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Newspaper
Osseo Eleva Journal
Location
Osseo, Wisconsin, United States of America
Date
Aug 27, 1896
Page
4
A lively spin ends in a village spooked runaway when Christin boys from near Strum load tiling, hitch a wagon to a team, and flee after the driver forgets the reins. They crash into a fence near Larson’s carpenter shop, then stop at the crossing. A mute boy weeps over spilled alcohol and wagon damage.
Local items report travel and visits among residents of Augusta, Whitehall, Trempealeau, Independence, Fairchild, and LaCrosse counties. People include Chas Johnson, Holman, Chas Cox, A McKenney, Henry Rickard, Scott Wooster, B Shatter, F E Field, Theo Johnson, E G Cole, Dr Schumacher, T C Salt, and others. Community activity notes plowing, sowing, school opening September 14, lamp-post improvements, barbering plans, and local business movements amid rising grain activity and livestock shipments.
Stacking and threshing begin after Friday rain. Miss Clara Beach honored before leaving for Stevens Point Normal School. Local visits include Henry Cole and Ina to Augusta. Eau Claire County Fair runs Sept 8 to 11 with track events, bicyclist Mr Richardson, Fowler Sextet, and Griffin Rifles drill. Exhibitors urged to file entries using premium list language.
An 1860s meditation traces English licensing attempts to curb drink and notes rising distilled liquor use. It examines California and America where temperance experiments fail and state conferences conflict on wine based temperance.
A speaker argues for prohibition over licensing or temperance substitutes. He contends wine fuels drunkenness and cites societal harms, urging action against alcohol. The speech defends state power to curb crime, cites historic prohibitions as precedent, and previews a continuation next week.
The 6 year old 3200 pound LeGrand 1054 Grey is described as finely muscled with a free gait and is cited as the sire of a renowned draft horse team. The team, bought from Field’s stables by Billson Bres of Chimney Rock for 330 dollars, is hailed as among the best draft horses ever raised.
Fragmentary OCR text shows a person named BERT J. COSFORD tied to a local notice or classified item. The readable portions hint at a formal record or obituary style entry with dates or identifiers, but much is illegible.
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