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Watermelons and politics in Civil War era United States
The Richmond Enquirer notes high watermelon prices in the market with Georgia crops reportedly poor. A Thanksgiving service led by colored churches is planned in Queen Street Baptist chapel. Gen. Toom visits Macon while Iowa City shutters a Copperhead newspaper amid internal debt troubles amid sharp political commentary on Copperhead suppression.
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