Prescott Road Survey Promises January Travel Ready
The Prescott area commissioners report a practicable route from Prescott through Trimbollie Cross to Isabel, with surveying starting next Tuesday. The line follows county sections, aims to connect back country trade hubs, and needs about two hundred dollars in subscriptions to complete bids and hire laborers. Diamond Bluff trade grows as Stone advertises goods, while local political notes discuss Washburn’s rising majority and Wilson’s Democratic-leaning stance amid district race debates.
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Prescott & Isabel Road
Prescott
Big River
Cauley
N. E
See
Wace
Couley
Trimbelie
Pyimbelle
Isabel
Quarter Stake
Judson State Road
Seeley’s
Duyn County Rowl
Board of Supervisors
Ale. Felt
Trimbollo
Hudson
Madson
Seeley Road
Dunn County
Itudson
Pepin
River Falls Academy Opens With Promise in River Falls
The Academy at River Pails opened last Monday with about thirty pupils, now around forty, despite a strong village with a district school. Four-room first story completed, upper story soon. Prof Wilcox to hire assistants as needed. Located at the square of N. N. & C. S. Powell's abolition, near Kinnickisnic. The plain building has favorable grounds and walls shaping River Falls into a potential center for a literary and scientific school in Northwestern Wisconsin.
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River Pails
Wilcox
Academy
River Falls
Wisconsin
Hastings Ladies Festival Funds Library and Church Furnishings
Hastings ladies held a charitable festival to furnish a public library for the village and support the Methodist Church. donors contributed through small gifts after a prior example at nearby Cottam Grove, and the group invites neighbors to attend next Thursday evening for a merry event and reciprocal visit.
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Indies
Methodist Church
Cottaro Grove
Hastings
Farm for Sale Near Trimbelle Village Center
Mr Joseph Cornelison advertises his Drimbelle farm for sale comprising about 540 acres of timber and prairie with water power. Located near the geographic center of the county, it offers a desirable site for residence or speculation. See advertisement.
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Joseph Cornelison
Drimbelle
Trimbelle
Trimbetty
Trimbette
Purchange Farm
Uuwell
Josepi Cornelison
B.S
Agricultural Society call to join and sponsor
The notice urges citizens to enroll in the Northwestern Agricultural Society, pay one dollar for membership, and elect officers at the annual meeting. It laments sparse local representation and invites blank certificates to be signed at the office.
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THE
Agricultural Society
N.W. OU
Registry Law in Wisconsin Debate Triggers Party Clash
Wisconsin editors weigh a proposed voter registry to preclude fraud and protect legal electors. The Milwaukee Free Democrat argues ten day voter publication and enrollment, while The Sentinel challenges constitutionality and efficacy, urging penalties for illegal voting. The Kenosha Telegraph and others weigh practical rural impact versus urban safeguards, urging a balanced approach.
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Wisconsin
Milwaukee Free Democrat
Bence Side
Sentinel
Philadelphia
Republican Party
Milwaukee
Chicago
Detroit
Connecticut
United States
Pennsylvania
Friends of
Spring Creek
Bridge Creek
Barstow
Kenosha
New England
Nery Maven
Buchanan
Madison Journal
Millwaukee
Jumble of local notices from the Chronicle
The Douglas county jail nears completion on Sixth Street and Newton Avenue, unused and hoped to remain so. Col. Smoke reports lighthouses on Minnesota Point will begin as navigation opens, with locations at Beaver Bay and Grand Marinas. A new house at Snake River Dam offers travel lodgings and stabling between Superior and St Paul. Mason ic Hall framing starts, contractor pushing ahead. Northeastern Minnesota land office located at Buchanan, a new town with harbor and fertile land, named for a future president Jos Gurnee. Silver half-dollars circulate widely amid Uncle Sam’s regard. Manhattan convoy ascends Nemadji to Br Stunty’s clearing. Clark’s engineers depart to survey railroad to the Mississippi. Minnesota Republican notes Farber elected in Point Douglas by 15 votes. Wise of Virginia appoints delegates to Savannah convention. tariff on slave trade debated. Kansas destitute fed by legislature grant.
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Superior
The
Chronicle
Douglas County
Sixth Street
Newton Avenue
Col. Smoke
Minnesota Point
North Shore
Beaver Bay
Grand Marinas
Snake River Dam
St. Paul
Minnesota
Lake Superior
Buchanan
Jos. Gurnee
Uncle Sam
Manhattan
Nemadai
Br. Stunty
Mr. Clark
Mississippi
Ladies Festival at Tastings in December 1856
The Ladies Festival will be held in Tastings on the evening of December 8. Sentiments and responses will be introduced. The Prevcott Brass Band will enliven the occasion with strings. Prof. Stinson will preside at the piano. A number of local authors will perform. Supper will feature city luxuries. Tickets available at Wm. Cross store in Prescott Wisconsin.
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Winnesota
Prevcott
Prof
Stinson
Sur Joastern
West
Wm. I’. Cross
Prescott
Wisconsin
Northwestern Union Agricultural Society Annual Meeting
The first annual meeting of the Northwestern Union Agricultural Society will be held at Riveralls in Pierce County on Monday January 12 at one oclock in the afternoon. Officers to be elected include President three Vice Presidents Recording Secretary Corresponding Secretary Treasurer and three additional Executive Committee members. CG B Cox President N NX Power Rep See River Falls Wis Dec 9 1856.
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Northwestern Union Agricultural Society
Riveralls
Pierce County
B. Cox
N. NX
Power
River Falla
Wis
Flour sale listing at G I Nichols store
A brief item notes A D Young selling assorted flour brands at the G I Nichols establishment. The entry records a local grocery sale opportunity with several flour options available.
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Tives Osnzs
An Chakh
Yuard
Stone
Diamond Bluff
Washburn
Afr
Asa Cotemporary
Wilson
Wumphrey
P. McNilly
Hud
Madison Argus
Argus
William Wilson
the Argus
Tle
Tay
Willow River
Maxson
River Falls Academy
Wisconsin Farmer
A. M
Antioch College
Ohio
Sampson Hoyt
Pierce and St. Croix
N. Wo. A. Ss
Tur Weave
Prince County
Milwaukee Wisconsin
Cramer
Kansas
Edward Daniels
Teavenworth City
Free State
Daniels
Geary
Independence Belge
Journal de Constantinople
Abezock
Sefer Pasha
Paris
Circassia
Russia
Pasha
Kahan
Republican
Point Douglas
J. W. Farber
Tlouse
Gov. Wise
Virginia
Savannah
M.T. Hunter
Richmond
Fermont
Maine
Fremo Buchanan
New Jersey
Vermont
Delaware
Issomiles
Louisiana
Eillmore
Florida
California
Ladies Festival
DE. A. Young
Prescott Drug Store
Honda
Kia Vysiclana
Gale
G.I, Nichels
Luce
Ford
Neca
Stupid Egan
Daniel Stone
Larches
Amond Bluff
G. H. Nicho
Nichols
GU. Nichols
G. Ii, Nichols
Preacott
Ier
John O'Brine
Norte
Evbachber
J. Swemn
AR Teachout
Ay Xege
Fracnour's
Tracnour's
Rachott's
Tracuot’s
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