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Newspaper
Whitewater Register
Location
Whitewater, Wisconsin, United States of America
Date
Jan 15, 1859
Page
2
A literary piece titled Star of the North appears in the Whitewater Register, quoting poetic lines about liberty and freedom. The excerpt references the Star of Bethlehem and Star of the North as symbols guiding toward emancipation, with religious and patriotic imagery.
A December Armenia Club event at Mill Le Lindl featured a long waltz and gold bracelet prize. About thirty couples began at 11 clock. after twenty minutes only ten remained, then more dropped out. By fifty-one minutes only a few couples were left. judges halted music as the remaining trio won prizes, with residents of Sewark taking the top palm.
Miscellany discusses British parliamentary rules on speech and the rarity of long parliamentary speeches, noting beaver hats’ decline and silk hats’ rise. It mentions beavers reappearing near Toronto and in the Notawasaga river, where they were once exterminated. The piece compares speech limits to Congress and Parliament.
The article explains papermaking from rag to finished sheet, detailing sorting, beating, cleaning, and pulping rags, forming a slurry, pressing, drying, and rolling. It notes cotton in nun paper and outlines equipment like boilers, pulling machines, and cutting frames, stating the full process takes under twenty four hours.
An old note describes using bear's grease to treat hair loss and dandruff. It warns against questionable preparations and offers a simple homemade hair wash: alcohol, almond oil, and lavender oil shaken together, with easter oil and camphor to clear the mixture. It notes bear's grease may have effects but recommends the advised DIY mixture as a safeguard.
The San Francisco Bulletin predicts California wool production will reach a million and a half pounds this year, boosting industry and crafts nationwide. It cites Count Montlembert’s history and a portrait of a gifted woman, a niece of General Lafayette, influencing a French statesman. The piece also touches on Japan’s vast city of Teil do and the Washington Mount Vernon descendant controversy. It ends with a note on shoe bottoming solving machines and fur exports from St. Paul.
Theodore Parker prepared a Boston lecture on George Washington. The signer notes he was practical, well organized, diligent with detail, and strong in administration though not a genius. Washington’s religiosity, public spirit, and role in the revolution are discussed with praise and cautions.
Descriptions recount a September duel in Cedar Valley between gamblers Geuwis Rucker and Peel over cheating disputes, resulting in Peel wounded and Rucker killed by Peel's counter shot. The article also previews Henry Ward Beecher anecdotes, highlighting his vivid preaching style and the public's wary affection for him.
A Boston correspondent recalls Daniel Webster offering himself to his chosen woman, later marrying Grace Fletcher after a knot tying anecdote. The piece also surveys Union politics and war talk, listing arms inventories and officials, plus scattered global notes on salt, industry, and transport developments.
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