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Newspaper
Beaver Dam Argus
Location
Beaver Dam, Wisconsin, United States of America
Date
Sep 20, 1861
Page
1
Betsy Spike narrates a chaotic scene with religious fervor and gender rights, detailing a confrontation between a preacher and a militant household. The report includes political excerpts from John Quincy Adams on slavery, war powers, and state authority, alongside local notices about school superintendent elections and civic concerns.
An army correspondent from the Ripon Times reports from Baltimore urging farmers to conserve grain and avoid debt as the federal army is projected to reach 400000 by midwinter. He notes light crops in the midwest and east, urges wartime prices in hard money for every bushel, and describes a California and Pike's Peak gold shipment via a new overland route to Cedar Rapids and Rock Island. The item includes anecdotes and humorous exchanges about spelling and legal contempt.
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