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Newspaper
Shawano County Journal
Location
Shawano, Wisconsin, United States of America
Date
Sep 13, 1866
Page
1
An archival notice from Shawano County dated September 13 1866 appears in the era of Thursday events. The fragment lists a county and state reference with event timing details.
The Appleton convention in the district of the Union's 5th calls for Isaac Sixhenson of Oconto County as a congressional candidate. George Gary chairs with J. C. Hall and others assisting as delegates. The report notes strong Northern sentiment and praises unity, while criticizing reconstruction foes in Louisiana and Shreveport editorials.
Report notes J.C. Hann of Oconto County elected Chairman of the Union Congressional Convention. Dr Hall, longtime Oconto resident and former Democrat, praised for loyalty and principles, with emphasis on wartime Union party support and steadfast fidelity. Also includes guidance on cholera precautions and a political question urging loyalty to country.
An extended excerpt critiques women’s dress and virtue through fanciful Petticoat symbolism, then shifts to a report from New Orleans on post massacre violence. Witness accounts describe police brutality, a death by multiple causes, and mobs attacking a black man. The tone mixes moral commentary with eyewitness brutality.
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