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Newspaper
Shawano County Journal
Location
Shawano, Wisconsin, United States of America
Date
Apr 06, 1865
Page
1
Advertising rates listed for PuMLisurl weekly publication Brockwell Upham propose annual, semiannual and quarter column sizes with prices for one column, half column, quarter column and an aquarium measure. Legal notices and miscellaneous card charges noted with street address in Statu 4.6. BOCEWELL UU and M. Upham
The document forms a Wisconsin joint stock company named United States Military Head Company to build a Military Road from Fort Wilkins to Michigan line, with capital stock capped at 50000 dollars, and outlines aims to construct road, mine minerals, quarry stone, establish mills, train a station house, and operate related businesses along the route. It sets director rules from 3 to 13 members, voting rights, officer appointments, stock certificates, and general corporate powers. Signed September 6 by the undersigned.
Openior PAPEL FOR STATE AND COUNTY emphasizes press rights and public watchdog role. The note cites editor A G Rockwell and declares commitment to independence, integrity, and resistance to influence and bribery. Printed in Shawwano Wisconsin on a Thursday evening in April 1865.
The graftext celebrates the capture of Richmond and Petersburg, praising Grant Sherman and Lincoln. It reports 12 006 prisoners and 50 guns captured, the flag planted on Richmond streets, Libby prison unfurled, and calls for aid to widows and orphans. Includes Dispatches from Dix and Weitzel and a Wisconsin governor race note.
A deer described as white except for ear and head spots was captured alive on March fourth in Franklin County. Reports note various political and naval items including medals for sailors under Lieutenant Cushing and pardons under the President’s proclamation.
The Journal approves Mark Tapley for Racine Post Master while the Advocate warns of freshers causing damage in Racine county. Reports from various papers cover wages for rivermen, maple sugar era, Chippewa Falls fur market, a suicide attempt, rising logs, high Rock River water, oil prospects, a funeral accident near drowning, wheat stock delays above La Crosse, mail disruption, and prison convicts counts with freshet damages across counties.
Shawano County news notes postal schedules arrivals and departures for various routes. Local politics list village election results with town officers and clerks. Drafts and tax notices are discussed, plus church and school updates and community notices.
The new postal act directs that unpaid domestic letters and certain unpaid or partially paid mail be sent to the dead letter office in Washington. It also expands money order offices to 500 by May, with many new locations in the West.
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