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Newspaper
Madison City Express
Location
Madison, Wisconsin, United States of America
Date
Apr 25, 1844
Page
1
Sophia learns a hard lesson on punctuality when chronic delay costs her a poor patient her life. Her lover Walter Conrad discovers her habit too late, and she dies as procrastination becomes a second nature, to haunt her until death.
The Mavisoverry Expanse will be published every Thursday and furnished to subscribers five dollars and a half per annum if paid in advance. If not paid within six months, three dollars credit. If not paid before expiration, the subscription may be discontinued. Advertising is one dollar per square for the first insertion and twenty five cents for each subsequent insertion. All notices must be paid to receive publication. No paper discontinued until arrearages are paid unless the publisher opts otherwise.
A chaotic ode describes Tara and Tae Tare manning ships to haul goods to markets. Merchants load merchandise at wharves and streets as carts, teams, and laborers bustle in a busy hive. The verse celebrates Henry Clay and political aims behind the labor and trade effort.
In Lakes National Magazine a mother chides Sophia Meldan for delaying her music lesson. Sophia fights the urge to be punctual, but a late walk to Signor Toricelli’s proves costly. Her father plans a weekend journey, steering Sophia toward a boat trip and preparations for an excursion with the Wyrilles.
Fragmented Richmond Enquirer item shows a mock trial with the people of Virginia condemning Tom Rutebie for political betrayals. The exchange covers Crawford support, Sub-Treasury views, and party loyalty, ending with a satirical sentence and a note on public trust. An unrelated Utica joke about a courthouse wheel follows.
Wisconsin territorial legislature asks Congress to donation of section thirty four in Potosi to improve Grant River Slough navigation for boar traffic and preemption rights for settlers. Also requests re appropriation of 1838 funds to build a Grassy Island lighthouse near Green Bay and a road from Prairie du Chien to La Pointe to spur copper and lumber trade.
A Wisconsin Territory memorial to Congress details a December 1839 seizure of Elbert Dickerson’s farm near Portage by about seventy Winnebago Indians. They occupied the property into March, consuming his provisions including 1200 bushels of wheat valued at $970 per sworn appraisers, seeking relief under the Indian intercourse act of 1834.
A resolution adopted January 13 1844 calls on Congress to appropriate funds for a revolving lighthouse at Sank Harbor within the Wisconsin Territory. The measure directs the territory’s delegate to press the request before Congress. Reserved by the Council and House of Representatives.
Resolutions urge the U S President to extinguish the Indian title to lands north of the Pax river between the Wolf and Wisconsin rivers in the Wisconsin Territory. They call for signature by the Speaker, Council President, and Governor and forwarding to the President. Approved January 22, 1844.
Resolution directs the Wisconsin Territory Governor to arm the Mineral Point Wisconsin Dragoons using United States arms if feasible. The Captain must bond the arms to the Governor with two sureties, matching roughly double the arms value for redelivery. A requirement to obtain bonds from recipients is stated. approval dated January 20, 1844.
The Temperance Herald editor in Camden 8 C announces leap year privileges allow readers to propose to suitors. Miss Lydia Green enters seeking the editor as a husband or forfeits his horse and watch. He forfeits his grey horse and patent lover to keep his choice, as the bet is settled. The sum paid to General Jackson totals $8 with 7 being the principal of 1000 and 90 years interest.
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