MR. EDITOR: I desire
to call the attention of the public to the case of Mrs. Adolphus Knocke, corner
of Rock Island and Second streets. Her
husband and two sons have been in the army of the U. S. as volunteers since
January, 1862, and have not yet been paid off by the U. S. The family are actually suffering for
food. Some generous persons, who are
able, should provide her the means of living until her husband and sons are
paid off.
G. E. HUBBELL.
We had thought there was a committee appointed in our city,
to see that the families here of those fighting the battles of our country did
not suffer in their absence. It seems
that we were mistaken. It should be done immediately; and is the
meantime the family mentioned above should not be permitted to suffer. We mentioned her case to a lady of our acquaintance
on receipt of the above not, who said that she had visited them once but it
seems they are now in actual and immediate want.
– Published in The Davenport Daily Gazette,
Davenport, Iowa, Tuesday Morning, May 20, 1862, p. 1
