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Newspaper
Burlington Weekly Hawk
Location
Burlington, Iowa, United States of America
Date
Aug 08, 1863
Page
1
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General Roberts establishes a hospital and orders care for wounded soldiers. Morgan and Clarke arrive with 51 men, paraded before the crowd, pistols seized at the city prison. The paper reports on rebel plans at Gettysburg and warns of retaliation if captains Sawyer and Flynn are executed.
Philadelphia council appropriates one million dollars for relief of drafted men families, contrasting New York’s exemptions approach. Reports from German Town recall Brave John Burns of Gettysburg while noting a purse of 100 dollars from Germantown. Richmond Dispatch cites plans to remove noncombatants with foreign protection papers and to strip wealth from those refusing local service. An anecdote recalls Gen John A. Logan forcing stacked arms during early rebellion. A skeletal human remains found upright in an Austrian ship cargo bound for London.
The report notes rain minorly helps crops yet corn in the vicinity will yield at most half a crop if conditions do not improve soon. Fruit and oats suffer, apples pears and peaches shrinking in size and ripening early. wheat and other staples show nominal or mixed prices across commodities. Market scene at city yard is tense amid heat and post mob unrest with cattle prices drifting lower.
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