Book Trade Blossoms in Chicago as Nation Expands
The Geneva Express notes Chicago's rise as a major book market rivaling eastern centers. It highlights Little Brown’s forecast of Chicago’s book sales, Griggs & Co. shipping vast school inventories, and orders reaching unprecedented volumes. It also praises agricultural titles like The Book of the Farm and The Poultry Book, pointing to a booming Mammoth Establishment and advertising system fueling national growth.
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United States
Chicago
Little
Little Brown
Boston
S.C. Griggs & Co
Anoum
Astern
Griggs
de Gustidas
Preiria
Cattlerman
Henry Stevens
Wingfree and Johnson
Life
Vorticulturists Fantary
America
Europe
Youatt
Gen
HW. Dodd
G. AL. Dodd
Almont
Portly Express Tribute to Our Bella Child
A sentimental poem from the Geneva Express praising a baby named Bella. It extols her angelic innocence, blue eyes, red lips, laughing dimples, and silken hair. The speaker cherishes her sweetness, hopes for her future, and imagines guarding her from sin while longing for the word Mama and Pup. The piece measures parental devotion and the desire to shield a precious child.
Perfection of the Mind and the Beauty of Sadness
The piece argues mental perfection as life’s aims, urging contemplation of beauty and noble thoughts to refine the soul. It contrasts uplifting emotion with sorrow, describes sadness as a divine, refining force that deepens moral feeling, and praises the locomotive as a symbol of industrial vigor and human genius.
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Bat
Vico
Geniua
Life and Death at Natural Bridge Inspires Brave Youth
A Virginia tale recalls a boy who climbs the limestone walls of Natural Bridge to carve his name. Amid peril he endures, aided by family and a Virginian rescuer, as rope and courage pull him from the precipice. The second item discusses Kansas agitation, slave expansion, and political stakes.
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Virginia
Alexander
Gaesar
Bonaparte
Wastinton
Braddock
Tha Jather
Ile
Lis
Feng
William
Henry
Harriet
Né Bey
Nick Af
Nata
Wisconsin Land Market Restored After Lands Opened Again
Hon C C Washburne reports the restoration of a portion of public lands in the district to market after a order to close Land Offices and suspend sales. Washburne is praised for stopping land sales to rival companies and aiding constituents and the state. Mil Sentinel notes the policy reflects a crisis move for a new state like Wisconsin.
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C. C. Washburne
Congress
Washburn
Wisconsin
Mil
Sentinel
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Chicago Pathinder
S. OC. Griggs & CO
Lake Streat
War G. K. Butler
Een
Tonger
Journal of Commerce
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Hallock, Hale & Hallock
Siewapaper
Geneba Express
Veneva
Free Gases Wisconsin
Beland & Ores
Proprietors
Quigley
Soulding
Wgeneba Business Directory
Baker & Fark
Chance Ty
Bink
Cewros
Murphy
Apiorney & Counsellor
Mas Waseersta
Tin Towesepworth
Counsellor
Feyeer
CO Miller
EU Vincian
Mainarmel Cites
Wis
Luther L. Baxter
Hale
Geneva Hotel
Whitney & Hugnes
Manin
Ceneva
Lake House
A.D. Coltson
A. Dobbs & Son
Centre Street
Hice
Avery
A. Dobbs, & Son
Leach Downs & Sons
Main and
Broad
Gadner
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Earth
Pupu
Ig Eete
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St. Peter's Oro
Satara
Eliga Dorritt
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Lieut
Wareren
Vr. Weilkas
South Carolina
Lawrence
N General
Charleston Mercury
South
Ivansas
Rio Grande
Missouri
Kentucky
Tennessee
Arkansas
Texas
Mississippi
Coxéears
Worcester
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