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Newspaper
Badger State
Location
Portage, Wisconsin, United States of America
Date
Aug 20, 1859
Page
3
Weather notes describe scorching heat and frequent showers affecting corn and potatoes. The text records delegates traveling from various towns to a regional assembly, with vague references to meetings, locations, and preparations, though many details are garbled. The piece also mentions a postmaster, a store sale, and local commerce amid the unsettled conditions.
The text mixes shop notes, market items, and scattered announcements. It mentions purchases at a store run by Mr WoW Tomng, various fruit and tobacco listings, an upcoming convention related to a poetic association, a canal steamer departure, and references to schooling and taxes. Partial names and dates appear amid garbled phrases, underscoring the damaged page nature.
A long, disjointed excerpt from a broadside or manuscript critiques attitudes toward Black people in America, naming New England and various regions. It discusses emancipation, colored people near Boston and Vermont, and references to plantations, migration, and economic relations. The text includes distorted names and places, with a focus on attitudes toward Africans, enslaved people, and economic interactions in the early United States.
A fragmentary dialogue critiques political factions and racial tension, citing Madison County NY figures and Wisconsin citizens. It contrasts Republican zeal with despised parties, mentions temperance, slavery bonds, and a Georgia planter background, and argues against migration for political ends amid broader national division.
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