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Newspaper
Shawano County Journal
Location
Shawano, Wisconsin, United States of America
Date
Jan 11, 1866
Page
2
A bureau report cites vast sums from Southern prisoner depots, detailing losses from ration waste and wine purchases. The article also covers canal debt figures, New York city taxes, a Philadelphia arson, embezzlement by Dr Bradford, naval court matters, and various Civil War era updates on politics, appointments, and regional finance.
The Paola Free Press reports the death of Samuel Rose of Sprig Hill Johnson County Kansas from hydrophobia, detailing four days of fever and fear of water, spasms, convulsions, and futile medical treatment, noting past dog bites and isolation before death. It also recounts Louisiana’s name origin, a tale of two sisters Louisa and Anna, and other village notices on farming tools and Tuileries restoration.
A collage of brief items includes a Susquehanna flood costing saw-logs, Olive Logan's recent divorce, Roman remains surfacing, and a Brixtel pavement find. Reports cover a private fortune for the Queen, witty quips on charity, a San Francisco money comparison, and a Buffalo single lady’s view on supporting a husband. Additional items note female detectives in New York, a ball mishap in Paris, stock-market forecasts, a Bangor diamond ring find, and varied oddities from Wales to Memph is.
A scattered column reports John Cleveland of Woodford County Kentucky leaving 150000 dollars by will to found an orphan refuge in the county. It notes a 22 year old woman in a Prague lunatic asylum who borrowed money for roulette fantasies after Baden Baden gambling. An Andernach innkeeper won a beer bet by drinking ten quarts plus five more. Rev Dr Thompson of Cincinnati faces suspension for social impurity and falsehood. New York women at Seneca Falls advocate postponing marriage. Rev J L Jenkins Hartford received 1600 dollars and Rev Spalding North Church a gold watch and 1000. John Lawlers, Albany born, now a mansion hotelier in California after eight years with fifty cents.
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