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Newspaper
Galesville Transcript
Location
Galesville, Wisconsin, United States of America
Date
Jul 26, 1861
Page
4
A speaker argues for taxing salaries and fees nationwide including counties and the state. They claim a large war revenue could be derived and that even an officeholder may have substantial income. The proposition is presented as an honest, appealing idea with strong support.
London reels from a massive blaze on Tooley Street near London Bridge. Cotton's wharf and bonded warehouses owned by Scovell burned, destroying three acres of six story brick stores filled with tea, silk, tallow, oils, cotton, hops and grain. Western range of Humphrey's Hay's Wharf also burned along with four warehouses and quay. Estimates put property loss at about two million pounds. The fire lit up the Pool and east end of the city by dusk, with extensive damage across Tooley Street and adjacent warehouses.
Professor Palmieri of the Royal Meteorological Observatory on Mount Vesuvius notes a history of continued eruptions since December 1855. In late May 1858 the cone opened in seven clefts and lava emissions devastated fertile land, filled the Hunco Grande valley, and destroyed half of the carriageable road to the area.
The lava from the cone’s base spewed for nearly three years ending this month, with millions of cubic meters laid down and two square miles covered. Despite this, the upper mouths remain active, and new detonations resumed on December 19, 1855. A May 5 report notes three new small craters: one sounds like a steamer, another ejects large stones, and a third erupts without material.
In Baltimore General Lafayette attends a ball but breaks from dancing to tell the ladies his soldiers have no shirts. The host and guests laugh, and by the next day many shirts are prepared for the gallant defenders of the country.
A Wisconsin political column argues the nation faces a near millennial moment and urges voters to keep current state officers in office for stability. It contends the public mood favors patriotism and reliable administration to aid the national government.
Our governor leads the advance to aid the General Government in quelling the rebellion and his usefulness is undeniable. The legislature approved a large loan to equip volunteers, and the people endorsed it. The state treasurer is praised for handling difficult finances and could be re elected without a nominating convention.
The piece argues knowledge is power and wealth, citing that a poor scientist can be more valuable than great wealth. It recounts a Bureau County Illinois farmer finding beetles on apple trees whose predator Hippodamia maculata helps control bark louse, aiding orchard health as larval bark louse appears. The note stresses using birds and natural enemies to defend crops, not harming beneficial insects.
An article from Chicago New Covenant lauds American women for wartime sacrifice. It recalls a Boston scene at troop mobilization, mothers bidding farewell to sons, and a nation united by moral strength and self renunciation amid Civil War hardships.
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