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Newspaper
Whitewater Register
Location
Whitewater, Wisconsin, United States of America
Date
Jul 10, 1858
Page
2
An 1858 notice in Philadelphia grants H. Seelven as agent to receive advertisements and subscriptions for the Register. Miller & Starr authorize Ailenrtiring Ais sulmeryptions, with further details unclear, reflecting newspaper circulation and subscription arrangements for subscribers.
The Board of Directors and partners including Mr Anthony of Paris and BM Ely reported vigorous efforts to finish the Wisconsin Central line from Geneva to Delfern. Rails chairs and spikes are en route, locomotives purchased, and work to start at multiple points next week. A bid-scandal surrounds the Jefferson printing contracts, allegations of collusion, and the push to reopen bidding.
The article details alleged fraud in setting the bids for State Printing. It explains a law to award to the lowest bid, with Hyer and Quine altering the basis to misstate folding work, and lists nine bidders including Atwood & Rubles and Jermain & Brightman. It condemns the deception and cites discrepancies between the proposed and actual folding quantities.
The Register notes a very intiel celebration at Lima Center with artful music and a well arranged dinner. Speakers included Pisto Esq and P. P. Livermere. Attendees praised order, generosity, and patriotic sentiment, while local notices report theft attempts and postal delivery issues amid broader political commentary.
A jumbled Wisconsin column reports on celebrations of national independence, politics, and local events. It notes Carroll College commencement, lake street repairs, a temperance gathering, a bank robbery probe, river drownings, a child injured, a sun stroke incident, and various local misfortunes including a loom of farm and railway safety concerns, plus a tragic shooting accident and crop prospects.
In Milwaukee Free Democrat Judge McArthur announced decisions in the case of Sharman N. Booth versus Jonathan E. Arnold and Stephen V. R. Ableman. He held the Fugitive Slave Law unconstitutional for lack of jury trial and ordered judgment for the plaintiff, Booth, directing release of seized property under prior executions as per the court’s ruling.
The writer defends his stance in the dispute with Mr Esterly and Mr Estelly, denying personal insult and asserting that previous notices did not merit republication. He laments low slang and attacks while asserting he will not further engage beyond public notices, and warns against repeating anonymous accusations.
A Wisconsin Historical Society circular urges securing accurate descriptions of the principal ancient mounds in the state. It calls on correspondents nationwide to share measurements, locations, forms, and orientations to aid preservation and inform research into the prehistoric Native American cultures that built the earthworks.
Fragmented OCR reads like stray notes on mounds and antiquities. It mentions a historical society, requests for relics, and a painter’s death with Dutch origins. Also references to early medical panaceas and a printer’s notices, with scattered editorial chatter about local affairs and advertisements.
Fragmented OCR list of grocery items and prices from a Whitewater retail page. Mentions plums fish lard syrup and various illegible entries, with scattered numbers and vendor codes. No clear event or outcome.
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