Iowa Draft Debate Sparks National War Talk
The Weekly Times reports heated disputes over drafting in Iowa with many papers blamed for misrepresenting the war. Enlistments rise as the Twelfth and Thirteenth Iowa regiments near full strength, while a controversial proclamation on drafting is criticized as ill timed. A correspondent promotes home lectures on American history to boost patriotism and support for volunteers.
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Iowa
Dubuque
Jzvr. Davis
Davenport Democrat
Des Moines Journal
Council Bruffs Bugle
U. S
Congress
Twelfth Regiment
Actj
Bat Calla
Portable cane mill and evaporator proposed for sugar cane
In a letter from Tewerth Iowa J M S Cuterasaw urges invention of a portable cane mill and evaporator to let farmers crush and boil cane at home. The plan uses two wheeled units a detachable crushing mill and a compact evaporator or an integrated furnace evaporator swung under a wagon axle. If built it would let farmers produce sixty to eighty gallons daily at fifteen cents per gallon, saving transport costs and boosting western agriculture.
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Mr. Evirte
Northwest
Tewerth
Iowa
Witt Cram to Share Emmett County Trip Views
Kanert Courts notes Witt Cram Eeq will share experiences from his Emmett county trip in a few days. The county cast 36 votes last fall all for Asnanami Sixcons. 15 voters have gone to war. Also mentions M V Benfie nominated by Republicans of Winnnekek county for State Senator.
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Kanert Courts
Witt C. Cram
Emmett
Winerentia
Extraordinary measures praised by general government
The piece lauds timely arrests of Maryland legislators by extraordinary government action to preserve order. It notes the Dubuque Herald avoided opposition by a preemptive move, while the President’s acts are deemed proper since the Herald faced interdiction in Missouri regions where its treasonous doctrines could cause harm.
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Joan
Ttr
Toa
Genel Govarnment
Falmorr
Dubuque Herald
Patriots can throw aside party when country is in peril
The piece accuses traitors in the North of maintaining party strife for ruinous ends. It alleges the Democratic organization aims to aid in overthrowing the Government, and contrasts this with Herald’s criticism of the Republican party to illustrate the political tension.
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Democratic Organisation
Herald
Republican Party
Portrait request for fugitive traitor in Dubuque Herald
A suggestion to adorn the Dubuque Herald with a full length portrait of J C Bource rrrides, a rebel who has fled his native state, as the paper is viewed as an admirer and endorser of his sentiments.
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J. C. Bour
Dubuque
Meo vol the sick and Rear ene cere of the Hosrrtat
Freeman of Moss having. Fragments describe illness and a hospital context with unclear names and actions. The readable parts hint at a local event or notice but lack coherent details to identify people, places, or outcomes.
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Moss
Tragic Lake Crossing Ends in Death for Father and Son
At noon yesterday John Kimball a foundry molder and his son Martin aged about fourteen plus a man named Abraham Homnell sailed a boat on a lake for a leisure trip. A sequence of capsizes and near-drownings over six hours left the boy dead in his father's arms and both men exhausted and injured as they reached shore near six o'clock.
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Madison
Wis
John Kimball
Skinner
Martin
Abraham Homnell
Kimball
Rebel sheriff Cochran shot after attempted escape
The Wheeling Intelligencer reports in its 24th issue that Cochran, rebel sheriff of Taylor County, was captured at Boothsville and shot after fleeing from his house. Union forces pursued him, while reports noted large rebel stores moving from Monte Rey toward Romney. Union men drove cattle to safety, and half the French at New Creek headed toward Romney. News after Sunday was still sparse.
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Tz Inpians
W. T. Rosmaoz
Creek Nationa
Wilson’s Creek
Jomn Ross
United States
Robinson
Talaquah
Sprinfield
Lyon
Misterion Caentea Areca
McCulloch
Samet
Talequah
Wilson's Creek
Weersan Visctnia
Wheeling Intelligencer
Gfryse Cemoniers
Boothesville
Marion Co
Traior
Cochran
Taylor’ County
Rascal
Lee
Monterey
Highland County
Romney
Polire County
New Creek
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Alexander
Judge Halliburton
Halifax
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New York
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Lexington
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Port Byron
Antoine le Claire
Luis C. Dessaint
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Ebenezer Cook
Geo. B. Sargent
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