Weekly Wisconsin Ad Rates and Notices 1885
Reading less Local notices at 40 cents per line twelve lines per inch. Price multiply length in inches by time factor and sum opposite. Advertisers warned the WEEKLY WISCONSIN is not liable for ads but will investigate swindles on written notice. Milwaukee August 26 1885.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Cramer, Aisens & Cramer
Milwaukee
Wisconsin
Wis
Wisconsin Central Extension
Madison
Wisconsin Central Railroad
Schlessingerville
Chicago
Chicago, Wisconsin & Minnesota Railroad
John P. Neal
Henry Hawley
Abbott Lawrence
Joseph B. Oliver
Edward Ferguson
Baltimore & Ohio Railroad Company
Charles L. Colby
Edwin Abbot
F. N. Finney
Burlington
Waukesha
Milaukee
Minnesota
Messrs
Colby
Abbot
Finney
Wisconsin Central
Milwaukee & St. Paul
du Plainville
Beloit
Grant Portrait Ad Promises A Photo Fame Landmark
An value filled prospectus touts a Gen U S Grant photo portrait as the ultimate likeness to be remembered beyond Washington. It claims the image, taken after his world tour, eclipses steel engravings and marks a historic keepsake. Subscriptions offer Wisconsin papers and framed prints for a price, with shipping at buyer risk.
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Gen. Grant
George Washington
Grant
Bogardus
Woathington
Stuart
Talen
Wisconsin
Weames
Hownove
Cramer, Aikens & Cramer
Minwavunce
Wis
Sample Copies Of The Weekly Wisconsin Requesting Subscriptions
The notice asks readers to subscribe to the Weekly Wisconsin with copies sent at mild times and suggests readers may judge the paper by a single copy. It notes that subscribers receiving extra copies should give them to potential subscribers and hints at the per-copy value.
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Wisconsin
Mortgage burdens in Southern agriculture cited as major evil
The article condemns excessive crop mortgages, especially among colored farmers, as a cause of perpetual poverty and debt. It cites low literacy and foresees limited progress unless farmers stop advance mortgaging. It notes Frederick Douglass's critique and contrasts Northern thrift with Southern practices. Mentions Wisconsin Central extension and speculative railroad plans. Methuselah vignette concludes with satirical note on age exaggeration.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Frederick Douglass
Enforcing Game Laws and Southern Agriculture
A period piece discussing Wisconsin deer poaching and the need for paid state wardens to enforce game laws. It also reports on Southern crop prospects, noting record cotton and corn yields and an improving business climate. The piece underscores insufficient enforcement and legislative limits, urging action.
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Union
When Are Men Physically at Their Peak Height
A discussion of human stature and aging compares life stages, noting the common view that men are best developed around age 45, with gradual height loss after that. A Boston theorist extends speculation to biblical ages, humorously tracing Methuselah’s imagined growth and decline. Milwaukee items report deaths and accidents and local legal notices.
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Boston
Methuselah
Jehosaphat
An Expensive Folly and a New Gold Mine in Michigan
The piece argues Italy may overextend by sending 20,000 troops to Eastern Sudan and proclaims current taxation heavy, noting U S military scale downs after the Civil War as a superior example. It also reports a promising but cautious discovery near Ishpeming and the Ropes mine, warning gold finds require capital and may lag compared with simple surface yields.
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Soudan
Khartoum
England
Turkey
Italy
United States
Vicksburg
Appomattox
Upper Michigan
Ishpeming
Ropes
Michigan
Editorial Excursion Notes on Wisconsin Press Association Trip
Jottings describe the Northern Wisconsin excursion by Wisconsin editors, praising rail lines Milwaukee to Ashland and the steamer City of Green Bay voyage. Notables include Bill Nye, Sam Ryan, W. D. Hoard, and ED Coe. mentions Kaukauna mills, Antigo skating banquet, and Antigo Bessemer, Mich. growth. previews Wisconsin State Fair programs with lacrosse, races, and speeches by Spooner and others.
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Wisconsin Press Association
Wisconsin
Badgerdam
Milwaukee, Lake Shore , Western Railroad
Ashland
James T. Howie
Langlois and
Curtis
Wisconsin Central Line
John J. Maher
J. N Robinson
Central
Stevens Point
Milwaukee
City of
Green Bay
Washburn
Bayfield
Apostle Islands
Chequamegon Bay
Mill Pond
Bill Nye
Hudson
Sam Ryan
Appleton
W. D. Hoard
Fort Atkinson
Coe
Whitewater
J. A. Watrous
Sarah D. Hobart
Kate H. Esterly
Ella A. Giles
Florence Tyng Griswold
Louise Phillips
Elizabeth Baker Bohan
Helen S. Manville
Marion Manville
Amelia ¥. Cole
Elizabeth Cole
Chas. Noble Gregory
Carlotta Perry
Hattie Tyng Griswold
Wilds
Eben W. Rexford
Shindonak
Fire Destroys Osborne, Hosick & Co. Hide House
A lightning start at 3 30 this morning ignited the Osborne Hosick and Co hide wool and tallow house at La Salle Avenue and Michigan Street Chicago. Two watchmen slept on the second story as the blaze consumed a large four story and basement building. Estimated loss runs 40000 to 50000 dollars with stock and building insured.
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Treasy
Chicago
Cariaco
Osborne, Hosick & Co
la Salle Avenue
Michigan Street
Farmer killed by lightning near Ricuiano Custer Wis
During a storm last night Moses Gillingham a farmer seven miles north of the city was struck by lightning while salting his sheep in a pasture and died instantly. His body was not found until morning. The report ends with an unrelated line about Dr Sage’s Catarrh Rem.
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Ricuiano Custer
Wis
Moses Gillingham
Dr. Sage
Fragmented World News Snapshot: Disasters Deaths and Elections
A steam thresh er exploded near Wyoming Ont killing James Duncan and wounding others. Yellow fever reported in New York. Albany population 96,386 per revised census. Mississippi governor nominee, Congo deaths, Cuban insurgent staff reprieve execution. Kalama Mich man dies from fall. NY prisons hold 190 life inmates. Minneapolis factory fire losses around 30k. South Dakota and North Dakota census counts given. Numerous fires, accidents and political conventions across US.
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Wyoming
Ont
James Duncan
New York
Albany
New York State
Robert Lowry
Mississippi
Cosrim Matton
Congo
Lrecr
Axgel Reprievez
Sanchez
Baracoa
GinBert Willson
Kalama- 200
Mich
Minneapolis
Virginia
Texas
Haddingdonshire
Point Reyes
San Francisco
Richard Williamson & Co
Camden
N. J
National Association of ex-Union Prisoners of War
Philadelphia
J. H. Longnecker
G. A. Lessney
Buffalo
South Dakota
North Dakota
Webster County
Boyle Baker
J. B. Qurtee
Bell Telephone Company
Montreal
Bradley
Cabin Creek
Charleston
W.va
Oakford
Thomas Peacock
Amos Mitchell
Joseph Hall
Chattanooga
Tenn
Fourth Ward
Joan H. Auroemorte
Sub-Treasury
New Orleans
Onterey
Mex
Shepherd and Hocke
M. Felton
Wilmington
Del
Ohio
Columbus
Judge Hoadly
John G. Warwick
Gibson Otterton
Supreme Bench
Peter Brady
James Lawrence
Henry Weible
Board of Public Works
Cleveland
Col
W. L. Hemingway
W. W. Stone
United States
Mississippi River
Missouri River
Bismarck
Dakota
Standing Rock
Bonhield
Iowa
Charles E. Whiting
Monona County
E. H. Gillette
Des Moines
Greenbacker
Colorado
Plum Beach
Port Washington
Minnesota
Susquehanna
Congress
South Carolina
Lotta
Grant
Fairplay
United States Navy
Bt & Co
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By Mail
Gen
U.S. Grant
Deer
Friends of Game Preservation
Milwaukee Matters
Joan Whutarz
Bay View
Fricke
Fred. Knuth
Fond du Lac Avenue
Fred. Beerman
Muskego Lake
Roughs
Louisa Laixpemasn
Otto”indemann
Eleventh Street
Eunsos W. Wrland
Milwaukee River
Cmail
Regina Kahn
North Point Light House
James Young
Coxe Bros
Seventeenth Street
Hill Street
J. F. Amsden & Co
Circuit Court of
Milwaukee County
John Bentley
Thomas R. Bentley
Oscar Nowlan
John Llark
Shilé
E. Washburn
Bay
Clinton Babbitt
State Agricultural Society
Red Cliff
Bad River
John C. Spooner
E. D. Holton
Hoffman
Illinois
Jefferson
E. W. Dwight
Brooklyn
Kaukauna
Fox River
Allegheny Mountains
H. A. Frambach
Alaie
Kaukagna
Ss . Antigo
Cura
Antigo
Antigol
Bessemer
Bonanza
Ibiza
Eays
Lieut-Gev Fifield
Prrrsburg
Jonia
Waynesburgh
Jacob Group
Morgantows
West Virginia
Shierk
Paso
Tex
Arralites
Utah
Oda Fellowe
Osaxosa
Odd Fellows of
Fox River Valley
Stockbridge
Fond du Lac
Oshkosh
Neenah
Menasha
Winneconne
Carter
BR. J. Needham
George 5. Prentiss
G.D. Reed
Chilton
F. W. Houghton
I. L. Brasted
R. C. Kellogg
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