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Newspaper
Shawano County Journal
Location
Shawano, Wisconsin, United States of America
Date
Feb 14, 1867
Page
1
The Rockwell and Evans publishing firm lists annual and half yearly rates for one column ads, legal notices at statute prices, and business card rates. Rates include one year 52 00, half column one year 375 00, quarter column one year 25 00, six months 18 00, twelve months 12 00, four-column six months 18 00, and legal advertisements at statute prices.
A fragment lists players Charles Telfir and W Z Colburn with positions in an early game. The note references strong lineups and three pairs, indicating a partial box or lineup snippet from a baseball or football page.
A garbled note from the county supervisors discusses redemption of lands and related financial terms. The fragment mentions liberal terms and entrusted business, hinting at a property or land exchange plan needing careful handling and guidance.
Fragmentary verse about a newborn baby describing features such as eyes lips hands toes and a small heart. The tone is tender and melodic, reflecting a child’s early presence and fragile innocence.
A New York at Night piece surveys the sleepless metropolis counting 68,000 awake after dark. It details theater crowds, concert saloons, night travel by omnibus and rail, police watch, crime figures, vagrants, dancing houses, and late night business across Broadway, Bowery, and ferries, highlighting contrast between luxury and poverty and noting 8,800 police, 5,000 gamblers, 8,000 thieves, and 14,000 magdalenes in a single city night.
A Vatican authorized document details a miraculous cure of Sister Mary I Thomas at the Jesus Mary Convent in Point Levi opposite Quebec. After a long decline from pleurisy and pulmonary consumption, she slept and awoke cured on New Year’s Day, with physician Dr Lachaine certifying the miracle.
A description of Japanese jugglers visiting San Francisco en route to Paris Exposition shows an old man supporting a tall stack of tubs while a boy atop the pile salaams to the audience. The pile collapses theatrically, yet the boy lands safely as danger looms for the base and audience. A second tale recalls a witty Ohio shoemaker and a scheming shipwright whose boasted promises finally yield boots after courtroom scene banter.
A 1867 account of the Fort Kearney massacre near Fort Reno Dakotah Territory detailing December 21 1866 battle actions. It describes Col Garrington's reinforcements, a ravine trap by about two thousand Indians, an eighty one man relief force overwhelmed, all eighty one men killed, and claims Indian losses around four hundred though numbers are uncertain.
A veteran Jacob Setlotter beck Schlotterbeck left Georgia after the war only to face prejudice and vanish. His body with six gunshot wounds was found in a Resica forest days after missing from his store. Local friends planned to pursue justice, while the article notes the troubling aftermath of his disappearance.
A spicy sketch in the Boston Commercial Bulletin mocks the trade slump as drummers from Thistle Brothers & Co. of Boston attempt a pitch to sell goods in Sellout Illinois. Rataplan parodies a western merchant, prompting a comic clash about sales tactics and the dull times in commerce.
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