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Sparta Eagle in Sparta, Wisconsin

18 Jul 1866

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Sparta Eagle

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Sparta, Wisconsin, United States of America

Date

Jul 18, 1866

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In Italy and Tennessee Tales Across War and Caves

A mixed recount blends Bayard Tayton’s floral letter from Italy with long passages on Murfreesboro life after Civil War fighting, then shifts to a Mammoth Cave travelogue and a frontier murder case in Poweshiek County Iowa with details of a head preserved for a crime clue and a suspect linked to Cambridge.

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Courtroom display confirms murder victim identity in Showers case

In a packed Illinois courtroom Dr Conway testified that a tin pail with a black cloth held a severed body part identified by hundreds as Claiborne Showers. Vincent was held for bail awaiting governor requisition as residents question a murderer's bail under state law. A separate note discusses public officials and a collector’s duty amid political delays and a Rio Grande incident where French and U.S. soldiers clashed leaving casualties.

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