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Newspaper
Weekly Wisconsin
Location
Milwaukee, Wisconsin, United States of America
Date
Aug 18, 1847
Page
1
The Weekly Wisconsin reports Wisconsin's push for congressional indemnity for surveyed lands and a safe boundary with Michigan and Great Britain. It urges appealing to Congress for monetary grants to fund internal improvements, harbor construction, and rail infrastructure to spur growth and unity with the Union.
The Southport Telegraph reports Mr Strone urging that territory gained in the war be free territory and free territory only, arguing the majority free states must dictate its future. Wisconsin voters will hear Snowe and judge, amid denouncements and misrepresentations fading as canvass continues.
The Wisconsin constitutional convention approved a banking clause restricting state banking and corporate power. It sets liability for stockholders, bars state banks, requires voter approval for banking provisions, and aims to curb corporate influence while preserving municipal access under general law. The debate reflected strong banker and anti bank sentiments and included remarks on financial responsibility and public policy. The report also notes contemporaneous discussions on medical lectures praising health and longevity.
The Oregon City party of nineteen emigrants and escorts traveled through California toward Oregon. They faced Indian attacks near the Shasta region, Mahd losses from Pawnee robbery near the Platte, cautioned by Mormon escorts, and rumors of governor ambitions. A brutal predator named Keoberg and Donner family crimes are noted, with survivors recounting dire suffering and a belief that several emigrants perished last winter.
A muddled notice praises Mores M. Simwe as Democratic candidate for Representative in Congress and endorses Strong as the best choice for the territory. The piece extols perseverance and urges fellow Democrats to unite behind the nominee. It also shares moral aphorisms and a dramatic rescue tale from Black Rock pier.
Nearly two hundred thousand emigrants left Liverpool in the first half of the year aboard 431 ships. Miss Durdett Coutts endowed two colonial bishoprics recently created. Guerlits reports on a grand viaduct in Prussian Silesia, costing over 12 million thalers. The King of Sweden honors gun cotton inventors Schonbein and Bottiger. The Pope changes Rome time reckoning to European standard. The London and North Western Railway employs many workers. a long record of safe passenger travel is noted. Details recount a frigate voyage to Europe, temperance leadership aboard, and civic reception for Commodore DeKay. An English city’s officials plan gratitude activities and a steam tour for the Commodore. The Belfast News Letter notes Mr Sherida Knowles declining a pension offer.
In Ixonia Wisconsin a hill with about forty nearby mounds is described as partly artificial with a hard compact floor and a seating surface. Excavations found bones and a single elevated burial, suggesting a taller ancestral population. Several flint hatchets were found nearby, while the hill remains densely wooded and partly cleared for study.
The article notes Wilcon and surrounding counties show strong wool growth potential as climate favors sheep farming. Wool is mostly used for home cloth, selling at 45 to 7 12 cents per pound, with 9,000 to 10,000 pounds on hand at Sam son Ford’s factory in the village, up from about 5,000 pounds last year. Nearby carding mills exist in Clinton, Prairieville, Janesville, and Winnebago Rapids, within 10 to 70 miles.
The piece denounces slander spread by newspapers including Madison Express and Rochester Evening Gazette. It warns that insinuations link Mr Smowe to the Arndt murder, noting bold falsehoods and aggressive visitation slander that harms reputations and provokes public distrust.
A long dialogue with War N Ayagzmena reveals views on Mexican people and social decay in Santa Fe and Chilwalua. The piece notes deep concerns about prostitution, family virtue, and national decline, while critiquing navigation rumors and harbor openings. A joke about a kitchen mispronunciation ends with a flourish of frontier humor.
From Brad reports verbal ill will between Brazilians and Americans persisted and spread through Brazil. The Ohio and its relief squadron were awaited with minister Todd aboard. Brandywine yet to sail from Norfolk while Ohio stays at Rio until Brandywine arrives. Frigate Columbia and Bainbridge activity noted. Jornal de Comercio deemed uninteresting with local Senate business and no US affairs mentioned.
The Philadelphia, second French Ocean Steamer, reached New York on the 2d after a fair voyage from Cherbourg. She left Cherbourg on the 15th at eight oclock evening with 5 passengers aboard, 22 first class and 65 second class. An engine repair delayed her about a day and rough water slowed speed, but she completed the passage in sixteen days and twenty hours. The news is about equal in tone to the La Plata arrival.
A clerk in the city post office and acting postmaster was arrested on a charge of stealing a letter containing 921.1 in value and held on bail of 5000. The investigation showed over financial losses from mail, with J B Hale and John F Kennally involved in the probe. Postmaster General apprised. Jones searched his chamber and pockets yielded the wallet with marked money.
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