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Newspaper
Weekly Times
Location
Dubuque, Iowa, United States of America
Date
Dec 05, 1861
Page
6
The excerpt recalls weather predictions and social commentary alongside Civil War dispatches. It mentions men of the Northwest, beavers and muskrats cited for winter forecasts, and a Dubuque audience honoring Captain Playter with a ceremonial present as he prepares for active service.
Last fall Joe Rhomberg archived life size lithographs of local political figures hung in his saloon. A Breckinridge portrait remains on view while a rebel major general image stays on the wall. A local telegraph report mentions a visitor and odd exchanges about the upcoming year. Prices listed: single copy two shillings, twenty five copies thirty five dollars.
A regiment crossed the river on Thanksgiving Day and traveled by rail to St. Louis the same night, likely billeted at Benton Barracks. A sniper fired two bullets through windows in the Shine block where Capt Haddock's company resided, causing no injuries but indicating clear hostile intent.
Three companies of the regiment left yesterday on the steamer Jennie Whipple for St Louis. Severe weather limited barge use so four companies remained to travel today by railroad. Companies A B and ? were sent to Fort Randall earlier. others boarded a boat and the regiment moved into the city and then to river transport.
A snippet reports on donations and pricing related to a tax campaign with mention of contributors and the impact of the funds. The language is incomplete but suggests community support and evolving pricing or time measures connected to the effort.
The document recounts a 1861 Ohio episode where D A Manony and others are shown protesting a Newark machine works ad request tied to a Loyalist editor. An incensed Newark correspondent exposes disloyal lines from the Merthern Herald and a treasurer’s punitive motives.
The Providence Journal extols Vermont Governor Holbrook as a self made leader and agricultural innovator. It notes his early hardship after his father's business failure and his rise through farming, invention, and public service including founding the Vermont Agricultural Society and guiding agricultural policy.
The Hawkeye prints a corrected roster of the Sows Seventh Regiment casualties. Names listed among the killed include A J Puss and Joseph Gallahan. wounded persons include Capt. G Gardner and H J Smith, with other sergeants and privates named among the injured.
From the Madison Journal come nearly complete returns showing majorities for Governor Ed Gelomes, Lieutenant Governor candidate 3.08, State Superintendent candidate J. G. McKindl, and Union ticket lieutenant governor Wm. C. Allien with about 6,000 votes.
From Camp Beaton twenty regiment chaplain Rev J Hoe writes of misty sick and wounded with the army. Most are well, a few critically ill, and several died.
In Magnolia and Harrison County a man named Hinn or Hinns faces treason charges. Grand Jury acclaims indictment based on letters to Virginia and Dead Letter Office output, revealing sympathy with secessionists. Marshal Hoxie arrested him. trial venue in United States District Court.
Buonasan Count Kwa Pifth Chas Mareh of Pine Creek a member of company E Iowa Fifth regiment died at Jefferson City recently. Rev J Fulton pastor of Independence Baptist church will move to Cedar Rapids taking Mr Eberhart's place.
Mr Falkner resigns as Postmaster of Clayton and J G Jerome is reappointed. Mere Keen and Smith of Clayton prepare Buckeye grain drills for a year’s yield, their drills giving good satisfaction according to the Sentinel.
The Decorah Republican reports dedicatory services held at the Congregational church on the 17th. Rev. Jesse Guaxser preached the sermon. The brick building seats about three hundred and cost roughly $4,000.
Hos. Hexev Winter Davis spoke before the Brooklyn Mercantile Library Association on the evening of the 26th about the Southern Rebellion and the constitutional authority of the government to extinguish it.
Twenty sick and wounded from Company A of the Iowa Seventh reach Muscatine. Two thieves escape jail in Madison County as reported by the Winterset Madisonian. The DeWitt Standard debuts in a new dress.
The Louisville Democrat denounces John Cochrane’s plan to employ slaves of rebels against Union armies as in line with civilized warfare. It argues confiscating rebel slaves or their owners’ property is justified to support the government and end the war, criticizing Democrats for opposing such measures and sustaining the traitors.
A colonial-era news note reports Capt Jesse L Reno of the Regular Army being promoted to Brigadier General of Volunteers in the President's appointments. It traces Reno’s career from West Point 1846 through Mexican War service and later commands, including Mount Vernon Arsenal and Utah campaigns, and notes his World War era risk and a connection to Gen McClellan.
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