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Newspaper
Prescott Transcript
Location
Prescott, Wisconsin, United States of America
Date
Jun 11, 1859
Page
5
Fragmented 1859 dispatches discuss Massachusetts and national party clashes, anti immigrant sentiment, and Republican positions. The text references New York, Vermont, and national figures, plus war updates from Montebello and Palestro theaters. Includes a poetic letter and social notices in a crowded column.
The piece discusses the Wisconsin Editorial Convention in Milwaukee with criticism of Minnesota banking practices. It condemns shinplaster currency, warns merchants, and blames Minnesota Democratic officials for the monetary crisis. A separate notice describes a man with delirium tremens in Hastings who attempted suicide, died after violent self-harm.
The piece reports a sudden rise in personal property in River Falls and nearby areas within a week. It mentions rising carriage values, a Greenwood House incident blamed on lightning, and Byington’s attributed gains. A letter from River Falls dated June 8 1859 praises local prospects, notes flour mill activity, and comments on press influences and newspaper ambitions.
New York correspondence notes swings in spring weather, from heat to cold, and sketches the metropolis’ rapid growth, rising crime, and bustling culture. It reports on a Parisian sewer-fortune tale, shifting literary digs, Irish patriot William Smith O’Brien's departure, theatre openings, and notable performers like Laura Keene and Geo Christy.
Wews Items recounts Grorce Dawsen of the Evening Journal warning trout should not be caught or eaten before May 15 due to parasites. The Galena Courier notes a heavy frost near Galena damaging tomatoes beans and garden vegetables. Other items cover a La Crosse to La Crosse boat trip, a new Appleton newspaper, a Naples death, a large steamship loan, and various regional notices.
Reports from Cincinnati Burraro Curvetann Zanesville and New York describe Saturday night and Sunday frost extending across Ohio Indiana and New York. Wheat corn and potato crops suffer heavy damage with fruit, grapes, and vegetables also harmed. In New York, bodies found in the Sound near West Farms. execution order for Jan Stephens to be hanged July 22. financial receipts show Treasury drafts exceed receipts by several millions.
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