspaper page with meetings weather reports and assorted notices. The fragmentary OCR yields no coherent article.
A July Buffalo Courier excerpt discusses continuing the public high school, rejecting its discontinuance by a 11 to 4 vote, and detailing plans to permanently establish a high school on a firm footing with board action. The item references local views, banking support, and potential September opening, with broader implications for city schools and nearby districts.
A 1859 notice lists meetings for Wisconsin General District Association and Wisconsin State Phonetic Association. It notes schedules in Fond du Lac Portage and Milwaukee, inviting editors, printers, poets, and educators to attend, with details on agricultural reports and a push for regional academic cooperation.
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