General Sigel Takes Command in This Vicinity
Gen Sigel has assumed command of all local troops. A scouting party from Capt Wood’s Rangers returned from Maries County. Jackson Legislative action on state scrip and two year debt postponement. Prices and alimony ruling noted along with Confederate anxieties and slave counts in Georgetown Washington.
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Sigel
South West
Wood
Bmaries County
Rome
Rolla
St. Louis Democrat
Sample Orr
United States
Missouri
Jackson Legislative
Jfuses
Russell
Lyndon Times
New York
Catharine N. Forrest
Edwin Forrest
Superior Court
Oscola
Price
McCulloch
McIntosh
Texana
Carlan
Ohio Battery
Jackson
Southwest
District of Columbia
Georgetown
Washington
Isaac Roberson
Maries County Court
A. Johnson
Confederate News and War It ems from Across the States
Reports describe a secessionist attempt to overtake Cathy Griffith’s pickets at Staunton, earlier fights, and scuttling. Taxes in New York are projected at fourteen million dollars for 1862 in the comptroller’s annual report. The Lunan congregation in Forfarshire and a minister’s vexing sleep problems appear alongside various Civil War updates and a Tennessee legislature debate on women’s suffrage.
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Cathy Griffith
Staunton
New York
Hawes
Lunan
Forfarshire
Jamie Fraser
Jamis
Cvorly
Clarb Jackson
New Madrid
Price
St. Louis
Polka Osiro
Cabal
Richmond
Kentucky
Tennessee
Jeff Davis
Amour
East Tennessee
Virginia
Fort Smith
Opothdeyhole
Big Bend
Arkansas
Col. Cooper
Camp Loomis
Hannibal
Leavenworth
Hunter
Platte County
Gordon
Fayetteville
Asadison
Carroll
Confederate States of America
Historic Law Clause About Heeled Shoes Affects Misdemeanors
The text states that heeled shoes or holstered hips shall be deemed guilty of a misdemeanor. Upon conviction a fine of 100 dollars is imposed and imprisonment is at the court's discretion. The phrasing reflects 19th or early 20th century legal language on attire and punishment.
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Halleck
War Department
United States
Milwry
G. M. Dodge
Rolla
J. A. Williamson
War era notes on Treasury warrants worth over eighteen million
An unofficial tally claims warrants drawn by the Treasury Department for national purposes in Missouri total more than 18 million dollars from April 23 to December 31. Reports from Memphis and Virginia discuss relief funds and civil unrest with rising violence. Flooding devastates parts of California valleys with farm losses and infrastructure damage.
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Treasury Department
Missour
Abril
Curiaco
Memphis
Conederate Congress
Charleston
Virginia
Fichmond
Fiir
Marysville
Stockiman
Sacramento
Fever and Agte Threaten Mankind Across the Globe
A distorted report describes a worldwide fever outbreak caused by a disease linked to oysters and heat on wet soil. It details symptoms, the progression to violent excretory and neural failure, and mentions heroic efforts to find a remedy, warning of widespread mortality if uncontrolled.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Uae
Age Cure Promises Quick Relief From Malaria Poison
An 19th century ad touts Age Cure as a universal remedy against malaria related afflictions. It claims to neutralize the poison, cleanse the liver, and expel infections from the system. The copy highlights safety, efficacy, and low cost as advantages over other treatments.
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Shieh
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Gen. Price
Army Argus
Louisville Journal
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Rolla, MO
Teaiah H. Williams
13Th Regiment of
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D’g Post
WAR Culatie Agency
Mason & Clements
St Louis
United States Service
Wt. S. Clark
Dr. Dunham
Tiffany House
Illinois
Wisconsin
Goorm
H. A. Gordby
Paulener
Ayer
J. C. Ayer & CO
Lowell, Mass
Price Oxe Dowtak Ven Borris
Avery
InvicEstien
Gooda
Joan A. Carson
Rye Salk
Apecia
Treasury
M. P. Small
Q. M
J O'Neil
Nea Hardin’s
Rolla Sexpriuss
Our Dine Daily
Rolla Express
Tinal
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P. Walker
J.M. Adams
Cavalry
S. Wood
Rolla City
Riley & Shuts
Camp Fremont Hugsars
Asboth
G. M. Elbert
Co. D
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State Service
Callac
Kansas Kian
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