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Newspaper
Weekly Wisconsin
Location
Milwaukee, Wisconsin, United States of America
Date
Aug 04, 1847
Page
3
The fragment describes celestial or ritual harvesting imagery with names like Bey Jala and Solia, referencing a golden wrasss and a dome. It hints at a yearly harvest rite and a Berlin setting in July 2847, with references to Shad and Shruket. The text remains highly abstract and symbolic.
A dramatic tale opens with a violent pursuit of vengeance by Charles Vorman after his wife and child were slain. He confronts his foe in a deadly stabbing, then vows to kill the killer, while the murderer dies in a drunken melee seeking vengeance. A second, unrelated narrative follows a virtuous woman who, after hardship, gains employment, supports two orphans, and is aided by her father who agrees to take the adopted children to a better home in Canada.
The piece describes Yerba Buena on a narrow land neck by San Francisco Bay, noting its crescent bay, small nearby island, and sheltered harbor. It outlines favorable climate, health, and commercial prospects, its early growth from 1839, its population around 500, and nearby Mission Dolores, Santa Clara, Suisun Bay, and the San Francisco Bay region as a rising trading hub with San Francisco Bay as a key harbor.
The 11 foot rider and 17 foot horse statue of Peter the Great rises on a granite pedestal over 1,000 tons. The artist faced impossible posing, so General Melissino rode Count Orloff’s Arabian up a steep mock summit to capture the dramatic moment for the world famed equestrian statue.
The long piece catalogs Lord Brougham’s parliamentary antics with Sterley Ashburton and Ellen borough, a rowdy scene of interruptions and bids to call to order. It then shifts to a Chicago Journal note about President Polk, a college fire escape prank, and a garbled mix of notices, ads, and medical patent cures with extravagant claims, all jumbled with travelogue on Jalapa Perote Puebla and a mix of promotional trade copy.
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