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Newspaper
Geneva Express
Location
Geneva, Wisconsin, United States of America
Date
Apr 10, 1856
Page
6
Fragmentary verse laments a delayed spring, yearning for light and renewal. Vague imagery of pine, vines, violets, and breezes contrasts with winter gloom. The speaker longs for warmth, blossoms, birds, and the return of life, ending with the idea that beauty and presence endure beyond hardship.
Report of New York market arrivals and cattle weights from Lon at 17th, with prices and weights. Mentions Cam view, drovers, brokers, and aggregate cross weights. Notes frost damage in Iowa, cherry and peach trees killed, and rare historical reference to honey production and wartime prices.
In a Wisconsin Senate debate on disbursing the state university fund, Charles Clement urges prudent use of public money for education. Critics allege political favoritism and high costs with little student benefit, noting dwindling enrollment and modest instruction compared with other colleges. The piece links university funding to broader state character and prudence amid looming flood fears along the Mississippi.
A collage of 1850s dispatches notes Brigham Youngs claim of navigable Kansas and Nebraska rivers within 400 miles of Salt Lake City. Freight costs Missouri to plate reach 17 cents per pound. Massachusetts finds it inexpedient to legislate asylum for the insane. Weather, industry woes, and odd anecdotes fill the rest with light items on snowbound mail routes, Elks, and social quips from across the nation.
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