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Newspaper
Shawano County Journal
Location
Shawano, Wisconsin, United States of America
Date
Aug 22, 1867
Page
2
A fragment from Atlantic Monthly August presents a lyrical scene where a poet asks a slave to summon riches and a palace to woo a princess. The master seeks wisdom, youth, and worldly treasures while homeless crowds and poets cluster outside, awaiting guidance from a visionary muse.
A man named Albert Wells, former Adams Express agent at Sandoval, is confined in Marion County jail after embezzling $1,800. Arrested on a governor’s requisition, he was brought back to Salem to await trial. Described as highly educated, fluent in several languages, and a skilled telegrapher able to write two sheets at once, Wells allegedly exploited a prison attendant and attempted escape via the railroad line near Peru. He faces felony charges and the piece warns of temptation’s dangers to youth.
A Saratoga letter recounts two young sisters aged twelve and fifteen sent to a workhouse for three months as common prostitutes. Raised amid brutal poverty and abuse by their mother, they endured nightly beatings for lacking money. The mother allegedly forced them into prostitution to profit from their pain, a horrific tale of degraded conditions and systemic exploitation.
Washington correspondent reports the West Point board examining and likely adopting Emory Upton’s four-man unit system blending cavalry and infantry drills. The plan emphasizes four-man groups, simplified front and rear ranks, single-rank formations, and streamlined skirmish and battalion drill to reduce confusion and casualties.
A flood of brief notes reports prize fighters disfranchisement in Michigan a new Chinese school in California a free reading room for pilots and fishermen in New Bedford and a 5 million forebearance claim by the Leland brothers. Other items include Chief Justice Chase returning to Washington, Mrs. Stonewall Jackson at the New York Hotel, a mermaid scare in Charleston, and varied notes on crops politics and ships.
Advert shows a Milwaukee shop at 410 Main Street offering a wide range of musical goods and hardware. It notes prompt country letters and orders, with references to a remedy called One'x Dyspeptic Cure and several digestive disorders. The text is garbled and difficult to parse.
The advertisement proclaims Mutual Life Insurance Company IMwankee as the oldest life insurer in the Northwest with 37,500 members and 5,300,000 assets. It highlights election by policyholders, a 2.25 million accumulation, prudent investment in cash earnings, low mortality risk, and profit sharing among holders.
An old advertisement touts Holtoway's Pills as a powerful corrective for derangement of the stomach and bowels. It claims to purify and strengthen the digestive system, aiding digestion and bowel movement, and notes the product is sold by druggists.
Dr Z T H Schenck of Philadelphia asserts Seaweed Tonic plus MASYALE P pills will cleanse the stomach, restore appetite, and aid digestion. He claims consumption can be cured, markets show weekly shipments through major cities, and lists multiple wholesale and retail outlets.
The report notes a season where climate patterns and unusual factors are blamed for upticks in Hick tors. Regional experts from meteorology and environmental science suggest variability in El Nino and other oscillations may influence phenomena, with limited concrete data available for precise predictions.
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