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Newspaper
Pepin County Press
Location
Pepin, Wisconsin, United States of America
Date
Nov 09, 1861
Page
3
The record notes a cool pleasant day with bracing air and farmers securing their fall crops. It mentions the U S steamer Naragan arriving at Alcapulco on the 27th ult and a severe gale disrupting a large Mass battalion while engaged with rebels. 1st and 7th New York Regiments were deployed to support as the steamer departed for Oh Poin.
Post Office hours listed 8 a m to 12 noon 1 to 4 pm and from 7 to 9 pm on week days Sundays 2 00 to 6 00 pm. Postage to be prepaid on periodicals and transient matter at mailing or delivery. Arrivals and departures of mails noted with named towns and schedule changes including Dunnville Bau Claire Maiden Rock Suavana and others.
The Publishers outline specimen numbers for agents and postmasters and offer liberal terms. Clubs of two persons at five dollars a year or five persons at ten dollars, and clerks or teachers at two dollars yearly are promoted. Bound volumes and a weight estimate are noted with various pricing and prepayment options from Harper & Brothers, publishers in New York.
Fragmentary OCR text from The Prairie Farmer mentions wheat and weekly publication in the Northwest. Contains garbled words and incomplete lines making specific facts unclear. No identifiable events, dates, or named entities sufficient for a fuller summary.
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