Lumber and mill progress in La Crosse Wisconsin area
The La Crosse Republican notes large lumber production in 1857 with estimates around 25,000,000 feet worth at least $360,000 and over 50,000 feet of logs from the Brock River region valued around $500,000. It reports rapid work on jail foundations, oak framing, and rising walls. Local growth includes many stoves and houses, a new Parsonage for the M E Church, and expectations of a hot dry summer following a cold wet spring.
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la Crosse Repi
Wisconsin
Saya
la Crosse
Brooke River
Southern Platform on Slavery Pamphlet Quash
A 1858 pamphlet by Ty Danial M. Goodley compiles testimony of Southern leaders opposing slavery as a social and political evil. Highlights Washington and Jefferson as sympathetic to emancipation in theory yet constrained by state sovereignty and political obligations. The piece references emigration and suggests contemporaries would delay action without a feasible plan. The author notes sending a copy to Hon. A. Washburne.
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Washington
Hon
AG. Washburne
Desperate gang seized by Prairie du Chien Vigilantes
A mob formed a vigilante court in Prairie du Chien after arresting a group of men including Charles Williams John Dougherty Michi ael Fagan Geo Steel and others The trials led to lashes and banishments while a larger capture operation recovered stolen goods from the McGregor area The raid targeted the Wipper Mississippi ferry buildings and three boats used as storehouses with items seized valued in the thousands Police note the gang ties to John C Bishop and the West region’s criminal network and vow further action.
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Prairie du Chien
Rowbery
Charles Williams
Willian Charles
John Dougherty
L'rench
Michiael Fagan
Geo. Steel
Anil
Tony
Sam Jones
H Eis
Elfeck
Wipper
Mississippi
St. Louis
Ridoh
Rik
McGregor
McCregor
Big Filam
Magill Creek
MyGregor
Acivilly
Millwell
Peck
Wyalusing
Beck
Troll
Bank robbery attempt and legislative notes from La Crosse region
A chaotic mix reports a failed bank break by gunpowder at La Crosse Webb Co. details: blast woke guardians, robbers fled after breaking a door spring. Additional items note a House committee on firearms patents, local missions, a Lake Superior region land act with preemption rules, and notices to mill owners and farmers about the Black River meeting.
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Daina Aveo
Laethrop, Webb & Co
la Crosse
Webb
Webb & Trad
Black River
Local Legislature Passes Jackson County Bills
Voters congratulate district on faithful public service by Fudge Vyrenuse and Judge Packer. Legislature session yields acts authorizing school funds allocations, tax adjustments, and relief for Jackson County including remittance of state tax and extended tax collection time.
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Fudge
Kolas
Wong
Judge Packer
Jackson
AP Putin Treta
Counly
Uniformity of Records Report by the Seject Committee
The Seject Committee reports on a bill for a uniform state system of real estate records. It favors adopting amendments to pass the measure, arguing centralized forms and records reduce search costs, protect title, and husband public funds. The panel notes costs to counties but considers the book tariff a net gift to counties and acceptable.
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Reul
Tauca
Wingo Ant
Tio Saveral
Perim Island's strategic role looms in world power plays
A fragment outlines Perim at Bab-el-Mandeb guarding the Red Sea entrance and the southern trade route to India, with Britain’s ongoing occupation unsettling France and Turkey amid looming canal plans. It notes Franco-British tensions and a broader continental awareness of Perim’s value as a key maritime chokepoint.
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Red Sea
Bucz
India
China
Japan
Yorkey
England
Tiune
Senz
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Constantanople Press
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Guardianship Hearing for Lydia Porty in Jackson County
In probate Jackson County the guardianship of Lydia Porty, a minor, was opened by Jumox Porry. The petition seeks appointment of a guardian for her estate and asks that notice be published in the Jackson County Banner for three weeks. Hearing set for the seventh day of June at Black River Falls before Judge EB Prickett.
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Lydia Porty
Jumox Porry
Balich
Tito
Munderson County
Stilo
Sid Lydhin
Sid
Geuree Milton Parr
Sun Goaten Parry
Dinkeon
Blayt River Falls
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Fragmentary Market List and Lodge Notice
The text shows a fragmented list of goods including wheat corn potatoes beef and other farm products mixed with an old lodge or Mason notice. It references prices and items like flour sugar coffee and hides, alongside a Mason chapter event schedule and a note about clients and services. The overall read is a mixed catalog and community notice from a historical paper.
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