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Newspaper
Shawano County Journal
Location
Shawano, Wisconsin, United States of America
Date
Oct 26, 1865
Page
4
Town boards plan Tuesday sessions to correct voter rolls with attendance urged for all parents. In town, Jocelyn and several men, mostly Iruns Os clkosh, are arranging logging operations as several new camps open, signaling active lumbering while Masony fears labor demand. A push to organize a Lodge of Free Masons in the village is noted, with optimism for success.
A list of registered voters for Richmond town Shawano County for 1863 is presented with numerous names and misspellings. The note invites verification or correction at the Town Clerk’s office, October 17 1865, and mentions the editor of the Fond du Lac Press in a late quote.
The notice invites a poetry contest at the School House Shawano before December tenth with ten minute limits per subject and stakes of up to one hundred dollars per party. It also lists a land sale alert on state lands in the county and a school house relocation plan with a move to Main Street. A debate at the School House featured speakers including Dr Charles Barrowe and others. Browning poetry volume four advertised by Ticknor Fields.
A March 4 congressional act declares deserters from U S military or naval service forfeiting citizenship rights and bans holding office. President Lincoln to issue proclamation detailing penalties and the need to report to Provost Marshal within sixty days or lose all citizen rights.
President Lincoln announces a 60 day pardon window for deserters who return to service by May 10 1863 and serve the remainder of their term plus a period equal to the desertion. The proclamation, dated March 1864, clarifies applicability to those who deserted after enlistment or draft and those who avoided drafting.
Notices to Showano County voters announce the November 7 election for Governor Lieutenant Governor Secretary of State State Treasurer Attorney General State Superintendent State Comptroller and statewide Assembly members. Also, district Senate seats and a constitutional amendment on suffrage for male descendants. Includes dates, offices, and local official names.
A tonic described as a gentle stimulant and popular morning appetizer is noted to be used in more than fifty U S Army hospitals and by millions of private families. It is stated as the only medicine exempted from stamp tax by the United States Government and claimed as a standard remedy by the medical profession.
The advertisement touts Swains Bourbon Bitters as a well known medical tonic approved by the profession. It claims palatable strength and cure for indigestion dyspepsia jaundice liver infections loss of appetite low spirits and sallow complexion when used as directed.
Advertises SWSMN's Bourbon Bitters as a tonic for headache costiveness and disorders of the stomach liver or bowels. Claims the bitters are agreeable, effective, and rapidly in demand, urging wide trial so new customers may be convinced of their efficacy.
A fragmented 19th century ad touts Swain’s Bourbon Bitters as a stomach aid with general toning effects. It claims other bitters are too bitter and medicated, urging readers to obtain Swain’s from a druggist or physician, and to remember the name.
The composition of Dr Swains Bitters, publicized by Medient Journals, is adopted as a standard remedy by the Medient Profession but faces stamp duty considerations. Wholesale supply channels include Fuller Finch Buller Burnham Van Schnick and others in Chicago and New York.
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