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Prescott Transcript in Prescott, Wisconsin

12 Sep 1857

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Prescott Transcript

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Prescott, Wisconsin, United States of America

Date

Sep 12, 1857

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3

Prescott Railroad Bet and Soft Soap Wager Echoes Local Pride

In Prescott on September 12 a public discourse lauds the planned Madison to St Croix rail links and the eventual western city growth. A local bet centers on the railroad bonds removal and a quirky wager of a quart of soft soap delivered by Mr. Smith KR Gunn, with H. Walter delivering the soap and speeches recapping the local rivalries and future prosperity of Prescott.

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Burnished soap tale and school notes from Prescott era

A Sanitary soap anecdote praises a new product while noting its value for western towns and railroads. The piece references Gunn’s feat, a proposed rail terminus gift, and the Hudson city greasing plan. It then shifts to Morr Avourova Scuoows and a district school attendance estimate, urging better accommodations and a district meeting, followed by notices of church services and a donation acknowledgment for garden flowers.

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County Officers in Deca Area Listed

Truman Flett Rexleter of Deca police La Bailey’s Banidings Main street, isn t Qubewortie ok ue Waekaterne Jamon Hames Sheriff L 2 Smithy Tepntyy Whipple's building front street upstairs A. JE Young Clock of Gircutt County Courts O Jibs Jr Clerk of County Supervisors A I Young Deputy Concert Mall building I S White Special Court Commissador under the new rou James A Stirrat County Surveyor James I Tuntes Deputy Ollico AC FIracant Grove

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Sale of forfeited school lands in Place county basin

Sale details for forfeited school lands in Place County basin set for November 10. Prospective buyers may bid on tracts with terms including interest through the first day of December and added costs, with payments due as specified in the notice.

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