Henry Hepublican notes and local notices excerpt
A collage of local items includes Mrs Foster hosting at the Republican office visit to view a printing press, cattle land fences debate, Mrs Sarah Longley’s pension update, Rev R B Seaman honored with a rocking chair, and the Ben Judd farm sale details. Also covers Grant funeral costs, dog days explanation, Grant book editions, Wyoming fair progress, and Gov Oglesby’s Buffalo Rock camp review with brigade conduct and injuries.
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Oglesby
Buffalo Rock
Ottawaa
Tinon National Guards
J N St. Clair
la Salle Company
Chicago Cavalry
Ex Confederates Reflect On Loyalty In War Relic Dispatch
A Washington Iowa Democrat recounts a birthday badge exchange with a Virginia Confederate veteran, then shares a wartime vignette from the Vicksburg siege. The Chicago Herald prints a facsimile of the Vicksburg Citizen noting Grant’s dinner at Vicksburg and a last wall paper edition preserved by Osmon Bower.
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Washington
Iowa
Warrentown
Chicago Herald
Vicksburg
Pemberton
Ulysses
Grant
Jo Johnston
The
Union
Osmon Bower
Soldiers Reunions Across Illinois Gatherings Planned
The 102d Illinois reunion is set for Keithburg on September 2 8 and 4. The 57th Illinois reunion is aimed at Princeton in October. Co B 19th Illinois Veterans Club holds a Sept Sept 9 at Capt Charles Stuarts residence Occola Stark County. The 20th annual 11th Minnesota reunion is planned for Orion Henry County on August 26. The Big Bend Veteran reunion runs two weeks at Streator starting September 22. Tazewell county veterans meet Mackinaw September 8. The notice invites all Union soldiers relatives and friends to attend.
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Illinois
Keithburg
Princeton
Thomas J Henderson
B. F Thompson
Big Bend
Streator
Tazewell County
Mackinaw
RJ Beatty
Delavan
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Lacon Sanitarium
E. H. Gale
Lacon
Slugh & Powell
King Dono
Slygh & Powell
Henry
Ill
Cha. Davi
Ann Ooka
DE Ross
South Adams Street
Peoria
Carroll
Eastend West
Tol
Murphy’s Block
Adams St
Court House
U.S
Marshall County
Joseph Kulp
Mahin Bros
John Morcan Market
John Heim
Snyder
John Himes
Henry, Ill
D. L. Travis
Henry Hepublican
Foster
Venona
F. A. Raymond
Sarah Longley
Fulton County
R. B. Seaman
Galesburg
Seaman
M. E. Church
William Evans
Ed Wright
Ben Judd
Sirius
Gen Grant
South
Wyoming Fair
Stark
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