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Newspaper
Badger State
Location
Portage, Wisconsin, United States of America
Date
Jan 08, 1859
Page
2
The piece critiques Madison politics as Republicans and Gov. Rumpsewall grapple with taxes, the Revised Statutes, and state finances. It cites Grams County meetings rejecting taxes, calls for vigilance against protracted sessions, and contrasts past and present legislative stewardship.
The piece reports on Republican state administration criticism over tax revenue allocation, noting a large deficit and expenditures. It highlights ongoing political strife, election mentions, and broad grievances about finances, governance, and prospects for state leadership.
Fragmentary text discusses Democratic opposition to a Republican, sectional party. It cites tax policy shifts on real estate, state finances, and debt, with references to Wisconsin legislators, gubernatorial actions, and fiscal measures. The piece critiques party dynamics and outlines proposed taxation timelines and sale procedures for unpaid lands.
Discussion of tax foreclosure windows and actions to bar claims under deeds and mortgages. Notes on Wisconsin statutes, time limits for suits, and the use of deeds of trust to raise money. Includes commentary on Chicago security practices and the broader money market effects on real estate lending. References to Kennedy's Medical Discovery and local anecdotes.
A tale from the year 49 follows a ill man in Cincinnati misled by gold fever as he travels to California. After eight lean years of hardship he earns coin by selling newspapers until a chance reunion with an heiress wife brings a promised homecoming aboard a steamer. Elsewhere Walworth County denounces a state policy, suspends church members, and a Berlin based Augsburg Gazette notes Africam letters about explorers Barton and Spratt, with reports of white traders in Abyssinia linked to a mistaken path to civilization.
The Genoese Farmer celebrates its twenty ninth year with essays by experienced North American farmers and practical guides on crops, dairy, and markets. It praises book farming, offers club rates, and lists specimen numbers with Joseph Harris Rochester as contact. The Pitt Trace item extols Dr J C Arum Lowell and his Cathartic Pills, highlighting production of forty gross daily and wide medical use.
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