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Newspaper
Galesville Transcript
Location
Galesville, Wisconsin, United States of America
Date
Jul 20, 1860
Page
2
Uncle Joshua lends the struggling shoemaker 150 dollars for six months to settle debts and improve his shop. The plan transforms the business, with neighbors applauding the change while a distant blessing tale circulates. After six months the shoemaker repays, proving the proverb that a rising town spirit attracts help and hardship alike.
A speech by a congressional candidate features fragmented phrases about a crisis and blame aimed at Daly. The speaker uses garbled imagery such as a bobtailed chicken and references to Jerusalem, attempting to rally Feller citizens.
A florid speech decries national peril and declares demand for reform. The speaker channels republican sentiment, invokes liberty symbols, and urges citizens to rally to Congress, vowing to abolish corruption and press for bold changes amid chaotic national talk.
The Medical Times notes M Pouchet found wheat starch in dust from various ages and places. He cites points from Gothic churches to tombs of Thebes and mummified dogs, showing starch in dust where wheat is staple food.
An Irishman was killed on the railroad a few miles this side of Salem in the morning hours of the Fourth. He was run into by a freight train while driving on a hand-car. Four others on the hand car jumped off and escaped unharmed. Lacrosse Union and Dem.
The corner stone of a new Episcopal church named Grace Church was laid in Ripon on Friday. Bishop Kemper performed the ceremony, and Rev. Fayette Dutlin will occupy the church, recently from La Crosse. Union and Dem.
Albert Smith, a novelist essayist wit traveler and actor known for Mont Blanc exploits, died in England leaving an estate of 200000 dollars. He was modestly buried at a cost under one hundred dollars, his chosen limit to place him in the earth beside his mother.
The Court of Pardons at Trenton refused to commute the death sentence of the Rev. Jacob Harsten to life imprisonment. He has since made a full confession of guilt.
In Lynchburg Virginia Joseph and Robert Button editors of the Virginian were fired on by the Hardwicks editors and proprietors of the Republican. One Button said mortally wounded and the other seriously injured. Both Hardwicks jailed.
One Maroney, a former agent of Adame Express Company, was tried last week in Montgomery Alabama for a $50,000 robbery. He was found guilty and sentenced to ten years in prison.
A quotation emphasizes that a nation's fate rests more on the virtue of its people than on the greatness of a few. Eminent figures shape glory or shame, yet real prosperity or misery lies in the character of the many. Colton compares national tide to powerful ocean waves.
In a dialogue from a Colton excerpt readers learn of a missing dog named Qarlo, with a pink ribbon found in a sausage link as a hint. Characters Crana and Clara search for the pet, while a moral reflection on human vanity appears at the end.
A dramatic exchange unfolds at a table as Horus Sounw and a landlord discuss a claimed secret to fortune. The conspiratorial talk centers on a goose’s eye tied to an ancient Rome legend, ending with a slammed door.
A letter urges reform and press action against the Mosquito as the public foe endangering life and rights. The writer compares pests like locusts and frogs to the insect menace, cites natural rights and past laws protecting animals, and ends with a playful note about the Sons of Jupiter.
Col. C. B. Benton has been re-appointed and confirmed as U S Land Office Register at La Crosse.
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