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Newspaper
Geneva Weekly Express
Location
Geneva, Wisconsin, United States of America
Date
Nov 24, 1855
Page
2
A damaged clipping mentions The Catian's Exchange closing for repairs and a future plan by a gentlemanly proprietor. It hints at ongoing renovations and a hopeful return with a new arrangement, noting antiseptic aims and forthcoming discourse.
Wisconsin Farmar appears as a rural monthly with Meo Minin as publisher and proprietor of Deemer Sits Codie. The paper claims editorial independence, positions itself among the best agricultural journals in the West, and announces a subscription rate of $1.60 per year.
Gedey reports receiving December issues for the oldest volume of the Unto with engravings. It notes long pages of original matter and a request for a copy of Godly. The prize is £4.00 per year. The Wesall club the Bulls at 24 50.
The article praises the Milwaukee Daily American as a premier newspaper with strong typography and fast coverage of state and political news. It notes its editorial voice and influence, highlighting its role in reporting current events and party dynamics in the state.
The Milwaukee Sentinel reports early Thursday results showing Bashtont with 647 votes and La Pointe and Douglise figures not yet clear. The article notes the race remains wide open with ongoing vote counting and regional figures pending official totals.
The Milwaukee Brae Democrat discusses Republican editors in Madison during the first weeks of the Leyashecare pension plan while noting Governor Barstow’s potential two-year continuation. The local Baptist Church undergoes repairs and an advertisement by M A Phillips appears. The paper invites reader submissions describing wagons or wheeled vehicles and asks Mr Prien for locality descriptions to engage the general reader.
The Whitewater Gazette assaults Pxrex Gonnen of Elkhorn over alleged naturalization fee claims by Deputy Clerk Mr. Golder. It accuses the Gazette editor of Know Nothing of vile slander while defending Golder’s conduct as fair and nonpartisan in processing naturalization papers amid accusations from political opponents.
The Columbus Reporter endorses James Barstow for Governor of Wisconsin, urges support from Wisconsin voters, and notes supportive editorials from other papers including the Madison Petrol and the Madison Argus. Reports mention Barstow's lead in official majorities and discuss campaign sentiment. also references Methodist church efforts and Quigley’s meat market advertisement.
A local note argues against daily tobacco use among youths, warning it drains funds over time. It calculates that three cents daily grows to about one hundred fifty dollars in ten years and over three thousand in fifty, and even twenty-eight cents daily could yield thirty thousand dollars over fifty years. It urges reflection on the long term impact of small habits.
A traveler describes Waukegan Illinois as a thriving lakeside town thirty five miles north of Chicago. He notes streets, several fine buildings including the Goart Hanveant Digkinsen Block and a dome view of the city, the lake, and surrounding country. He mentions the Daguerrean Gallery of Arts, the two local papers the Democrat and Gazette, and local notables in a reflective tour before closing with Minnesota Vermont state affairs.
London correspondence notes France and England rely on wool and cloth production. It cites 5,000,000 sheep in France and the United Kingdom, compares land use, shows English flocks worth about £49,583,338, and outlines slaughter rates. French merino presence, price competition with England, and duty barriers on imported wool are discussed along with shifts to Saxony and Australia for raw materials.
A Albany express train struck by a violent gust near Boston Corners, derailing and injuring many. deaths include Rathhorn and Gaslor. Passengers evacuated to Boston. conductor White and other crew names appear amid a broad mix of various notices and anecdotes.
London Times reports from Oct 19 on Sebastopol area with French retirement at Albat and ongoing shelling. British forces around 35,000, Russians defending central positions. forecasts mixed with winter preparations and possible renewed action as telegraph gaps delay decisive moves. Natural defense lines and strategic passes analyzed. observers anticipate potential campaigns as season shifts.
A patchwork of notices from global and domestic sources covers patents, seeds, emigration, literature, divorces, deaths, and local curiosities. Reports include plant specimens from Australia, Emerson’s new England work, Bavarian beer taxes, a prize lottery payout, and various local happenings in California and Nebraska through November.
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