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Newspaper
Sparta Eagle
Location
Sparta, Wisconsin, United States of America
Date
Jul 24, 1867
Page
3
A new Union Base Ball Club organized here features strong players and good grounds. After a few weeks of practice they expect to be in strong playing condition.
Reports from Oakdale and Greenfield describe large swamp tracts suitable for cranberry cultivation. Whittier notes drainage and climate favor growing this profitable crop, with eastern marshes yielding well for forty years and prices ensuring market demand.
State convention of teachers held at La Crosse with attendees including OT Qa Pickand J C G McMynn and Gov Puirefild. Plans include excursions to St Paul and Minneapolis and a river steamer trip. Also includes local Sparta baseball rules and safety notices for players and spectators near the grounds.
A deranged man residing in Salem hanged himself last night in Wisconsin. His act was doubtless driven by vindictive doubt, leaving Tartison Robbins as a named contact in the notice.
The Monro County Board of Equalization for 1867 met with members Carmichael and Thal-Teyving taking oaths to assess town records. They reviewed drainage funds for 1866 and proposed apportionments and payments to Oakdale and other towns, adjourned to continue examinations of assessor returns, and discussed equalization of town real and personal property.
The fragment cites laws on deserters and enlistment protections through 1863, mentions a New York Central Railroad suit against price hikes, and notes archaeological finds in Hanover Street. It also references presidential nomination commentary and a claim about Jefferson’s long influence on U.S. leadership.
MARRIAGES. Farrison-King in Lat Crosso on the 20th, by Rev. A. C. Lathyop. Hans Rison of Lat Crosse to Miss Frone M Rise of Tomb.
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