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Newspaper
Oshkosh Democrat
Location
Oshkosh, Wisconsin, United States of America
Date
Jun 21, 1850
Page
1
A cryptic note from W.HE D. describes a compositor effect on a moving news payer. The fragment hints at a hurried production shift and a deliberate minimal intervention. Further readable text remains limited.
A lively parlor gathering enriches a satire filled merriment with pranks and flirtations. Charley boasts his Mesmeric prowess while Miss H challenges him as oysters and plates become props for a staged sleep trick at a convivial Saint party.
A charmed hypnotic trick with plates and mirrors goes awry as Miss A is grimly smeared with soot and laughs erupt. Charley’s show ends with the oyster feast, while Miss H recovers and the crowd applauds the clever prank.
A Paris banker receives Lola Montes who arrives unannounced with a package of four hundred thousand francs. She seeks deposit plus a fifty thousand franc immediate allowance for shopping and furniture, then leaves humming a Spanish batcarole.
Lincoln Mercury notes a new method of extracting guilt confessions. Two juvenile offenders who had long plundered tradesmen in Spaulding market place were caught. Tradesmen subjected them to galvanic battery shocks to obtain the confession, with a few shocks producing the desired effect.
A Detroit correspondent reports Lake Superior commerce is booming with the Manhattan at Lake George for launch, copper finds at Minnesota and Ontonagon mines, Siskowit operations on Isle Royal, and growing fishing and warehoused goods. The piece urges Congress to fund improved canals and harbors, noting $3.50 to move the Manhattan at Portage and the region’s vital economic potential.
A May 28 1850 letter from Minesota reports the Gov Ramsey steamboat, built in New York with Maine crew, left St Anthony Falls May 15 to Sac Rapids, carrying freight. It aims to ascend toward Ft Gaines and beyond, aided by a locomotive engine. The author notes feasible railroad link two miles above Falls and cites La martine and Anthony Wayne as supporting evidence.
A Pike County tale recounts Uncle Josh trapping wolves in swamps while trains begin daily runs on the New York and Erls Railroad. A hunter hears eerie cries from a mysterious beast and, after fruitless hunts, is told he has been trapping a locomotive rather than wolves by a passing Pike County Democrat.
A blaze shortly after midnight in the Fourth Ward damaged the Laberatus Factory owned by E. L. Holton and nearby properties including The Home Belden’s eatery and Plankinton & Durin’s grocery. Losses ranged from 1500 to 1800 at the factory to hundreds at surrounding buildings. fire crews labored through dawn with insured and uninsured damages noted.
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