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Newspaper
Ripon Weekly Times
Location
Ripon, Wisconsin, United States of America
Date
May 30, 1862
Page
3
A flood of fragmented items describes local commerce and services. Advertisements claim doctors offices, shops, and harness makers operating on the square, with groceries, meat, and fish offerings and a soda fountain nearby. Warmer notices report wheat price effects and military units with numbers, plus scattered community updates and recoveries.
A noisy jumble of literary notes and notices opens with essays and poetry by Thorsen Weiss Carey and others. The feature is Whittier’s final abolition piece in a Columbia index. The page also lists essays on subjects from Benedict Arnold to Saint Adams Regiment and local notices about deaths and civic events.
A vinal notice to debtors states that on an early day any claims will be placed in the hands of a collector authorized to enforce collection without further notice, dated Muay 23d, 1862, by Bowen and Beynon.
A fragmentary newspaper ad page from Ripon features machinery sales and trades. Notices mention a sewer pump, power capability tests, and demonstrations. Various sellers offer hardware, tools, and household goods with casual pricing and contact cues typical of mid century classifieds.
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