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Newspaper
Hudson Democrat
Location
Hudson, Wisconsin, United States of America
Date
Sep 30, 1870
Page
3
Ex Gerace Seywwoer of New York and family arrive in St. Paul. A jumble of local ads and notices mentions groceries, pastry, wines, and various goods. The item describes sheriff business costs, a pastry cook at Chapin Full, and a parade of names and prices in a bustling 1870 town page with scattered social notes.
A new bank named National Savings Bank of Hudsa is organized under state law with Alfred Goss as president and A J Goss as cashier. Both men have fourteen years in local banking and run the First National. The bank aims to be popular and its doors will open once the office is painted and ready.
A meeting at Jewell’s Hall Star Prairie formed a pledge by residents led by T Jewell Abner May 4 to oppose alcoholic beverage traffic by any means. The note lists many signers and mentions local brewery plans and a large goods sale by Gibson & Staples along with various clothing and groceries offerings.
The fragment lists varied happenings including arming volunteers in Arizona against indigenous forces, gold finds in Bradshaw Mountains near Prescott, alarm about a cavern near Alten, robberies, Boston population figure, a choking death at the Omaha Hotel, publication ending of Utanes Magazine, a fatal car accident in Thoupshire and Clinton, lightning striking a Hawyhire house, Mrs Go Oakes Smith suing for libel, Stonecourt’s court martial and role in Egypt, and the death of Dr Charles L. Ray in Chicago from brain fever.
The piece outlines Republican hopes in Georgia and Oregon as Democrats gain ground in Congress. It notes teetotalers in Michigan backing anti radical nominees, predicts Maine Senator Morr’s re election, and reports Democratic renomination in New York. It also mentions congress nominees from First and Fifth Districts and word of consolidating political factions around a cross state alignment.
From Washington comes word of Attorney General Akerman's poor health and possible resignation. The piece notes Washington population figures and a presidential nomination to fill the ministerial post in St James. It also mentions a Tennessee forgery case delay and a note on the death of Supreme Court Justice Grier.
Battle reports describe French artillery and infantry halting a Prussian attempt to cut the Orleans line near Corbeil and Essonne. French forces pursued the retreating enemy to Bayliny, Boigny, and Montivory, with heavy losses on both sides and a proclamation in Fyneh against repair crews. In New York, Fisk and Maretzek clash on stage at the Grand Opera House amid a rehearsal disruption.
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