16 Feb 1865
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Newspaper
Appleton Motor
Location
Appleton, Wisconsin, United States of America
Date
Feb 16, 1865
Page
1
Appleton listings show numerous professionals and businesses including attorneys, doctors, dentists, notaries, publishers, and merchants. Names such as ANSON BALLARD, J. B. WILLIAMS, DR. WHITTFLEY, and FAL & HUMPHREY appear among entries for law, medicine, and commerce in Appleton Wisconsin, with various services and goods advertised.
A mixed item row notes the Appleton rail schedule with outbound and inbound freight passenger trains and a city quota bounty effort led by G L Stearns. Nearby Masonic Block merchant H Rumer offers ready made and mendable boots and shoes, with a large stock and skilled work. The piece includes weather, sleighing, and civic notes about Senator Howe, petroleum fortunes, Annapolis parole camp, and wartime statehood shifts in Indiana and West Virginia.
A wartime letter dated 1838 recounts near night combat along river lines, artillery exchanges, and picket actions. Deserters, mortar and gunboat activity, and a heavy cannonade are described with details of camp life, loot, and night patrols. The writer notes patrols, exhaustion, and ongoing fear of further attacks as troops prepare defenses.
An unsigned ad promotes secession from HiH prices and announces reduced items at White, touting quack remedies for female ailments. It markets the Garat Cemale remedy for irregularities, claims thousands sold, and lists Dr John Lyon of New Haven as creator.
Notice to taxpayers in Appleton announces a tax sale of taxable property for March. The order from County Court probate requests sale of real estate to satisfy unpaid taxes and warrants, with a public sale date set after proper notices published in the county. The document names City Treasurer Briggs and details publication and appearance requirements for interested parties.
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