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Newspaper
Daily Courier
Location
Oshkosh, Wisconsin, United States of America
Date
Aug 09, 1854
Page
1
The fragment outlines an election process for October nominating candidates for various districts, including assembly and senatorial districts. It mentions appointments and delegate roles, and lists Robert Jenkins and Willia Purner as named figures in the political setup.
Coroner's inquest reports the August 1854 explosion of the steam boiler on the steamer Barlow near Koapps Dock in Oshkosh. Testimony cites cracked boiler head and faulty joints as cause, two men Fréderick Goor and Battzor Geiges died, inspectors later noted prior safety limits and water levels.
Hilwaukee Market avue8t reports no market change Saturday as fair winter and spring wheat arrives and is ground by mills. Oats sell at 35 to 35e, barley unavailable, corn bids at 46 to 50 for shelled, bids for rye and millet noted with limited activity. Sentinel.
Reports from New York and aboard the Atlantic describe arrivals and cargo changes, with extensive European war dispatches. News items note Austrian and Romanian fronts, Madrid politics, and a provisional government amid global unrest. California and Jamaica cholera trends, and a Kingston disruption at Greytown are briefly mentioned along with U S fiscal and electoral notes.
The notice outlines river dam and lock construction progress with 40 to 150 workers. It notes walls up to the sixth level, two locks completed, and timelines aiming for October completion of remaining work. Galaxo Croth plans 150 men for full completion by December if continued. Letcher & Todd hold portions of the dam contract with crews already at work.
An editorial critique attacks northern Whig writers and critics of Democrats in Congress, mocking claims of corruption and temperance hypocrisy. It mocks Greeley and various senators, arguing anti-Democrat bias and prejudiced labeling by the press as a long-standing political stereotype.
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