Weekly Wisconsin advertisement rates and notices
The page outlines advertising rates for the Weekly Wisconsin and other editions, detailing line and space pricing, postage options, and payment terms. It notes double price for notice space and provides contact details for CRAMER, AIRENS & CRAMER in Milwaukee. It warns readers to report fraudulent ads and sets policies on changes of address and manuscript retention.
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Wisconsin
Mail
Cramer, Airens & Cramer
Milwaukee
Wis
Capital and wells in Milwaukee in 1885
An 1885 Milwaukee feature discusses abundant global loan capital and low rates, predicting future ventures and spending. It contrasts widespread fund abundance with artesian well failures, noting local causes and praising successful wells like Grenelle in Paris, Fond du Lac, and Milwaukee private wells while questioning county hospital water reliability.
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Milwaukee
Milwaukee County
Paris
France
Fond du Lac
Empire Brewery
The Weekly Wisconsin on Artesian Wells and Supply
The Weekly Wisconsin argues that artesian wells remain a perennial water source though overdrilling can exhaust flow. It recounts deeper borings finding an exhausted vein and warns against greedily drilling further. The piece cites a North Carolina farmer’s experience to illustrate water drainage from subsurface fissures.
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North Carolina
Regional Pay Gaps Highlight Governor Salaries
The report contrasts Southern states paying $4000 or more with the Midwest where Michigan's governor earns only $1000 a year. It notes Begole, a figure from 1882, rising amid disclosures about his administration and suggests he may have received little value for his pay.
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Michigan
West
Begole
Justice Awakens in New York and Chicago Trials
Mackin, a Chicago Democratic leader, convicted of perjury and sentenced to five years at Joliet amid ongoing election fraud charges that await the U S Supreme Court. In New York, James D. Fish, embezzling Marine Bank president, gets ten years. contractor Buddenseik receives ten years. millionaire Boyd of Fifth Avenue is jailed two years for customs fraud. Public faith in justice rises as high-profile cases proceed.
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Mackin
Chicago
Joliet
United States Supreme Court
Dame Justice
New York
James D. Fish
Marine Bank
Buddenseik
Boyd
Fifth Avenue
Customs Department
Glanders in Horses and Cautionary Advice for Owners
The glanders disease is highly contagious and virulent, posing danger to both horses and humans. It arises from poor stable conditions and can be fatal, with flagging symptoms sometimes caused by cold. Infected horses should be destroyed and buried away from others, while owners should seek competent veterinary aid to diagnose glanders promptly.
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Milwaukee
A Good Business Sign In Mercantile Failures
The first half of 1885 saw 6,004 mercantile failures versus 5,510 in early 1884, with liabilities totaling 74 million dollars against 124 million. Dun Agency reports over 1,000,000 traders observed, and the drop in liabilities signals stronger business conservatism and improved conditions year over year.
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United States
Dun
Mercantile Agency
The Silver Flood and the Silver Dollar Dilemma
The piece argues the weekly silver dollar issue is flooding treasury coffers and compares advocates of a monthly 2 million coinage to “silver lunatics.” It predicts Congress will delay decisive action, with politicians reluctant to admit error, but asserts the silver flood must be halted eventually.
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United States
Congress
Salaries of State Officers Raise Massachusetts Treasurer
The New York Evening Post notes state official pay ranges are generally low. Massachusetts recently boosted the state treasurer’s salary to 5,000 dollars, a rare increase amid a broad pattern of modest compensation. Governors typically lead, with New York and Pennsylvania at 10,000 and several states nearer 1,000.
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New York Evening Post
Wisconsin
Massachusetts
New York
Pennsylvania
Commonwealth
Michigan
Ilinois
California
New England
Two Neighbors Mexico and Canada in Borrowing Contrast
The article contrasts Mexico with severe financial distress and creditors fearing losses in railways and internal improvements to Canada’s robust borrowing with a £4 million loan oversubscribed in London. It argues Canada has tighter production and trade despite fewer resources, while Mexico is described as improvident and dishonest, with vast potential largely untapped.
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Mexico
United States
London
Canada
Diary of Grant’s health over a July week
Gen Grant’s diary records a progression from a quiet, weak day on June 25 to improving strength and mood by July 3. Entries note confinement to his room by rain, nine hours sleep, and a markedly encouraging day by the end, with lingering ease and restlessness interspersed.
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Nsnal
Motarith
Death's Flaming Pyre in Wisconsin Crews and Fires
A string of grand fires across Wisconsin and nearby states leaves multiple deaths and heavy losses. Beaver Dam sees three Steil children perish in a residence blaze while adults escape. Cleveland Antigo and Peshtigo endure scorched families, destroyed warehouses, depots, and homes. Across Antico and Green Bay, warehouses, mills, hotels, and dwellings burn with extensive damage and numerous injuries. Reports note incendiary suspicion in Cleveland and heavy insurance impacts in Milwaukee area as workers and residents confront widespread devastation.
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Beaver Day
Wis
Empire
Milwaukee Mechanics
SteveHtos
Chicago, Milwaukee & St. Paul Railway
New York
Philadelphia Tobacco Houses
Oppenheimer & Co
Rosenwald & Co
Cohn & Co
John Mark
Chicago
United States
Cleveland
Broadway
Dr. Cohen
Cohen
Rosenberg
Rosa Meisel
Mr. Trav
Antico
Milwaukee, Lake Shore & Western Railroad
Sherburne Bryant
B. W. Pierce
Milwaukee
Weed & Son
Oshkosh
W. H. Bonnell
Louis Sands
Methady & Meyers
St. Louis
J. H. Weed & Son
Bonnell and Sands
Green Bay
Duket
Wisconsin items show deaths and census notes
The Eau Claire Free Press cites a 22,474 population for Eau Claire. Deaths include Mrs. C. H. P. Allerton of Berlin on the 1st, Mrs. B. O. Ford of Janesville at Whitewater depot, and Josin Burring er of Watertown. Censuses and accidents are noted in Richland Center, Meadow Valley, and Chippewa Falls. Also reported are a barn fire near Fillmore, a vandalism case, and diplomatic talks on South American treaties and a proposed silver coin standard.
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Ligutime
R. A. Long
Fillmore
Washington County
Meadow Valley
Necedah
Scawiner
Juneau
Guv. W. Wilcox
Webster
Vernon County
Laosse
Antigo
Herman Bros
Fort Atkinson
Jefferson County Union
W A. Anderson
United States
Montreal
le Crosse
Mayers
Madison
Josnin Burringer
City Brewery
Watertown
Wisconsin
F. C. Werner
Chippewa Falls
Matt Weir
F. L. Smith
Weir
Sault Ste. Marie
Bruce
Wis
Smith
Double Tragedy in Gilson Ill A Fatal Love Story
In Gilson Illinois a sensational double death by suicide occurs. Melissa Steepleton a renowned school teacher and her fiancé Edward Southerland had long been engaged but postponed marriage due to his financial troubles. After a quarrel over the wedding he bought rat poison and arsenic, took poison, and died. Southerland then shot himself in a timbered area.
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Toin Union Line
B. W. Blanchard
West Water Street
Milwaukee
Dan Sweeny
Michael Farmer
James Poulter
Sweeny
Farmer
Poulter
Ganesevre
Ill
Gilson
Melissa Steepleton
Edward Southerland
Southerland
Voltaic Belt Co Offers Free Trial for Debility Cure
Nervous debilitated men are offered a free thirty day trial of Dr Dye's Celebrated Voltaic Belt with Electric Suspensory Appliances for relief of nervous debility loss of vitality and manhood and related troubles. Complete restoration to health vigor and manhood guaranteed with no risk. An illustrated pamphlet with full information and terms is mailed free by Voltaic Belt Co Marshall Michigan.
Lake Mendota vista at the Asylum and Madison views
A vivid 19th century sketch of Lake Mendota near Madison centered on the Asylum cupola with panoramic scope showing the Capitol and University in reflected light, rainbow arches on the lake, and a contrast between rural landscape and growing urban development along Cross Plains roads and surrounding hills.
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Asylum
Madison
Capitol
University
Madison Bluff
Lake
Monona
Norway
Mount
Chimborazo
Equator
Wisconsin
Lake Mendota
Pampas
Rio Plata
Andes
Agatar
Blue Mounds
Four Lakes
Cross Plains
Fort Winnebago
Craga
Lake Monone
Rock River
Bere
Ceres
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Eekly
Rees
St Louis
Philadelphia
Scotland
Joan
Boston
Beaver Dam
Peshtigo
Milwaukee Matters
A.B. Wisexay
Manitowoc
Ket
Jons Masxisc
Eugene Dunn
House of Correction
South American Commission
Bayard
Santa Maria
Chili
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