Daily Wisconsin rates and notice policy from 1885
The notice outlines pricing by line and inch for Local notices in Bourgeoin and the Weekly Wisconsin. Rates shown include six months and twelve months, with a separate price formula: length in inches times 12 then times the listed rate. It notes the publisher’s non liability for ads and instructions for address changes. Milwaukee date: May 6, 1885.
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Bourgeoin
Cramer, Atkens & Cramer
Milwaukee
Wisconsin
Postoffice
Portraits and politics in Wisconsin era portraits and women in offices
The article discusses General Grant portraits by Bogardus and Stuart, praising the Wisconsin portrait as a historic likeness. It then covers a government note on women in Washington clerical jobs, noting wartime needs, philanthropic origins, and long term value, with mentions of Republican policy and state programs. It underscores women's reliability, skill, and higher perceived value versus male clerks.
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Lancoln
Washington
Union
Itig
Lincoln
Republican Party
Gen. Grant
New York
Douglas
W. Va
Wheeling
West Virginia
Belle Prince
Chesapeake
Charleston
Loxpos
Russia
England
Komaroff
Denmark
Christian Iix
Czar
Prince of Wales
Greece
Women must go, rivals fear backward step in reform
The piece argues Republican and Democratic factions use women clerks as political spoils, warning a rollback in civil service reform. It contrasts U S sympathy in foreign affairs with domestic labor issues and endorses industrial training for girls in Philadelphia schools to balance hands and mind.
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Washington
Cleveland
Railroads in the South Signal Growing South Carolina Links
The Charleston News and Courier notes thirteen new and important railway lines under construction in the South. Key projects include a Charleston to West via Louisville and Nashville connection, direct access from central South Carolina to Savannah for cheaper cotton shipments, a line linking Atlanta to Richmond, and an East Tennessee extension opening access to valuable trade routes.
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North
South Carolina
Charleston News and Courier
Charleston
West
Louisville & Nashville
Savannah
Atlanta
Richmond
East Tennessee
Prohibition in Name and Fact in Maine Probed
A Wisconsin reader is urged to reject prohibition, citing a New York Tribune dispatch from Portland Maine. The report portrays liquor openly sold in city bars hotels and drug stores, with farmers and neighbors unwilling to report violations.
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Wisconsin
New York Tribune
the Tribune
Portland
Maine
Special Revenue
Milwaukees Quiet Deaths and a Missing Messenger
Milwaukees city notes record Mrs Marta Saxcer death at her son’s Terrace Avenue residence aged 72 after long illness. Exner Spranger, 19, a court messenger, absconded with nearly $100 and a ring. Eugenia Bethea sues Chicago Milwaukee St Paul Railway for 25000 in damages for a 1884 accident. A Bonanza divorce case highlights a woman’s death by chloral. A pace mare Grace Huff died after a wreck with a wagon, previously set a 2:25 track record in Chicago.
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Milwaukee
Marta Saxcer
Bearer M. Sanger
Terrace Avenue
Prussia
Exner Spranger
Kurtz
United States Court
Spranger
Eugenia A. Bethea
Chicago, Milwaukee & St.aul’ Railway Company
Woopstock
Grace Huff
E. F. Donnelly
Chicago
Breach of Promise Award in Madison Suit
In district court Clara Campbell a 40 year old widow and Madison milliner was awarded 1000 dollars in a breach of promise suit against E B Chapman an Omaha Railroad officer. The suit sought 10000 dollars. The verdict follows a Madison Wisconsin district court ruling yesterday in the breach of promise action.
Toulouse and Orleans in France described in travel notes
The article surveys Toulouse Orleans and Lyons with notes on the Visigoths and medieval sights. It covers Orleans siege and Joan of Arc, the Gothic cathedral, Henry IV’s stone, the Tower and Inquisition sites, and tours of Pau Lourdes and Lyon highlights including silk industry and fortifications. It closes with brief notices on public affairs and other city lore.
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Toulouse
Lourdes
Mecca
Lyons
France
Wisconsin
Orleans
Loire
Joan of ‘Arc
Europe
Henry IV
Hotel de Ville
Agnes Sorel
Joan of Arc
Diana of
Rome
Washington
Albany
Society of
Campo Santo
Pisa
Pyrenees
Friezee
Marbrer
Roland
St. Serin
Inquisition
Raymond VI
St. Dominic
Spain
Pau
Gaston
Count de Foix
Margaret of Valois
Calvin
Henry TV
Massaville
Marie Barnadette Sowbirons
Marie
Alsace
Lorraine
Mount Thalvary
la Croix Rousse
Viere
Marc Antony
Agrippa
Claudius
Caligula
Mont Blanc
Saone
Rhone
Notre Dame de Fourvieres
Forum Vetus
Trojan
Montreal fire losses push to three hundred thousand
A sweep of brief items notes disasters and deaths across cities. Fire in Montreal area edges losses to 300000 while others report drownings, suicides, embezzlement charges, fatal accidents, and political hush-ups. Notable names include Miss Exmay Law Minneapolis artist, Mary Connor Quincy, and George Thayer Cincinnati visitors.
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Montreal
Exmay Law
Minneapolis
Mary F. Connor
Quincy
Mass
George A. Thayer
Cincinnati
Josefh M. Farnox
New London
Chester County
Mas
Russ B. Packar
Adrian
Mich
Wisxzk
Ill
Prop
Rots
Elberfeld
Rhenish
Prussia
Ecoons
Carlinville
Joseph Deitz
Michael Trunk
Vicksburg
Miss
Samuel Beauchamp
Evansville
Ind
John Cauthorn
Jesse Wester
Jep Collins
Mutton Westey
Pittsburg
Ramsey
Minn
W. Byrnes
Valeria G. Stone
Malden
Boston
Red River
Fulton
Ark
Arkansas Valley
George Mack
South Bend
Kas
José M. Tinoco
San Francisco
President Barrios
Guatemala
J. C. Orrill & Co
Barrios
Iron Mountain Road
St.Louis
Louis Christ
Philip Toland
Brown
Missouri Pacific
Wistar
Lindell
St. Louis
van Auken
Abram
Iha
Chicago
Fillippo Caruso
Pietro Caruso
Axtell
Supreme Court of New Mexico
Arthur
Garland
Phill
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Indian Ocean
Mr. Gladstone
Afghanistan
Remier
Prewier
Kew
Philadelphia
Place de la Comedie
Hotel Dieu
Dauphing
Dauphin
Philip of
Valois
Dauphiny
Alps
D. H. Jonxson
Mapisox
Rusk
Henry Casson, Jr
Viroqua Censor
L. J. Rusk
Col. Casson
Col. Rusk
Eau Claire
Paul Bechtner
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Washington Township
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