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Fragmented verse and Civil War dispatches blend in old news
A long mixed column presents a mourning scene for a mother and her absent son, Lincoln funeral details, a meteor sighting over German towns, a Washington letter on Knights of the Golden Circle, flood reports in German and French towns, plus Confederate prisoner notes and contraband labor debates.
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Angela
Willie Lincoln
Wasuixatos
William Wallace
Linccoln
Lske
William Wallace Lincoln
Guiley
Presbyterian Church
New York
Jno. C. Smith
Ninth Street Presbyterian Church
Congress
Army
Navy
Oak Hill Cemetery
Geoman
Inquirer
Fremont Journal
Washington
Mu. Burron
House of Representatives
D. W. Gooch
Mannebunetts
Knights of the Golden Circle
United States’ Service
Gooch
Buttir
Vallandigham
Bright
Hickman
Baltimore Clipper
Southern Press
Hicktman
Mr. V
Manassas
Ehlding
Hever
Manamas
Vantinatia Rebanda
Hinalaven
Sania
Newport News
Mansfield
Mansfeld
Cour Dian
Cl. Grom
Lidut-batonel Cannon
Major Jones
Ted
Department of Virginia
United States
Confederate States
Union
Fan Tam
Ebadiebk
Fort Donelson
Indianpolis
Bates House
Chicago Journal
P Douglas
Indy
Benatiinnateenet
Howe