Iowa News Echoes War Era Politics and Cabinet Talk
Iowa voices praise for Senator Harlan’s Interior pick, laments in Congress, and state pride as War support and loyalty to the administration frame a debate on forthcoming seats. The piece notes politicians like Kirkwood and Kasson, tax reforms, school elections, and a call for caucus discipline amid shifting party dynamics.
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Wen Theo
Harlgn
Uae
Congress
Harlan
Interior
Iowa
Mfirkewood
Sind
Kasgon
Kassonia Abeoa
Aising
Bastia
Stone
Asiantem
Gil
Dee Moines
Inauguration Ball Delightful Night With Lincoln Party
The Inauguration Ball Monday night featured Mr and Mrs Lin Rae Hodier Banks and guests. President with Speaker Wolfax and Senator Sumner attended the agreeable event for Mrs Lincoln. Mrs Lincoln wore a white silk dress with lace trim and flowers in her hair. Neither Lincoln nor cabinet members danced as halls were decorated with flags and praised as brilliant.
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Lin Rae
Banks
Eee
Matte Oon
Wolfax
Sumner
Lincoln
Iowa Vet. Infantry Co G history and escapes shared
A letter from C Dunnham of Company G 4th Iowa Veteran Volunteer Infantry recounts enlistment in Council Bluffs on July 4 1861 key officers and a long list of march routes battles and campaigns including Pea Ridge lookouts Montains and Vicksburg. Also notes Confederate prison escapes from Wilmington writes to friends in Ringgold County Iowa in 1865.
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Iowa
Ars
C. Dunnham
Bpston
Hawx
4Th
Iowa V. V. Infantry
Ringgold ‘County
Reid
Beall
United States
Council Bluffs
Edmund W. Rice
Levene Hopkins
Randolph Sry
St Joseph
Hannibal
St Louis
Jefferson Barracks
Rolla
Houston
Lebanon
Springfield
Crose Hollows
Ark
Tom Cross Hollows
Pea Ridge
Our Creek
Sugar Creek
Keithsville
Cassville
Weat Plains
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Ala
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Fayetteville
Stevenson
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Chickasaw Bayou
Miss
Arkashsas Post
Teenville
Deer ‘Creek
Kenesaw Mountain
Nickstock Creek
Stone Mountain
Atlanta
Shadrach Church
Jonesboro
Georgia
Lincoln's second term installed amid national reflection
Washington correspondence notes Abraham Lincoln secured a second presidential term, marking a milestone as the first re-elected north-born president on free soil. The piece recalls the founders' creed of equal rights and liberty, with observers highlighting the nation's evolving governance and the diverse crowd gathered.
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Barick Hawk-Eye
Abraham Lincoln
Gree
Oret
Drix Ward
West Throng
Africa
Rev J J Marsh found dead in Fort Dodge
The Rev J J Marsh pastor of the Catholic church at Fort Dodge was found dead in his bed on the morning of the 224th, likely from apoplexy. The report notes a Petroleum company organized in Muscatine intends oil exploration in spring. Emigration agent Owen Bromley, from Jefferson county, plans to work among Welsh emigrants in behalf of America, including a period in Wales. The article also mentions sleighing at Winterset and a big snowstorm in the region, plus a new Methodist Church planned at Magnolia and high waters affecting mail delivery in Harrison county. A man named Levalle was arrested at Boonsboro for murder committed years ago at Pike’s Peak. Colorado authorities will receive him by requisition.
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Fort Dodge
Muscatine
Owen Bromley
Jefferson County
Great American Emigrant Company
Europe
Wales
Iowa
Emigrant Company
America
State Register
Magnolia
Harrison County
Levalle
Boonsboro
Pike's Peak
Colorado Territory
Treseney Department
Washington
Stone
Dubuque
Emerson
Reed
Green
Shields
Galens
George Goebel
Pella
Weglean
Buckeys
Gate City
Pennsylvania
Ai Spring
Desperate Minstrel Gang and Local News Highlights
A ragtag troupe calling themselves J. G. Detroy’s Minstrels tried luring two young women from their homes and left unpaid debts totaling 750 dollars. Reports cover a lamb anomaly, deaths, city elections, river steamboat races, and various local incidents across Iowa towns.
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J. G. Detroy
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