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Johnson Meeting (May 31st, 1866)
>From The Democratic Advocate; Westminster, MD

Summary: Johnson Club meeting in Carrollton (Woolery District) - lists resolutions passed at meeting

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Johnson Meeting at Freedom (May 31st, 1866)
>From The Democratic Advocate; Westminster, MD

Summary: Meeting of Johnson Club to be held June 9th - will elect officers - repeated in following week's paper

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The Late Rebel Meeting (May 31st, 1866)
>From The American Sentinel; Westminster, MD

Summary: John T. Ways writes that his naming as a vice president of a "rebel" meeting was unauthorized and he assures the Sentinel that he has always been a "Union" man and does not need to be reconstructed.

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Negro Suffrage (May 31st, 1866)
>From The American Sentinel; Westminster, MD

Summary: The Boonsboro Odd-Fellow argues that the current issue in MD is not Negro suffrage but "rebel suffrage" and accuses the Copperheads of misleading the public for political gain.

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Hypocrisy [sic] (May 31st, 1866)
>From The American Sentinel; Westminster, MD

Summary: The Sentinel says - don't trust the Democrats; they talk of their attachment to the Union, but really they "love it as the Devil loves holy water."

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The Rebels and Copperheads… (May 31st, 1866)
>From The American Sentinel; Westminster, MD

Summary: The issue "Carroll County, says the Sentinel, is not "Negro suffrage" as Democrats claim but "Rebel suffrage."

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Johnson Clubs (May 31st, 1866)
>From The American Sentinel; Westminster, MD

Summary: The Sentinel copies an article from the Frederick Examiner about the formation of a Johnson Club in Frederick, which warns Union men that joining it will put them in bad company with rebels and traitors.

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Pensions (May 31st, 1866)
>From The American Sentinel; Westminster, MD

Summary: Details of new military pension bill just passed in U.S. Senate, not yet acted on in the House.

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Soldier's Monument (May 31st, 1866)
>From The American Sentinel; Westminster, MD

Summary: The Sentinel supports the appeal for subscribers to contribute to the Carroll County soldiers' monument.

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Union County Convention (May 31st, 1866)
>From The American Sentinel; Westminster, MD

Summary: Large attendance reported at meeting in Westminster, chaired by Jonas Ecker; at which 6 delegates and 6 alternates were chosen to represent Carroll County at the Union state convention to be held in Baltimore,

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