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Public notice and Civil War era troop movements flood city
A chaotic dispatch details a mayoral proclamation ordering liquor sales halted at 4 AM and weapons restricted. It reports evacuation for Paris Kentucky, troop movements near Covington and Newport, and Confederate forces amassing at Cross Hollows Arkansas with a major 24 Kansas engagement near Lamar. Reports of Lexington occupation, rail and telegraph links to Paris, and fort defenses along the Ohio and Kentucky fronts.
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