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Newspaper
Wisconsin Argus
Location
Madison, Wisconsin, United States of America
Date
Sep 05, 1844
Page
3
The article discusses wealth as the creation of utility and value through production, noting surpluses and losses depend on costs. It argues distribution of value does not change total wealth, and considers voting rights for foreigners, legislature authority, and upcoming nominations in Rock, Walworth, and Jefferson counties with named figures like Dr Darling and canal issues.
A Madison column reports a surge of bear sightings with nearly a hundred seen in a week and twenty five to thirty killed. The largest carcass weighed six hundred nine pounds and was taken near Aztalun. Authorities note bears moving westward from Salt River headwaters amid mast shortage. The piece also promotes Dr. J D Weston’s store and local competition as keeps prices low. It ends with a folk tale about a Yankee remark on a dog and a bizarre line about Catarcone-she and a snake bite.
An editorial from the Journal of Commerce discusses President Tyler’s possible call for an extra congressional session over the Mexican loan and Texas annexation. It argues urgency is overstated and supports annexation with justice to others. The piece also notes Democratic party prospects for governor and a likely Francis R. Saunx Hsg or Muhlenburg nomination.
At the late N. S. State Common School Convention Rev. Dr. Potter discussed corporal punishment. He said he does not use it often in his family but would resort to it if necessary. He cited incidents where pupils claimed punishment degraded gentlemen, leading to domestic and school disorder.
A narrator tours Newburyport’s Federal Street Church tomb of Whitefield, descending into a vault beside his coffin. He ponders mortality and the evangelist’s power, then shifts to a children’s tale about plums and honesty in a schoolyard, highlighting courage versus theft.
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