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Newspaper
Dubuque Democratic Herald
Location
Dubuque, Iowa, United States of America
Date
Oct 31, 1863
Page
2
A local letter accuses the city paper of virulent anti administration rhetoric and slander against Dubuque farmers. It defends farmers who ship grain and produce, arguing merchants rely on their trade and oppose the paper’s editorials as ignorant and hypocritical.
The report notes large gains for abolitionists across the region and specifically cites Lee County where Democrats increased from 2,289 votes with a 660 majority to 2,499 votes this year, reducing the margin to 16. It questions fraud behind the gains and cites military dispatches referencing the 1862 outcomes and morale orders from Gen. Rosecrans.
The piece argues Blair was branded drunk and pro secession in Minnesota speeches for the abolition party. It notes abolition papers and especially the Press reacted with indignation, claiming whiskey effects vary by political alignment and citing editor authority.
A mysterious young man, stylish and multilingual, charmed locals around St. Charles Street and Rum Square. He posed as a French agent seeking Confederate money, collecting about $25,000 in notes from several victims, then vanished before delivering promised city bills. One victim lost $9,000 in the ruse.
The account from Lubeck details Christian Fleinecker born February 6 1721 who spoke learned Latin and French by age three and mastered Bible history yet died June 27 1725. His case is cited to warn that extreme precocity may signal disease and that intellect should be discouraged in young children.
The Rev. John Gilbert of Clay County Kentucky writes to a Frankfort friend with a wartime theory. He cites Revolutionary War blades with seven points and argues that current blades show three points indicating the war will last three years.
Gen Rosecrans arrived in Cincinnati and received a welcoming address at the Burnet House. He thanked the audience, urged obedience to the government, defended his conduct against New York and Washington hearings, and emphasized unity and the survival of the Union as his guiding purpose.
The congress claims sugar and tobacco are not injurious to teeth. other items note misnamed battles near the Tennessee line, rumors of officials trading papers, Army frauds in Kentucky and Ohio, a horse gifted to Davis arriving in the Confederacy, and various military and social tidbits.
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