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Newspaper
Ripon Weekly Times
Location
Ripon, Wisconsin, United States of America
Date
Jan 31, 1862
Page
3
Readers enjoy a broad listing of community events from a bustling city scene. The report highlights church services, concerts, fairs, and a variety of social gatherings with remarks on participants, venues, and dates while noting ongoing efforts by notable figures in local history and culture.
The article describes Atwater’s rifled cannon under development at Peaack & White Foundry and Mashin shop. It notes two grooves stop midway, nine grooves to the breech, three to the muzzle, claiming faster ball travel with reduced bore friction. A two inch bore cannon reportedly fired over two miles at five degrees and between three and four miles at twenty-five degrees, an extraordinary claim.
An old print fragment advertises Webster's Elementary Spelling Book and a trading directory. It includes a long list of names and places and promotes sales at various shops in Ripon and nearby towns with a detailed notice of routes and times for shipments and deliveries.
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