Unclear OCR item from Wisconsin Tribune fragment
Fragmentary newspaper text from Mineral Point Wisconsin notes a 250 dollar charge and other unread figures. Names arc unclear due to OCR errors.
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Newspaper
Wisconsin Tribune
Location
Mineral Point, Wisconsin, United States of America
Date
Jun 01, 1849
Page
1
Fragmentary newspaper text from Mineral Point Wisconsin notes a 250 dollar charge and other unread figures. Names arc unclear due to OCR errors.
A Spirit of the Times tale recounts a stagecoach breakfast caper where a landlord in a village along the Great National Road overplays the breakfast sting. Passengers, seated, pay fifty cents each, then watch as the landlord and waiter scramble to claim value while the horn signals departure.
A garbled account shows a pursuer and group moving through streets to a hotel. Men board a stagecoach and a driver is questioned about theft and a pot with spoons. The scene ends with a call to lead all aboard as confusion continues.
A Marcellon, Columbia County tale tells of brothers Heath who trapped a monster near Swan Lake. After fierce struggle the sturgeon six feet long and weighing 1634 pounds was secured with spears and net. The chronicle asserts every detail is literally true.
Report from Lowe Canada describes a mob of about 200 rowdies breaking windows at Titus's Hotel seeking entry. Interior defenders fired, wounding a man in the neck. The mob dispersed after causing damage. Other items note a railroad bill advancing in Parliament and various court anecdotes from Watertown and Minnesota papers.
A long description recounts the Vatican complex in Rome from its sixth century origins through reform and enlargement. It notes papal alternations, Avignon exile, and restoration after 1376, detailing its vast library of 40,000 manuscripts and extensive art, antiquities, and statues. It highlights Raphael and Michelangelo as famed residents and venerates the Vatican as a treasure for students and artists.
The Limerick region faces mass evictions with 13 000 affected and 5 000 homeless in Kilrush and Limerick county. Demolition of 1 000 more houses is underway as 50 empty homesteads on Kildymy lands fall to rapid implosion. Nearby in Concord a woman named Miller dies after clothes catch fire while protecting a barn, with her husband serving as a juror at court.
A Wisconsin report claims a German woman in Calumet town Ford du Lac gave birth to a large healthy child with two heads. The infant is reportedly living and as healthy as other county children, with Rochester papers noting similar sensational birth stories.
A Boston Post published letter from Belfast on April 19, 1849, detailing the Giants Causeway. The writer describes honeycomb like basalt columns, six or more sides, clifflike tops, and sections fitting tightly to form a vast mosaic. He notes up to forty foot high banks, some columns called chimneys, and parts shipped to museums.
The itemized snippets report on a cholera patient’s clothes, a broken agrarian society in Paris, a dead or wounded student from St Charles rioting, and interpretations of Minnesota. Additional notes cover the Niagara steamer’s passenger surge, chlorine gas recipe, Washington Union political health, two national ships planned in Arctic seas, coinage plans, and floods in New Orleans plus an Iowa steamer collision.
Concluded report by Meport I B Danna and Joan Luming on subdivision and appraisal of School University and Canal lands in Wa County Wisconsin. Detailed per section values, timber quality, soil rates, and recommendations for sale in ten acre plots to benefit nearby citizens. Includes leases by Levi Sterling, James Penprice, and occupant improvements with village Linden nearby and road access from Mineral Point to Dodgeville.
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