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Newspaper
Aurora Commercial
Location
Aurora, Indiana, United States of America
Date
Mar 20, 1862
Page
2
The excerpt recounts a chaotic night with a sleeping heavyset man, a candle misadventure, and a boastful close with a fierce anecdote of Jim the Black, a Booneville skirmish hero. It also notes army gossip, mounted rider exploits, and dispatches about regiment leadership shifts and a Dearborn cavalry correspondence detailing a nighttime artillery engagement and a gunboat action along the river.
Notice to benevolent societies and the public that the Sanitary Committee of Indianapolis has a hospital relief setup with officers in charge to collect and ship donations for Indiana soldiers. Accepts pillows, towels, shirts, drawers, bandages, soap, fruit, and more. money sent to Alfred Harrison, Treasurer. Receipts issued for all goods or money. also notes a two day Congressional Investigating Committee session in Indianapolis examining army expenditures and related officials.
Authorized sale of a tract of land in Lawrence county Illinois fourteen miles from Vincennes and two miles from the Ohio and Mississippi railroad. Land worth more timber on it than sale price. owner intends to leave country. Two good farms may be taken in part payment, pathwork may run for a year. Enquire of ED F Sibley commercial office Aurora Indiana.
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