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Newspaper
Sparta Eagle
Location
Sparta, Wisconsin, United States of America
Date
Aug 15, 1867
Page
3
Readable items report a Union and Spartan Clubs event, local fair notes, real estate interests, wheat market prices, a shooting incident, a burning fluid supplier, and upcoming entertainment. Also covered are Masonic funeral, commercial college plans, and Sparta Artesian Well Association actions with officer elections and meeting reminders.
From the Vernon County Censor we clip that a woolen factory has been established in Sparta by T. Ts. Tyler & Co. The partners T. B. Stor, D. F. Skiflaan, and F. D. Steele are praised, with plans to win local wool trade and keep business in the county. A Republican county convention notice follows, urging delegates from Monroe to meet August 29 to nominate Assembly and County Superintendent candidates, and to select delegates to the state convention at Madison. Details list township delegate counts and the Ninth Senatorial District convention set for September. A tribute to the Great Major O. A. Les and a promotion for Smith's Saler and Pry’s Cream Baking Powders appear, along with notes on curing and preserving winter vegetables and a forecast of the Advance religious paper in Chicago.
Reported for the week by Enstoxeux and Burros. Prices listed for wheat, corn, oats, oats, barley, dried fruits, Currants, coffee, molasses, sugar, and flour. Commodities show mixed movements with some grains firm and others quiet or dull amid global market signals.
Fragmented dispatch summarizes deaths and political notes. Mentions the drowning of Dr Dugald D Cameron in Ta Oca area and a YMCA style commentary on local figures. References Newhall House management by A C Bentley and Beasley advantage claims. Includes scattered details on state officials and a suspected intentional drowning case.
The page recounts Father Marco Mares formerly of St Udla city returning from a phase in Paris. It details a ceremonial scene with golden reliquaries, mentions the Angel of the Sacrificed and other ornate imagery, and threads in various 19th century topics including line schemes, political candidacy for Bank Comptroller, and regional rail and manufacturing notes. References to Napoleon, Bagenne, Mondovi, and local civic matters appear alongside disjointed notices on rail routes and labor topics.
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