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Newspaper
Wisconsin Argus
Location
Madison, Wisconsin, United States of America
Date
May 27, 1845
Page
3
A region source claims Jesse Smith & Co caused a bank failure by tying their names to notes and credit. The piece calls the affair a long running cheat, noting notes were worthless and questioning any future bank ventures in Wisconsin.
The piece surveys Ohio legislative acts taxing money tokens and questions states’ shaving of shavings. It discusses Wisconsin politics, the United States Journal and Tylerism, tariff debates, and a Sauk county copper discovery. It urges civility among Democrats amid the September delegate election buildup.
The Post Office General and staff declared accepted bidders for contracts in Maine and other routes in New England and New York. Bidders included many old hands and new faces, with expectations of bids roughly 50 percent lower than prior contracts.
A man named Frincld Irwin died at dawn near Duck Creek when a log trap fell during wood chopping with a French companion. The accident crushed Irwin, who left a wife and three children. Nearby reports note forgery by George Q. Pomeroy and a pirate scare near Nassau.
Hoorsa reports in The East Alabamian on April market conditions listing cotton flat, iron heavy, coffee scarce, salt abundant, and sugar weak. The piece intersperses comic dialogues about a decayed tooth and household antics, concluding with news that Buchanan and Bencroft prepare a defense of American claim to Oregon.
A collage of quips and witticisms from a 19th century column. The piece riffs on language, gender, courtship, and social foibles with playful anecdotes, puns, and brief notes from Boston and Ohio asterisms. It references theatrical figures and local curiosities, ending with a cheeky line about debts for kissing a married woman.
Old rate card outlines weekly semi weekly and daily newspaper subscriptions. It specifies advance payments and discounts for shorter terms and notes mail remittance options and postmaster receipts. It also lists payment restrictions including no specie paying bank notes accepted.
Notice announces sale of described lands and town lots in Fond du Lac County for unpaid taxes. Discounts for redemption expire if not paid by November 8 with interest at thirty percent per year plus charges. Foreclosure actions threaten forfeiture of lands if taxes remain unpaid. Public notice warns all persons with interests to respond.
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