Resolutions in Third District Democratic Convention
The Chilton Times reprints resolutions first printed in other Democratic papers, denouncing Charles H. Larrabee for remarks in Congress. The proceedings show a preamble and two resolutions: disapproval of Larrabee’s sentiments on slavery and sovereignty, and a second praising his overall record and pledge of support for re election. The vote on tabling the preamble and resolution was 56 to 22.
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Chilton Times
Hobart
Larrabea
Fond du Lac Democratic Press
Elwell
Sheboygen
Waercae
Chas H. Larrabee
Congress
Enid
Chas. H. Larrabee
United States
Third
Larrabe Ag
Clark
Calumet
Charles IL. Larrabee
Whitewater Register Adds Notes on Stock, Apples and School Rates
Fragments record Jo Bowers at work on Metropolitan Stock addition and an oversized apple from Grady’s trees. Readers are thanked for a Hebron Cake gift, a Lincoln banner tower, and a discussion of school district expenditures and attendance.
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Hebron
Jebron
Rumpled Corporation Proceedings Record Muddled Date
Corporation proceedings show a jumbled entry dated September 15, 1896 with adjournment notes. Names include JL Pratt and Sailol LE Wilkinson, with decisions granting a license, drawing a draft on the increase, and a new referral to Moon and BR McBeak as agent. The board adjourned after a brief, unfinished action.
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Noard
JL. Pratt
Vesa
Casmell
Syken
Mesary
Farnsworth Pioneer Trader of Mackinaw and Green Bay
The sketch recalls Farnsworth as a bold independent trader who challenged Fur Company control and prospered amid Menominee threats. He built stores, faced armed warnings, and persisted through dangers before settling in Sheboygan area, helping start early lumbering ventures and shaping regional trade.
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Green Bay
Mackinaw and Green Bay
American Pur Company
Great Fur Company
John Jacob Astor
Wisconsin
Farnsworth
Patta
Sheboysan
Menomineo River
Sheboygan River
Voyage of Farnsworth 1818 Fur Trade Run to Winnebago City
Narrative recalls William Farnsworth and Rameau Crooks of the American Fur Company sailing birch bark canoes from Michilimackinac to Fox River, Winnebago City, and Milwaukee, trading with Pottowatomies and Ottawas. They returned via the Illinois and Chicago Rivers, documenting early trade routes and settlement links to Sheboygan.
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Farnsworth
Wisconsin
Father Marquette
William Farnsworth
Seeboygan
Michilimackinac
Rameau Crooks
American Fur Company
St. Louis
Messia
Crooks
Farnaworth
Michillimackinac
Lake
Green Bay
Fox River
Porteges
Winnebago City
Wisconsin River
Mississippi
Mississipi
Illinois River
Illinois
Chicago River
Lake Michigan
Beaubien
Dr. Wolcott
Altho
Chicago
Milwaukee River
Montreal
Sherwoygan River
Indiana
Sheboygan River
William Farnaworth
Daniel Whitney
William Bruce
Sheboygan
What a Boy Carries in His Pocket in Septembers Cornhill
A fragment reflecting on old pocket clutter and schoolboy lore from Cornhill Magazine. It recalls pencil cases with movable almanacs and a boy’s pocket contents, including marbles, coins, pinches of wax, a cracker, and a pistol, alongside notes on desertion and protection of the Queen’s sharks at Trincomalee.
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Butt Major
Trincomalee
East
Hearth and Hope in a Quiet Home
A reflective poem describes a father's serene vigil at a loved one’s death, the radiant calm of faith, and children bowing to sacred memory. It contrasts domestic tenderness with the looming sorrow and urges love for mother, prayer, and enduring devotion amid loss. The surrounding prose reflects European political tension and debates non intervention amid Hungary and France.
Europe’s Great Drama Moves Toward a New Alignment
The London Times surveys Europe as Garibaldi advances on Naples and Russia and Austria sketch a potential new alliance. It questions if renewed unity hides conditions, notes past interventions, warns against foreign armies, and argues for domestic stability over reliance on external aid.
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London Times
Garibaldi
Austria
Russia
Alexander
Francis Joseph
Europe
Venetia
Hungary
Itia
Lombardy
Vienna
St. Petersburgh
St. Stephen
Italy
Gardinia
Sardinia
Stis
Napoleon
France
Territorial Expansion and American Destiny Oration
The speaker envisions a continental republic guided by American leadership. He describes viewing the Northwest from a dome and forecasting U S growth through seaports, outposts, and eventual admission of British and Canadian provinces. He contrasts European and Russian advances with American unity and expansion across North America.
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Mediteranean
Tonian Islands
Adriatic
Asia
Europe
Republic
Washington
St. Peter's
Rome
St. Petersburg
Arctic Ocean
United States
Prince Rupert’s Land
Canada
Great Lakes
St. Lawrence
Hadson’s Bay
United States of America
Atlantic
Maine
Masachusetts
New York
Pennsylvania
Virginia
Carolinas
Georgia
Louisiana
Texas
Pacific
California
Oregon
America
Lou
Unburied Dead of Syria Reported by Boston Traveller
The Boston Traveller's Cairo correspondent describes more than ten thousand unburied bodies along Mount Bermon overlooking the Sea of Galilee and the Plain of Sidon. He notes climate delays burial and claims injustice against oppressors of Christians in count Lebanon, citing evidence of mummified remains exposed to the sun.
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Boston
Mount Bermon
Sea of Galilee
Mediterranean
Sidon
Phoenicia
Syria
Lebanon
Ithout
Why Doesn't Douglas Resign Like Jackson
The text questions why Stephen A. Douglas did not resign the U S Senate under circumstances similar to Andrew Jackson. It cites a 1825 Tennessee Senate resignation linked to Jackson’s presidential nomination and argues that Jackson’s action set a standard for Democrats to follow. The piece prompts readers to ask why Douglas did not imitate that precedent.
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Jacksonville
Fenn
Tennessee
Jackson
Senate
Henes
Kek Cceph
Douglas
United States Senate
Andrew Jackson
Night on an American Dessert fragment
Fragmentary literary lines describe a solitary summer night scene with stars, distant light, and muted reflections. The passage evokes melancholy solitude and distant figures moving along a barren plain, with ambiguous imagery of a goat and sow.
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