Prescott and Milwaukee Railroad politics rise in Wisconsin
Fragmentary 1857 newspaper text debates a rail line from St Croix Lake to Lake Superior. It includes acts and resolutions by La Crosse and Milwaukee Railroad Company and St Croix and Superior lines, noting terminus at Prescott and cross references to Bayfield and land grants.
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Prescott
la Crosse & Superior
St. Croie @ Superior
Township
Sint
State of Wisconsin
Ate and Assembly
St. Croix
Lidke Superior Company
St. Croix Lake
Mississipui River
Lake Superior
Bayfield
la Crosse Cor Railroad Company
Croix and Lakey
Richt, Sac and Milas Company
la Crosse and Milwaunee Railroad Company
Wiich
la Crosse
Bulwankee
la Crusse and
Milwaukee Railroad Company
Wisconsin
API Sone
Cruse and
Crosse
Milwaukee Fsilund Company
St. Croix and
Seperior Rairo
Milwaukee Railroad
St Crou
Crosse & Mtewar
Washington Star
WIRES
Wis
Intanec
G 1 Bund Mfjce
Barnoab
Madison & St. Croix
Stillwater
Iludeon
Staig
Wieennein
Wise
Aeraid
Menning
Maxcan
Preavett
Thothy B. Ronsens
Prescott City Improvements and Christmas Reflections
A late 1850s Prescott issue lists numerous city improvements, noting many new buildings and the impact of the LaCrosse and Superior road junction. It reflects on Christmas as a home holiday and extols public spirit, union, confidence, and generous-minded citizens as drivers of progress and urban growth.
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Legion
Prescott
Jeab
Itis
Vile County
LaCrosse
Superior
Seazon
Santa Claus
Centuriea
Rome
Chicage
Bec
Kingdom
Ileaven
Minnesota items show shifts in legislature and press critique
The Minnesota items recount the 61st assembly convening, Gov. Medary’s message, voting results for a long and short Senate term, and a Republican slate including Judge Cooper and H. D. Hough. It notes Sibley’s and Rainey’s votes, defeats of figures like Jackson and McMynn, and a call for Republican unity. A separate notice praises a Flower Queen cantata and railroad-map updates, followed by a critique on decline of newspaper literature and rising vulgarism in periodicals.
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Minnesota
Medary
Tenry M. Rice
Jas Shields
Garman
J. K R. Brown
Judge Cooper
St. Paul
H. D. Hough
Winona
Debates on taste and public morals in late 1857 discourse
A moral critique on popular literature and its effects on imagination and virtue, warning that excessive fiction weakens reason and corrupts taste. The author argues for balanced cultivation of imagination and intellect and condemns overindulgence in sensational prints, urging better standards in periodicals.
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Dickens
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Oon
David Wilmot
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Trarper's
Arper
Buchanan
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Walker
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Fernando Wood
N.Y. Courier
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Cuba
George W. Custis
Oregon
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Charles Mackay
Milwaukee Common Council
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WR Beanvaney
Clark
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Commion Council
South Tek
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Sirat
Charles E. 1
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Volney
Cole
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JW Itcauneeny
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V.wise
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Franklin Fire & Marine Insurance Company
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Sov
J. W. Epoxy
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Gene
A. H. Young
Madison
Prescott Land & Law Office
Land Grant
United States
Giico
Broad Street
Peascott
Pistes County
J. ¥. Wise
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