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Newspaper
Shawano County Journal
Location
Shawano, Wisconsin, United States of America
Date
Nov 08, 1866
Page
1
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The Shawano County paper reports the Union ticket won all but one seat in the county, with D. H. Pulcifer narrowly defeated. It also notes broader Civil War era topics and a lengthy excerpt on South Carolina’s adoption of the postwar rights act, and ends with a Detroit divorce grant details.
The Scotia brought news of John Van Buren death on October 18 after he left to participate in the state political campaign. Born 1810 at Hudson, Yale 1830, he was NY Attorney General in 1845 and a long time Democratic figure. Governor Famcuino set November 29 as a day of thanksgiving. Napoleon’s death seen as near. Also a sale notice for a cow.
The New York Evening Express reports Col Lynch faces hang ing in December for alleged participation in the frontier invasion. Fenian anxieties rise as Canadians criticized the sentence and generals discuss retaliation while Roberts contemplates action.
Washington October 31 The funeral of Miss Seward was held at St John’s Episcopal Church this afternoon. The President and Cabinet members attended as mourners, with the diplomatic corps and senior civil naval and military officials present. Governor Cox and Thomas Ewing of Ohio served as pallbearers. Generals Meigs Townsend and Admiral Davis were among the attendees. After the Episcopal burial service the body was placed in a special car for Auburn.
European report says an assailant fired at Emperor Francis Joseph as he departed a theatre. A bystander, an Englishman, tackled the shooter and restrained him until police took him into custody.
From New York Oct 31 no trace of George Calvert who stole 40000 in gold certificates from Mr. C C Parks as detectives stay on the case. A. J. Vanderpool seeks injunction in Supreme Court against Thomas A Scott and Milwaukee and Minnesota directors over 460000 loan and control claims. John Lambert who robbed an Internal Revenue officer escapes from Police Headquarters. City of London steamship arrives from Liverpool.
President Johnson courted Sherman to take the War Department after Mr. Stanton’s retirement. Sherman refused, avoiding Johnsonism and opposition to radical Congress. Grant and Senator Sherman advised restraint as reports say Sherman planned to return to St. Louis after discussions.
The Columbus Statesman argues over reconciliation and free expression, contending the North need not be conciliated if the South shows repentance and respect for loyal men. It critiques Republicans who accept Johnson era offices as traitorous to true Republicans.
From St Paul Mina Oct 31 a highway robbery occurred on a main street around 11 PM. The thieves netted four dollars in a second similar incident within a week. City assessor reports taxable real estate at 4,453,414, up two million from last year.
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