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Newspaper
Lancaster Gazette
Location
Lancaster, Ohio, United States of America
Date
May 05, 1864
Page
3
Cleren and Sutherland editors warn delinquent subscribers within the county will be struck from the list after June first if dues for two years or more remain unpaid. They offer doubled pay for future printing, urge prompt payment, and request senders to mail amounts owed rather than travel to town.
The Central Committee and Union Central Committees urge Fairfield County voters to attend a mass meeting at the Court House in Lancaster on May 14 1864 to nominate delegates and alternates to the Union Convention in Baltimore June 9 and to name a slate for the Columbus state convention May 20. Also notes deaths in Chattanooga hospital among Ohio Regiment units and local school concert notice.
A historical broadside shows Governor David Tod and Major McDowell with the Squirrel Hunters of Ohio. It notes the Governor authorized payment for engraving the discharge and certificates of service. The piece recalls eight days of service on Kentucky hills and praises the Squirrel Hunters for the Union effort.
The fragmentary text outlines a move to Nevada for a year with new firm Connell Clarke and Pritter, claims of integrity for Col. Connell and Mr. Pritter, an odd mix of poetry, book notices, letters praising a wartime essay, and local clothing ads, all from the same dated 1864 page segment.
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