Republican County Convention Calls Bad Ax for Freedom
The notice invites Bad Ax County voters to convene at the Court House in Viroqua on August 29 to select nominees for the Republican ticket and to appoint county committees. It also mentions a Soviet Emposuve committee meeting on September 6 and notes a corrected credit for last week’s Broke Jail report.
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Republican County Convention
Republican
Badax County
Pierce’ Douglass, Buchanen & Co
Bashford
Treasury
Frea Kanens
Mie Seereeeton
Trogan
Madison
Por Owler
Bapax Co
Madison Journal
Haeban
Badax
Wleennaiz
Viroqua
Sidionary
F. Taganuve
Badak County Circuit
Sewatt C. Cobb
Aes
Frau
Thin Court
Jon
Coun
Andrew J. Schisler
John Gardier
Anid
Wm F. Trancxe
Andhi
Diode
Mer
Vasid
Lin
Hari
Stardine Agaiort
de Eased
Hm Gr
Seth
Howe
Viroqux
Bades
Itn
Abell
Reform of the Edinburgh Bible Society Meeting Held
The passage notes a provisional meeting for re forming the Edinburgh Auxiliary Bible Society was held in the room where Hume the infidel died, remarking on efforts to counteract attacks on the Bible and preserve its truths.
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Edinburgh Auxiliary Bible Society
Hume
August elections show party gains across states
The dispatch notes that in Iowa the Emancipation candidate nears election with about a 200 vote lead, while Kentucky Tennessee North Carolina and Kansas show Democratic defeats of the Americans by around 10 000 to 15 000 votes per state and Topeka constitution support in Kansas.
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Iowa
Kentucky
Tennessee
North Carolina
Lexus
Kansas
Topeka Constittion
Oceanic Telegraph plan to connect Great Britain and Ireland at sea
The Oceanic Telegraph reports the cable project linking Cork to Newfoundland with dual ships at mid ocean. Vessels depart August 1 to lay and test the wire before proceeding westward, while monitored by observers for safety and cable integrity.
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Western Times
Oceanic Telegraph
Great Britain
Cork Harbor
Trelaand
Newfoundland
Upeland
Ya'tentia
Trelene
Westfoundland
Ncran
Thewes
Gos
Cesst of
Ireland
Virani
Aim
Crinoline Critique Draws Fire in Local Paper
A ribald prose attack targets Crinoline and women’s dress trends, lampooning a reporter who critiques fashion. The piece recalls revolutions in the last century and mocks the reporter’s stance, urging readers to judge the attire on its own merits.
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Lita
Vals
Crinoline expose stirs sidewalk gossip and mud tale
Fragmented excerpts describe Crinoline’s mocked claim that women wear hoops, a janitorial scene of dirt on sidewalks, and sharp rebukes from a bold speaker. The passage shifts to telegraph reports and wartime dispatches, noting arrivals, seizures, and pursuits across American posts, with a New York follow-up on a San Francisco treasure voyage and local crime notices.
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Uranus
New York
Central America
Fromm Aspin
California
American Exchange Bank
Duncan, Sherman & Co
Rol’e, Hallet, & Co
Wells
TF Irgods Co
I. L. Stephens
San Francisco
Corpiki
Bayfield
Wik
Bank Conditions and Local Crime Report Both Noted
A published table shows bank financials with capital 4 205 000 dollars and deposits 3 520 000, several banks unreported. In Hartford a South Anntreet residence recounts a spree ending with a woman rescuing a man by breaking the attack, then a pie crust rolling pin used for restraint, followed by a birth the next day.
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South Anntreet
Jim
Lewan
Twell
Hartford Courant
Support Your Mechanics Word of Cheer in Tough Times
A call to encourage workers in manufacturing amid competition and high costs. The piece argues timely encouragement boosts morale, stamina, and loyalty, helping operations survive strains on capital power and effort. It stresses every village and firm relies on skilled mechanics.
Graphic extract from a Cynthiana Venus communication
A fragmentary wartime feel message details plans to haul large grain quantities 300000 bushels of wheat 106000 bushels of rye and 30000 bushels of barley to rail depots through the county amid cautions about whiskey and bourbon production in Harrison with unsafe improvised goods mentioned.
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Morrison Emets
Cin Pen
Devil’s Pass
Harrison
Harrison Ly
Harrisonites
Solomon
Copper kettle found in Ottawa coal vein exhibit
Correspondence from Ottawa notes a copper kettle found seventeen feet below the surface in a coal seam. The kettle, iron bail, and copper ear piece exhibit corrosion and damage after exposure to light, with the discovery by miner Bmay near Buffalo. The artifact was bottom side up with coal above and below and was nicknamed in local displays.
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Teibuna
Ottawa
Bmay
Unclear Names of Gangs and Clubs Listed in Fragments
Fragmentary OCR shows a string of gang and club names such as Bee y Boye Forty Thieves Robin Hood Club Killers Sehuy kill Annihilator Moyamensing Hounds Northern Liberty Skivers Peep iay Boys Plug Uglies Rough skins Double Pumps. No coherent event or context.
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Y Boye
Robin Hood Club
Parcaperpara
Sehuy
Moyamensing
Liberty Skivers
Peepiay Boys
Batertorz
The Love of Home and An Ad for an Insane Man Reward
Excerpt includes Daniel Webster on honoring humble origins and a portrait of ancestral home in New Hampshire. Also an 1860s reward notice for an insane man from Waukesha Wisconsin and a National Fray ad claiming a Republican newspaper within a year yields more influence than costly pamphlets.
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America
New Hampshire
Canada
Daniel Webster
Redi
Wilaan
Wisconsin newspaper party balance shifts after election
Since the last Presidential election Wisconsin shows eight Republican newspapers versus two Democratic and three neutral. Eight Republican titles were started while two Republican and seven Democratic journals were discontinued, marking a notable Republican gain in a few months.
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Wisconsin
Sar Women Conventions Crowded by Appraise of Preachers
The text notes crowds at Sar women conferences, citing Dr. Johnson’s view that people attend not for quality but for the act of preaching by women, while a stray analogy compares a dog walking on hind legs to a man.
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Johnson
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