We have heard, but do not vouch for the truth of it, that a drayman of this place charged full price for transporting a box to the steamboat landing, which consisted of articles collected by the Aid Society of Des Moines for the benefit of our wounded soldiers! The box was conveyed from the East side across the Flat without charge; and the captain of the Des Moines City took it with out charge to the railroad. If the aforesaid drayman did that thing, knowing at the same time the purpose for which the box was intended, he need be in no haste to solicit any draying patronage around this way: and if he did not do it, his reputation ought not to suffer from a report which is damaging him in the estimation of the public.
– Published in the Daily State Register, Des Moines, Iowa, Thursday, April 24, 1862
– Published in the Daily State Register, Des Moines, Iowa, Thursday, April 24, 1862
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