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Newspaper
Wisconsin Tribune
Location
Mineral Point, Wisconsin, United States of America
Date
Jun 29, 1849
Page
2
The Tribune announces a move to an enlarged weekly paper starting in October with increased reading matter. It urges readers to pay in advance to support the expansion, noting a plan to raise prices to 1.50 and insisting names appear only with payment. It asks members to settle debts to avoid future collection actions.
The article notes the Churoteal Telegraph has returned from Hus Tape with telegraphic machinery to aid cleansing by ceenanists, promising to improve former campassing machines. It also mentions the Saratows steamers and a July event with Rev ALC Meat delivering a lecture and a public celebration planned in Patteville.
An Iowa County mass meeting is urged to influence public opinion and reassure the Town Superintendent that citizens back education initiatives. The call cites national caravans and circuses as distractions, urging unity to raise Wisconsin’s educational standing and fund schools for the rising generation.
Citizens urged to action on education under our school system and to cleanse streets to stop cholera spread. The Dodge County convention calls pastors, superintendents, and citizens to attend on July 19 at the court house in Mineral Point to discuss common schools and public health duties.
The town announces a civic procession on the fourth of July including divisions from abroad and invites citizens to join. It then reports two cholera deaths, Mrs Bennett and Mr John Prideaux, noting delayed medical aid and resulting destitution for Bennett’s five children and Prideaux’s wife and children.
A reprint from Horn's Railroad Gazette praises American railway ambition and urges faster travel. It contrasts English track design with American practice and highlights double grooved wheels on the Hudson River line as a path to rival European speeds. The piece also notes political currents affecting reform and abolition debates in several states.
A wary assessment of a new political coalition and the National Administration's stance on slavery in newly acquired territories. The piece defends President and southern advisers aim to resolve sectional tensions and criticizes the fraud surrounding a Berlin plenipotentiary appointment while praising Taylor and opposing northern and southern crucibles as newspapers pressure Virginia and Vermont.
A Madison editor denounces doctors who preserve practice by pandering to diseased appetites and prescribing intoxicants. The piece condemns physicians who masquerade as temperance reformers and calls for real reform to spare souls from hellish consequences.
Reports from Franklin describe a double murder at Prairie La Crosse Wisconsin by Cameron who killed Allen with an axe after a dispute over a raft Cameron alleged Allen stole. Cameron wounded a bystander and was arrested by Deputy Sheriff Snow. Allen resided near the Upper Rapids.
The Minnesota Territory is praised as a rising state with strong moral and social foundations. An exchange note reports ex governor Slade and eleven female teachers arriving to establish schools, backed by the Board of National Popular Education, reflecting a wide deployment of educators to western regions. The piece highlights education as a cornerstone of republican institutions and notes a large wave of female teachers sent to expanding areas.
A Galenibompiins column praises four papers for neutrality in politics and unity in creating a strong, prosperous Territory. Editors aim to lift public mind from party divisions and guide internal affairs toward a bright national role, asserting earnestness and hope for a glorious federal future.
The Crescent City reports voyage and gold shipments from California and Panama, crews deserting ships for $100 monthly, the Warren under sail, and Col Hughes advancing a survey road toward Panama with a high grade 820 feet per mile. Advices note Indians near Vampiro and possible attack, while Panamanian health and Isthmus traffic are described.
A Norfolk report notes 12 deaths in the week ending Wednesday with cholera aboard the Stauiner Water Witch returning to Portsmouth. Cholera cases rose to 20 after days at sea. several died. Walton, Avon Theatre treasurer, absconded with funds. Donovan's Panorama at the battles of Mexico was destroyed by fire in Richmond Wednesday night, insured for 45,000.
The Cambria arrived in Jersey last night. Reports say alleged Russian victories over the Russians have not been confirmed. A bloody fight left hundreds dead and many Hungarian troops captured or killed, with Georgian forces later said to be freed. Suspense grows in Vienna as Russians are not seen in Hungary.
The Wisconsin State Medical Society met in Janesville on June 13 1549 with Alfred L Castleman presiding and Dr Joseph Lane chosen secretary pro tem. Officers were elected for the coming year including Alfred J Cmetoma as president and J P Whitney as corresponding secretary. Delegates to the Native Association were named and the next annual meeting planned for Milwaukee with adjournment to Madison in January 1850.
The Pittsburgh Gazette presents Chicago papers praising a sulphur remedy. An elder physician from the city endorses the treatment, stating he is not easily swayed by new theories or bold yet unproven discoveries.
A Mineral Point reader reports he was urged not to visit Milwaukee due to cholera fears. He finds Milwaukee as healthy as his own city, noting locals doubt cholera reports. A side note questions East India Company gifting a huge diamond to Queen Victoria.
A new settlement named Maniax-in banter at Morgan L Martin grows beside the Joa River in Wiser six miles from Lake Wine nelago foot. Water power, a 60 foot wide race, a dam and gristmill rise as Lawrence University prepares, with strong hopes for farming prosperity and local population growth amid optimistic state enterprise reports.
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