Republican State Convention Call At State Fair
The Central Committee calls a State Convention to advance the party interests though no State officers are to be nominated. Delegates may be appointed from all parts of the State during the second day of the State Fair. Each county is urged to appoint two delegates to the State Convention and to structure District Convention appointments to include Madison. The aim is broad Republican coordination and vigorous, unified action.
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Republcan
Assembly Hall
Naslisor
Tris
TA. Tenney
W. P. Lyon
Suling White
Elv
Phllips
Wmg
Rogers
George Cary
Gregor Wenzel
Winfield Smith
George. L. Graves
Madison
Central Committee
Quay
Republican District Convention for Racine nomination
The Republican District Committee for Wits Congressional District calls a convention to nominate a candidate for Congress at Racine on Tuesday August Bt Eyeh. Assembly District is entitled to two delegates. conventions should be held by August 21 to allow travel. The candidate favored is Hon. Jnc. Potter of this county, seen as the will of nine-tenths of the Republicans of the First District.
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Tech
Milwauk
Waukesla Wilworth
Kenosha
Ravine
Wisconsin
Court House
Racine
Congress
Apper
WM. E. Wording
M. Frank
Bag Crocker
Is. Wareley
Reon
VW Melock M
Narminsiie
Elkhorn
Lodeck
Delaran
Whitewater
Geneva
Sprite Prairie
EG Tarrington
Suelhon Walling
Fear George Copron
Ewarles Wales
Republican District Committee
Wits
Eyeh
Pulli
Jnc
Potter
Blair
St. Louis
Angie Cipolion
Missouri
Free Labor
Barrett
Tia
Buckman
Dsir
Stavdulen
Alta
Lewis
Mr. Brown
Ming Ehipk
Democratic Congressional Convention Sparks District Debate
The piece notes a Democratic Congressional Convention planned for Racine on September 1, a day after the Republican gathering there, urging nomination of a capable candidate to avoid misrepresentation of the district in Washington. It also reports a Milwaukee circular praising a legislative inquiry review and calls for public support to publish and distribute the work statewide to clarify public sentiment.
Dollar circulation circular seeks funds amid political plotting
The note invites ten dollar payments per hundred copies and asks senders to include their addresses and a letter to DEP.ibourn to guard against loss. The document links to a broader democratic agenda, mentions Kilbourn and Randall, mortgage and assessment laws, and suggests a covert campaign against rival figures, amid broader commentary on Wisconsin politics and recent election results.
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Ibourn
LaCrosse Rs
Barstow
Frien
Iiddbourn City Mirror
Cramer
Trandell
Ratinoaps
Sieele
Wisconsin
Journal
Byrom Kilbourn
de Iwisconsiss
Kilbourn
Wirror
Mey
Bal Bowen
Atlantic Telegraph Cable Connects Continents Soon
The Atlantic telegraph cable voyage reports a successful splice and nearing landfall at Valencia Ireland. Engineers Capt Hudson and team optimized payout, with signals perfect and voyage continuing toward New York, signaling a historic daily news link between England Europe and America.
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Dramttr Bay
Associated Press
Atlantic Telegraph
Queenstown
Mid Ocean
Agexanmion
Vador
Valencia
Ireland
Valencia Harbor
Bay of Bulls
Trinity Bay
Niagara
Hudson
Messrs
Everett and
Wroodhouse
Telegraph Company
St Folins
Qireceea
New York
Cyrus WW. Field
Democrats Publish Public Proceedings and Weather Shock
Democratic paper offers free publishing of convention proceedings and public meeting reports from any county. A Iowa storm blast from James Holton causes extensive hail damage, crop losses, and washed-out roads across a 400 mile span. Notes on rising college counts, a New York libel case, a purse theft from an elderly woman, and Minnesota prison plans conclude the item.
Free Sentiment in North Carolina Letter Lays Out Slavery Views
A North Carolina letter to the St. Louis Democrat discusses county attitudes toward slavery, religious groups, and politics. It notes sentiment strengthening among Methodists, migration of families, J A Gilmer's actions, and a warning about voting on slavery. The writer cites a slaveholder's loss of value and a desire for cautious Republicans in political races. The piece ends with a Birmingham visit reference and Queen Victoria.
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North Carolina
St. Louis Democrat
Randolph County
Guilford
J. A. Gilmer
Congress
City fights liquor prosecutions and copper treasure hunt
Condensed from the State Press reports that a mayoral effort to pursue liquor law violations is backed by authorities who warned of personal injury if prosecutions stall. The same issue details a copper ore discovery near Kickapoo Bluffs, with a 33 percent yield, ten tons moved weekly, and plans for a furnace and island improvements.
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Finda
Ghent
Courant
Kickapoo Bluffs
Wau- Zeka
Mwaany Holcomb
Mainford
Tanseans
Wisconsin River
Bruck
Fead
Fem
Yaeart
Tiare
Crseford
Cig
Duler
Mangurte
Sherif
Tolen
Ibert A
Maacaen
Green Bay
Massien Ia
Jess
Holst
Rich
Pormeroy
St. Pal & Fond
Forange
Dalkorh
St. B.S
Bowan
Obama
Chicago, Se. Paul & Fond da Law
Oshkush
Conpany
Oshimeh
Bullsnoa—Tic Mets
Baraboo
Raf
Warensawx
Mfr
Luther A. Cole
Flint
Nmn
Cule
Frazer River
Puigilstie
Deviocrat
Wisconsin
Dane Cen
Junean
Mewaskee
Rock
Waukesha
Walpaces
Martin
Waukon
Waifriver
New London
Er Millech
A.B. Liman
Barglacs
Yale
Milwaukee Papers Reflect On Land Grant Contest And Rail Plan
Long critique traces debates over early Wisconsin land grant acts, the La Crosse Railroad push, and political maneuvering between Milwaukee, Madison, and La Crosse interests. It questions newspaper claims, cites dates around 1859, and argues Milwaukee’s stance risks damaging its prestige and regional ties amid rail development.
The Lakes Steamboat Era and Leeds of the Lakes
The piece recalls forty years of steamboat travel on the eastern Great Lakes with figures like Captain Hans Ward Oliver Newbury and Commodore Blake. It notes ships burning or aging, the rise of railroads, and a lament for vanished times as trains replace the lake fleet. It also references Kansas politics and Burns in Massachusetts Penitentiary rumors, plus local Ohio court notes and Masonic history.
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Doxdern Lakes
Detroit
Hans Ward
Oliver Newbury
Blake
Buffalo
Great Western
Chicago
Bac
St. Clair
Lake Michigan
Commodore Blake
Gholera
Grasn
Sam. Ward
Commodore
New Grocery Theft Tactic by Dishonest Woman
A newspaper recounts a clever grocery theft where a woman, seated at a Thirteenth and Vine store, used a hidden vase to stash items as she was weighed. She left with a lighter load than purchases, and the vase revealed the shortcut. The report notes a missing man, Max Migsisc, feared drowned near Washington street.
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Max Migsisc
Harrison
Washington Street
Marsh
Fifth Ward
Dice Deimanrert
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