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Newspaper
Sauk County Standard
Location
Baraboo, Wisconsin, United States of America
Date
Dec 04, 1851
Page
2
The article notes no additional returns received last week, estimates a Democratic majority around 5,000 except for the governor race, and mentions uncertainty over Argwell’s majority due to limited information from the far northwest. The piece reflects early, incomplete results and cautious interpretation by editors.
Wood subscription dues are urged to be paid promptly or collected by other means. A Milwaukee to Green Bay telegraph line update notes repairs by Mr. McSomth of Janesville as Singing Director. Local notes praise Mr. Pointon's wares at favorable prices. Sauk County Bible Society report covers meetings and new military branch formation in the American Bible Society. Counterfeit money cases trigger arrests in Reedsburg and Denton with one suspect jailed in La Crosse County. Editorial on the west presidency discusses Gen. Dodge as a strong candidate with praise for patriotism and public service. Village churches announce weekly lectures for youth starting January 10 at the Methodist Chapel.
In the Wisconsin Democrat a writer criticizes modern Thanksgiving excesses. The piece recalls morning services at a Congregational Church, a Baptist address, and a misused afternoon of feasting. It laments secular showiness, urges a return to primitive religious principles and revival of sincere piety starting with clergy and scholars.
The text urges broad sectarian harmony extending from leaders to all society and predicts immediate, tangible benefits. It envisions a shared day of Thanksgiving observed by twenty eight states, creating a practical moral reform that would quiet reports of wrongs and outrages in the press and public discourse.
The piece argues against panic in financial markets, asserting national strength and abundance. It cites California growth, federal credit, and compares past financial crises to warn against overreaction. It quotes political editorials about Whigs, slavery, and the election.
The Pennsylvanian reports a dreadful blaze at Mr Nixon's Cotton Store in Philadelphia. About one hundred people, mainly youths, were inside when the fire broke out on the second story near the stairs cutting off escape. Many leaped from windows to street safety as rescuers struggled. two bodies were recovered, including a man named Edward Crossley and Miss Mary Browning. A girl, Emily Williams, ten, was among the victims.
Reports say workers remained unaccounted last evening as rescue crews recovered bodies from a multi story building. Families and neighbors anxiously awaited updates while horrid rumors circulated amid the death toll estimated between thirty and thirty five thousand dollars in losses.
Nov 20 reports a disastrous collapse at the New Public School Greenwich Avenue as bannisters failed during a panic fire alarm. Dozens of children injured and many dead later removed. the 1033-student school and the event cited by Buffalo Commercial for further details.
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