Mountain tragedy sparks tale of courage and marriage
A traveler recounts a harrowing fall from a coach over a mountain precipice, a near-fatal rescue, and how the event led to marriage with Louise, the young survivor, after a year of sorrow and devotion. A Detroit Buller note follows about a Minnesota delegate and a buffalo encounter.
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Pittsburgh
Ohio
Lousiana
France
Byron
Jura
Maria
Louise
Lounge
Chad
Paeseng
Wisconsin Farmers urged to shift from agriculture to manufacturing
A Wisconsin period piece argues the state must develop a home market by expanding manufacturing to absorb surplus farm produce. It notes abundant raw materials, water power, and growing eastern demand for western goods, urging farmers and artisans to build a balanced economy for prosperity.
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Wisconsin
New England
Sent. & Gaz
The Forest Funeral Scene of a dying child
A narrator describes a fair child dying at home, her words and calm faith guiding her father through grief. The scene shifts to a Sabbath graveside procession, where a simple church service and a respectful, rugged community burial follow beneath a tranquil evening sky.
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Pather
Mary
Heaven
Thomas Brown
Earth
Lughy
Money Scarcity and Banking Debate in Wisconsin
The piece argues money is scarce in Wisconsin despite large grain exports and a favorable free port system. It blames Locofoco policies for restricting banks and paper currency, notes debt and taxation, and calls for hard money or a substitute to sustain daily business. It also includes miscellaneous moralizing and quips typical of the era.
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Wisconsin
Locofocologic
Locofocotem
England
New York
Journal
Locufeco Party
Wisconein
Weal
Locoluco Party
Locofoco
Economis Eal
Party 5
Locofuco
Fond du Lac
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M.D
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Prova Gas
Iamilton
Phymedea
BE. Bllyman
M. Ir
Phyceian
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William Dotcher
Allerrey
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Artemsny & Bya
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Crekers
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K&sanford
Jalou Skinner
Attomsey
Daniel BR. Shaller
J. A. Hadley
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Ron von Aty
Ames J. Kier
Haneenteldt
Luna
NASA
Charles Aiken
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Naquethea
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Thesis
Daniel Jones
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Bob Mile
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Law la Bavise
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Haraie Weiler
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PAVEK
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Dublin
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Aipme
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