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Newspaper
Weekly Wisconsin
Location
Milwaukee, Wisconsin, United States of America
Date
Mar 11, 1885
Page
6
This notice outlines billing and advertising terms for readers and advertisers. It mentions weekly Wisconsin items, daily Wisconsin, and pullers, with prices and a request to provide old and new addresses for subscriber address changes. It warns against fraudulent ads and states the paper will investigate complaints.
The Wisconsin weekly notes thousands of Tun Workinx Wisconsin specimen copies mailed to Milwaukee residents. It offers a $4.00 yearly subscription with two premium books and invites readers to send one dollar or a postal card to publishers Cramer, Ainess & Cramer of Milwaukee.
Fragmentary OCR text touts a premium weekly in the Northwest and promises free mailed copies to subscribers in Wisconsin Minnesota and Dakota while urging distribution by a named entity. The readable fragment hints at promotional sales and a request to spread the publication.
A mid nineteenth century editorial weighs President Cleveland's inaugural address branding it lacking originality and lauding the cabinet picks. Lamar Manning Bayard Endicott Whitney Garland Vilas receive mixed critique while Grant is praised on retirement. The piece advocates unity and prudence in governance.
The Wisconsin article surveys Notre Dame, St Germain, Sainte Chapelle, St Jacques, the Pantheon and the Invalides, detailing Gothic flying buttresses, Romanesque roots, Napoleon era transforms, and the grand Opera House. It notes architecture, history, and notable relics, with vivid notes on domes, interiors, and memorials.
The passage of a retirement act is praised as a just measure benefiting the President and his family. Representative Randall is credited for guiding the bill through Congress and for avoiding an extra session by securing timely appropriations, earning broad admiration for his partisan and steadfast service.
A series of brief notices record the deaths of Criminas Ott of Seventh Ward at 485 Broadway born in Bavaria in 1825, I M Bray wife of internal revenue collector dying suddenly, Jons CoveHHs long-time Milwaukee settler and contractor, Elias H Reed one of August Tesch murderers dying in Waupun prison, and details of Tesch’s 1867 murder near St Francis Station.
Capt Ginper T Klapp founder of Racine lies at death. Janesville hosts Democratic inauguration celebration. A boy of 10 injured by a powder explosion. A Green Bay train delay due to a freight derailment. Naval cadet Exersscamp dismissed from the Naval Academy for cheating. seeks reinstatement. Paul Lempee injured by a drawknife, severing leg tendons. likely lifelong crippled. David Bowen’s $2000 donation in Africa still unclaimed. may go to Bowen heirs. Oshkosh resident Nelson Gill dies aged 82 after long illness. Appleton house fire kills family’s escape. owner dies of heart disease nearby. Property loss $1300, insurance $1000. Two ugly twins named neuralgia and rheumatism tied to disordered blood. Brown’s Iron Bitters touted as remedy.
The record details Senate passage of a House bill donating a cemetery site to Kirwin Kansas, and various sundry civil appropriation amendments. It notes Senate confirmation of Gen Grant to the retired list, Hendricks inauguration events, and multiple state measures across Wisconsin, including highway control, city incorporations, and appropriation bills amid legislative sessions.
A deadly railway crash occurred at 10 o'clock behind Full Speed near Grexapa eight miles south of Grexapa. Mail train No 8 southbound at 20 mph collided with express No 10 at 30 mph. Both engines wrecked, two baggage cars and one mail car destroyed, one smoker damaged. Firemen on both engines killed. northbound engineer injured. News Agent Blake seriously hurt and may die. a rider on the tender of the southbound train was instantly killed. Eight or ten passengers in the smoker of the northbound train injured.
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