Wisconsin 1885 Advertisers and Postage Reforms Discussed
The Weekly Wisconsin lists advertising rates and postal law amendments from Congress affecting newspapers and letters. It notes cheaper postage for one ounce letters, lower per pound rates for newspapers, and a special delivery option. Gordon diaries and British Empire comparisons follow, with commentary on U S and global power, plus wheat crop prospects and Superior City's new coal dock plans.
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United States
England
France
Germany
The Krao Case and the Missing Link Debate
The article recounts Krao the Malay child examined in the United States amid sensational claims she proves Darwinian evolution. It rebuts these by noting Krao is an ordinary girl with hair, whose Siamese parents lived in a village, not a tree-living tribe, and that Krao was purchased for $360 by her managers for profit.
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Krao
United States
BE. S. Cole
St. Joseph
Missouri
Siam
England
Miss Cole
Laos
Kyrao
Annexing the Sandwich Islands After Queen Emma’s Death
The Sandwich Islands or Hawaiian Islands face unsettled politics after Queen Emma’s death. Reports say Hawaiian leaders may seek annexation to the United States. The archipelago includes twelve islands with seven inhabited and a sugar industry yielding 15.5 million pounds in 1878, with exports at 2,128,055 dollars and imports at 1,349,448. Most trade is with California and surrounding regions.
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Sandwich Islands
Emma
United States
Sandwich
Hawaiian Islands
North Pacific Ocean
Mexico
China
California
Cholera Riots and Contaminated Urban Health Policies
The article denounces unrest in Spain against sanitary measures to curb cholera, labeling the populace as dirty and resistant to hygiene. It contrasts Spain with depopulated Italian and French cities cleansed by the disease and questions risk of spread to American cities.
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Spain
Italy
France
Tragedy at North Salem: Mother and Two Children Killed
A freight train on the Indianapolis De catur Springfield Railroad at North Salem 26 miles west of Ixpmunxapolis knocked down a woman and her two children ages 8 and 12 from a twenty-foot trestle last evening. The woman, who gave the name Sarah Wilson of this city, died after being found, but no such resident can be located. A local notice also mentions a patent remedy for bladder issues, "Bnehu Parba," advertised with a one dollar claim.
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Ixpmunxapolis
Ind
Indianapolis, Decatur & Springfield
North Salem
Sarah Wilson
Progress of Gen Grant's disease reported by physicians
Dr Shrady telegraphed a bulletin on General Grant's condition noting slow disease progression with swelling under the jaw worsening and the tongue base ulcer deepening. The voice remains a whisper, weight loss ongoing, Mount McGregor move helpful, and a week diary shows fluctuating improvement and decline.
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McGregor
Shrady
Gen. Grant
Mount McGregor
Milwaukee wrestler Rohn wins in TV minutes in match
Arch competitor Louis Rohn of Milwaukee defeats Richard Dathe of New York with Dathe taking second in TX minutes. Other participants include George Easten of Jersey City Charles Krueger of Chambersburg Pa Valentine Erbecker and Max Rindeck of New York.
J P Coats donations noted at New Orleans exposition
A May 1885 communication from Auchincloss Brothers representing J P Coats thanks the exposition board for a donation of forty shares to the World's Industrial and Cotton Centennial Exposition. The jurors report expresses admiration for Coats' exhibit though it was entered for exhibition only.
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J. & PB. Coats
New On
Messrs
Auchincloss Brothers
J. & P. Coats
Board of Management
H. Bucx
New Orleans
Messrs. J. & P. Coats
New York
Milwaukee Burglaries and a Nashville Killing Reported
A burglar entered Louis Van Buren's Seventh Street residence and stole $70. The Jefferson Street Baptist Church was entered the previous night and the silver communion service stolen. R. H. Sureiser, 25, was shot and killed at Nashville on the 21st by police officer Alexander Bolton, who is held for trial. Shreiber worked in a plow factory and had lived in Milwaukee until recently. his family remains here and his remains were brought back for burial.
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Milwaukee
Louis van Buren
Seventh Street
Jefferson Street Baptist Church
R. H. Sureiser
Nashville
Alexander Bolton
Shreiber
Obituary for Hannah W. Vail of Port Wasmixeton Wis
Miss Hannah W. Vail sister of James W. Vail banker of this city died at 8 last evening from gastric fever. Resident here since 1850 she was held in high esteem by the community. A deadly blast at Lucca powder mill reported with twelve bodies recovered.
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Port Wasmixeton
Wis
Hannah W. Vail
James W. Vail
Rome
Lucca
McCord resigns and McCord letter restores Wausau land office
In Wausau Wisconsin on June 27 a Central Wisconsin letter from Myron H McCord to Commissioner Sparks of the General Land Office in Washington restores his position as register of the land office at Wausau.
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McCord
Wausau
Wis
Wisconsin
Myron H. McCord
Sparks
General Land Office
Washington
Register of the Land Office
Planing Mill Burned at Port Wassinetown Wisconsin
Geiase Brothers planing mill sash door and blind factory was totally destroyed by fire this morning between midnight and 1 o'clock. Loss estimated at 12000 dollars with insurance of 4000 dollars.
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Port Wassinetown
Wis
Geiase Bros
Eighteen Miners Die In Dudweiler Mine Blast
A Saarbruck dispatch reports a fire damp explosion at a Dudweiler mine near Saarbrucken killing eighteen miners. The blast occurred June 27, with authorities begun inquiries into the incident and safety conditions at the site.
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Berum
Saarbruck
Dudweiler
Lost a Leg in Wisconsin Factory Accident
Charles Kroll, an employee of the Frambach Paper Company, in Lépyago Wisconsin, was caught in a pull saw while trying to remove a belt with his foot and lost a leg. The incident occurred on June 25.
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Lépyago
Wis
Charles Kroll
Frambach Eaper Company
Fires, floods and fortunes of the week in brief
A roundup of accidents and events across the United States. Wells and Elgin disasters mark property losses and injuries while a San Francisco sentencing and a Portland river accident highlight public misadventure. Immigrant stories from New York link to the Aurania voyage with Henry Williams, and financial troubles in Des Moines foreshadow regional strain.
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Pbeckly
East Wigisconsin
Mily Wisconsin
Ares, Cramer, Aikrens & Cramer
Witab
Gordon
London
The
Soudan
Wolseley
Mr. Gladstone
Mahammed Bey
Ibrahim
Great Britain
Khartoum
Mussulman
India
Britannia
Russia
British Empire
Little
Isle
Ireland
Pennsylvania
Ohio
Daniel Webster
North Pacific
San Domingo
Cuba
Government Bureau
Kansas
Kentucky
Ilinois
Indiana
Maryland
Northwest
Granger Railroad
Illinois
Minnesota
Dakota
Superior
Lake Superior
Chain of Lakes
Chicago, St. Paul, Minneapolis & Omaha Railway Company
Efort
Grant
Aleey
Lord Salisbury
Marquis of Salisbury
Treasury
Stafford Northcote
Exchequer
Michael E. Hicks-Beach
Hardinge Gifford
Viscount Cranbrook
Earl of Harrow
Edward Stanhope
Earl of Carnarvon
Edward Gibson
Lord John Manners
Mr. Holmes
Mr. Monroe
Duchy of Lancaster
Henry Chaplin
David R. Plunket
Rowland Winn
Medford
Wisconsin & Minnesota
Wisconsin Central Railroad
Mulhattan
Surrey
Okaw
Lxgxasos
Davi Youst
Adam Houckeleven
Newaork
N. J
Triton
Edward Link
West St. Louis
Hellmuth Schumacher
John Schlieff
Ernest Gruenewilder
New
Badger
Fransie Hanmonp
Black River
la Crosse
John Lyons
Fond du Lac
Henry M. Hockrxe
Darlington
West Point Military Academy
George Stewart
Wiota
Lafayette County
Volney E. Brewer
Portage
C. E. Dow
Cass County
Dak
Stephen Everson
Linden
Everson
Stephen E. Myra
Joux Jansen
Hartford
Washington County
Adam Frey
Suenos G. M. Brown
Wood County
Arthur J.grover
Barron County
Grover
Granville G. Loomis
Ashtabula County
Sma Bros
Wells
Hamilton County
Peru
Peace Commission
Lima
Jacksox Wood
D. E. Wood
E. Wood
Florence
Elgin
W. F. Morrison
Indiana Order of Chosen Friends
San Francisco
Cal
Frank Marker
Coatsville
Indianapolis
Kigs
Dagger
Kalakaua
Purure DE Sauzer
Hill
Umpqua River
Oregon
Roseburg
Richard Barron
Red Tavern Road
New Brunswick
Barton
H. R. Creburon
Loan Association of
Iowa
T. C. Winsey
Peoria
Kingman Agricultural Implement Works
Glasgow
Alton
Avon
Daniel Scatten
Detroit
Heames
Pittsburg
St. Louis
Tomas Kyorr
Dayton
Newport & Cincinnati
Cincinnati
Astorse Occiuia
Cleveland
Catskill
N.Y
Salvation Army
Wilkesbarre
Davis
Cunard
Aurania
Henry Williams
Henry
Kansas City
Maz. Reno
Sitting Bull
Sitting-Bull
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