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Newspaper
Aurora Commercial
Location
Aurora, Indiana, United States of America
Date
Mar 26, 1863
Page
2
The Commercial advertises a three month subscription for twenty five cents. Aimed at Thursday March 26, 1863 readers, the notice emphasizes low cost and broad access to the paper.
The Aurora Commercial lists authorized subscribers and agents in Moore's Hill Dillsborough Jones Station Aurora Toll Gate Couhran Farmers Retreat and other areas. It explains that due to higher printing costs, some expired subs will be dropped unless renewed, and shows how to tell when a subscription expires by numbers printed opposite names.
A group of soldiers describes traveling toward home after a rough march. They stopped for a meal at a welcoming house two miles from Springfield, faced wary locals, and learned of nine arrests for French furloughs. They name two Springfield men as traitors and plan routes to Columbus and Indianapolis.
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