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Newspaper
Shawano County Journal
Location
Shawano, Wisconsin, United States of America
Date
Nov 15, 1866
Page
1
A fragment lists column and square advertising rates by time and size, including one year and six months terms, with indicated prices such as 45 00 and 2000 for different columns. It credits ROCKWELL & UPILAM as proprietors and notes business cards per line and statutory price references.
A long narrative combines an Arctic sounding poem about seasons with a harrowing sailing account on the Arago. The storm scene recalls a furious cyclone, a near-shipwreck, and a rescue effort as passengers and crew endure a twelve hour gale guided by Captain Gadsen and the second mate.
An eye witness recounts a deadly collision between the Wiragara and the Post-boy on the Mississippi. A crew member’s brave negro boy sacrificed his clothes and money to rescue two women using a rope and a stick, saving them as the wreck sank.
Fragmentary verse recalls May and June joys as autumn waits. The speaker advises children and lovers to braid chaplets and cherish radiant summers before October crowns the leaves brown. The tone is nostalgic for seasons past.
A jumble of translated quips and oddities unfolds in a humorous混text about a Maydr Hoffman style governor candidate with a fine moustache. The piece ponders voting choices, clergy, indulgences, and everyday foibles through playful vignettes and questions about Rome and arithmetic puzzles.
A fierce coastal storm batters Beogast Maine in October, halting telegraph service and disrupting steamboat and railroad operations along the Atlantic coast. The gale slows traffic and delays messages as winds lash coastal towns.
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