Social unrest and a street brawl in Libertyville
A violent clash between a pimp named Byers and a soldier Eastman from the Convalescent Hospital sparked arrests and a courtroom melee. Constable Webster called for help as Byers fired three shots near Eastman, McArthur’s dog aiding to disarm him. The incident drew in soldiers and civilians, with debates over military authority and calls for peace.
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Byers
Bryan
Eastman
Justice Harris
Esq. Harris
Webster
Geiger
Posse Comitatus
Citizens &E
Dixie
Drunson
Jeff. Davin
Knoxville Press Prospectus and Civil War Notes
Fragmentary items report a Knoxville planned weekly and tri weekly journal by W G Brownlow with Unionist aims, plus scattered Civil War commentary. Other items mention lumber arrivals, a cavalry detachment, and incidents of debt, politics, and public notices from Knoxville and Chicago.
Notice of meeting and academy terms in old town record
There will be a meeting at Office No. 4 Court Street on Wednesday Sept 234 for electing a Board of Directors and business. Special notice for University term starting Monday the 7th 1863 with forty weeks of study four terms and two weeks vacation. Tuition varies by department from $1.75 to $6 per week plus board and room rents. Faculty listed and campus facilities described. Also sale notice for a wagon and carriage shop in Kossuth Iowa with terms easy.
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O. P
Buchanan
Ben Trovato
Atleman
Richard the Bird
Macbeth
Vallandig
N.Y. Tribune
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Tingtonnace Ty Me Im
Court Street
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Septil- WM. A. Torrey, Sec'y
Tien
L. B. Allen
Josephine A. Cutter
Mner
Ladies’ Cement
Kossuth
Enos Wright
Dénis Kossuth
Des Moine Co
Iowa
New York
Allerton’s
Perrard
Sunderland House
Burlington
Iowa State Agricultural Society
Dubuque
M. Somme
Augs-Déwtd ‘Airfield
Dess Moines
Ita
Marion Hall
Cai Hang
Board of Supervisors
Marion
Starr and
Rand
Pitke
Jas. Druce
Richmond social scenes and rough living noted in Burlington weekly
The Richmond column laments fading entertainments with faro banks and barrooms rising, mocks social pretensions, and notes the town’s drift toward gambling fortunes. It also reports meat market trends, stock humor, and a Soda Springs curiosity tale in Colorado. The piece closes with a Republican snipe on prisoner exchanges.
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Burlington
Hawk-Eye
Richmond
Order of Rum
Richmond Enquirer
Bergen
Butchark
Markets Report From Burlington Bridgeport and State Notes
Market overview shows steady activity across commodities with corn at 37 cents per bushel and wheat unchanged. Wool and sheep arrivals increase at rail crossings, while prices for sugar, molasses, tea, and green hides move. beef, pork, and poultry trade remains robust with steady hog and cattle demand and Lake freights quiet.
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Burlington
Montrose
Rock Island
Lowa
Sides
Chicago
Touk Sonia
Domwul
Buffalo
New York
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Leavy
Don J
Oriica
Grimes
Libertyville
Tuttle
Mason
Truly
Kaston
Iin
Kusten
Harris
Ottumwa
Sarlington
Om Brother Norris
The
Courier
Des Moines
J. W
Taylor County
Davenport
Brown Law
Knoxville
Brown
Hawk- Eye Building
Browntow
Tennessee
Cincinnati
W.G. Brownlow
Reverdy Jonson
Saratoga
Reverdy Johnson
Maryland
Saratoga County Agricultural Society
Oor. M
Times
Hos
Recorders Court
Susanna Kann
Constantine Kann
Chicago Journal
Niagara Falls
Rochester Democrat
Boundary
Mt. Pleasant Streets
Ieasant St's
Bureneton University
Rances A. Kemble
Auy 25 Corse
Anta
Noyes Saugidtt
Rse's
Ashingtonton Irving
CORSE
IRIAM
Marian Harland
Corse's
Lorenzo H. Whitney
L Corse
U. S
Washington
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Sonn
T. T. Ellis
Dangerous
George A. Salla
Colorado
Bedford
William Morris
Vershire
Vermont
Washington Republican
Mit Club
Des Moines County Fair
Fair Ground
Gro
H. Lane
D. B. de Land and Co
Wall Street
Jas. H. Dill
A. Allen
E. P. Smith
Thomas Nickell
W. A. Bereman
Iowa Cavalry
Prise
Sarah A. Nickell
Henry Coun
Teedrick
W. Salter
B Yount
Garoline E. A. Anderson
Monmouth
Kerry Sanp- Ridge
Kitty
Howard Association
J. Skillin
Houghton, Howard Association
Philadelphia
Angdsd&wim
Batchelor
Williama. Batchelor
All Drugeists
St. N.Y
Sean Hair
Helmsclds
Bachu
G. W. Edginton
North Hill
Nonin Onan
Orth
W. Barlow
Nebel
Missouri
Kansas
Nebraska
Joy
S. Petitan
Prate and
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Saharte Sere Pobre
Ayer
St. Anthony's
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