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Newspaper
Geneva Express
Location
Geneva, Wisconsin, United States of America
Date
May 31, 1856
Page
5
Readings from the Geneva Express describe wind voices guiding memory toward youth and ambition. The essay blends reflections on childhood innocence, memory’s pull, and the peril and promise of fame. It contrasts ideal dreams with worldly drive, urging beware ambition’s grasp while noting memory and hope reshaping the spirit.
Horace Mann argues that 19th century common schools overemphasized mechanical reading while neglecting intellectual and rhetorical understanding. He recalls personal experience of rote decoding, urges teachers to cultivate meaning, imagination, and expressive delivery to convey authors' ideas and feelings. He compares eloquent oratory to music, stressing that true reading blends intellect and voice to illuminate thought.
From the New York Tribune to an old friend a long poem by Park Bent Amln reflects on time, aging, friendship, and enduring affection. It contrasts youth with later wisdom and envisions friendship surviving through generations as life wears on. The piece blends nostalgic verse with timeless sentiment about loyalty and memory.
Palmer, Boykh, Lay and Surgeons located opposite a hotel offer full professional services including notary and consulting. The list notes various titles and partners across legal and medical professions, with references to local offices and practice areas, reflecting a broad business directory entry.
The document details the United States receipts and expenditures excluding trust funds for the quarter ending March 31 1856. Receipts show customs 816,737,114 lands sales 81,450,073 and incidental sources 191,823 total 818,379,010. Expenditures list civil miscellaneous and foreign intercourse 8,220,786 interior 1,252,521 war 3,577,383 navy 2,794,806 debt redemption 31,147,489 total 16,992,967. Also notes Dubuque to Upper Mississippi passenger and freight movements and speaks of a rising wave of Western representation in Congress.
The Lisbon town school mistress Wilkinaor stands six feet seven inches in stocking feet and is said to be the shortest of a four child family with a combined length over twenty eight feet six inches. The Ogdensburg Sentinel notes the Mississippi River is higher now than since 1832.
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