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Newspaper
Geneva Weekly Express
Location
Geneva, Wisconsin, United States of America
Date
Dec 08, 1855
Page
1
The item presents a Geneva Wisconsin publication notice from December 8 1859 with subscription details and advertising rates. It lists price structures for various ad sizes including one square, half column, and business cards, and notes publication by J F Farnum with office details. It emphasizes prompt attention to letters and communications and strict adherence to statute pricing.
The piece mixes catalogued names of shops and lawyers with a lengthy extract from a personal letter about a free love circle, moral conflict, and spiritual debates. It includes notices of local businesses in Geneva Wisconsin and Walworth, then shifts to a diaristic, intimate account by Abigail Moses detailing emotional ties, moral scrutiny, and discussions with partners about unions, longing, and religious associations. It closes with essays on winter evenings, punctuation, Sweden’s church-state tensions, and a nautical anecdote about clinging to an anchor, drawing parallels to steadfast church loyalty.
A Wisconsin publisher signals readiness to sell drafts to New York markets at Lake Shore lines rates. The note mentions Chicago Racine and Milwaukee as distributing points, with preparations under way and pricing aligned with the Lake Shore Cites rate structure.
A satirical mix of maxims for young men urging virtue and self control contrasts with a mock recipe for malevolence. It cites abstention from idle talk, truthfulness, frugal living, and cautious speech, then dissolves into a playful note about a State Geologist Percival with high praise.
A Paris letter writer portrays France as strangely triumphant yet anxious noting Sebastopol capture, Russia forced to apologize, Napoleons’s displays, monarchs visiting as hostages, a vast loan, and autocratic gains. It recounts discord in Warsaw and a Democratic note about two members recently hung in Texas.
A piece parodies reasoning on atheism with a scene of ladies and pets mocked to show that wit disarms serious claims. It recounts a reaction where an atheist denies a soul while a bystander compares him to a pig, prompting a blunt counterpoint about belief and reason.
An East of the Wisconsin River assessment extols vast resources from lead and copper to timber and water power, noting railways can unlock shortages. It cites Parkville opposition to Park and the Kansas issue, reflects on press clashes, and reports on Dr Unser’s criticisms of the Patriot during a canvass, framing a volatile political scene in the Midwest.
The Portage City Independent reports strong prospects for a Madison to Portage City railroad with subscriptions totaling 120000 already raised and an estimated 200000 more needed to grade and lay track. City bonds of 75000 are authorized, and farmers show commendable interest, with Aclington subscribing about 20000. The project promises wide local benefits and strong company leadership.
A scattered 19th century scrapbook of anecdotes and notices recalls Napoleonic rations and a comical exchange with a Commissariat General, Irish schoolmaster quips, religious notes on debt and virtue, court removals in Waukesha, Know Nothings’ jubilees, and local scandals including a suicide attempt, bank stock increase, and a derisive incident involving postmasters and seduction cases.
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