Weather and town progress in Oshkosh this week
The week brought heavy rain and mud with dark two o clock afternoons. New mail arrangements arrive from Frink & Co as Peytona stops winter trips. A new steam saw mill at Jacksons Point runs well with rapid work and growing town improvements. Fountain City Newspaper changes owners Geaner Winnias buys it while Samuel Ryan Jr remains editor.
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Frink & Co
Peytona
Gere
Jackson’s Point
Oshkosh Aasset
Bulien
Williams
Mosers, Sulsun & Others
Parnia
Fountain City
Geoner Winniass
Fond du Lac County
Samuel Ryan, Jr
Local Business Ads and Telegraph Line Update
Reardon and Brother advertise Goode goods for sale while Langworthy and Washburn offer supplies for fruit and related demands. Gov. Dory progresses toward Washington via the Telegraph route. Hotchkiss reports a telegraph line extends to Green Bay linking through Depere Appleton Menasha Neenah Oshkosh Fond du Lac Sheboygan Falls Sheboygan and Ozaukee, a 130 mile stretch from Green Bay to Milwaukee.
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Reardon & Brother
Langworthy & Washburs
Hotchkiss
Green Bay
Sillwaukee
Depere
Appleton
Menasha
Neenah
Oshkosh
Fond du Lac
Sheboygan Falls
Sheboygan
Ozaukee
Milwaukee
Peace Makers and Peace Congresses Bring Hope for Settlement
Details from the Peace Congress report show hopes of practical success as War fears between Venmark and the Duchies abate. Leaders Starge Burviti and Wheeler push Peace Massare Arbitrament toward a possible peace, a milestone for the Peace Movement and a moral revolution. Hysie Spaulding arrives in Green Bay to begin new duties at Lion Office.
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Lion Ofice
Green Bay
Chia
Hysie Spaulding
Venmark
Duchies
Starge
Burviti
Wheeler
Massare
Seizure of Lumber by U S District Attorney
The Deputy U S District Attorney and Deputy Marshe seize logs and lumber at town sawmills and yards in the name of the United States. They claim the timber came from government lands and is government property. Seizures extend to shanties and sheds built of rough lumber and occur along rivers in Fond du Lac and Taycheedah.
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U. S&s
Marshe
United States
Fond du Lac
Tayeheedah
Shooting Match Ad Promises Prize Event by J C Young
Ex Govern Ford of Windz dies of consumption on the Sdinet and his wife perishes weeks earlier. The notice references a shooting match and directs readers to see the advertisement by J C Young for details.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
J. C. Young
Ford
Windz
Debate on Usury Law Repeal Sparks Legislative Clash
A then-current stance opposes renewed usury regulations. The piece argues free trade in money, criticizes six percent caps, and notes past repeal effects. It cites cases from Pennsylvania and Milwaukee, warns of moral hazards, and suggests market-based lending as natural law.
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Pennsylvania
Milwaukee
Trakel
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