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Elliott's Family Grocery Adverts and War Era Notices
A lengthy montage of grocery items and brands from Elliott's Family Grocery lists hundreds of goods including Baker's Chocolate, Fanny Toilet Soap, Palm and Almond soaps, pickles, vinegar, coffee, sugar, and seeds. The piece shifts to Indianapolis Journal excerpts describing Copperhead activity, threats to the Union, and calls for armed defense, citing Democratic leaders and incidents across multiple states with arson, robberies, and anti-government rhetoric.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Indianapolis Journal
Copperheads
Copperhead
Northwest
New York
Lee
Fernando Wood
Holmes County
Ohio
Keokuk County
Towa
Olveya Illinois
Brown County
Prosser
Edinburg
Knights of the Golden Circle
Copperhead Organa
New York World
New York World and Express
Cincinnati Jquirer
Chicago Times
Louisville Democrat
Indianapolis Sentinel
Vallandigham
Voorhees
Wood
Hendricks
Perkins
Lincoln
South
Roseville
D. W. Voorhees
Breckinridge
Sullivan
Peru
Milligan
Terre Haute Journal
Vincennes Sun
North
Party of Treason
Jay County
Union
Crosby
Blackford County
Marshall County Republican
George Flora
Union Township
Flora
Babbington
Reeve
Packard
Corbin
Morgan County
J. S. Mickey
Morgantown
Hickey
Milroy
Rush County
Sproule
Rushville
Jeff. Davis
Putnam County Republican
Butternuts
Manhattan
Washington Township
Grant County Union