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Newspaper
Depere Advertiser
Location
Depere, Wisconsin, United States of America
Date
Jun 11, 1851
Page
2
A lengthy reflection on the Great Exhibition in London, praising how industry and merit rise above birth. It argues the fair teaches liberty, law, and global civility by bringing diverse peoples together, and predicts universal influence on art, science, and social life. Also notes local visits, weather, and miscellaneous regional items.
News from New York and Boston reports rumors of heavy business failures in silk and shoe trades. Prisoners in the Hoboken riot were mostly discharged, with many harmed during alleged attacks by an unaffiliated special police. Various regional updates include coast vigilance against Lopez, a burned mill in Charleston, a murder trial progress in New Hampshire, and political moves in Massachusetts and Tennessee.
A fragment from the New York Tribune notes a clash as Mexican soldiers fired on a party of Americans crossing the Rio Grande to a ball, wounding several. It reports Indian depredations near San Patricio, a fatal shooting with two Americans killed, and large gold concealed on a dying man. It also covers political moves, crop prospects, mine outputs, and frontier Tension across Texas and New Mexico.
A historic column argues Wisconsin should diversify beyond corn and pork, urging sheep ranching for wool, cattle and horse farming for eastern markets, and a stronger dairy sector. It praises local grasses, notes dairy underproduction, and highlights potential factories and home markets for wool, beef, and cheese. The London Weekly Dispatch critique of American contributions to the World's Fair follows, praising agricultural implements, machinery, native marble art, and various northern exhibits while noting space and emphasis.
A fragmented page notes Lowenopy's book on happiness without money, literary snippets from Dickens and Cobbett, and scattered aphorisms about fate and Providence. It includes Jeremy Taylor, Cobden, and a torry boat tale ending with a joke about arithmetic and life.
Two elderly spinster residents complained to the magistrate about a man who bathed every morning in a large stretch of water seen from their windows. The magistrate doubted if anyone could tell a man from the water, noting the water's width and their distance from shore. The spinsters recalled a name fragment about Captain and an apy phrase, leaving the case unclear.
Application to Mayo of New York by Mr. Barclay, the British consul, to send two of his police to London at the expense of the British Government to engage with facies who may gather for the exhibition.
The piece recounts a chaotic Parisian crime with an adulterous pair and a pistol duel, then shifts to a French speaker’s miscommunication anecdote and ends with New Orleans interest in a dream future vehicle. A local demo claims a locomotive that can float, plow, and spray water, praised as the city’s greatest invention.
The Hollidaysburg Standard reports a Friday incident on the eee Railroad where a passenger train traveling about thirty miles per hour near Blair Furnace struck a large charcoal stack blocking the track. The locomotive slid off balance leaving wheels on one side and the other half of the body and hind wheels on the opposite side. The accident occurred swiftly with no notice to the passengers and the crew continued without stopping to apologize.
The text discusses magnetism with Earth and a four man body as magnets and how positions affect magnetic harmony. It suggests a preferred orientation toward the north, claims currents harmonize in that arrangement, and notes headache relief when the head points north.
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