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Newspaper
Shawano County Journal
Location
Shawano, Wisconsin, United States of America
Date
Nov 21, 1867
Page
2
A fragmentary poem celebrates a barefoot boy with rosy cheeks and strawberried lips, recalling joyful scenes of nature and simple pleasures. It contrasts childhood freedom with societal toil and hints at a longing for painless days, playful mornings, and the wood’s quiet mysteries.
The New York Tribune notes the death of Jenny C White del Bal wife of Don Lernarding del Bal of Santiago de Veragnas in New Granada victim of yellow fever. A celebrated American woman she founded schools aided the sick and poor and organized medical care during revolutions earning the title mother of Santiago and guardian angel. Her loss prompted public tributes, with churches, public buildings, and the city mourning deeply.
Satanta the Kiowa chief addressed the commissioners at the Perea Qbni mission meeting with a farewell speech. He affirmed that Kiowas and Comanches have made peace, pledged to uphold it, and warned against white breaches of contracts while contrasting past trade goodwill with present military fortifications.
Fragment from a historic Dakota era meeting detailing both sides views on land, annuities, and education. The buffalo chief rejects government demands, asserts independence, and calls for peaceful coexistence while emphasizing native pride and a preference for traditional life.
Boston correspondent writes on the dangers of admirers to a popular actor at a theatre. A cultured lady sent a note seeking an interview, but the actor replied that she must pay the box office fee for any sight of him. A Hartford firm has formed Steam Boiler Inspection and Insurance Company, first of its kind in the country.
Fragmentary OCR notes describe the Red Sea name arising from red patches and silt along vast areas. It mentions spring blooms of microscopic organisms tinting waters crimson, with deep zones dark and shoal waters green. A stray line notes Fannin B. Price playing in Rochester.
An All the Year Round account traces the long path to gas light, from alchemists to major steps in London. It highlights key figures like Slagley, Winsor, and Murdoch, noting experiments from 1607 to 1808, public demonstrations, patent efforts, and the push toward citywide gas illumination versus oil lighting.
The fragment recounts early gas industry development in London, mentioning Messrs Phillips & Lee in Manchester, Murdoch's gold medal, and Count Rumford. It covers the London and Westminster Chartered Gas Company’s origin, capital aims, parliamentary acts, and opposition. It notes 1814 gasometer counts, Congreve’s 1522 report, Peter Street station output, city gas usage, lamp counts, and proliferation of gas companies by 1827 with pipes exceeding two thousand miles.
Terrible hurricane at St Thomas New Yor November 11 reports colossal destruction. Ships and vessels wrecked, hundreds drowned, towns destroyed, many homes roofs blown away, and streets strewn with debris as harbors fill with coffins and wreckage.
The text advertises club rate offers for new subscribers dated January 1869 with terms through January 1868 confusingly. It lists prices for weekly and daily copies, including 8 copy and 30 copy deals, and notes rates for up to four weekly or daily issues to the person starting a club.
Fragmentary notices promote dividends and temporary insurance benefits from Northwestern Mutual Company and others. Includes medical claims, cough remedies, tonics and quack cures with testimonials, urging purchase despite garbled text and dubious spellings.
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