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Newspaper
Weekly Times
Location
Dubuque, Iowa, United States of America
Date
Oct 31, 1861
Page
5
A garbled city note discusses drunken rhetoric and civil order amid wartime draft concerns. It references loyalty, regiments, and recruiting from western states, urging public order and city action.
A damaged fragment suggests a local case linking Osrzanpae to Muapress and a criminal brother. It mentions a prison term for Fine ieen and a past attempt to harm a sister, with uncertainties about truth and a claimed motive tied to property destruction. The text is unclear and partially garbled.
A detailed battlefield account describes Union forces led by Wisconsin Captain Henry Bertram repelling rebels on Bolivar Heights near Smallwood's Woods. The 8th Wisconsin, Massachusetts and Pennsylvania troops, under Geary and McCook, storm the heights, recapture artillery and wagons, and force rebel retreat toward Halltown as shells and rifle fire rattle the riverfront.
A scrambled Chelsea Telegraph page presents wry humor and social asides about death rights for widows a pranks about fashion thieves and privateering. It includes local anecdotes about misread Bible stories and a joke about a stab wound location, with scattered filler lines and old-time references.
A contraband narrative from Missouri details three Black informants who warned Home Guards of an incoming secessionist strike. One informant fled to Boonville as Union forces arrived and faced return to his owner under Fremont era policy, causing mixed reactions among officers and locals.
A dense OCR style catalog shows prices for grain flour meats oils and hardware. Entries list wheat flour rye hay iron pigments lead molasses paint poultry and tobacco with per unit prices and common measures across a local market.
The text notes Bank of the State of Ohio and Free Banks of Ohio in silver and gold, with New York and New England in credit. Mentions Bank of Indiana and New York and New England. Reflects historical banking distinctions and specie standards.
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