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Newspaper
Sauk County Standard
Location
Baraboo, Wisconsin, United States of America
Date
Oct 26, 1853
Page
2
Baraboo's growth from a single log cabin seven years ago to about five hundred houses and two thousand residents is contrasted with a projection of rapid expansion. Mrs Bloomer, the original Bloomer, is delivering lectures in Milwaukee to public audiences.
The piece notes low attendance at the People’s Convention and predicts Mr. Remington’s election while criticizing temperance talkers as hindrances. It also mentions Hammond and Youmans completing bakery arrangements in New Baxony and appeals to bread lovers to patronize them. It closes with the death of Mrs Webster wife of the late Professor Webster in Boston on the 10th.
A Sunday morning blaze engulfed the long Hirsy warehouse on the Milwaukee pier, destroying fifty thousand dollars worth of goods. The fire erupted from three points, hampering engines and causing losses to several local firms and emigrant luggage. Looters suspected. two men from Baraboo linked to a separate robbery were jailed after counterfeit money ties.
An advertisement extols a product named Prisin derived from two Greek roots to treat indigestion. Dr J S Houghton of Philadelphia claims it is prepared from the ox fourth stomach. He asserts it offers cure for unhealthy stomachs, improves digestion, and allows good eating without harm.
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