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Newspaper
Prescott Transcript
Location
Prescott, Wisconsin, United States of America
Date
Feb 16, 1861
Page
3
The item lists church services at Prescots and nearby parishes with Sunday schedules. It notes an agricultural meeting led by Mr. Collins and a Slavey discourse by Rev N McLeod after a Union session. A grand fest planned for February 22 promises upscale tickets and supper at Kilbourn endford South.
The document records officers including R. Smith as Chair and J. Whipple as Secretary, with Constitution and By-Laws read and adopted section by section. It notes a requested report from Whipple, adjournment to February 23, and mentions the Mayor J. M. Whipple and Clerk as present.
Fragmentary text mentions Roose to Beye, George Smith's Livery Stable, and references to weather and opportunities. The passage is garbled with numerous errors and lacks clear events or dates.
The article argues life insurance is safer and more reliable than fire insurance, noting 198th Life Insurance statistics support its certainty. It praises the Mutual Life Insurance Co of the State and urges Western men to insure locally through AL Ti. Young, Prescott agent, to keep money at home and secure families against poverty.
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