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Newspaper

Weekly Wisconsin

Location

Milwaukee, Wisconsin, United States of America

Date

Sep 09, 1885

Page

4

Wisconsin Advertising and Notice Rates and Policies

The Weekly Wisconsin lists advertising rates and policy details for both weekly and monthly issues. It notes post office status, advertiser responsibility for ads, and guidance for submitting notices, with contact at CERNER AIKENS & CRAMER in Milwaukee. It also explains space pricing, subscription options, and address change procedures.

Bourgesia Cerner, Aikens & Cramer Milwaukee Wisconsin Postoffice Wis

Change of printing day for Tus Wink in Wisconsin

The paper, due to rising circulation, shifts to a Saturday date and issue. It will be mailed in season to reach subscribers before Sunday. The change enables later news and benefits Wisconsin readers, as announced by Cramer, Aucens & Cramer.

Wisconsis Wisconsin Cramer Aucens

Sample Copies of the Week Wisconsin Offer

Sample copies are mailed to requesters and friends at all times. One copy cannot judge a paper's merits though every number is claimed good. Subscribers with extra copies are urged to share with prospective subscribers.

Wisconsin

Portrait offer for Gen Grant with advance订renewal

Subscribers to the WEEKLY Wisconsin renewing their subscriptions in advance may secure the five portrait of Gen Grant. At the present rate of consumption the edition will be exhausted soon, and we shall withdraw this offer. So, if you want the portrait, send in your renewal at once.

Wisconsin Grant

Population growth and Dakota's statehood delay

The piece argues that Dakota’s population of 263,465, rising from 135,177 in 1880, warrants admission, yet is blocked by Democratic maneuvering to prevent new Republican senators. It cites historical admission population figures showing many states entered with far smaller populations, concluding Dakota is unfairly excluded despite rapid growth.

Dakota Congress Sisterhood of States Union Nevada Washington Maine Wisconsin West Virginia Massachusetts Virginia Kentucky Vermont Tennessee Ohio Louisiana Indiana Mississippi Illinois Alabama Missouri Arkansas Michigan Florida Iowa Texas Mexico California Minnesota Oregon Kansas Nebraska Colorado Northwest Territory Delaware Rhode Island

Prohibition and apportionment debated in Wisconsin era

The Wisconsin issue discusses Dakota statehood, prohibitionists boycotting a Madison election, and opposition to extra state licensing. It then analyzes census gains, proposes legislative reapportionment with gains for northern districts and Milwaukee, and argues against an extra session, citing public will and biennial practice.

Friends of Higher License Madison Prohibition Jets Madison Prohibition Club Bascom M. Olin Lucius Peritage Wisconsin Milwaukee

Silver Coinage Crisis Prompting Treasury Withdrawals in August

Treasurer Jordan hails the withdrawal of one and two dollar notes as a method to reduce the growing silver surplus. He cites August figures of 1,077,444 standard dollars and 1,495,902 in fractional coin moved out, while warning that genuine relief awaits Congress action to suspend the silver-coinage act.

Jordan Ailver Congress

Superstition Persist as Rooks Desert South Germany Spires

In South Germany rooks abandon nesting sites in church spires triggering peasant fear of war or pestilence. They deem cholera imminent as old beliefs persist into the late 19th century, while some rooks may have migrated seeking better feeding grounds. The note reflects continued superstition amid changing times.

South Germany South Germany

The Caroline Islands Described From The 5& Gazette

The Caroline Islands in the Northern Pacific are a coral archipelago of about 300 square miles with an estimated 22 000 Malay inhabitants. Remarkable ruins at Metalanim Harbor Ponape and Chabroi Harbor Kusaie resemble Easter Island sculptures though no proven link exists. Discovery by Spain in 1526 and later surveys by Es piegle officers reveal massive stone remains up to 35 feet long 20 feet wide and 15 feet thick, whose origin remains unknown.

Caroline Islands Pacific Europe Metalanim Harbor Ponape Chabroi Harbor Kusaie Easter Island Carolines Caroline Spain

State opens first deaf mute school in Milwaukee

Manscow Wis Sept 3 The State Board of Supervision today established a school for deaf mutes at Milwaukee under chapter 315 of the laws of 1885 This is the first such school in the state Green Bay will apply to establish one there soon

Manscow Wis State Board of Supervision Milwaukee Green Bay

Farm House Burned in Wood County Wisconsin

MARSEFIELD Wisconsin September 2 The farm house of Elizabeth Arnet in the Town of Richfield Wood County was wholly destroyed by fire Monday with nearly all contents lost Insured for 500 in the Hekla Fire Insurance Company of Madison

Marsefield Wis Elizabeth Arnet Richfield Wood County Hekla Fire Insurance Company Madison

British General Killed in Scottish Grouse Hunt Accident

Lieutenant General John H. Melville Babington of the British army was killed in Dumfriesshire Scotland today by an accidental gun discharge while grouse shooting. The report notes the fatal mishap occurred during hunting in Sept 83.

Lennox John H. Melville Babington Dumfries Scotland

Rainfall records and heavy weather across regions

A compilation from the New York Tribune surveys extreme rainfall in various places from China to England and Norway, detailing astonishing inches per day and the resulting water tons per acre. It notes Seathwaite in England as exceptionally wet and compares global patterns with Cheraponga and Mahabulashma in India.

The New York Tribune China Middle Kingdom Acre Arago Joyeuse Gibraltar New York England St. Paul’s Churchyard London Monmouthshire Seathwaite Tropics Khasia Hills Assam Cherraponga Scott Lyman Globe India Java Bergen Norway Sitka Alaska Naldivia Chile New Zealand

Fires and disasters sweep North America in chained reports

A map of incidents spans Ontario and New York with urban blazes in Albany and Baltimore, railway crimes in Illinois and Ohio, a dynamite blast near Lakefield, Chinese raids in Rock Springs, and a deadly shooting accident in Missouri. Losses run into tens of thousands, with mass disease and a veteran’s recalled service adding to the day’s tally.

Zaleski Albany Essex County Ontario Montgomery County Ill Oud & Klock Oswego N. Y Panama Pedro Preston Aspinwall Gary California Park Hotel New York City Baltimore Tris Bank of Montreal TRERE Montreal Civic Washington Cincinnati Cincinnati, Hamilton & Dayton Lakefield Fred. Coddington Blunt D.T Rock Springs Wyo Youngstown Cedar Mountains Ohio Light Artillery New York Daily Commercial Bulletin United States Canada Bulletin Ben Chicago & Alton Railroad Blue Springs Station Marmaduke Jacos Swartz Monticello

Prehistoric Mounds Explored by Local Men

Rev Mr Peets of Clinton Junction and several gentlemen surveyed mounds in Richland County along Pine River Valley between Twin Bluffs and Richland City. J L McCollum found animal shaped mounds on his farm, including a large horse-shaped one hundreds of feet long. Peets plans further investigation after reports of the discoveries.

Republican Observer Richland Center Mr. Peets Clinton Junction Pine River Valley Twin Bluffs Richland City J. L. McCollum McCollum Peets

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