The American Watch Company Waltham Era Claims Superior Timekeeping
An 1850s notice from the American Watch Company of Waltham Massachusetts details factory size four acres and over 700 workers producing 75 000 watches annually. It argues American production superior to European handcraft, touts in house manufacturing under one roof with precise machinery, and promises a full warranty on most watches with a single low grade exception.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Tey
Haz Cout
United States
Switzerland
Algo
Home Watch Company
Boston
The Greatest Pain Reliever in the World
A compressed notice presenting a bold claim about a pain relief product or remedy. It emphasizes prominence and universal effectiveness, suggesting it as the ultimate solution for pain without citing sources, dates, or corroborating details. The text reads as a promo style claim rather than a researched report.
Shawano County Journal Seeks Local News Submissions
To the Citizens of Shawano County, the Journal invites readers to send in local items for publication. The note emphasizes that local notices best serve the community when shared with the office for dissemination.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Shawano County
Notice of debts and credit terms in Shawano
Hake Notice! L PERSONS indebted to the subscriber by mote or book account, are requested to call and pay the same on or before the Let of September next, without fail. In future, all persons buying goods on credit will be charged 10 per cent. interest from date of sale. After this date, time bills to be paid at three months instead of one or two years. CHAS. M. UPHAM. Shawano, Wis., July 22d, 1867.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Chas. M. Upham
Shawano
Wis
Mail Arrangements for 3fait Arrival and Departure
Eastern and Southern connect with New London. Leaves Tuesdays and Fridays at 7 A M. Arrives Mondays and Thursdays at 6 P M. Green Bay route departs Wednesdays and Saturdays at 6 A M, arrives Tuesdays and Fridays at 7 P M. Office open weekdays from 7 A M to 9 P M. Barrows, Postmaster.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
New London
Green Bay
Western county progress and storm hits Pella area
From our correspondent in Pella a report previews western county progress to appear next week. A Saturday night wind and rain storm drenched the village with little damage beyond corn and potato tops. Notable mentions include Jas S Baker of Green Bay arranging life insurance with Mutual of New York and Oshkosh merchant James Kennedy visiting, plus emigration to Green Bay Road. A note on D B De Land chemical selera tus promoted as best. Indigenous berry trade and a Surratt trial anecdote cap the roundup. A Milwaukee and St Paul Railroad safe robbery at Waupun yields one dollar and five cents. impact on finances noted.
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Pella
Persoxia
Zjas. S. Baker
Green Bay
Mutual
New York
James Kennedy
Hsg
Kennedy & Viall
Oshkosh
Milwaukee and St. Paul
Waupun
Our Industrial Prospect: Abolish Imports to Save Gold
The 8. Y. Tribune argues for industrial expansion at home over reliance on imported metals and luxuries. It condemns exporting specie and bonds to Europe, urges debt reduction, and warns that persistent currency inflation and delayed resumption of specie payments threaten national wealth and posterity. It notes crop prospects, a potential cotton rebound, and criticizes the Treasury and banks amid growing financial stress.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Europe
Asia
Secretary of the Treasury
Fort Wayne
The Work of Congress in the Just-Closed Session
A list of Acts and Joint Resolutions that became law, including peace with hostile tribes, Venezuelan claims, Crete sympathy, Senate appropriations revisions for 1867, mail service extensions to China and Japan, post road establishment, relief acts for Harman and soldiers, admission exams to the Naval Academy, government of Rebel States amendments, and a House joint resolution to enforce Rebel State governance. a bill to secure equal rights in the District of Columbia failed to become law due to presidential veto and adjournment.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Republic of Venezuela
United States
Crete
Senate of the
China
Japan
Metinda Harmon
Greene
Tennessee
Jacob F Harmon
Secretary of the Navy
Maurice Rice Adama
Naval Academy
House
Congress
District of Columbia
Indian Attack and Military Dispatches From Forts
From the Plains reports a 150 Sioux ambush above Fort Stephenson killing three and stealing 25 ponies, plus a night stampede injuring a soldier. Sherman Hancock Smith Grover are at Fort Harker with Indians suspected nearby. Also, an Omaha account concludes the Fort Sedgwick flogging was a lone soldier’s act, with no bloodshed or civilian witnesses. A Chicago picnic shooting ends with a wife firing on her husband and another woman, then herself in despair.
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St. Louis
McGill
Missouri
Fort Stephenson
Port Stephenson
Sherman
Hancock
Smith
Grover
Fort Harker
Omaha
Fort Sedgwick
Grant
30Th Infantry
Laughridge
Tendricks
Gen. Dodge
Disbanded South filibuster group and world events
Reports claim a Southern filibustering organization for invading Mexico has disbanded amid broader tensions. Since January 1, 144336 European immigrants arrived in New York. Other items note a Knoxville shooting, Meade possibly succeeding Sheridan, large munitions collected for Mexico ops, and Farragut's Paris reception.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Mexico
Europe
New York
Knoxville
Tenn
Brownlow
Gen. Meade
Gen. Sheridan
Maine
Philadelphia
Massachusetts
Albert Pike
Memphis
Tennessee
Rogersville
Farragut
Paria
Dis
Robbins
Salem
Kenosha County
Forts Harker
Hays
Munson
Mays
Ashimarat
Michigan
Whale
Freedmen's Bureau
Flexus
North Carolina
Persia
Pestehouroff
Imperial Navy
Russian America
United States
Captain Speer
Missouri River
Courtney T. Ferry
68Th Royal Rifles
Speer
Maglivh Ministter
Washington
Also Mentioned on This Page
Smawano County Journal
Advoner
Str
Rockwell & Upstam, Proprietors
THE
O. A. Lawton
Fresident
City National Bank OF Green Bay
Bank OF Green Bay
Conrad Kruger
First National Bank, of
Green Bay, Wis
Green Day
Isk
Henry Strong, M.D. Peak
Henry Strong
Charles Pullar
J. Fisk
M.D. Peak
WD. Colburn
Old Country
Miss Robinson
Bmanphear
Sue Tuauner
J. A. Murray
Matzaf
Wisconsin
Fairbanks
Fairbanks, Greenleaf &C
Luke Se
Market Street
Chicago
CM Upham
H. 3. Foote
Lexington Avenue, Cor
East 26Th St
E. BR. Foote
East 28Th St
Bent Free
Ke, B. Foote
Lexington Avenue
Ramphlee
Vatuster
Broadway, N.Y
American Watch. Company
Waltham, Mass
Robbing & Appleton
Broulway
Tobias
All Druggista
Cortlandt Street
Ieavy and
Shele
Shawano County Journal
Barrows
Tur Green Bay Roap
Reaper
D. B. de Land & Co
Surratt
McMillan
Father Boucher
Sollohan
Weichman
Bissel
8. Y. Tribune
Our
Treasury
Bank of England
Arizona City
Telegraph
Renate
Marietts
London
Georgia
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