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Newspaper
Ashtabula Telegraph
Location
Ashtabula, Ohio, United States of America
Date
Feb 06, 1880
Page
1
A dense OCR page fragment lists merchants and druggists, with many names, places, and products. It references wholesalers, manufacturers, rail connections, and medical remedies, interspersed with unrelated ad-like notes and stray lines. The readable items hint at a catalog of traders and items common to a period newspaper page.
In September 1814 the privateer Armstrong, two from New York, defended Fayal harbor against British ships Carnation Plantagenet and Rota. Captain Reid and crew repelled boarding attempts, many boats were sunk, and the Armstrong was scuttled to prevent capture as Carnation and other ships attacked, ending the privateer’s bold voyage.
A fragmentary reminiscence recounts John Wilkes Booth's assassination of Abraham Lincoln at Ford's Theatre, detailing the frenzied crowd, Booth's escape, and Withers account. It shifts to a long, didactic section describing opium cultivation, processing, and global use, followed by assorted household tips and wartime anecdotes including General Gordon’s humane act toward a wounded comrade and a Civil War era cooking guidance.
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