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Newspaper
Shawano County Journal
Location
Shawano, Wisconsin, United States of America
Date
Mar 30, 1865
Page
1
Silawano County Journal weekly edition lists advertising rates and terms for 2 pages in advance with column and square sizes. Publisher Rockwell Upham and G. L. Buildam provide pricing including per line, column, and half or quarter column rates for six and twelve month periods.
The document states the formation of a Wisconsin joint stock company named United States Military Road Company. It outlines stock at three hundred thousand dollars, purpose to construct a wagon road from Fort Jensed Green Bay to Michigan line, enabling mining, smelting, quarrying, mills, and related enterprises along the road. Directors numbered 3 to 13, meetings with proxy voting, officers to be appointed, and a Green Bay business office with records. Signed September 6 by Winslow, Slavery, Killian, and Winslow's initials.
A lengthy Civil War era letter from a Southern correspondent laments lost Confederate loyalties and women joining Union supporters. It details marriages to Federal officers, fading Southern pride, and urges a return to pro-South stance. Interjected anecdotes and political asides frame a divided postwar mood.
Legislative acts amend town officer duties adding post office addresses for town officials and detailing election procedures for military and general voters. Provisions cover publication timing, take effect dates, and multiple chapters with amendments to general laws and extra sessions.
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