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Newspaper
Coshocton Age
Location
Coshocton, Ohio, United States of America
Date
Aug 09, 1895
Page
5
Old column blends medical advert claims with trivia and jokes. Notable items promote digestive tonics and Castor Oil while mocking tobacco and cabbage topics. includes Russian finance notes and brief humor exchanges.
The article explains Brazil’s committee seeking a site for a new capital near Rio de Janeiro. It notes the political resistance from provincial capitals, the high cost of building a full capital complex, and the risks of upheaval, with the plan likely to remain distant despite the commission’s findings.
Reports from Constantinople describe bitter Turk Armenian tensions with massacres discussed in coffee houses. The piece notes possible European intervention to protect Christians and suggests governance by foreign powers as a practical solution.
A report from the United States steamship inspection service shows a sharp rise in lives lost at sea during the last fiscal year, led by the Colima disaster off Rouge. It notes total deaths, passenger totals, and improvements since 1871, while urging law changes to curb inspector powers and create a court of inquiry for licenses.
A prominent Wall Street figure, recently tied to a new insurance firm, spent fifty nine days in Ludlow Street jail as a civil prisoner. The World reports boarder privileges include room, meals, poker, and access to keepers for payments, with liberty purchasable. only one man, Jack McCabe, is deemed unbuyable.
An anecdotal account describes fishermen and longshoremen along the Niagara River who recover bodies from drownings at the falls and in the lake. Coroners’ fees and local rivalries drive a hard but legal market for floaters, with hunters anchoring finds and notifying authorities as soon as possible.
Livery stable operators report a serious impact from the bicycle craze. They note competition from bikes cuts profits as riders switch from horse-drawn transport to cycling, especially among light carriages. Small towns feel the squeeze more than the city, with some stables forced out or losing money.
An appeal urges parents guardians and humane citizens to share a small instructional book from the World’s Discovery Medical Association highlighting grave youthful health risks. The pamphlet aims to prevent ruin by ignorance urging payment for postage to obtain the volume.
Liverymen expect future use of motor vehicles to boost business while riding academies note bikes appeal to different riders. Citizens debate replacing horse traffic with wheels as Cleopatra's Needle in Paris undergoes repairs after a harsh winter.
An old Milford Herald letter discusses a community in Sussex and Kent counties known as the Moors. It describes their appearance farming life and distinct schools while debating origins from Moorish Spanish or Nanticoke Indian lineage. Accounts mention notable individuals and legal cases involving members of the group.
In Texas Siftings a playful dialogue unfolds at Long Branch Ma bel where Louise questions her mother about why she does not wear famed earrings like Louise's mother. Mabel explains the earrings were left at home and the father claimed to have hidden them in the spout to keep robbers away, a curious family exchange full of rural whimsy.
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