01 Apr 1870
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Newspaper
Coshocton Age
Location
Coshocton, Ohio, United States of America
Date
Apr 01, 1870
Page
1
Fragmented OCR text lists numerous place names and codes including Flatsbursh and Burcettstown with scattered figures such as 3:10 and 925, plus odd abbreviations like GUIN. The readable items resemble a placeholder directory or corrupted dataset rather than a coherent news item.
Clara Townley and Lyman Palmer pursue a risky scheme to secure marriage against her father Mr Townley. Richard Livermore, misled by a forged note, confronts Clara’s disguise as a blunt farce exposes the ruse. The confrontation ends with Townley’s grudging approval of Clara and Palmer’s match.
The interview describes Lee at the college in gray military coat, tall and soldierly with keen eyes. Lee reflects on the South’s fate, Scotland, and the war, noting he has not read war histories and that Stonewall Jackson lies in Lexington’s Presbyterian burial ground.
A circular penny tale recounts a single cent settling three-way debts among an office boy a clerk and a cashier at a Buffalo dock office. The penny circulates back and forth until every balance is cleared leaving a lesson on frugality. The piece notes the late Teesph Wesley Inrper of Turper Bros. left an estate valued at 865000.
Thomas D. Carr, a 24 year old former Union soldier who deserted and boycotted bounty schemes, was hanged in the jail at St Clairsville, Ohio, for the January murder of 14 year old Louisa Fox. He confessed to numerous crimes and described his wartime exploits before death. He faced the gallows with apparent calm, singing with ministers and expressing hope of salvation.
Wox sang a hymn and prayed aloud confessing the murder of Louisa Fox. He distributed copies of his confession, hoping it deter others. The Sheriff was thanked, and he asked to crost Sheriff Hays. The trap was sprung at 1 o clock. Carr died in seven and a half minutes with the neck unbroken. The body was buried in the paupers lot at county expense.
In Conclord Kentucky a speaker named Bachelder cried out against alcohol’s ruin, blaming shopkeepers and society for making him a drunkard. He contrasted the rumseller with robber Michael Martin, noting Martin’s hanging for money theft and the brutal costs to families.
The New York Fourth District Internal Revenue Collector J B Bailey vanished Tuesday amid rumors he has fled with $150,000. Bailey, long known as a zealous revenue officer, previously exposed frauds at the Custom House and faced political backing for higher posts. His sudden flight ends a career marked by prosecutions and public scrutiny.
A Meigs county, Ohio, lunatic named Andrew Beatty escaped from custody while waiting at the Cincinnati depot with two officers. He is about 31, with sandy complexion, wearing dark clothing, and has not been recaptured. Also notes a Keokuk beauty, Fanny Joy, recently married.
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