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Newspaper
Shawano County Journal
Location
Shawano, Wisconsin, United States of America
Date
May 25, 1865
Page
1
Ad rate sheet lists prices per column width and duration with figures such as one year rates for various column spans and a note that prices follow statute rates. The fragment references mid century job numbers and timing terms, indicating standard newspaper advertising pricing.
Fragmentary list shows Andrew Johnson as President and various cabinet and state figures. Names such as Vice President and Secretary of State appear amid garbled text with multiple broken entries and scattered titles.
A scanned segment lists Wisconsin Senate members and state officers by counties and regions. Names include Abel Paine, Elbridge, Sawyer, McIndoe, and many county assignments, plus governors and state departments like treasurer and attorney general. The page outlines districts and designated judges and supervisors across numerous counties.
A compilation of Wisconsin acts from 1865 including absent defendants by publication procedures, purchase of Webster’s dictionary for districts, transfer of funds to school accounts, protection of state lands, and record corrections for adjutant general history. It notes approvals dates and publishing details.
The article describes Booths wound as a left side entry near the neck and a likely spinal cord injury causing paralysis while heart and breathing continued. It notes a four hour survival after the shooting, Booths pleas for relief, and claims a clear mind trapped in a dying body. It adds references to Ford stage events and Booths leg fracture.
A recounting of a barn fire scene describes a man facing engulfing flames and a “wonderful wound” as he questions whether life could end more painfully. The passage ponders pain, fate, and an overruling Providence shaping the tragedy.
An extract from George Francis Train’s Chester addressed Sanitary Commission remarks defends Sherman’s actions in the Civil War. He questions public criticism, praises Grant and Sherman, denounces war critics, and argues for constitutional limits and reconciliation.
A Havens paper reports that an army of eighty thousand men with equipment and transports is prepared to embark at the shortest notice from the French capital on faith of Napoleon. The dispatch cites the Franch emperor’s orders as justification for a rapid deployment against Mazimitint.
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