Progress of Our Country Wisconsin’s rapid settlement and vast resources
The article extols Wisconsin’s swift settlement over two decades, driven by steady immigration from New England and the Midwest. It praises settlers for stability and enterprise, notes large population growth, and highlights undeveloped northern resources including copper mines, pine areas on the Chippewa, Red Cedar, and St. Croix rivers.
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Union
Wisconsin
Minnesota
New England
Middle States
Guldiers
United States
Lake Supecter
Chippewa
Red Cedar
St. Croix
Northern Wisconsin poised for rapid growth amid fertile lands
The article argues hydraulic power and fertile valleys will drive future wealth and industry in Wisconsin. It notes North-western Wisconsin could support half a million people, with vast unsettled lands open to settlement and waiting for labor to unlock value, predicting rapid northern growth in the next decade.
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Wisconsin
Minnesota Packet Company to Stop Carrying Mails
The Minnesota Packet Company will discontinue carrying the mails after this week due to the Department's failure to fulfill its contract. The firm has carried the mails for months without pay and now faces a bleak outlook with no prospect of payment from the bankrupt Post Office Department.
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Minnesota Packet Company
Packet Company
Post Office Department
Lumber Run From Chippewa River In Wabashaw County
Records from the Wabashaw County LEHeratt show a weekly lumber run from the Chippewa River ending Saturday the 14th. The shipments include 750,000 feet for multiple firms and 400,000 feet in smaller parcels, with additional top loading in the mix. Key consignors include 8 B Washburn of Winnebuk and Carson Katonn Rand of Mall Galla.
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Wabashaw County
Leheratt
Chippewa River
B. Washburn
Winbeuk
Carson, Katonn & Rand
Mall Galla
Lanter
Lyons
Luwa
Uvu
Wino
A Bracing Call To Move To Healthful Life
The writer extols relocating to a country residence for better health and warns against crowded cities. They note few doctors are needed among friends and claim the climate makes people healthier, urging readers to seek a life with vigorous exercise and simple living.
Northwestern Wisconsin Woolen Manufacture Potential
The article argues that northwestern Wisconsin offers ideal conditions for sheep raising and wool production. It highlights abundant water power, strong wool prices, and extensive prairies and bluffs to support a large wool crop without harming grain farming. It suggests woolen manufacture could rival lumbering in profitability and community impact.
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Wisconsin
The Streamer Menomeuner Returns to Service
The steamer Menomeuner, a small vessel long in service, has returned and will operate daily this season between Red Wing and Wanashaw. It leaves Red Wing at 6 a.m. and returns in the evening, stopping at intermediate points. The schedule is said to benefit Pepin and other Lake Villages, and backers are urged to support the enterprise.
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Red Wing
Wanashaw
Pepin
Correspondents note on unpublished sectarian article
The editor declines publishing a lengthy piece titled C A concerning Bible quotations and doctrinal points of a creed. The paper states it should not promote creed dogma locally and that itinerant vendors of creed wares would claim space, so the space will be kept for general news.
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C. A
Godeys Lady's Book August Number Reveals Rich Content
The August issue of Godeys Lady's Book arrives with rich literature and fine engravings. The periodical boasts ongoing improvements since its early days and notes a special offer: one copy of the Book and one copy of the Press for $3 per year. price for the Book alone is $3.8 to subscribers.
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Godey
Prospectus
Hutchinsons Republican Songster publication reviewed
A neat volume titled Hutchinsons Republican Songster presents the Republican Platform and about one hundred lively songs by Joh W. Tutchinson of the Hutchinson family. The work aims to advocate Lincoln and Liberty and will likely reach many readers across the North.
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Hutchinson
Lincoln
Liberty
Joh W. Tutchinson
North
Geo. 1B. Sumner Opens Blacksmith Shop
Advertises a newly opened blacksmith shop in the former M. I. Ballard location. Plans to hire a skilled worker and offer low prices, accepting farmers’ surplus over cash. Emphasizes a focus on substantial work and urges readers to call.
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Geo
Sumner
M. I. Ballard
Farmers urged to measure ground for grain per acre
The notice advises farmers to gauge their fields and estimate wheat and grain output per acre ahead of the Agricultural Society event. It asserts Groper culture will lead the state in grain production.
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MayrAs
Tremendous Thunder Storm Over Region
A fierce thunder storm on the night of the seventeenth drenched the region with red bolts and heavy rain lasting hours. The eclipse on the nineteenth occurred as predicted and appeared in the morning, described as a beautiful phenomenon. Hon. C. C. Wasnnsen visited the office, looking well after protracted Washington duties and not seeking re election.
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C. C. Wasnnens
Washington
Spiritualist Meeting With Prof George O'Brien Next in Wicks Valley
Pierce County medium Prof George O'Brien will form a tirek this evening and tomorrow night in Wicks Valley to call up spirits and provide incarnate friends a chance to converse. Postage to spirit land via Hicks Valley free. Propose your communications go and be convinced.
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George O’brien
Pierce County
Wicks’ Valley
Spirit Land
Hicks’ Valley
Reaping Machine Repaired Ahead of Harvest at Barry’s Shop
A reaping machine at Mr Barry's shop was repaired recently in preparation for the harvest. Wheat ripens fast and the outlook suggests farmers will have little fear of mortgages and interest laws or merchants' bills.
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Bao
Prescott Circuit Court Term Set For Fourth Monday
A special term of the Circuit Court will be held at Prescott on the fourth Monday, the 23rd of the month, to hear specified matters and conduct court business.
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Prescott
Sewing Machines Advertisement Seeks Unemployed Workers
The Erie Sewing Machine Company urges unemployed readers to view its advertisement in another column of today's paper for potential positions and opportunities.
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Erie Sewing Machine Company
Morrissey Challenges Heenan to Fight Within Months
Morrissey offers to fight Heenan within four months for any sum from $10 to $10,000, signaling a bold challenge and potential purse dispute.
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Morrissey
Heenan
North Western political shift and Prince of Wales visit notes
A Oshkosh Northwestern correspondent discusses a Pepin County Press Republican movement in the north western region to sway Democrats to support Western interests. The letter highlights party shifts, school lands issues, and Minnesota Wisconsin politics, with reference to Chicago Convention and Pepin County coverage.
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Oshkosh Northwestern
Moitor
Sepin County
Ress
Estedindd
Madison
Pepin County Press
North-West
Chicago
Pepin County
Verdicts Stir Outrage Over Slave Abuse Case Near Gordonsville
A Virginia paper recounts a slave overseer named Wash beating a enslaved man then dunking him head downward in a hogshead of water for three quarters of a minute. The man died within three minutes, and the inquest blamed congestion, highlighting public calls for swift punishment of the atrocity.
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Charlotteville
Dugene Garth
Gordonsville
Crops in Chippewa Valley Praised After Week Tour
T B Wilson, returning Monday from a week in the Chippewa Valley, reports superb crops wheat barley oats corn and potatoes. He notes similar prosperity in the Pineries above Menomonie on the Menomonia River and cites lumber downturn as a boon to northern farming. An observer expects 200000 bushels of wheat to be exported this fall and spring.
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T. B. Wilson
Msg
Chippewa Valley
Pineries
Menomonie
Menomonia
Wabashauw Go
Werald
Rush party reports large caravan heading west from Chicago
A Pike's Peak party returning to Chicago claims 9 288 teams traveled the road from Fort Kearny to Omaha City with 4 to 10 people per team, resembling a village along the route and totaling about thirty thousand travelers bound for the gold regions beyond the frontier.
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Chicago
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