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Oshkosh Weekly Courier

Location

Oshkosh, Wisconsin, United States of America

Date

May 24, 1854

Page

3

Weekly Courier to enlarge its columns and improve print

The paper announces subscribers will receive the next weekly issue enlarged by an inch and a half in column length, with new materials improving typography. It thanks readers for support, notes a few arrears, and asks for continued payments. Reports on Indian treaty with Menomonee Indians and various local developments including a hotel, railroad talk, and municipal notices.

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Plank Roads and Civic Wakeup in Erie Pa

Erie faces edge of stagnation as it lags in embracing plank roads to Liberty Prairie and to Lac du Lac. City funding of 485 000 for each road urged by citizens, with petitions urging the council to submit the measure to voters amid questions of council inaction and local opposition.

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Plank Road Meeting in Waukau Advances Oshkosh Link

A May 13 1854 meeting at the Waukau village school house discussed building a plank road to Oshkosh. HD Haut chaired. Eyward Masnino served as secretary. A committee drafted resolutions urging the road project and pledged effort. Luther M Parsons S D Hall were added to the committee. plans to reconvene in three weeks were set.

Waukau Oshkosh Haut Eyward Masnino Luruer N. Parsons Mrsq George Avery Jon Chank L. M. Parsons A. KK. Brosh KE. J. Wall Town Line Road Section Line Road Wolcott William Blanchard Luther M. Parsons D. Hall

Submerged steamer raised after submersion damage

The splendor steamer has been raised from submersion. Damage to interior decorations and fittings is about 30000. Marble top tables satin sofas mirrors and other decorations were crushed jammed and waterlogged while the machinery appears intact needing only cleaning to restore perfection.

New York Herald

Steamboat Pike Sinks With Losses on Ohio River

Reports say the steamer Pike from St Louis to Louisville sank in the Ohio River last Friday with many lives lost. Onboard rescuers are described as ineffective and a number of survivors are unaccounted for amid scattered notes of other local items and brief notices.

St. Louis Louisville Ohio River

Railways and rivers surface in a scattered 19th century notice

A mix of brief items reports Great Western Railway passenger trains running on time and steamship Peyton arriving with passengers and freight at the docks. It mentions Wanpin voting to loan 450000 for Milwaukee road building, a murder by raft owners on the Mississippi near Dubuque, and a Paris fad of water ghost evocation to spur spiritualist divination.

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Grain Markets and Crimes Report From Milwaukee

Milwaukee market reports show large grain receipts by rail and teams on Saturday with steady wheat and rising corn prices. The section notes a murder trial verdict of first degree murder for Shoef fer, with subsequent motions for a new trial and appeals.

Mary the Atlantic

News of the Week and Atlantic arrival updates

Reports from New York summarize events aboard the Atlantic voyage and global wartime notes. Markets show flour prices down, wheat up, and consols rising. From Europe and the Ottoman theaters comes details on battles near Katafat and Wallachia, the Odessa bombardment, and Russian retreat toward Silistria and Bucharest.

New York Atlantic Katafat Wallachia Afuia River Bucharest Dumn Nicapolis Walalat Beassia Silistria

Later from Mexico and Baltic dispatches report fleet actions

Reports from Mexico describe Alvarez placing forces between Santa Anna and the capital cutting off supplies and leaving the Santa Anna army in want. Other items note Napier off Stockholm, Cronstadt to open by late April, and French and pirate ships swarming in the Archipelago. A British squadron including a frigate, two sloops, brig, and steamer sails toward Havana.

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