05 Jul 1861
Page 4
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Newspaper
Waupun Times
Location
Waupun, Wisconsin, United States of America
Date
Jul 05, 1861
Page
4
The Wisconsin Farmer announces a change of publishers. Prof. Host remains editor. Reports detail local events, industry updates, and notices across Waupun including a new engine for Hathaway’s Plow and Fanning Mill Manufactory, public meetings, fires, and bee keeping innovations.
Vague notes report a large turnout and discussion postponed by rain. Residents gathered yesterday while speakers addressed the crowd, with some events at Dodee's UN canceled and attendance noted as downward due to weather.
A county note from Glenuulah recalls a volunteer company led by D. B. Conger and a drill with the Waupun Rifle Co. The Sheboygan County Independents wore uniform and used non government arms, offered their services to the Governor, and were invited to drill with local civilians, with cheers for the captain, officers, and volunteers.
An admonitory literary fragment urges resilience amid debt, urging cheerful coping, charity with others, and family welfare. It lampoons despair, recommends practical frugality, care for loved ones, and volunteering for the war effort, citing cannon sourcing from the United States.
July reports indicate Virginia rebels proclaim treason for any citizen serving under the Federal government after July. An expedition against Missouri forms on southern Virginia borders while Scott's Anaconda fleet nears. Carolina regiments desert Mannassas, and Northern troops advance toward Fairfax and Alexandria. Paris relations and state politics, including Wheeling, show shifting alignments as 82,125 New York and Brooklyn soldiers head to war and promotions elevate Lyon to Major General.
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