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Newspaper
Weekly Wisconsin
Location
Milwaukee, Wisconsin, United States of America
Date
Apr 22, 1885
Page
4
Wisconsin notice page from Milwaukee April 22 1885 lists rates and policies for Daily and Weekly Wisconsin advertising orders. It notes postal matter status and readers’ aroused care and safeguards. Subscription and address change procedures are described with a price table and line rate details.
SAX PLE COPIES of the Wreekly Wisconsin are sent at all times to a persons requesting it for them selves, or friends. Please subscribe and see if we are not right.
The piece contrasts Great Britain and Russia over Afghanistan and Turkestan with rail links and strategic aims. It also reports on General Grant's health, noting doctors' dire prognosis and public hope for a possible recovery against the experts' predictions.
Special correspondence from AvaLpE County Texas details a rugged area suited to Angora goats and sheep, with goats thriving on sparse lands, a forthcoming goat meat canning plant, long goat fleece, a church and school present, and a hospitable rural life. The writer notes beef, crops, and rail land expansion nearby, plus a glimpse of local geology and flora. A fire records section then proceeds, listing losses from various Wisconsin towns.
Washington reports list a sequence of presidential appointments including consuls general in Melbourne and Frankfort and consuls in Toronto Leeds Prague and Rotterdam. Also ministers resident to Bolivia Persia Roumania Servia Greece with several new state department posts and an obituary roundup from La Crosse Beaver Day San Antonio and Sparta.
The piece notes George Washington on preparedness and Wisconsin militia funding, detailing the Wisconsin National Guard with thirty six companies and three regiments. It then surveys Afghanistan’s geography, climate, strategic value, and imperial interests of Britain and Russia, including the 1842 British disaster and current Russian expansion.
Dayton Ohio April Fourth Charles Bieler arrested weeks ago here committed death by his own hand in jail today after a previous attempt. Sheriff Weil relays a shocking crime history tracing Bieler’s father a robber who killed himself in prison and other murders across Europe. Bieler’s search for his father tied to a haunted family past.
City of Mexico reports Colombian forces capturing rebel squads after the burning of Aspinwall. Over ten days, captured rebels increased by stragglers from surrounding districts, with authorities estimating about 400 prisoners at Colon. Authentic details pending.
Reports describe General Grant's improving condition with restful sleep and stable pulse and temperature. He has been able to dress, take nourishment, and move about, with doctors optimistic yet cautious about recovery. A plan to move him to the Catskills when weather permits is discussed with medical staff.
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