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Weevil in wheat and partisan Indiana politics
A country correspondent recalls lime treating wheat to kill weevils and saves a neighbor’s crop. The piece shifts to a political record on Hon. James D. Williams, a Democratic senator in 1863 who opposed using African descent workers to aid the war and voted to table resolutions praising Union loyalty. Soldiers of Indiana are urged to question his fitness for governor.
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James D. Williams
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