22 May 1868
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Newspaper
Dodgeville Chronicle
Location
Dodgeville, Wisconsin, United States of America
Date
May 22, 1868
Page
1
A reflective portrait of Daniel Gray, a humble, devout man known for plain speech and steadfast faith. He loved sacred texts, prayed diligently, opposed oppression, and endured vanity in beauty. In life he gently balanced stern devotion with tenderness, awaiting a hopeful reward in heaven.
A young English solicitor recounts a Danube voyage filled with diverse passengers. On a stop at Orsova a Polish wife reveals she was sold by her husband to a Turkish prince. The narrator aids her escape with money and counsel, while the incident exposes dangers on the water and a dramatic pursuit across Europe.
A letter to the Nation recounts how false rumors about General Grant were spread by a woman who witnessed him in questionable conditions. Frederick Knapp and others defended Grant, noting a sober, controlled demeanor during their visit near Vicksburg. A parallel claim in the New York Evening Post notes a Western city letter accusing Grant of drinking during travel, which Illinois Central President Osborne refuted, stating Grant drank tea and water, not alcohol, leaving the truth to be believed by readers.
A Cincinnati Chronicle correspondent in Chillicothe, Ohio recounts a gathering where discussions of Ku Klux Klan activity and Yankee prejudice led to a startling tale. A Greenfield man produced leather from Oliver P. Brown, son of John Brown, allegedly used to fashion moccasins by Winchester Medical Institute students during 1860.
A list portrays the Democratic party as the cause of the rebellion and war, accusing leaders of treason, opposing measures to suppress the rebellion, discouraging enlistment and opposing the draft, aiding rebels, denying soldiers voting rights, blocking peace efforts, creating debt, and incurring high taxes and economic disruption. It attributes responsibility for wartime burdens to the Democrats.
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