Drunken editor exposed in 1861 Lake City clash
A Lake City Minnesota era column alleges Ye Journal editor visited a picnic with Good Templars then drank heavily, used vulgar language, and acted disruptively at a tavern, prompting a retaliatory retort from the Lake City party. The piece mocks the editor as drunken and insane.
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Lake City Journal
Marsh
Lies
Baron Maunchausen
Lake City
Good Templars
Templar
Minnesota
Tai's Landing
Vantary
Kowl
Weiborg Gas Center
Lidtaonrs
Ures
Peluoriitus
Aed Dyer
Seth Ata
Pepin County Ag Society Questioned and Local Notices
A reader questions why Pepin County cannot sustain a good Agricultural Society citing prior failed efforts despite available talent and journals. The item recalls depredations in Sue Duna County and misdeeds by Indians aided by liquor, plus a singed mail service on steamer Tias ea and postmaster delays. Local names appear in a garbled note about residents and incidents near Munomenvie and Dorin Hearts 7 Omar county.
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Pepin County
Sue Duna Co. Liumberman
Rienanna Gaw
Moone
Law
Moors
Wheat harvest promises strong yields despite criticism
Farmers report a good wheat crop with large plump berries and well filled heads. The note thanks Jony Barber of Guilford Minnesota for a Lake City Journal issue containing Mansa's review of a Minnesota trip.
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Jony Barber
Guilford, Wabashaw Co
Minn
Lake City Journal
Mansa
Minnesota
Traitors must calculate to fight long odds for loyalty
War notes warn traitors must reckon with five hundred thousand troops for five years before Union patience wears thin. The article also reports a warm spell with temperatures around 100 in the shade and a Lake breeze easing the heat. Jupee O Coxor visits the village, noted for his familiar features and good humor. A new coroner, Perr GB Grancen, is appointed in Pepi County to fill a vacancy after the elected official failed to qualify.
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Goon
Perr GB. Grancen
Pepi
Poisoned meat and Union ballot resolve in East Tennessee
A letter from a member of company A, Seventy-fifth New York, describes seizing fresh meat from the enemy and poisoning it was poorly done, exposed in time. Parson Browntow counterclaims Union support, urging East Tennessee men to elect Congress and the Legislature by fair majorities in August ballot.
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Axornen Fresprsu
New York
Centreville
Parson Browntow
Tennessee
Congress
East Tennessee
Conner Tient
Cain Haggerty
60Th
Downey
New York Tribune
Rhean Small
Regiments Muster Into Camp as School House Arrives
Reported arrival of a school house at Need's Landing and plans to hold a worship service tomorrow. A teacher is mentioned and local regiments Tin Seventh and Eighth are to be billeted and camped.
Fragmentary Notes on a War Memorial Event
Disjointed OCR text describes a ceremony at a war memorial with volunteers and local figures from Menomonie and nearby communities. References to Vartan Counts, dates, and personal ties hint at a disputed or tense gathering, with attendees and relatives involved in the observance and guidance of participants.
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Thal
John Believ
Menomonie
Dia
Aera
War Excitement and Frontier Scenes From Burlington Trip
Correspondence from Burlington Iowa reports wartime fervor in river towns with 4000 troops and decorated troop trains. It notes emigration, crop yields, and abundant fruit, then recounts a fatal drowning on the steamer Key City involving Michael Burke and his family, with children spared. The letter also rails at rebels and cites brutal Civil War actions and harsh rhetoric on southern sympathizers.
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Burlington
Soliers
Key City
Guttenburg
Michael Burke
St. Louis
McGregor
Ducerseu
Rufus King Appointed Brigadier General Expected in Milwaukee
The Milwaukee Sentinel reports Rufus King of this city has received a brigadier general appointment and is expected to arrive here tomorrow.
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Rufus King
Milwaukee Sentinel
General McClellan tightens discipline over Washington visits
July dispatches report Gen McClellan forbidding officers and soldiers to leave training or visit hotels in Washington. Banks strengthens defenses around Harper's Ferry while Tarpress Perry and Hy are formed into impregnable positions. Reports of Confederate movements near Potomac and Maryland border surface, with feigned attacks planned on Arlington and Alexandria. Cal Lander becomes brigadier general and Stevens named colonel of the 6th York Highland Regiment.
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McClellan
Wahington
Bankmann
Sandy Trick
Harper's Ferry
Banks
Perry
Pr. Mason
Col. Allen
Wae
Washington
Tlouse
Potomac
Levsburgh
Maryland
Ontedarate
Misi Temi
Nuke
Arlington
Alexandria
Poetemas
Chesapeake
Fortress Mauree
Cal. Lander
McChellan
Stevens
Washington Territory
T6th Tork Highland Regiment
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T C. B. Shavior
Pepin, Wis
Agricultural Society
Ates
Winsox
Munomenvie
Dorin Hearts
Omar
Josie Eis
Ui Ren Ty
Jupee O’coxor
Vartan
Prax
Enrrox Orrus Press
Iowa
Mississippi
Savane
Ayanes
Vitor
Travers
Tevel
Davis
Werary Tates
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