10 Mar 1870
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Newspaper
Chippewa Falls Democrat
Location
Chippewa Falls, Wisconsin, United States of America
Date
Mar 10, 1870
Page
1
Local advertisement rates listed for subscription space and notices with terms for quarterly and advance payments. Includes pricing for marriages, business cards, and legal notices with per square charges and variable rates by column width.
The article reports on bribery allegations against a South Carolina congressman Whittemore and others implicated in trading political appointments. It describes expulsion votes, resignations, and a volatile caucus scene, with sensational commentary on reform and private misconduct amid wartime politics.
The St Paul Pioneer urges Minnesota farmers to persist with the wheat crop for another year. It argues past low prices were temporary and that a sound currency will stabilize value. Some farmers will follow the advice, and with lower production this year, higher prices may follow as demand catches up.
Fragmentary OCR notes indicate two members of a group resigned from the Democratic side, with Associated Press reports suggesting no extenuating circumstances were found. A dispatch also mentions a Republican counterpart and a gentleman who stood in some capacity.
An archaic lament questions why a man deemed criminal by Congress should avoid the same punishment as state courts. The plea urges Congress to build a restraint for misfits and argues against releasing them into honest society.
A severe typhus outbreak is described in Albion near Erie Pennsylvania, identified as cerebrospinal meningitis by professionals. The patient died within three days, with death reported between twelve and forty hours after onset in seventy hours from the attack.
The text notes that Nebraska and Texas ratified the Fifteenth Amendment, while a key provision of the organic law is omitted from discussing the question, with references to New York and Indiana.
Admiral Porter, visiting the British steamer Monarch at Annapolis, praises it as the greatest naval vessel afloat and capable of conquering any American ironclad. He notes its iron ram and argues for shore fights to offset its strength, while expressing confidence that Yankee innovation will produce superior ships.
Bed M Castellatit was found among houses at Pompeii with a treasure of 700 medals mostly silver from the consular and imperial periods and a large collection of gold jewelry. The hoard includes a three yard long chain of golden tresses, two opulent bracelets with serpent motifs, two pearl ear drops, two globe-linked bracelets, and six rings. An impression of a Pompeii native seen fleeing the doomed city was also uncovered in the same excavation.
Disv Hon Anson Burlingame died at St Petersburg on the 29th inst. He was long known as a Massachusetts politician and congressman and, in recent years, served as Minister to the Chinese government engaged in treaty negotiations between the United States and China.
The Common Council enacted a dog ordinance imposing a $2 tax on male dogs and $5 on female dogs, payable to the City Treasurer, with punishment including destruction for dogs found running at large after April 1. The act takes effect from the date stated in 1870. Justice Needham of British Columbia is appointed chief justice of Trinidad and leaves Victoria for the post.
Charles D. Kirk, a well known editor, died in Louisville, Kentucky, Thursday night from a hemorrhage of the dings. He was 37.
Slanson Grimingr company in Kewaunee Wisconsin reports production of 11.6 million feet in the past year. The figure reflects lumber or wood output tied to regional timber trade.
The Spectator muses England may allow Canada independence but doubts surrender of empire. compares to the United States yielding the South in the Civil War context.
Premature blast at the Reape idx improvement near Keokuk Iowa on Friday fractures Mr Nash skull and costs him both eyes. Ole Johnson a laborer also sustains a fractured skull and severe facial injuries. Both expected to die.
The yacht Everia has earned her owner Joln Mulholland of Bel fast Ireland profits totaling $6 330 over the past three years. Yachting is shown as a rare profitable speculation.
Ben A B Tarbee on trial in Omro for the 1863 murder of James Gibbs. On Friday he was brought in but found not guilty.
A garbled collection of quips and aphorisms on love, debt, manners, and behavior. The scrambled lines reference parental guidance, foolish dreams, and social foibles with humor and confusion. The piece weaves slang and misread phrases into a muddled humorous study of human folly.
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