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Newspaper
Galesville Transcript
Location
Galesville, Wisconsin, United States of America
Date
Mar 29, 1861
Page
4
The community is urged to attend the University examination next week, with a schedule including arithmetic, grammar, algebra, Greek, Virgil, English grammar, declamations, and papers. The piece argues education benefits civilization and happiness through books, linking study to Creator’s design.
The notice invites readers suffering from consumption bronchitis and related diseases to view an advertisement in another column describing an important new discovery for curing these illnesses. Leeds Gilmore Co of New York introduces this remedy to the American public.
Navigation notes that the Northern Light led the flotilla, arriving on Tuesday, about two weeks later than the same period last year, marking a late start to the season with the first vessel in the tide.
Mr. Macaruer of Crystal Valley left a hen's egg at the office. The egg measures 7 and 8 14 inches in circumference and weighs one ounce.
Saypax Services announces Rev. T C Clendenning will preach at the Court House at 11 A.M. Rev. J Wrothingham is scheduled to speak at 3 P.M. on the same day.
The notice apologizes for omitting Mrs. R Parker from the donation committee and states the error was not their fault.
The institution plans to hire many teachers for the Summer Term and expects the school to grow. Building will be completed and furnished in Spring. Fall enrolment may exceed a hundred students. Warren for April is received and the issue highlights Three Months in Labrador with illustrations. Gray to be used later this Spring. ground remains frozen. Farmers sowed wheat around March 20 last year.
Ground work of popular dress goods for spring favors grey, rose, and steel shades in all hues. Mixed black and white creates a soft effect, with illuminex designs in one or two colors. New shades mauve lavender fuscia and Marguerite appear, but Quaker colors remain preferred. No flounced robes or immense stripes. check washing silk and small figured black silks gain favor.
Born in Kentucky in 1808 and 1809 the figures emigrated in childhood and served in western Indian wars. They began political careers about the same time, rose as Presidential Doctors in the election of LEH with Davis backing Polk and Lincoln backing Clay, and later chaired governments in parallel roles as heads of two nations.
The Galveston Civilian states Captain T Hill agreed to surrender Fort Brown on the 6th. The News reports the fort will be given up as soon as transportation for Federal troops can be arranged.
West Snow was convicted by a jury after a brief fifteen minute consultation on charges of forging school orders. The trial concluded yesterday in Da Crosse with a guilty finding.
The Kimballs from Syracuse New York recounted being captured in 1848 by a large Indian party while crossing the plains with sixty three companions. The old man died burned after the gauntlet trial, the husband saved his wife and one sister while the others were slain, they endured years of bondage until aid from a US surveying party enabled their escape in 1859. They arrived in Cleveland with scars and a remarkable story verified by witnesses at the depot.
At the Isle of Wright residence of Queen Victoria a large portion of the grounds is set aside for the royal children. Each child has a working garden with tools marked by name, a kitchen in a ground-floor building with dairy and pantry, and they engage in gardening cooking preserves and baking to share with family and neighbors.
At Kagerhill Massachusetts twenty five workers operate to produce six hundred pairs of babies shoes daily. Swing machines driven by steam power perform sewing pegging cutting and polishing with the only remaining task fitting the shoe to the last. A pegging machine drives pegs from a wood strip into the sole in one operation speeding up production. Raw calf skin and sole leather are processed in the basement and complete shoes emerge in about thirty minutes.
A young Franklin girl long ill with painful spasms vomited five ugly reptiles on the 4th week, three kept by Dr. Faston. They measured four to six inches, thick as walking sticks, resembling large red leeches. The patient quickly improves as the strange episode ends. The Syrian question to be settled by Paris conference.
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